Preface to the Special Section: Socialization and Religion

Sanctification of Parenting, Moral Socialization, and Young Children's Conscience Development.

Religion is important to most U.S. families, but is often overlooked in research on children's development. This study examined parental religious beliefs about the sanctification of parenting, parental disciplinary strategies, and the development of young children's conscience in a sample of 58 two-parent families with a preschool child. Fathers were more punitive and used less induction when ...

Preface to Special Topic: Microsystems for manipulation and analysis of living cells.

This Preface describes exciting papers contributed to the Special Topic section on manipulation and analysis of cells using microsystems. Brief summaries of each paper are provided and general trends are discussed.

Factors Affecting the Professional Socialization of Nursing: Barriers and Solutions

Background: Socialization is defined as a complex process of learning and internalizing values, beliefs, knowledge and norms of a specific profession which forms a solid identity. This study aimed to review the previous publications which have examined the barriers and solution of the professional socialization of nursing through. Methods: Electronic databases of PubMed, Science Direct, Iranmed...

Social networks and parental behavior in the intergenerational transmission of religion

We analyze the intergenerational transmission of the strength of religion focusing on the interplay between family and social influences. We find that parental investment in transmitting religious values and peers’ religiousity are complements. The relative importance of these socialization factors depends on the religiosity of the parents.

Preface to special section: Remote Sensing of the Earth’s Environment by Microwave Radiometers and Radar