Introduction My current research project on emerging screen technologies and practices ranges from early cinema to hand-held game consoles. In this project, mobility is a central topic, both concretely and as a conceptual metaphor. Mobility figures as a recurring trope of self-reflection throughout the history of modern visual media. Visions of mobility, I argue, reflect, and stimulate thought ...

BACKGROUND The need for early intervention tools adapted to the First Nation culture is well documented. However, standards derived from First Nation communities are absent from the literature. This study examines the psychometric properties of an adaptation of a caregiver-completed screening tool, the Ages & Stages Questionnaires (ASQ), for the Mohawk population. METHODS Participants who com...

Reflecting on the development of global economic system, present article describes phenomenon hyper-individualism in age “second modernity” and, making a distinction between “family collective” and “patriotic collective”, discusses individual’s oscillating loyalty family nation state this process. An answer is sought to question why, contemporary period, individuals who are confronted with (hea...

PURPOSE OF THE STUDY The purpose of this study is to expand knowledge of care options for aging populations cross-nationally by examining key individual-level and nation-level predictors of European middle-aged and older adults' preferences for care. DESIGN AND METHODS Drawing on data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and...

OBJECTIVE This study provides an overview of the epidemiology of diabetes in the Manitoba First Nation population. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS The study uses data derived from the population-based Manitoba Diabetes Database to compare the demographic and geographic patterns of diabetes in the Manitoba First Nation population to the non-First Nation population. RESULTS Although the prevalenc...

According to construal level theory (N. Liberman, Y. Trope, & E. Stephan, in press; Y. Trope & N. Liberman, 2003), people use a more abstract, high construal level when judging, perceiving, and predicting more psychologically distal targets, and they judge more abstract targets as being more psychologically distal. The present research demonstrated that associations between more distance and hi...