BACKGROUND Studies have shown participation in sport is lower among girls than boys, decreases as students matriculate through high school, is lowest among Black and Hispanic girls and has a positive relationship with SES. With sport recognized as a contributor to physical activity and health in adolescents, consideration of diminishing rates of participation appears warranted. The purpose of t...

In an era of rising college costs and stagnant grant-based student aid, many young adults rely on their parents’ resources and student loans to pay for their postsecondary education. In this study I ask how parents’ income and education are linked to young adults’ student loan debt. I develop and test two perspectives regarding the functional form of the association between parents’ income, par...

Children raised in families with low socioeconomic status (SES) go on to have high rates of chronic illness in adulthood. However, a sizable minority of low-SES children remain healthy across the life course, which raises questions about the factors associated with, and potentially responsible for, such resilience. Using a sample of 1,205 middle-aged Americans, we explored whether two character...

The SES, Organizational Commitment, and Job Burnout among Teachers in Rasht R. Ramazaaninejaad, Ph.D. M. Hematinejaad, Ph.D. M. Eslaamdoost, Z. Taghipour To assess the SES, organizational commitment, and job burnout among teachers of Rasht, a random sample of 503 teachers from among 2596 was selected and measured on these constructs using three questionnaires. Results sho...

Background: Improper nutritional knowledge is one of the most important causes of nutritional problems, which can affect practice and cause more complications. The aim of this study was to assess the association between nutritional knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of Iranian households with socioeconomic status (SES).   Methods: The study population was 14,136 households (57 clust...

Abstract Background Personal social capital, which refers to the scope and quality of an individual’s networks within a community, has received increasing attention as potential sociological factor associated with better individual health; yet, mechanism relating capital health is still not fully understood. This study examined associations between self-rated while exploring roles leisure-time ...

This study examined associations between attendance at early childhood education (ECE) programs and school readiness, the extent to which ECE–school readiness association is moderated by family socioeconomic status (SES). Data were from 58 low- middle-income countries (N = 165,875, Mage 47.52 months). Multilevel analysis showed that ECE was positively associated with total domain-specific in ad...

BACKGROUND A relatively consistent body of research supports an inverse graded relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and cardiovascular disease (CVD). More recently, researchers have proposed various life course SES hypotheses, which posit that the combination, accumulation, and/or interactions of different environments and experiences throughout life can affect adult risk of CVD. Dif...

OBJECTIVE Fantasy realization theory (Oettingen, 2012) proposes that fantasizing about a desired future or dwelling upon negative reality rarely changes behavior whereas mentally contrasting fantasy with reality can be an effective behavior change technique. This is because mental contrasting energizes people to overcome obstacles that stand in the way of their desired future. The present study...