BACKGROUND Many studies have examined the negative impact on smartphone addiction in adolescents. Recent concerns have focused on predictors of smartphone addiction. This study aimed to investigate the association of adolescents' smartphone addiction with family environment (specifically, domestic violence and parental addiction). We further investigated whether self-control and friendship qual...

PURPOSE This study explores the effects of participation in a program designed to enrich friendship and reduce loneliness among women in later life. Several hypotheses based on the need to belong, socioemotional selectivity theory, and the social compensation model were tested. DESIGN AND METHODS Study 1 involved two measurement points, one at the end of the program and the other 1-year later...

The integration of adults with mental retardation into community leisure services has become an accepted focus of community leisure service providers. Researchers and practitioners alike have discovered that participation in integrated recreation programs provides adults with mental retardation opportunities to acquire a variety of functional leisure and social skills. However, without specific...

for the technical discussions, the endless support and the friendship. Thanks to Jessie, Guixia, Dan, Roger and Maran who are sharing my same experience at Siemens AG. Last but not least, I would like to thank my family. In Italy: my mother, my father, my brothers and all my relatives in Saccolongo. In Germany: my wife Corinna to whom this thesis is dedicated.

Correspondence: P. Stopka, Department of Zoology, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, U.K. (email: [email protected]). L. Barrett is at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, U.K. Hemelrijk et al. (1999), using data from a captive chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes, colony, state that there is no evidence to suggest that individuals trade ‘social services’...

Interdisciplinary Microsystems Group, for their support and friendship. Special thanks go to my family for always encouraging me to pursue my interests and for making that pursuit possible. Finally I would like to thank my fiancé, Megan Elizabeth Elliott, for her constant love and support.

The statnet suite of R packages contains a wide range of functionality for the statistical analysis of social networks, including the implementation of exponential-family random graph (ERG) models. In this paper we illustrate some of the functionality of statnet through a tutorial analysis of a friendship network of 1,461 adolescents.

Peer acceptance and friendships were examined as moderators in the link between family adversity and child externalizing behavioral problems. Data on family adversity (i.e., ecological disadvantage, violent marital conflict, and harsh discipline) and child temperament and social information processing were collected during home visits from 585 families with 5-year-old children. Children's peer ...

OBJECTIVE To (i) explore the factors influencing family out-of-home (OH) eating events and (ii) identify possible opportunities for food businesses to support families in making healthier OH choices. DESIGN Focus group discussions were conducted with parents (six to eight participants per group) and friendship pair discussions (informal interviews with two children who are friends) were condu...