Food banks have become an essential part of the social welfare arrangements many countries. bank managers need to know why some people give food while others do not, as such knowledge will help them devise effective promotional campaigns. The current research applied Norm Activation Theory examine motivations and other factors that encourage individuals (as opposed businesses) donate foodstuff ...

BACKGROUND Familial influences on remission from alcohol use disorder (AUD) have been studied using family history of AUD rather than family history of remission. The current study used a remission phenotype in a twin sample to examine the relative contributions of genetic and environmental influences to remission. METHOD The sample comprised 6183 twins with an average age of 30 years from th...

This project explored the relationship between perceived parental influences and the career selfefficacy of college students. Previous research related to college student development, parental influences, and career development is presented in order to assess the current body of literature and provide rationale for the present research project. In addition, the author conducted a survey with un...

BackgroundTranscutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) has been investigated regarding its therapeutic properties in several conditions such as epilepsy, migraine and major depressive disorder was shown to access similar neural pathways invasive stimulation. While the nerve's role gut motility is physiologically established, effect of taVNS scarcely humans yielded conflicting result...

dependence on computers and internet has given birth to digital literacy. however, research into its influences on the reading process is still in its infancy. to fill the gap, this study was designed to investigate the ways in which text presentation mode (paper vs. digital) affects reading comprehension, as well as reading attitudes. to this end, a sample of 30 male and female english major s...

Empathy is essential for healthy relationships and overall well-being. Affective empathy is the emotional response to others’ distress and can take two forms: personal distress or empathic concern. In Western cultures, high empathic concern and low personal distress have been implicated in increased prosocial behaviour (e.g., Eisenberg et al., 1989) and better emotion management and peer relati...

Human mate choice is central to individuals' lives and to the evolution of the species, but the basis of variation in mate choice is not well understood. Here we looked at a large community-based sample of twins and their partners and parents ([Formula: see text] individuals) to test for genetic and family environmental influences on mate choice, while controlling for and not controlling for th...