The sex difference in depression is well documented in westernized, developed societies,
although there has been little quantitative cross-cultural research on the topic. In this study …

Prior research on the association of mental health and behavior problems with academic
achievement is limited because it does not consider multiple problems simultaneously, take …

The eleventh edition of Sociology of Mental Disorder presents the major issues and
research findings on the influence of race, social class, gender, and age on the incidence …

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a major public health problem in the United States. Results
from a 1995 national study indicated that 23 percent of the black couples, 11.5 percent of the …

Dramatic increases in the American imprisonment rate since the mid-1970s have important
implications for the life chances of minority men with low educational attainment, including …

Intimate partner violence against women (IPV) affects all populations, but significant
variations among these groups have been suggested. However, research results on racial …

Background Globally, prematurity is the leading cause of death in children under the age of
5. Many efforts have focused on clinical approaches to improve the survival of premature …

As patterns of union formation and dissolution in adult lives become complex, the living
arrangements of American children are becoming increasingly fluid. With a sample (N …

We employed 4,095 couples from both waves of the National Survey of Families and
Households (NSFH) to test a model of couple violence drawn from several theoretical …

Recent increases in births to unmarried parents, and the instability surrounding these
relationships, have raised concerns about the possible health effects associated with …