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The Social Psychology Of Perception Experiments: Hills, Backpacks, Glucose, And The Problem Of Generalizability [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Experiments take place in a physical environment but also a social environment. Generalizability from experimental manipulations to more typical contexts may be limited by violations of ecological validity with respect to either the physical or the ...
Durgin, Frank H.   +4 more
core   +3 more sources

A review of chronic pain impact on patients, their social environment and the health care system

open access: yesJournal of Pain Research, 2016
Chronic pain (CP) seriously affects the patient’s daily activities and quality of life, but few studies on CP have considered its effects on the patient’s social and family environment.
M. Dueñas   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Constructing a Social Problem: The Press and the Environment [PDF]

open access: yes, 1979
The U. S. daily press might seem to be in a strategic position to function as a claims-maker in the early construction of a social problem. But in the case of the manufacture of environmentalism as a social reality in the 1960\u27s and 70\u27s, the press
Griffin, Robert J.   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Physical Activity and Outdoor Play of Children in Public Playgrounds—Do Gender and Social Environment Matter?

open access: yesInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2018
Background: Few studies have delved into the relationship of the social environment with children’s physical activity and outdoor play in public playgrounds by considering gender differences. The aim of the present study was to examine gender differences
A. K. Reimers   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Genetic Variation in the Social Environment Contributes to Health and Disease

open access: yesPLoS Genetics, 2017
Assessing the impact of the social environment on health and disease is challenging. As social effects are in part determined by the genetic makeup of social partners, they can be studied from associations between genotypes of one individual and ...
Amelie Baud   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Stressful Events Reported by Childhood Cancer Survivors and Community Controls From the St. Jude Lifetime (SJLIFE) Cohort: A Mixed Method Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Characterizing stressful events reported by childhood cancer survivors experienced throughout the lifespan may help improve trauma‐informed care relevant to the survivor experience. Methods Participants included 2552 survivors (54% female; 34 years of age) and 469 community controls (62% female; 33 years of age) from the St.
Megan E. Ware   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social environment mediates cancer progression in Drosophila

open access: yesNature Communications, 2018
The influence of oncogenic phenomena on the ecology and evolution of animal species is becoming an important research topic. Similar to host–pathogen interactions, cancer negatively affects host fitness, which should lead to the selection of host control
Erika H. Dawson   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Unheard and Under‐Supported: Health‐Related Quality of Life in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With Sickle Cell Disease

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an autosomal recessive hemoglobinopathy affecting millions of individuals worldwide. The clinical expression and psychosocial burden of SCD vary widely across geographical, cultural, and healthcare system contexts, underscoring the need for setting‐specific approaches to assessment.
Desiré Fantasia   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Physical, Social, and Cultural Environment Determinants Of Filariasis In Tapanuli Tengah, North Sumatera [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Background: Lymphatic filariasis impairs the lymphatic system and can lead to the abnormal enlargement of body parts, causing pain, severe disability and social stigma. According to World Health Organization, in 2000 over 120 million people were infected,
Silalahi, L. B. (Lasmarida )   +2 more
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