H1N1 Vaccination Patterns Show Marked State Variation

Abstract. Clinical and personality research consistently demonstrates that people can form unhealthy and problematic attachments to material possessions. To better understand this tendency, the current paper extends past research demonstrating that anxieties about other people motivate these attachments. These findings suggest that although object attachment generally correlates with poorer well-being, it may attenuate well-being deficits associated with insecurity about close relationships. The current paper presents two studies using converging correlational ( N = 394) and diary methods ( N = 413) to test whether object attachments’ association with poorer well-being is moderated by relationship uncertainties. We find that both trait (Study 1) and state (Study 2) insecurities about others eliminated, and in some cases reversed, the negative psychological correlates of object attachment. These effects, however, were only observed when focusing on between-person variation in both studies; within-person analysis demonstrated that state variation in object attachment predicted better psychological well-being. These results highlight a need for more nuanced studies of object attachment and well-being.

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Economic Globalization and the Welfare State in Affluent Democracies, 1975–2001

American Sociological Review ◽

10.1177/000312240507000603 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 70 (6) ◽

pp. 921-948 ◽

Cited By ~ 153

Author(s):

David Brady ◽

Jason Beckfield ◽

Martin Seeleib-Kaiser

Keyword(s):

Welfare State ◽

Economic Globalization ◽

Welfare States ◽

Welfare Regimes ◽

State Expansion ◽

State Variation ◽

State Models ◽

New Evidence ◽

Previous Scholarship ◽

The Welfare State

Previous scholarship is sharply divided over how or if globalization influences welfare states. The effects of globalization may be positive causing expansion, negative triggering crisis and reduction, curvilinear contributing to convergence, or insignificant. We bring new evidence to bear on this debate with an analysis of three welfare state measures and a comprehensive array of economic globalization indicators for 17 affluent democracies from 1975 to 2001. The analysis suggests several conclusions. First, state-of-the-art welfare state models warrant revision in the globalization era. Second, most indicators of economic globalization do not have significant effects, but a few affect the welfare state and improve models of welfare state variation. Third, the few significant globalization effects are in differing directions and often inconsistent with extant theories. Fourth, the globalization effects are far smaller than the effects of domestic political and economic factors. Fifth, the effects of globalization are not systematically different between European and non-European countries, or liberal and non-liberal welfare regimes. Increased globalization and a modest convergence of the welfare state have occurred, but globalization does not clearly cause welfare state expansion, crisis, and reduction or convergence. Ultimately, this study suggests skepticism toward bold claims about globalization's effect on the welfare state.

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Regional Variations in Cyclical Employment

Environment and Planning A Economy and Space ◽

10.1068/a160863 ◽

1984 ◽

Vol 16 (7) ◽

pp. 863-877 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

M I Howland

Keyword(s):

Labor Force ◽

Unemployment Insurance ◽

Capital Stock ◽

Insurance Benefits ◽

World War 2 ◽

Short Run ◽

State Employment ◽

State Variation ◽

Industrial Mix ◽

Employment Decline

In this paper the author develops and tests a model of regional responses to national business-cycles. The model divides cyclical decline in each state into two sectors: a basic sector and a nonbasic sector. The industrial mix, capital—labor ratio, age of capital stock, level of unemployment insurance benefits, labor shortage, and extent of labor-force unionization of a state are hypothesized to influence the response to national recessions by the economy of a state. Employment decline in the nonbasic sector of the economy of a state is a function of employment decline in basic industries and is transmitted through a short-run multiplier. The model is tested on data from five post World War 2 recessions between 1950 and 1975. The findings indicate that industry mix at the two-digit Standard Industrial Code level explains 36% of the across-state variation in cyclical employment. The results also indicate that an old capital-stock, a nonunion labor force, and generous unemployment insurance benefits promote cyclical stability in state economies.

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State Variation in the Delivery of Comprehensive Services for Medicaid Beneficiaries with Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder

Community Mental Health Journal ◽

10.1007/s10597-015-9857-5 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 51 (5) ◽

pp. 523-534 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Jonathan D. Brown ◽

Allison Barrett ◽

Kerianne Hourihan ◽

Emily Caffery ◽

Henry T. Ireys

Keyword(s):

Bipolar Disorder ◽

State Variation ◽

Medicaid Beneficiaries ◽

Comprehensive Services

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Ground Spin State Variation in Carboxylate-Bridged Tetranuclear [Fe2Mn2O2]8+ Cores and a Comparison with Their [Fe4O2]8+ and [Mn4O2]8+ Congeners

European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry ◽

10.1002/ejic.200390076 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 2003 (3) ◽

pp. 541-555 ◽

Cited By ~ 31

Author(s):

Phalguni Chaudhuri ◽

Eva Rentschler ◽

Frank Birkelbach ◽

Carsten Krebs ◽

Eckhard Bill ◽

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Keyword(s):

Spin State ◽

State Variation ◽

Ground Spin State

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Solvolysis of isopropyl bromide in ethanol–water mixtures. Dissection into initial state and transition state contributions

Canadian Journal of Chemistry ◽

10.1139/v76-565 ◽

1976 ◽

Vol 54 (24) ◽

pp. 3944-3948 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Wiendelt Drenth ◽

Michael Cocivera

Keyword(s):

Vapor Pressure ◽

Transition State ◽

Thermodynamic Parameters ◽

Activation Parameters ◽

Solvent Composition ◽

Initial State ◽

Partial Vapor Pressure ◽

State Variation

Rates were determined for the solvolysis of isopropyl bromide in ethanol–water mixtures (20 to 80% by volume of ethanol) at 50 and 75 °C and the corresponding activation parameters calculated. From the partial vapor pressure of isopropyl bromide over the various solutions at 50 and 75 °C, the variations in its initial state thermodynamic parameters were calculated. Thus, the variation in the activation parameters with solvent composition could be analyzed in terms of initial and transition state contributions. The initial state variation dominates according to a unimolecular as well as to a bimolecular treatment of data.

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State-by-state variation in emergency versus elective colon resections

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery ◽

10.1097/ta.0b013e31828b8478 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 74 (5) ◽

pp. 1286-1291 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Augustine C. Obirieze ◽

Mehreen Kisat ◽

Caitlin W. Hicks ◽

Tolulope A. Oyetunji ◽

Eric B. Schneider ◽

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Keyword(s):

State Variation ◽

Elective Colon

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A new species of Xyliphius, a rarely sampled banjo catfish (Siluriformes: Aspredinidae) from the rio Tocantins-Araguaia system

Neotropical Ichthyology ◽

10.1590/s1679-62252010000100013 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 105-112 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Carlos A Figueiredo ◽

Marcelo R Britto

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Conservation Status ◽

River System ◽

Character State ◽

New Taxon ◽

Posterior Border ◽

Lower Lip ◽

Araguaia River ◽

State Variation ◽

A New Species

Xyliphius anachoretes, a new species of aspredinid catfish is described from the Tocantins-Araguaia River system. Xyliphius anachoretes is diagnosed by the presence of six developed retrorse serrae on posterior border of pectoral-fin spine, presence of papillae on the lower lip bearing minute branches, and only two dorsal procurrent rays. Comments about the informativeness of character-state variation among Xyliphius species and aspredinid related genera are furnished. Also, a brief discussion about conservation status of the new taxon is made.

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