scholarly journals Grandparenting in Urban Bangalore, India: Support and Involvement From the Standpoint of Young Adult University Students

SAGE Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 215824401987107
Author(s):  
Peter B. Gray ◽  
Watinaro Longkumer ◽  
Santona Panda ◽  
Madhavi Rangaswamy
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
University Students ◽  
Recent Time ◽  
High Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Residential Proximity ◽  
Religious Festivals ◽  
Urban India ◽  
Competing Hypotheses ◽  
Work Education

A variety of caregivers, including grandparents, help raise children. Among grandparents, most Western samples evidence a matrilateral (i.e., mother’s kin) bias in caregiving, and many studies show more positive impacts and stronger relationships with grandmothers than grandfathers. The aim of the present study is to test competing hypotheses about a potential laterality bias and explore contrasts between grandmothers and grandfathers in a sample of urban young adult university students in Bangalore, India. A sample of 377 (252 women) relatively mobile and high socioeconomic status individuals 17 to 25 years of age completed a survey consisting of sociodemographic and grandparenting questions. Results reveal generally little evidence of either a patrilateral or matrilateral bias, though findings varied for some outcomes. As illustrations, there were no differences in residential proximity or the most recent time when a participant saw matrilateral or patrilateral grandparents, whereas maternal grandmothers were more approving of one’s choice of a life partner than were paternal grandmothers. In inductively coded responses to an open-ended item about the roles of grandparents, maternal grandmothers were more often identified as “guides” and less often deemed “non-significant” than paternal grandmothers, while paternal grandfathers were less often viewed as guardians and more often noted for their influence compared with maternal grandparents. Findings also revealed differences between grandmothers and grandfathers, such as grandmothers playing more prominent roles in community and religious festivals. Findings are interpreted within changing residential, work, education, and family dynamics in urban India as well as a primary importance on parents relative to grandparents.

For Whom is Suicide Accepted: The Utility Effect

2002 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 349-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimmo Sorjonen
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
University Students ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Suicidal Behavior ◽  
High Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Social Welfare Program ◽  
Welfare Program ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Unemployed Individual

It has been established by previous studies that suicide is more acceptable for some people than it is for others, and the main objective of the present study was to investigate the relationship between attitudes toward suicidal behavior and the suicidal person's socioeconomic status. Swedish university students read one of eight manipulated case stories in which a person engages in suicidal behavior and then completed the Suicide Attitudes and Attribution Scale (SAAS), which was constructed for this occasion. The data measured six factors, which also served as dependent variables in ANOVAs. Some of the results indicate that the suicidal behavior of an individual of high socioeconomic status is viewed more negatively than the same behavior displayed by an unemployed individual in a social welfare program.

Sexual Dimorphism among the Kathmandu University Students Assessed by Anthropometric Studies

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (05) ◽  
pp. 20469-20472
Author(s):  
Shakya R ◽  
Bhattacharya SC ◽  
Shrestha R
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Sexual Dimorphism ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
University Students ◽  
Plastic Surgery ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Adult Age ◽  
Clinically Normal ◽  
Crime Detection ◽  
Males And Females

Objectives: To observe the sexual dimorphism among the young adult age group ranging from 18-21 years, of Kathmandu University students by measuring craniofacial circumference and canthal distances. Rationale of the study: These data could be useful for establishing the craniofacial standards and adds an implementation on plastic surgery, crime detection as well as in the industrial field. Method: 300 clinically normal students of Kathmandu University aged between 18-21 years were examined for the study. Fronto-occipital circumference, outer and inner canthal distances were measured. All the parameters were compared between males and females. Result: The cranial circumference as well as the inner and outer canthal distance in males was found to be significantly higher as compared to the females. Conclusion: The results concluded that sexual dimorphism remarkably exists in young adults of Kathmandu University students.

Second language (L2) proficiency, socioeconomic status (SES), and intelligence (IQ) are significant predictors of cognitive control differences among young adult unbalanced Chinese–English bilinguals

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (04) ◽  
pp. 866-882 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZHILONG XIE ◽  
TERESA SIGNORELLI PISANO
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Second Language ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Cognitive Control ◽  
Flanker Task ◽  
Incongruent Condition ◽  
Wisconsin Card Sorting Test ◽  
Card Sorting ◽  
Conflict Monitoring ◽  
L2 Proficiency

The current study investigates how second-language (L2) proficiency contributes to cognitive control differences among three groups of unbalanced Chinese–English bilinguals matched for socioeconomic status (SES), intelligence (IQ), education, age, culture, and L1 background. A Flanker task and the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) were administered to measure conflict monitoring, inhibition, and mental set shifting. ANOVA analyses revealed faster performance for the High-L2 Group compared to the Low-L2 Group in the congruent, neutral, and incongruent conditions of the Flanker task. However, there were no group differences on the WCST. Multiple step-wise regression analyses showed that L2 proficiency was a predictor for the Flanker task performance in all three conditions, SES in the neutral and the incongruent condition, and IQ in the congruent condition. These results suggest that L2 proficiency, along with SES and IQ, contribute significantly to cognitive control differences in conflict monitoring among young-adult bilinguals.

Dietary intake of a physically active elderly Spanish male group of high socioeconomic status

1996 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 307-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosa M. Ortega ◽  
Ana M. López-Sobaler ◽  
Ma Jose Zamora ◽  
Rosario Redondo ◽  
Marcela Gonzälez-Gross ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Dietary Intake ◽  
High Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Physically Active ◽  
Male Group

scholarly journals The influence of mortality and socioeconomic status on risk and delayed rewards: a replication with British participants

PeerJ ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. e3580 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gillian V. Pepper ◽  
D Helen Corby ◽  
Rachel Bamber ◽  
Holly Smith ◽  
Nicky Wong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
University Students ◽  
Delay Discounting ◽  
Original Study ◽  
Demographic Differences ◽  
Priming Effects ◽  
Psychological Study ◽  
Priming Condition ◽  
Risk Acceptance ◽  
Study Participants

Here, we report three attempts to replicate a finding from an influential psychological study (Griskevicius et al., 2011b). The original study found interactions between childhood SES and experimental mortality-priming condition in predicting risk acceptance and delay discounting outcomes. The original study used US student samples. We used British university students (replication 1) and British online samples (replications 2 and 3) with a modified version of the original priming material, which was tailored to make it more credible to a British audience. We did not replicate the interaction between childhood SES and mortality-priming condition in any of our three experiments. The only consistent trend of note was an interaction between sex and priming condition for delay discounting. We note that psychological priming effects are considered fragile and often fail to replicate. Our failure to replicate the original finding could be due to demographic differences in study participants, alterations made to the prime, or other study limitations. However, it is also possible that the previously reported interaction is not a robust or generalizable finding.

Impacts of Adolescent and Young Adult Civic Engagement on Health and Socioeconomic Status in Adulthood

2018 ◽  
Vol 90 (4) ◽  
pp. 1138-1154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Parissa J. Ballard ◽  
Lindsay T. Hoyt ◽  
Mark C. Pachucki
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Adolescent And Young Adult

scholarly journals Ultra-processed food advertisements dominate the food advertising landscape in two Stockholm areas with low vs high socioeconomic status. Is it time for regulatory action?

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Petter Fagerberg ◽  
Billy Langlet ◽  
Aleksandra Oravsky ◽  
Johanna Sandborg ◽  
Marie Löf ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Dietary Guidelines ◽  
Low Ses ◽  
Processed Foods ◽  
Processed Food ◽  
High Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Food Advertisements ◽  
Subway Stations

Abstract Background Ultra-processed food consumption is a risk factor for obesity and has a negative environmental impact. Food companies spend billions of dollars on advertisements each year to increase the consumption of ultra-processed food. In Australia, USA, and New Zealand, most food advertisements around schools and in train stations promote ultra-processed food, but no similar studies have been conducted in Sweden. The aim of this study was to explore the proportion of ultra-processed food advertisements in two districts of Stockholm, Sweden with low vs. high socioeconomic status (SES). Methods Two independent researchers (per area) mapped all advertisements, including storefronts, in two Stockholm districts. During consecutive days, all advertisements were photographed in Skärholmen (low SES district), and Östermalmstorg (high SES district), on the streets inside and outside the subway stations, as well as inside and outside of local shopping malls. Advertisements promoting food products were identified and a trained dietician categorized whether they promoted ultra-processed foods. Chi-Square test was conducted to test for differences in the proportion of ultra-processed food advertisements between the two study areas. Results In total, 4092 advertisements were photographed in Skärholmen (n = 1935) and Östermalm (n = 2157). 32.8% of all advertisements promoted food, while 65.4% of food advertisements promoted ultra-processed foods. A significantly higher proportion of ultra-processed food advertisements out of total food advertisements was identified in the low SES area, irrespective of the researcher taking the pictures (74.6% vs. 61.8%, p < 0.001 and 70.4% vs. 54.8%, p = 0.001). There was no significant difference in the proportion of food advertisements out of total advertisements between the two areas. Conclusions This study provides initial evidence about the scale and the differences in exposure to food advertisements across areas in Stockholm. The observed high proportion of ultra-processed food advertisements is concerning and is in sharp contrast to the Swedish dietary guidelines that recommend reduced consumption of such foods. Based on our results, residents in low SES areas might be more exposed to ultra-processed food advertisements than those in high SES areas in Stockholm. If such findings are confirmed in additional areas, they should be considered during the deployment of food advertisement regulatory actions.

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