scholarly journals PSYCHO-SOCIAL FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO SUPERSTITIOUS BEHAVIOR: LITERATURE REVIEW

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 42-47
Author(s):  
Manasvi Shrivastav ◽  
Anuradha Kotnala
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Confidence Level ◽  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
The Past ◽  
Superstitious Behavior ◽  
The World ◽  
People Today

Most superstition from the past have been proven by science as unnecessary, ineffective or just plain silly but are still practiced by normal intelligent people today. Around the world, there are many reappearing themes for superstition. Every country has its own localized take on each theme. In this article researcher reviews on previous researches. There is much different kind of researches in the field of superstition and there are different theories related to the origin of superstition. Superstition is influenced by different social and psychological factors. In this article those researches have been discussed which through light on social and psychological factors of superstition. Psychological factors like fear, locus of control, confidence level etc. and social factors such as locale, socio-economic status etc.

scholarly journals Investigating the adverse consequences of armed conflict on the socio-economic status of women

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Mohammad Khalid Habibi
Keyword(s):  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Armed Conflict ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Past Century ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
Women And Children ◽  
Status Of Women

Conflict is an open clash between two opposing individuals, groups, organizations, ethnics and states. In conflict times, the violence against women assumes the form of savagery, soldiers, militias, or gunmen from both sides ravage women and rape them and the law comes to a standstill and there is no punishment for crime. But the important question is why women are violated and harassed during conflict time? It is estimated that millions of people around the world have lost their lives in various wars over the past century. Although men and women go through similar experiences and traumas in the midst of these conflicts, the type of death is often different. In times of war, all men and women are forced to leave their homes and livelihoods, are injured or lose their lives and find it difficult to make a living during, and even after the conflict. But during regional wars, the fate of women is often disproportionately affected by the conflict between the groups involved, and the experience of women and children in these periods is fundamentally different from that of men.

Creativity in Children: The Role of Child Abuse, Socio-Economic Status and Age

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abhay Pratap Singh
Keyword(s):  
Child Abuse ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Verbal Fluency ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Creative Development ◽  
Abused Children ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Verbal Creativity

Present study endeavored to investigate the role of child abuse, socio-economic status and age in creative development of children. A 2x3x3 factorial design with two groups (abused and non-abused), socio-economic status (High, Middle, Low) and three age group (Childs i.e., 6 – 10 Yrs., Preadolescents i.e., 11 – 14 Yrs. & Adolescents i.e., 15 – 18 Yrs.). A total of 90 children from Gorakhpur belonging to deferent strata of society participated as respondents. Child abuse checklist (Pandey, 2002) was used to determine various forms of abused and non-abused cases, and to determine the deferent forms of creativity in children, verbal and non-verbal tests of creative  thinking (Mehdi, 1973)  was also used. Results revealed that the level of creativity varied across different group of children. Moreover, abused children were found inferior on verbal fluency, verbal flexibility, elaboration N (picture), elaboration V (title), originality N (picture), and originality V (title) than non-abused children. Low SES children achieved poor on verbal related fluency, flexibility, originality as well as non-verbal related elaboration N (picture), elaboration V (title), originality N (picture), and originality V (title) than middle and high SES. Furthermore, Childs scored very poor on various dimensions of verbal and non-verbal creativity than pre-adolescents and adolescents respectively. Results have been discussed in the light of individual and social factors

scholarly journals Practice makes voters? Effects of student mock elections on turnout

Politics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 377-393
Author(s):  
Richard Öhrvall ◽  
Sven Oskarsson
Keyword(s):  
Voter Turnout ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Political Interest ◽  
Parliamentary Election ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
The World ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
Different Parts

Student mock elections are conducted in schools around the world in an effort to increase political interest and efficacy among students. There is, however, a lack of research on whether mock elections in schools enhance voter turnout in real elections. In this article, we examine whether the propensity to vote in Swedish elections is higher among young people who have previously experienced a student mock election. The analysis is based on unique administrative population-wide data on turnout in the Swedish 2010 parliamentary election and the 2009 European Parliament election. Our results show that having experienced a mock election as a student does not increase the likelihood of voting in subsequent real elections. This result holds when we study both short- and long-term effects, and when we divide our sample into different parts depending on their socio-economic status and study each part separately.

Study of Women who DID not Respond to Screening for Cervical Cancer

1979 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franco Berrino ◽  
Liliana Chiappa ◽  
Silvana Oliverio ◽  
Paolo Todeschin ◽  
Enrico Turolla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Factors ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Cervical Screening ◽  
Place Of Birth ◽  
Population Response ◽  
Screening Programs ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Relevant Factors

Demographic and social factors influencing the population response to cervical screening programs have been studied. Age, marital status and, to a lesser extent, place of birth and socio-economic status were the most relevant factors. On the other hand, the reasons for nonparticipation were mainly the lack of information and motivation. Personal invitations, the recall of women who did not present on the first call, and the setting up of decentralized smear collection clinics proved to be useful tools to increase attendance.

Between Rescue and Research: An Evaluation after 30 Years of Liberal Metal Detecting in Archaeological Research and Heritage Practice in Denmark

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 704-725 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andres S. Dobat
Keyword(s):  
Social Factors ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Archaeological Research ◽  
Complex Interplay ◽  
Metal Detector ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
Danish Experience ◽  
Metal Detectors

Since the early 1980s, metal detector surveying conducted by amateur archaeologists has contributed significantly to archaeological research and heritage practice in Denmark. Here, metal detecting has always been legal, and official stakeholders pursue a liberal model, focusing on cooperation and inclusion rather than confrontation and criminalization. Like no other surveying method since the invention of the shovel, the metal detector has contributed to increasing enormously the amount of data and sites from metal-rich periods. Virtually all of the spectacular and ground-breaking discoveries of the past decades are owed to metal detectors in the hands of amateur archaeologists. And it is these finds and sites that today constitute one of the very foci of archaeological research. This article provides an overview of the current status of liberal metal detector archaeology in Denmark 30 years after its inception, and attempts to identify the reasons why this popular hobby never developed into the problem it has become in other parts of the world. It concludes that the success of the liberal model in Denmark is the result of a very complex interplay of legislative, historical, cultural, and social factors. On this basis, it is discussed whether the Danish experience can be used as a source of inspiration in the necessary progression towards a new legal agenda for responsible metal detector archaeology.

scholarly journals On the Trail of Paediatric Liver Transplant in South Africa: Social Challenges to Equitable Distribution in Organ Transplantation

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tina C. Sideris ◽  
June Fabian
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Organ Transplantation ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Organ Transplant ◽  
Access To Treatment ◽  
Equitable Distribution ◽  
Social Challenges ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Life Threatening

This paper tracks the journey of a family from a remote rural area in South Africa – a 2 year old child born with a life threatening liver disease, and his unemployed mother – who, by a series of contingencies, are sent on the trail of organ transplantation to land at the door of a private organ transplant centre. This case brings into focus the dilemmas that social factors present for equitable distribution of organ transplantation. The paper focuses on two interconnected issues: the link between socio-economic status and access to treatment, and existing practices of rationing. The uncritical conjunction of socio-economic status and organ transplantation disadvantages vulnerable sectors of the population. Yet, social circumstances impact the management of specialized medical treatment, which in itself imposes burdens on those with limited resources.  Similarly, although this paper poses questions about indiscriminate practices, it accepts the inevitable rationing of health care.

scholarly journals From tearful toddler to strident youth: Tackling health inequalities through primary care

2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
John Catford
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Health Policy ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Health Inequalities ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Health Service Delivery ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
The World ◽  
Disadvantaged People

Australia, over many decades, has experienced marked differences in health status between population groups as defined by gender, geography, ethnicity and socio-economic status. For example, affluent, privileged people have better health and lower mortality than poor, disadvantaged people. Australia?s health is now one of the best in the world - but the only way for it to improve further is to tackle health inequalities as a central plank of health research, health policy, and health service delivery.

scholarly journals A revised scoring scheme for the classification of socio-economic status in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-33
Author(s):  
Michael O. Ibadin ◽  
George O. Akpede
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Rater Reliability ◽  
Comprehensive Review ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
The Past ◽  
The University

Background: Researchers in medicine and related fields in Nigeria have usually made recourse to the instrument developed by Olusanya et al and Oyedeji in the past three-and-a half decades for determination of socioeconomic status (SES). Beside the question of their age, however, these instruments were purposive and might no longer be suitable because of the changes in the parameters on which they were based.Objective: To develop a robust but generic scheme that takes into consideration the changes in the nation’s socioeconomic space in the succeeding three and a half decades.Methods: A detailed and comprehensive review of the extant schemes was undertaken with a view to identifying their inherent weaknesses. The latter were then factored into the design of a new scheme taking into consideration the emergent restructuring of career positions in the civil/public service as well as the place of private and informal sectors of the economy. The new scheme was validated at the University of Beninand Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospitals.Results: The new scheme had a remarkably high Inter-rater reliability (r = 0.947, p<0.001), raterre- rater reliability (r = 0.984, p <0.001) and % agreement (with modified Oyedeji’s tool as standard) of 67% (K coefficient = 0.47, r = 0.71, p<0.001)Conclusion/Recommendation: The new scheme could be a viable tool for the assessment of SES of families and individuals, which not only takes into consideration current realities of the nation’s economy, but also is readily adaptable to meet foreseeable changes.

scholarly journals Same Gender Erotomania: When the Psychiatrist Became the Delusional Theme—A Case Report and Literature Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Ruzita Jamaluddin
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Delusional Disorder ◽  
Psychiatric Condition ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Affected Person ◽  
Same Gender

Erotomania is a rare subtype of delusional disorder, whereby the affected person believes that another individual, usually someone with higher socio-economic status, is in love with them despite having little or no contact. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first published case of same gender erotomania, involving a 28-year-old single lady and a 42-year-old divorcee towards a female psychiatrist. We aimed to share the challenges experienced by the managing psychiatrist as she inopportunely became the theme of her patients’ delusion. We also reviewed and discussed recent literature on erotomania to create awareness among psychiatrists towards this rare psychiatric condition.

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