Sentences with phrase «studying ethnic differences»

This may in part explain inconsistent findings researchers have noted when studying ethnic differences in the effect of parental control.

Not exact matches

In addition, some studies have reported ethnic differences — that for African - American and Chinese - Americans, there is sometimes little or no difference in academic performance between kids from authoritarian and authoritative homes.

Our study was not powered to study the differences in the breastfeeding practice among the different ethnic groups.

These are some of the findings of a recent study published in the journal Psychiatric Services, which reported significant racial - ethnic differences in diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric conditions across 11 private, not - for - profit U.S. healthcare delivery systems.

The authors added that future studies to determine fetal growth standards should attempt to take racial and ethnic differences into account.

Lee is hoping to do further work in countries such as South Korea to reveal any differences between ethnic groups, as well as to study more women who drink higher amounts of alcohol, to investigate whether the possible difference between genders holds up for heavier drinkers.

Some studies have suggested that the higher odds of breast cancer subtypes with unfavorable prognoses in minority racial / ethnic groups could be explained by differences in socioeconomic status.

The study also identifies racial / ethnic differences that may help to target suicide prevention efforts in the doctor's office and other health care settings.

The psychologists also studied the gender and ethnic similarities and differences between Hispanic parents and the larger general population of non-Hispanic families.

«Although we do not know the reasons for the racial and ethnic differences we saw, one explanation could be that the black and Hispanic patients had surgery when they are much heavier and sicker than the non-Hispanic white patients,» said study lead author, Karen J. Coleman, PhD, of the Kaiser Permanente Department of Research & Evaluation in Pasadena, Calif. «Our study highlights that surgery may be an important intervention tool for people earlier in their weight gain trajectory.

The study looked to see if ethnic and racial disparities in breastfeeding could be explained by differences in the use of formula in hospitals, family history of breastfeeding, mother's belief that «breast is best»; and demographic measures including poverty, education and relationship status.

Dr Toral Gathani, a clinical epidemiologist at the University of Oxford [1], told the 10th European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC - 10) today (Thursday) that findings from the largest study to date of tumour characteristics in relation to ethnicity suggested that inherent differences in tumour biology between the ethnic groups were unlikely to play a role.

In «Ethnogenesis and Social Difference in the Andean Late Intermediate Period (AD 1100 - 1450): A Bioarchaeological Study of Cranial Modification in the Colca Valley, Peru,» published in Current Anthropology, Matthew C. Velasco examines how the prevalence and evolution of cranial modification practices during the Late Intermediate Period influenced ethnic identity formation in Peru's Colca Valley.

The study also found ethnic and gender differences.

«We have long known that men begin to lose their sense of smell some years sooner than women, but this is the first study to point to racial or ethnic differences,» said study author Jayant Pinto, MD, associate professor of surgery at the University of Chicago.

Although differences in the environments in which people live often are suspected when asthma risks among populations differ, the new findings illustrate the importance of also considering genetic differences among ethnic groups in diagnosing and treating disease, said Esteban Burchard, MD, professor of bioengineering for the UCSF School of Pharmacy and the senior scientist for the study.

Ethnic differences in dietary intakes, physical activity, and energy expenditure in middle - aged, premenopausal women: the Healthy Transitions Study

Nine of those studies found that school choice provided a more integrated classroom experience, one found no visible difference, and no empirical study had ever found that a school choice program made ethnic segregation worse.

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to Parents of Children Involved With Child Welfare: A Study of Racial and Ethnic Differences for American Indian Parents Libby, Orton, Barth, Webb, Burns, Wood, et al (2007) Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 32 (2) View Abstract Presents analysis of data from the National Study of Child and Adolescent Well - Being.

This study examines potential racial and ethnic differences in early adolescent girls» desired and perceived normative role timing and the extent to which various socioeconomic and family factors and school and job aspirations might be linked with girls» role - timing expectations.

Ethnic and cultural differences must also be taken into account in studying the effects of parenting styles on child social development.

Socioeconomic and ethnic group differences in self reported health status and use of health services by children and young people in England: Cross sectional study

Naturally, this explanation is speculative at best, as information about participants» romantic ideologies or belief systems was not collected and we can not know with any certainty the underlying mechanisms producing the ethnic differences found among the participants in this study.

Our study investigated, first, developmental gains in children's language competence, social support seeking, and self control following the transitions to kindergarten and school; second, whether native Germans, ethnic German repatriates, Russian Jewish and Turkish migrants differed in developmental gains following these transitions; and third, whether differences in mother's education, financial standing, or network contacts accounted for ethnic group differences in developmental gains.

Furthermore, our sample did not allow for the examination of ethnic differences although previous studies have either reported no ethnic differences in the development of APD (Washburn et al. 2007), or have concluded that low SES accounts for such differences (Lahey et al. 2005).

Future research should further explore these ethnic differences, which might lead to better interventions aimed at improving self - esteem, the study authors say.

First, prior work has examined how spousal differences in race / ethnic, educational, and religious backgrounds affect marital quality; however, studies have not investigated the implications of age heterogamy for marital quality (Bumpass & Sweet, 1972; Bradbury, Fincham, & Breach, 2000; Larson & Holman, 1994).

We addressed some of the prior criticisms of EBT research by ensuring that (1) participants and study context were clinically representative, (2) there were no systematic differences in clinician competence across conditions (ie, all clinicians were randomly assigned), and (3) the sample would include the ethnic diversity that critics have found insufficient in the randomized controlled trial literature.17 - 20 Accordingly, we obtained samples from outpatient treatment programs that served the general public across a broad demographic and income range, we included only youths whose families sought treatment (ie, no recruiting or advertising), all treatment was provided by professional clinicians employed in the participating programs, and all treatment was provided in those programs (ie, not in university laboratory clinics).

Some parenting differences have been identified in specific racial / ethnic groups; for example, in a study of a large diverse population, Hispanic parents were significantly higher on adolescent reports of parental monitoring than White parents, and African American parents were lower than White parents on adolescent reports of warmth (Chao & Kanatsu, 2008).

In addition, a study by Mieloo et al. that examined the teacher SDQ in multi-ethnic 5 — 6 year old children in the Netherlands also identified differences in reliability of the subscales between different ethnic groups [27].

Ethnic differences in blood pressure in young men living in similar environment: a study of international adoptees in Sweden.

The purpose of the present study was to investigate ethnic differences in trauma - related mental health symptoms among adolescents, and test the mediating and moderating effects of polyvictimization (i.e., number of types of traumas / victimizations experienced by an individual) and household income, respectively.