That is, negative correlations were found with social skills and social competence, while positive correlations
emerged with social problems and social anxiety.
It does mean, though, that regulatory reform is fraught — and the loser is too often a potentially effective measure to
deal with a social problem.
But at the same time, moral issues of major proportions are the daily bill of fare in newspapers and on television, and our nation seems
infected with social problems that have a deep religious dimension: poverty, pollution, discrimination, runaway technology, to name a few.
Investment in public services has increased but productivity growth has actually fallen, the authors argue, leaving ministers to deal
with social problems with «unimaginative, statist and authoritarian» solutions such as Asbos, CCTV or identity cards.
Racially segregated high - poverty schools tend to be
overrun with social problems, have a hard time finding and retaining good teachers, are associated with high dropout rates, and are less effective than diverse schools at intervening in problems outside of school that undermine learning.
Over the years we have come to specialise in re-habilitating
dogs with social problems and are fully aware that many rescue centres are not set up to provide such facilities and would consequently have to turn such dogs away.
Specifically, ADHD symptoms were not associated
with social problems among adolescents who reported low levels of depressive symptoms, but the association between ADHD symptoms and social problems was significant at higher levels of depression.
In contrast, ODD and depressive symptoms were the only domains significantly positively associated
with social problems when all of the psychopathology variables were included in the path model.
With these social problems the Hebrew prophets were continually concerned, and to their solution gave such creative thought that to this day all revivals of social conscience among Christians draw inspiration and direction from them.
«To see education and labor together — particularly when community colleges are such a focal point for workforce retraining and trying to deal with unemployment — signals future joint thinking with particular programs and legislation and how we approach trying to deal
with social problems.»
In addition, they often fail to model non-violent ways of dealing
with social problems, so that their children don't learn the social skills needed to resolve conflicts through cooperation.
Conflict resolution also provides school staff with a very effective tool to deal
with social problems that can interfere with children's learning in class and to help identify when there are underlying concerns, such as problems with learning, that need to be addressed.