Lowly status proves infectious in monkeys. (social status linked to...

Science News;  June 21, 1997 ;     555 words ......Medicine. However, animals with lower social status were at higher risk than high social status animals. Macaques provide a good animal...membership throughout the study. Rankings of social status for each monkey depended on the animal...

Employees' social status in Iranian public and governmental organisations:...

Singapore Management Review;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Abstract Employees' social status has strong influences on employees...research projects on employees' social status, very few studies have focused...social factors on the employees' social status in Iranian public and governmental...

Most Thais view economic and social status still unchanged: Poll

Xinhua News Agency;  December 9, 2002 ;     244 words ...Most Thais view economic and social status still unchanged: Poll BANGKOK, Dec...Most Thais view their economic and social status remains unchanged five years after...residents on Dec. 6 on economic and social status of people since the Constitution 1997...

Education, Social Status and Health.(Book Review)

Social Forces;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Education, Social Status and Health By John Mirowsky and Catherine...51.95 (cloth), $25.95 (paper) Education, Social Status and Health provides an informative look at how social status influences health in the United States today...

Factors influencing the social status of children with mild academic...

Exceptional Children;  December 1, 1992 ;     700+ words ......without disabilities, and enhancing the social status of the students with disabilities with...Investigations of the behavioral correlates of social status among students without disabilities...evidence for a social skills theory of social status (Asher & Hymel, 1981; Coie &...

The brain is 'hard-wired' to care about social status

The Hindustan Times;  April 24, 2008 ;     691 words ......brains are hard-wired to care about social status. Scientists based the findings after...identifying a brain circuitry associated with social status through functional magnetic resonance...added. Prior studies have shown that social status strongly predicts health. Animals ...

Teacher reports of social behavior and peer acceptance in early childhood:...

Child Study Journal;  March 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......investigate the relation between sex, social status and social behavior in a sample of...emerged as an important predictor of social status for children in middle childhood however...little is known about the correlates of social status in the preschool years. Additionally...

Factors affecting the social status of Australian young adults.

The Journal of Social Psychology;  April 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ......defined by ethnicity, gender, and social status - and measure of students' learning...significant variations in gender and social status within the ethnic groups, however...measures in the earlier studies and the social status of the same research participants...

Attitude Towards Artwork in the Israeli Kindergarten and the Reproduction...

Studies in Art Education;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......plays in the reproduction theory of social status. This micro-ethnographic field research...according to the children's specific social status. The acquiescence of all concerned...kindergarten and the reproduction of social status. The aim of the research is to examine...

Women's status, fertility decline, and women's health in developing...

Rural Sociology;  June 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Direct and Indirect Influences of Social Status on Health* ABSTRACT In the present...fertility mediate the effect of women's social status on women's health as measured by infant...provide strong evidence that women's social status makes direct contributions to women...

Temperament and peer acceptance in early childhood: Sex and social status...

Child Study Journal;  September 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......investigate the relation between sex, social status and temperament in a sample of preschool-ag...towards children's social competence and social status within the peer group has stemmed from...relationship between temperament, sex and social status has not been explored fully with ...

SOCIAL STATUS OF SENIOR TALENTS RUNS UP

AsiaInfo Services;  January 21, 2002 ;     217 words ...00-00-0000 Social Status of Senior Talents Runs up CHINA...Unprecedented head- hunting war raises the social status of high-terminal talents. The position...are the hottest talents. Their social status runs up increasingly. They are...

Bottega Veneta Tops Social Status Poll.(Brief article)

WWD;  June 16, 2008 ;     248 words ......designer brands accorded the highest social status by affluent consumers. Bottega is subtle...Calvin Klein, which was number 25 on the social status scale.) As for other brands on the social status list, Valentino was ranked second...

Social status attainment of "common man" young adults: Kahl's study...

Journal of Genetic Psychology;  March 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......varying ability levels and from different social status backgrounds were investigated in a...adolescents from differing ability/social status contexts. That is, the investigation...adolescents' aspirations, and the social status attainment of young adults from differing...

BEHAVIORAL PROFILES OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF SOCIAL STATUS IN PRESCHOOL...

Social Behavior and Personality;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......profiles of children of various types of social status, in a sample of 54 preschool children...neglected and controversial types of social status were defined by direct observation...social acceptance, preschool children, social status, behavioral profiles, direct observation...