This will be the site for Social Science topics. Eventually a subject tree will be used to organize the digests into a hierarchy of more specific fields. These will include Anthropology, Archaeology, Area studies, Cultural and ethnic studies, Economics, Gender and sexuality studies, Geography, Political science, Psychology and Sociology.
EDITORIALS
FEATURE ARTICLES
DISCUSSION PAPERS
FORUM ARTICLES
A longitudinal study of the duration of television viewing in youth associated with criminality and anti-social behavior in later adulthood. Lindsay A. Robertson, L A, Helena M. McAnally & Robert J. Hancox, 2013, “Childhood and Adolescent Television Viewing and Antisocial Behavior in Early Adulthood”, Pediatrics 131:3, 439-446. Published online February 18, 2013. doi: 10.1542/peds.2012-1582. http://www.opusej.org/library/childhood-and-adolescent-television-viewing-and-antisocial-behavior-in-early-adulthood-cover/
A study exploring the immediate negative impact of exposure to the internet on the mood of internet addicts may contribute to increased usage by those individuals attempting to reduce their low mood by re-engaging rapidly in internet use. Romano, M et al, 2013, “Differential Psychological Impact of Internet Exposure on Internet Addicts”, PLoS ONE 8(2): e55162. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055162 http://www.opusej.org/library/differential-psychological-impact-of-internet-exposure-on-internet-addicts-cover/
A study investigating the emergence of lying in very young (2- to 3-year-old) children who were asked not to peek at a toy when the experimenter was not looking, suggests that children begin to tell lies at a very young age and that their executive functioning skills significantly predicted young children’s tendency to lie. Evans, Angela D & Lee, Kang, 2013, “Emergence of Lying in Very Young Children”,Developmental Psychology, Online Jan 7 , 2013. doi: 10.1037/a0031409 http://www.opusej.org/library/emergence-of-lying-in-very-young-children-cover/
The final outcome of a 2010 national think-tank on Canadian perspectives on domestic homicide review and prevention was the identification of next steps in domestic homicide death review and prevention through various recommendations. Jaffe, Peter G, Myrna Dawson & Marcie Campbell, 2013, “Developing a National Collaborative Approach to Prevent Domestic Homicides: Domestic Homicide Review Committees”, Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice 55:1,137-55. Online January 2013 DOI: 10.1353/ccj.2013.0000 http://www.opusej.org/library/developing-a-national-collaborative-approach-to-prevent-domestic-homicides-domestic-homicide-review-committees-cover/
Application of contemporary social theory used to argue that political psychology must deal with the consequences of an increasingly borderless world in which political identities are becoming more fluid, increasingly hybridized, and open to transformation. Nesbitt-Larking, P and Kinnvall, C, 2012, “The Discursive Frames of Political Psychology”, Political Psychology, 33: 45–59. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2011.00862.x http://www.opusej.org/library/the-discursive-frames-of-political-psychology-cover/
READING LIST
A longitudinal study of the duration of television viewing in youth associated with criminality and anti-social behavior in later adulthood. Lindsay A. Robertson, L A, Helena M. McAnally & Robert J. Hancox, 2013, “Childhood and Adolescent Television Viewing and Antisocial Behavior in Early Adulthood”, Pediatrics To be published March 1st 2013, http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/future/131/3#ARTICLES
Children in the study group, who had their aggressive and violent television viewing replaced with educational and pro-social television, demonstrated significantly less aggression and were noted to be more social than the children in the control group. Christakis, D A et al, 2013 “Modifying Media Content for Preschool Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial”, Pediatrics To be published March 1st 2013. http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/future/131/3#ARTICLES
A study exploring the immediate negative impact of exposure to the internet on the mood of internet addicts may contribute to increased usage by those individuals attempting to reduce their low mood by re-engaging rapidly in internet use. Romano, M et al, 2013, “Differential Psychological Impact of Internet Exposure on Internet Addicts”, PLoS ONE 8(2): e55162. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055162 http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0055162
A study investigating the emergence of lying in very young (2- to 3-year-old) children who were asked not to peek at a toy when the experimenter was not looking, suggests that children begin to tell lies at a very young age and that their executive functioning skills significantly predicted young children’s tendency to lie. Evans, Angela D & Lee, Kang, 2013, “Emergence of Lying in Very Young Children”, Developmental Psychology, Online Jan 7 , 2013. doi: 10.1037/a0031409 http://www.opusej.org/library/emergence-of-lying-in-very-young-children-cover/