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2012-12-06T17:46:14-05:00

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Can money buy happiness?

Last updated on: December 6, 2012 at 5:46 pm By Bradley Wright

Apparently yes, if it is spent correctly. I wonder if this makes routine tithing as a path to happiness? Read more

Brad Wright

2012-12-02T22:59:02-05:00

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The Naked Truth about Self-Esteem?

Last updated on: December 2, 2012 at 10:59 pm By Mark Regnerus

About a week ago a curious story began to make the media rounds. Apparently porn stars’ lives aren’t nearly the mess they are often presumed to be. Instead, the news cycle declared, they display greater self-esteem and deeper “spirituality” than the average woman. These were two of the findings from a study published in the Journal of Sex Research, a fair journal in which yours truly has appeared a few times. I skimmed the actual article, which is interesting. Despite... Read more

2012-12-01T23:22:49-05:00

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Why are the Tea Partiers so Happy?

Last updated on: December 1, 2012 at 11:22 pm By George Yancey

In the spirit of bringing up politically incorrect research for discussion allow me to introduce this. For those who just want the executive summary basically this research suggests that conservatives are happier than liberals. Moreover, activists on both sides of the political fence are happier than their moderate brothers and sisters. But conservative activists are happier than liberal activists. So both Tea Partiers and Occupy Wall Street folks are happier than the moderates who sit out the protests but there... Read more

George Yancey

2012-12-21T09:59:19-05:00

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Sex Work in Vietnam

Last updated on: December 21, 2012 at 9:59 am By Jerry Park

Much of the material I teach on racial, gender, and class inequalities is US based, but given the increasing relationship between the US and the rest of the world, I’m learning to add more to my repertoire on the push factors that bring new immigrants to the US and the life conditions of the people there. Sometimes documentaries help me figure out the big frameworks for a particular issue, and that helps me to dig my way into the literature... Read more

2012-11-29T09:54:24-05:00

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How do we know if people are flourishing?

Last updated on: November 29, 2012 at 9:54 am By Bradley Wright

As Margarita Mooney so ably put forth in a previous post, Sociology is in need of an attitude adjustment (my words, not hers). Namely, the focus of so much sociology is on the problems of society (in fact, many sociological courses are taught as a variation of the theme social problems), but this shunts aside an equally interesting and important question: What makes people, groups, and society prosper? We shouldn’t just assume that the solutions in society are simply the... Read more

Brad Wright

Positive sociology

2012-11-27T14:04:24-05:00

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The Problem with Being Thankful

Last updated on: November 27, 2012 at 2:04 pm By Amy Reynolds

I enjoyed celebrating Thanksgiving with my family. I’m thankful for the lives of my three daughters, for my husband; I’m thankful for my parents, my siblings, and my extended family through marriage. This season, I was especially thankful that my husband and I are able to provide for our family, to meet our children’s needs, and be able to see them thrive. Yet even as I am grateful for these things, I feel a sense of unease in thanking God... Read more

2012-11-26T07:34:40-05:00

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Liberal Women Wish for More Sex. Why?

Last updated on: November 26, 2012 at 7:34 am By Mark Regnerus

OK, I’ve been at it again, meaning that I’ve been exploring associations between various measures in the New Family Structures Study (the NFSS). I realize I’ve treated readers to blog entries like this before, including here, here, and here, but I can’t help myself. Such are social science data nerds. I’ve come across another puzzle worth sharing with you. At the risk of sounding blunt, crass, and insensitive, the NFSS data clearly reveal that—for whatever reason—more politically liberal 18-39-year-old women... Read more

2012-11-23T03:16:58-05:00

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Unexpected Learning From Student’s Experiences of Loss

Last updated on: November 23, 2012 at 3:16 am By Jerry Park

This past summer I lost a friend at church and a family friend to terminal illness and through these experiences, I’ve grown more aware how often death and dying emerges at my stage in the life course. Apparently I wasn’t alone in this either. I happened to be in conversation with the university chaplain one day a couple of months ago, and he remarked that while he had a total of 40 cases in which students lost a parent or... Read more

2012-11-22T11:25:56-05:00

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Theory of Self Determination and Christianity

Last updated on: November 22, 2012 at 11:25 am By Bradley Wright

One of the joys of being an academic is reading in a wide range of research literatures and learning from them. Yesterday I was reading about the Self-Determination Theory. It’s a theory of human motivation, and it holds that humans have three general needs that they must meet for optimal function and growth: relatedness, autonomy, and competency. Relatedness is being connected to others. Autonomy isn’t being independent of others, rather it’s “being a causal agent” in one’s own life. Competency is... Read more

Brad Wright

Social Psychology

2012-11-20T22:26:13-05:00

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First-Hand Accounts of Hurricane Sandy’s Damage in Santiago de Cuba

Last updated on: November 20, 2012 at 10:26 pm By Margarita A. Mooney

Would you consider donating money to help personal friends of mine in Santiago de Cuba who were severely affected by Hurricane Sandy? A friend of the family will visit Santiago de Cuba at the end of November and will deliver the money to them personally. I will send 5% of my monthly income to help. Keeping in mind that the average monthly salary for a professional (such as a doctor or an accountant) in Cuba is just $20, any amount... Read more

Margarita Mooney

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