Miech cited in Forbes piece on e-cigarettes
August 13, 2018
Richard Miech’s research on teen and young adult e-cigarette use was cited in a Forbes.com piece examining the vaping trend. Miech says, “vaping can provide a physical pathway to smoking by creating an addiction to nicotine. Among adolescents, vaping strongly predicts future cigarette...
SRC Researchers at the American Sociological Association 113th Annual Meeting
August 10, 2018
SRC faculty and student mentees at the 2018 ASA Annual Meeting: Sunday, August 128:30-10:10, Christina Cross, Extended Family Households among U.S. Children: Differences by Race/Ethnicity and SES, Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Level 4, Franklin Hall 2 8:30-10:10, Asta Breinholt, Does Education...
Miech comments on a new study showing teens who vape are more likely to use marijuana later
August 6, 2018
A new study in Pediatrics finds an association between teen e-cigarette and hookah use and later marijuana use. Richard Miech, who was not one of the study’s authors, comments, “Once you start vaping, I think you become known as the person who vapes, who’s cool. You get invited to...
New Book by Raghunathan, Berglund & Solenberger: Multiple Imputation in Practice
July 26, 2018
Multiple Imputation in Practice: With Examples Using IVEware by Trivellore Raghuathan, Patricia Berglund, and Peter Solenberger provides practical guidance on multiple imputation analysis, from simple to complex problems using real and simulated data sets.The book provides: Detailed examples of...
Alarming Prevalence of Errors in Survey Analyses
July 24, 2018
SCIENMAG reported on West, Sakshaug, and Aurelien’s meta-analysis of 250 papers, reports & presentations which found an alarming prevalence of analytic errors in secondary analyses of survey data, Alarming Error Common In Survey Analyses. Brady West says, “It was quite shocking....
Psychology Today Discusses Antonucci’s Social Convoy Model
July 2, 2018
Psychology Today discusses Toni Antonucci’s social convoy model – a way to measure people’s close social networks over time – and how the study of social relations, considered lightweight and irrelevant at the beginning of Antonucci’s career, has grown in importance in...
Daniel Keating Wrote an Op-Ed for CNN on the Psychological & Biological Impact of Separating Kids from Parents
June 25, 2018
Daniel Keating’s op-ed at CNN.com, Why separating kids from parents is a form of torture, discusses the long-lasting physical and mental damage inflicted on children when they experience toxic stress and trauma: But the trauma of forced separation from one’s loving family and its...
Call for Proposals: 2019 IRIS Researcher Awards
June 21, 2018
IRIS is excited to announce a second round of awards to fund researchers who will use the IRIS data to address questions about the social and economic returns to investments in research. Up to $15,000 for dissertation awards and up to $30,000 for early career and established researcher awards are...
Ken Langa cited in Washington Post
June 18, 2018
Ken Langa’s research on trends in dementia prevalence was cited in an article in the Washington Post which rounds up current research on “cognitive life expectancy”.Related journal article: Langa, Larson, Crimmins, et al. (2017). A Comparison of the Prevalence of Dementia in the...
Small Groups Narrow Math Gap for Low-Income Kindergartners
June 14, 2018
In a study for Brookings, Robin Jacob and Brian Jacob from the Youth Policy Lab, found that teaching low-income, minority kindergartners math in small group settings can help narrow the gap with their higher-income peers. 'To date, there has been very little research about the effectiveness of...
