Risky disclosures on Facebook: The effect of having bad experiences
2012 study in the Journal of Adolescent Research on the relationship between having a negative online experience and use of privacy settings.
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Learning curve: How graduates solve information problems once they join the workplace
2012 report from Project Information Literacy on the mismatch between the employers’ needs and the research skills and habits that young people are displaying on the job.
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Is It generalized anxiety disorder or poverty? Poor mothers and their children
2012 study from Rutgers finds that overly broad definitions of mental illness have resulted in improper categorization of some poor mothers as suffering from psychiatric conditions.
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Measuring learning outcomes in higher education: Motivation matters
2012 study from ETS in Princeton, New Jersey, published in Educational Researcher on standardized testing in higher education and student motivations.
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Early predictors of high school math achievement
2012 study from Carnegie Mellon University, University of California-Irvine and others published in Psychological Science on the link between elementary and high school math achievement.
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Misplaced confidences: Privacy and the control paradox
2012 study from Carnegie Mellon University published in Social Psychological and Personality Science on user-controlled privacy settings online.
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Chemical exposures to lead, mercury and PCBs among childbearing-aged women
2012 study from Brown University and the University of Rhode Island on the body burden and risk factors for U.S. women of child-bearing age.
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Scientific thinking in young children: Theoretical advances, empirical research and policy implications
2012 article from the University of California-Berkeley published in Science on how young children think scientifically and implications for early education reform.
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Changing attitudes toward marriage and children in six countries
2010 study in Sociological Perspectives using three datasets on changing attitudes toward traditional marriage structures and child bearing.
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Incidence of serious injuries due to physical abuse in the United States, 1997 to 2009
2012 from Yale University published in Pediatrics on a rise in the incidence of serious child abuse cases in the United States.
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