SOCIOLOGY PROJECT TOPICS AND RESEARCH MATERIALS

• 1. FOR MOMS: CULTURALLY RELEVANT TREATMENT SERVICES FOR PERINATAL DEPRESSION

  » Abstract: This research is a randomized pilot aimed at examining whether a mental healh services model of care (engagement session followed by a choice of brief interpersonal psychotherapy or pharmacotherapy) is more effective in reducing depression during pregnancy, improving social functioning and parenting, and preventing postpartum depression than usual care....Continue Reading »

  50 pages |  5 engagements | 

• 2. EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT AND PATTERNS OF TOBACCO USE AND ADDICTION: WHAT EXPLAINS ...

  » Abstract: Education is a powerful socio demographic predictor of smoking prevalence and in line with these public health goals and recommendations, the current study proposes to investigate educational disparities in patterns of tobacco use and addiction and factors that might account for these disparities. We are conducting an examination of the link between educational attainment and subsequent ...Continue Reading »

  50 pages |  5 engagements | 

• 3. EDUCATION AND HEALTH AMONG RACIAL GROUPS

  » Abstract: This project uses four different data sets that shed additional light on the association between education and health. Collectively, the data sets have two unique features that allow us to examine the social and psychological factors that bind together race, education and health. The features of these data sets provide a systematic assessment of how race shapes the pathways between educa...Continue Reading »

  50 pages |  5 engagements | 

• 4. EARLY ADVERSITY IMPACT ON HEALTH AND FUNCTIONING: FROM AT-RISK YOUTH TO ADULTHOO...

  » Abstract: This longitudinal project examines within a gender balanced, racially and socioeconomically diverse community sample the enduring effects of childhood adversity as well as resilience in those with varying histories of poverty, violence, and other forms of stressful adversity. The study responds to calls prioritizing contextual risk, cumulative stress burden, and neurobiology in studying ...Continue Reading »

  50 pages |  3 engagements | 

• 5. DEVELOPING PREVENTION STRATEGIES FOR STIGMATIZED WOMEN

  » Abstract: Description: This Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) will provide the education and skills that I need to make an important and significant transition in my career. Through the training and research experiences under this award, I will transition from conducting descriptive survey research on risk factors for health problems to developing and testing interventions to add...Continue Reading »

  50 pages |  3 engagements | 

• 6. Depression and Anxiety in Pregnancy Study

  » Abstract: The primary objective of the study is to determine the prevalence of maternal depressive and panic disorders in women during pregnancy and the postpartum period. To accomplish this, we set up a quality improvement project in the clinic to have clinic staff screen women for major depression and panic disorder. The screening is conducted by clinic staff at 3 different times during the cour...Continue Reading »

  50 pages |  2 engagements | 

• 7. Committee for Children Steps to Respect Evaluation

  » Abstract: The Social Development Research Group (SDRG) at the University of Washington is partnering with Committee for Children (CFC) to conduct a large scale school randomized evaluation of Steps To Respect: A School Bullying Prevention Program. In collaboration with the CFC, the SDRG has developed a design and work plan for the evaluation that will allow for a rigorous test of the program, with...Continue Reading »

  50 pages |  2 engagements | 

• 8. Catastrophizing, Child Pain Behavior, and Parental Response

  » Abstract: This observational study is designed to help us better understand how family members think and act when a child is ill. Seventy five children with unexplained abdominal pain and their mothers are expected to participate. Sessions take place in a social laboratory setting designed to simulate abdominal discomfort in the context of everyday activities....Continue Reading »

  50 pages |  2 engagements | 

• 9. Caring for our Generations: A community health project supporting Native women a...

  » Abstract: This project is a collaboration between the University of Washington, a Tribal Health Clinic, Northwestern Washington Indian Health Board, and Northwest Indian College to explore health, substance use, and family support in Native women during and after pregnancy....Continue Reading »

  50 pages |  3 engagements | 

• 10. Caregiving within Historically Disadvantaged Communities

  » Abstract: This research activity examines the risk and protective factors associated with physical and mental health outcomes among informal caregivers (CGs) and their gay and lesbian elder care recipients (CRs), both those living with AIDS and facing other chronic illness. This study is examining the dyadic relationship between caregivers and care recipients, and how it influences positive and ne...Continue Reading »

  50 pages |  3 engagements | 

• 11. An Internet CBT Intervention for Pediatric Chronic Pain and Disability

  » Abstract: This study is evaluating the efficacy of an internet based intervention in a large multicenter sample of 300 children and adolescents with chronic pain (ages 11 16) and their parents recruited from pain centers across the U.S. and Canada. The primary outcomes being measured are child activity limitations and pain through 12 month follow up. Secondary outcomes include child reported depre...Continue Reading »

  50 pages |  3 engagements | 

• 12. Alcohol Effects on Cognitive & Affective Mediation of Women’s Decision Making

  » Abstract: This project is a competing renewal of R01AA014512 and continues a program of research concerned with alcohol’s effects on women’s sexual decision making. The original project applied a cognitive mediation model to understanding alcohol’s effects, in conjunction with other contextual and background factors, on women’s risky sexual decisions in the context of conse...Continue Reading »

  50 pages |  3 engagements | 

• 13. Alcohol and Condom Use Resistance in Sexually Coercieve/Violent Men

  » Abstract: Emerging scientific evidence demonstrates that men’s use of sexual coercion/violence (SCV) against women plays a critical role in risky sexual decision making processes. Moreover, independent streams of research implicate alcohol intoxication in both violent and risky sexual behavior. Although the linkages among heterosexual women’s alcohol use, SCV victimization, and sexual ...Continue Reading »

  50 pages |  3 engagements | 

• 14. A Trial of Connecting to Prevent Drug Abuse and Risky Behaviors in Foster Teens

  » Abstract: This study conducts a randomized controlled trial of the parent and teen Connecting program with foster parents and foster teens to reduce behavioral problems. The program is self directed and is an adaptation of the Staying Connected with Your Teen program....Continue Reading »

  50 pages |  2 engagements | 

• 15. A Randomized Trial of Letting Go and Staying Connected to Reduce Risky Behaviors...

  » Abstract: This study is a collaboration between WSU and UW to conduct a randomized trial of a theoretically guided parent intervention, Letting Go & Staying Connected, a self administered handbook interactively used by parents and their transitioning college students, designed to increase academic success and prevent substance use and HIV/sex risk behaviors. Letting Go & Staying Connected ...Continue Reading »

  50 pages |  2 engagements | 

• 16. A Problem Solving Intervention for Hospice Caregiver

  » Abstract: This four year randomized controlled study, , builds on recent research that has revealed that stress and caregiver burden can negatively impact morbidity and mortality among informal caregivers of hospice patients. Problem solving therapy (PST) has been tested and found effective when delivered to family caregivers of physically or cognitively impaired older adults, caregivers of patien...Continue Reading »

  50 pages |  3 engagements | 

• 17. A Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial of a School Based Teen Marijuana Che...

  » Abstract: This study is a continuation of 4 previous NIDA funded projects that developed and evaluated the acceptability and preliminary efficacy of a brief intervention (The Teen Marijuana Check Up) intended to attract voluntary participation from adolescents who smoke marijuana. The intervention is designed to provide adolescents who are not seeking treatment with an opportunity to weigh the pro...Continue Reading »

  50 pages |  3 engagements | 

• 18. A Pragmatic Trial of Parent-focused Prevention in Pediatric Primary Care: Implem...

  » Abstract: Fifty percent of all adolescents will use some form of illicit drugs before the end of high school, 20 25% will meet criteria for depression, and many others will engage in health compromising behaviors like delinquency and violence—with consequences for their long term health. Evidence based interventions shown to prevent these behavioral health concerns could improve adolescent h...Continue Reading »

  50 pages |  3 engagements | 

• 19. IMPACT OF PETROLEUM PRODUCT SCARCITY ON THE CAPACITY UTILIZATION

  » ABSTRACT The topic of this project report is impact of petroleum product scarcity on capacity utilization. A case study of Emenite Nigeria limited. The purpose of the study is to identify the impact of petroleum products scarcity on the capacity of utilization of Emenite Nig. Ltd. In carrying out this study the researcher will adopt the survey and historical researcher methods. This will enable re...Continue Reading »

  50 pages |  5 engagements | 

• 20. FAMILY INSTABILITY AND JUVENILE DELINQUENCY

  » ABSTRACT The family as a universal social institution exists in all human society. It forms the basis without which no society can survive. It is from here the individual picks up a “self” through the process of socialization. Various factors have been associated with delinquency, but the most important is the quality of relationship between parents and children. Some observers of soci...Continue Reading »

  50 pages |  4 engagements |