ANN ARBOR—Electronic dating violence—including electronic harassment, coercion and monitoring—starts increasing in preadolescence but curves as teens reach young adulthood, according to a new University of Michigan study. The study looked at the three behaviors in students in two age groups (12-15 and 15-18) to determine how they experienced electronic dating violence. Electronic harassment includes messaging,… Continue reading E-violence increases through early adolescence but declines as teens become adults
News Tag: Social Psychology
Community in crisis: Black churches expand services
DETROIT—Jean Sherman got a call from a friend during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic telling her about a church nearby where she could get the vaccine. The Detroit resident also found out that the Historic King Solomon Baptist Church helped people with their rent and bills and also hosted job fairs. “So yeah, I… Continue reading Community in crisis: Black churches expand services
ISR Insights Speaker Series – Detecting white supremacist speech on social media
ANN ARBOR – ISR Insights Speaker Series is a series focusing on the research happening at ISR. This event will be online only. Detecting white supremacist speech on social media Wednesday, November 3: https://youtu.be/7ZD3ALgzNh4 Libby Hemphill Director, Resource Center for Minority Data at ICPSR Associate Professor at UMSI Social media have been repeatedly shown to… Continue reading ISR Insights Speaker Series – Detecting white supremacist speech on social media
Latest survey on sustainability going out to campus community
ANN ARBOR – More than 20,000 University of Michigan students and 7,000 faculty and staff members across the Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint campuses will be surveyed about sustainability and carbon neutrality in October as part of an ongoing initiative. The survey is part of the Sustainability Cultural Indicators Program, which launched in 2012, and… Continue reading Latest survey on sustainability going out to campus community
U-M lab awarded $13.2M grant to help thwart substance abuse disorders
ANN ARBOR—A University of Michigan lab focused on developing cutting-edge methods to inform effective interventions for drug abuse, HIV and other chronic conditions has been awarded a $13.2 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The Data Science for Dynamic Intervention Decision-Making Lab, or d3lab, at the Institute for Social Research’s Survey Research… Continue reading U-M lab awarded $13.2M grant to help thwart substance abuse disorders
Grants from OVPR, NCID advance anti-racism research, scholarship
ANN ARBOR – The Office of the Vice President for Research, in partnership with the National Center for Institutional Diversity, has awarded nearly $500,000 in grants to eight research teams from across the University of Michigan to explore complex societal racial inequalities that ultimately inform actions to achieve equity and justice. This is the first… Continue reading Grants from OVPR, NCID advance anti-racism research, scholarship
Communities for cognitive aging: How neighborhoods may protect the cognitive health of older Americans
ANN ARBOR – Americans are living longer than ever before, but cognitive decline threatens the quality of those last golden years. Now, new evidence suggests that where older adults live may help protect against dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. A trio of University of Michigan studies (linked below) shows that urban and suburban neighborhoods that provide… Continue reading Communities for cognitive aging: How neighborhoods may protect the cognitive health of older Americans
U-M expert: Challenges abound as leaders assemble for Mackinac Policy Conference
ANN ARBOR—Many of Michigan’s business, political and academic movers and shakers are gathering this week for the annual Mackinac Policy Conference after the coronavirus pandemic forced the cancellation of last year’s event. While the number of people ferrying or flying to Mackinac Island is certain to be far lower than usual, with attendance caps and… Continue reading U-M expert: Challenges abound as leaders assemble for Mackinac Policy Conference
Michigan Minds – Understanding How Social Programs Improve the Lives of Young People
ANN ARBOR – How can social programs improve the lives of young people? Robin Jacob, PhD, research associate professor at the Survey Research Center at ISR and the School of Education, and faculty co-director of the Youth Policy Lab (YPL), joined this episode of Michigan Minds to explain her research evaluating programs and interventions to… Continue reading Michigan Minds – Understanding How Social Programs Improve the Lives of Young People
MIDAS, Detroit Police Athletic League to assess youth programs
ANN ARBOR – The Michigan Institute for Data Science at the University of Michigan is working with the Detroit Police Athletic League (PAL) to analyze survey data to assess the impact of PAL programs on participants and their families. More than 15,000 youth from over 90 cities in Michigan participate in PAL programs each year.… Continue reading MIDAS, Detroit Police Athletic League to assess youth programs