Family ties have wide‐ranging consequences for health, for better and for worse. This
decade review uses a life course perspective to frame significant advances in research on …

Sexual minorities are at increased risk of suicide; however, it is unclear whether there are
within-sexual minority differences in risk across specific sexual identities—notably between …

The most thorough major academic textbook available, this classic text presents the most
important research studies in the field. The author also integrates engaging first-person …

The eleventh edition of Sociology of Mental Disorder presents the major issues and
research findings on the influence of race, social class, gender, and age on the incidence …

Ein neuer verstörender Weckruf von Sachbuch-Bestseller-Autor Manfred Spitzer: Einsamkeit
ist eine Krankheit mit fatalen Folgen für Körper und Seele. Ein neuer verstörender Weckruf …

Knowledge about how gender shapes intimacy is dominated by a heteronormative focus on
relationships involving a man and a woman. In this study, the authors shifted the focus to …

The research tradition on social relationships, social networks, and health dates back to the
beginning of sociology. As exemplified in the classic work of Durkheim, Simmel, and …

In Crunch Time, Aliya Hamid Rao gets up close and personal with college-educated,
unemployed men, women, and spouses to explain how comparable men and women have …

The provision and receipt of emotion work—defined as intentional activities done to promote
another's emotional well-being—are central dimensions of marriage. However, emotion …

Extensive research has indicated food insecurity to be associated with depressive
symptoms, both of which have been indicated to increase globally during the COVID-19 …