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Societies, Volume 7, Issue 3

September 2017 - 11 articles

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Articles (11)

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
12,096 Views
20 Pages

18 September 2017

The purpose of this phenomenological research was to discover whether training in the Korean martial art of Taekwondo may benefit undergraduate (UG) students in handling stress. The goal of this innovative approach to learning and stress management w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
61 Citations
13,431 Views
13 Pages

15 September 2017

A diverse range of digital devices and software are available to women to seek and share information and personal experiences about pregnancy and parenting. This article reports findings from a focus group study involving Australian women who were pr...

  • Essay
  • Open Access
99 Citations
6,874 Views
11 Pages

15 September 2017

This essay provides a critical analysis of the ageing-and-innovation discourse. The ageing-and-innovation discourse is a key rhetorical structure that legitimizes very large investments in technologies for older people. In this discourse, ageing is p...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
14,068 Views
18 Pages

How Legacies of Genocide Are Transmitted in the Family Environment: A Qualitative Study of Two Generations in Rwanda

  • Lidewyde H. Berckmoes,
  • Veroni Eichelsheim,
  • Theoneste Rutayisire,
  • Annemiek Richters and
  • Barbora Hola

14 September 2017

The 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda and its aftermath led to large-scale individual traumatization, disruption of family structures, shifts in gender roles, and tensions in communities, which are all ongoing. Previous research around the wo...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
6,685 Views
14 Pages

The Role of Heart Rate Levels in the Intergenerational Transmission of Crime

  • Steve Van de Weijer,
  • Rinke De Jong,
  • Catrien Bijleveld,
  • Arjan Blokland and
  • Adrian Raine

8 September 2017

Several prospective multigenerational studies have shown that crime runs in the family, while empirical research on the biological causes of crime has also established that low heart rate is related to antisocial behavior. This study examines whether...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,737 Views
18 Pages

Leisure for People with Disabilities in Rural Quebec

  • Romain Roult,
  • Hélène Carbonneau,
  • Émilie Belley-Ranger,
  • Marc St-Onge,
  • Isabelle Brunet and
  • Jean-Marc Adjizian

2 September 2017

Leisure is an instrument used to facilitate the social integration of people with disabilities. However, it requires significant knowledge of the needs and expectations of this clientele, who often experience isolation, especially in rural areas. The...

  • Article
  • Open Access
123 Citations
10,421 Views
11 Pages

Queering Aging Futures

  • Linn J. Sandberg and
  • Barbara L. Marshall

31 August 2017

This paper explores the potential for cultural gerontology to extend its ideas of diversity in aging experiences by opening space to rethink conceptions of successful aging futures. We propose a ‘queering’ of aging futures that disrupts the ways that...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,189 Views
19 Pages

30 August 2017

Micro-enterprises are typically classified as businesses with fewer than six employees and very small amounts of financial capital. Focusing on black immigrant women’s micro-entrepreneurial ventures in Boston, this paper explores how non-economic for...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,554 Views
19 Pages

21 July 2017

Informal caregivers provide the majority of care for older adults residing in their own homes. Caregivinghood, a new evidence-based concept, describes a time of life when relatives provide care at home. These caregivers need knowledge regarding resou...

  • Article
  • Open Access
77 Citations
14,161 Views
15 Pages

10 July 2017

The main purpose of this paper is to review the benefits and factors to be taken into consideration for the design of intergenerational digital games. We conducted a systematic in Scopus, Web of Science, PsicInfo, Pubmed and Science Direct, finally i...

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