Mathematics anxiety is a pervasive issue in education that requires attention from both
educators and researchers to help students reach their full academic potential. This review …

Background A single-item measure of self-rated mental health (SRMH) is being used
increasingly in health research and population health surveys. The item asks respondents to …

The association of self-rated health with mortality is well established but poorly understood.
This paper provides new insights into self-rated health that help integrate information from …

We examine the growing number of studies of survey respondents' global self-ratings of
health as predictors of mortality in longitudinal studies of representative community samples …

HEALTH-related quality of life (HRQL) is increasingly used as an outcome in clinical trials,
effectiveness research, and research on quality of care. Factors that have facilitated this …

The positive association between education and health is well established, but explanations
for this association are not. Our explanations fall into three categories:(1) work and …

OBJECTIVE: Health planners and policy makers are increasingly asking for a feasible
method to identify vulnerable persons with the greatest health needs. We conducted a …

The authors examined social class differences in 2 aspects of the sense of control (mastery
and perceived constraints) in 3 national probability samples of men and women ages 25–75 …

Education forms a unique dimension of social status, with qualities that make it especially
important to health. It influences health in ways that are varied, present at all stages of adult …

Popular media describe adverse effects of helicopter parents who provide intense support to
grown children, but few studies have examined implications of such intense support. Grown …