Archived News – August 2014

Aug
28
2014
Aug. 27, 2014
Religious influence in a community might affect whether or not a woman works, regardless of her own religious preferences, according to a Baylor University study by Aaron Franzen and Jenna Griebel. The researchers found that married women between the ages of 18 and 65 are more likely to work outside the home in communities that are predominantly mainline Protestant and black Protestant. Franzen is a former Baylor sociology researcher and Griebel is a research assistant in Baylor’s department of sociology in the College of Arts & Sciences. (Terry Goodrich, assistant director of Baylor Media Communications, covers the sociology department and placed this story.)
Aug
28
2014
Aug. 23, 2014
When it comes to prayer and easing symptoms of anxiety-related disorders, those who see God as loving and protective are more likely to find comfort and help than those who are insecure about their relationship with God, according to a Baylor University study. Quoted is researcher Matt Bradshaw, Ph.D., assistant professor of sociology in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences. (Terry Goodrich, assistant director of Baylor Media Communications, pitched and placed this story. Goodrich covers faculty and research in Baylor’s department of sociology.)
Aug
21
2014
Aug. 18, 2014
More than 40 percent of older adults who lived through the “Great Recession” reported a decrease in financial strain, according to a study by Lindsay R. Wilkinson, Ph.D., an assistant professor of sociology in Baylor University's College of Arts & Sciences. She presented the research at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association. (Terry Goodrich, assistant director of Baylor Media Communications, placed this story. Goodrich, who covers research and faculty in the department of sociology, wrote a summary of study findings for the American Sociological Association.)
Aug
21
2014
Aug. 15, 2014
When it comes to easing symptoms of anxiety-related disorders, prayer has differing effects. How the praying person views God is more important than frequency and style of prayer, according to Baylor research funded by the John Templeton Foundation. Quoted is researcher Matt Bradshaw, Ph.D., assistant professor of sociology in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences. (Terry Goodrich, assistant director of Baylor Media Communications, wrote and placed this story. Goodrich covers research and faculty in the department to sociology.)
Aug
20
2014
Aug. 14, 2014
When it comes to easing symptoms of anxiety-related disorders, prayer has differing effects. How the praying person views God is more important than frequency and style of prayer, according to Baylor research funded by the John Templeton Foundation. Quoted is researcher Matt Bradshaw, Ph.D., assistant professor of sociology in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences. (Terry Goodrich, assistant director of Baylor Media Communications, placed this story. Goodrich covers research and faculty in the department of sociology.)
Aug
19
2014
Aug. 18, 2014
When it comes to easing symptoms of anxiety-related disorders, prayer has differing effects. How the praying person views God is more important than frequency and style of prayer, according to Baylor research funded by the John Templeton Foundation and conducted by Matt Bradshaw, Ph.D., assistant professor of sociology in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences. Baylor is among five universities whose prayer research is cited. (Terry Goodrich, assistant director of Baylor Media Communications, placed this story. Goodrich covers research and faculty in the department to sociology.)
Aug
18
2014
WACO, Texas (Aug. 18, 2014) — The “Great Recession” may have put a dent in many older adults’ pocketbooks, but a new study by Baylor University found that more than 40 percent reported a decrease in “financial strain” between 2006 and 2010.
Aug
15
2014
Aug. 13, 2014
Prayer doesn’t work for everyone when it comes to easing symptoms of anxiety-related disorders, according to Baylor researcher Matt Bradshaw, Ph.D., co-author of a new study in the journal Sociology of Religion. What mattered more than prayer was the type of attachment the praying person felt toward God, with those who felt secure in the relationship having fewer symptoms. (This story was placed by Terry Goodrich, assistant director of Baylor Media Communications, who covers the department of sociology’s research and faculty in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences.)
Aug
15
2014
Aug. 6, 2014
A Baylor sociology study found that married women are more likely to choose not to work outside the home if they live in communities in which a higher proportion of the population belongs to conservative religious traditions. This is true even if the women do not “buy into” the belief that a wife’s primary role is that of homemaker. Quoted are researchers Jenna Griebel Rogers, a doctoral candidate in the department of sociology in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences, and Aaron Franzen, Ph.D., a former Baylor sociology researcher in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences. (This story was placed by Terry Goodrich, assistant director of Baylor Media Communications, who covers the department of sociology’s research and faculty.)
Aug
14
2014
Aug. 13, 2014
Prayer doesn’t work for everyone when it comes to easing symptoms of anxiety-related disorders, according to Baylor researcher Matt Bradshaw, Ph.D., co-author of a new study in the journal Sociology of Religion. What mattered more than prayer was the type of attachment the praying person felt toward God, with those who felt secure in the relationship having fewer symptoms. (This story was placed by Terry Goodrich, assistant director of Baylor Media Communications, who covers the department of sociology’s research and faculty in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences.)
Aug
13
2014
Aug. 13, 2014
Prayer doesn’t work for everyone when it comes to easing symptoms of anxiety-related disorders, according to Baylor researcher Matt Bradshaw, Ph.D., co-author of a new study in the journal Sociology of Religion. What mattered more than prayer was the type of attachment the praying person felt toward God, with those who felt secure in the relationship having fewer symptoms. (This story was placed by Terry Goodrich, assistant director of Baylor Media Communications, who covers the department of sociology’s research and faculty in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences.)
Aug
11
2014
WACO, Texas (Aug. 12, 2014) — Whether the problem is health, enemies, poverty or difficulty with aging, “Take your burden to the Lord and leave it there,” suggested the late gospel musician Charles A. Tindley. But when it comes to easing symptoms of anxiety-related disorders, prayer doesn’t have the same effect for everybody, according to a Baylor University researcher.
Aug
7
2014
Aug. 7, 2014
A Baylor sociology study found that married women are more likely to choose not to work outside the home if they live in communities in which a higher proportion of the population belongs to conservative religious traditions. This is true even if the women do not “buy into” the belief that a wife’s primary role is that of homemaker. Quoted are researchers Jenna Griebel Rogers, a doctoral candidate in the department of sociology in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences, and Aaron Franzen, Ph.D., a former Baylor sociology researcher in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences. (This story was placed by Terry Goodrich, assistant director of Baylor Media Communications, who covers the department of sociology’s research and faculty.)
Aug
7
2014
Aug. 4, 2014
A study conducted by Charles M. Tolbert, Ph.D., professor and chair of sociology in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences, is featured in this article about why small businesses are important to a community. Tolbert’s research shows that locally-owned business establishments are associated statistically with higher average income levels, less income inequality, lower poverty levels, lower unemployment, less juvenile delinquency, less crime, lower levels of obesity and lower levels of diabetes. (Terry Goodrich, assistant director for Baylor Media Communications, pitched this original research to media outlets in February 2012. Goodrich is responsible for covering research and faculty in the department of sociology.)
Aug
5
2014
Aug. 5, 2014
This article examines research by Kevin Dougherty, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology in Baylor’s College of Arts and Sciences, and Brita Andercheck, a teaching assistant and doctoral candidate in sociology at Baylor, which showed that “cyberspace scholarship” can help students earn higher grades and develop better critical thinking. Students in the study who took part in a Facebook Learning Group also had a greater sense of belonging. The study was published in Teaching Sociology, a journal of the American Sociological Association. (This story was placed in The Chronicle of Higher Education through the efforts of Terry Goodrich, assistant director for Baylor Media Communications, who pitched Dougherty’s research to The Chronicle’s Wired Campus blog in late April. Goodrich is responsible for covering research and faculty in the department of sociology.)
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