Los Angeles, CA. While many blame the “teenage brain” for high rates of teen crime, violence, and driving incidents, an important factor has been ignored: teenagers as a group suffer much higher average poverty rates than do older adults. A new study out today in SAGE Open finds that teenagers are no more naturally crime-prone than any other group with high poverty rates.
Los Angeles - Why do some athletes reach the very top of their sport and others don’t? Is it possible to train an athlete’s mental processes, alongside the physical training, to achieve peak performance, maintain concentration, motivation and competitive drive—even when dealing with competitors, teammates, audiences, parents, coaches, or injuries? The new two-volume Encyclopedia of Sport and Exercise Psychology from SAGE Reference explores the theory, research, and application of psychology as it relates to sport and fitness.
Marlborough, England - Digital primary sources publisher, Adam Matthew, announced today that The First World War Portal is the latest Adam Matthew collection to be awarded Best Reference by Library Journal.
Los Angeles - What’s the best way to get people or organizations to act? Can the action be measured? How do you start? The term action research is used to describe the approaches that integrate the research theories with the action itself. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Action Research, new from SAGE Reference,explores the entire field, starting with the roots of the methodologies from the 1940s, then all the way to the current, cutting-edge research.
Los Angeles, CA - SAGE announces today that it has begun publishing ILR Review, official publication of the Cornell University ILR School, the leading academic institution focused on the world of work. In conjunction with this announcement, SAGE and the Cornel University ILR School have made the July and December issues of ILR Review free and open to the public through December 31, 2014.
Marlborough, England - Adam Matthew today announced the publication of ‘American Consumer Culture, 1935-1965’, the digitized papers of Austrian-American psychologist and pioneer marketing expert, Ernest Dichter (1907-1991).
Marlborough, England - Adam Matthew announced today that they have released 1938-1948: Open Door, Japanese War and The Seeds of Communist Victory, the final section of Foreign Office Files for China, Hong Kong and Taiwan: 1919-1980. All materials are sourced from The National Archives, UK.
London, UK. In recent decades there has been an upsurge of research with and about young children, their families and communities. SAGE Publishing is today delighted to announce the publication of The SAGE Handbook of Early Childhood Research, providing an overview of the rapidly developing field of early childhood research.
London, UK. Exploring both the increasingly scientific endeavor of surveys and their growing complexity, The SAGE Handbook of Survey Methodology, published by SAGE Publishing, provides a comprehensive guide to conducting survey research studies.
London, UK. A comprehensive resource for students and scholars undertaking a social media project, SAGE Publishing launches The SAGE Handbook of Social Media Research Methods.
