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1. Childhood Poverty, Parental Abuse Cost Adults Their Health for Years to Come

   Growing up in poverty or being abused by parents can lead to accumulated health problems later in life, according to research from Purdue University.

   "Childhood disadvantage has long-term health consequences—much longer than most of us realize," said Kenneth F. Ferraro, distinguished professor of sociology. "A novel aspect of this study is that childhood disadvantage was linked to the onset of new health problems decades later."

2. Couples That Split Childcare Duties Have Higher Quality Relationships and Sex Lives

   Heterosexual couples that split childcare duties have higher quality relationships and sex lives than those who don't, according to new research that will be presented at the 110th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA). 

3. Majority of Young Women and Men Prefer Egalitarian Relationships, Study Shows

   The majority of young women and men today would prefer an egalitarian relationship in which work and family responsibilities are shared equally between partners if that possibility were available to them, according to a new study from the University of Texas at Austin and the University of California-Santa Barbara.

4. Keep Your Enemies Close? Study Finds Greater Proximity to Opponents Leads to More Polarization

   Encouraging adversaries to have more interpersonal contact to find common ground may work on occasion, but not necessarily in the U.S. Senate, according to new research.

5. People More Likely to Cheat as They Become More Economically Dependent on Their Spouses

   Both men and women are more likely to cheat on their spouses the more economically dependent they are on them, according to a new study.

   "You would think that people would not want to 'bite the hand that feeds them' so to speak, but that is not what my research shows," said study author Christin L. Munsch, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Connecticut. "Instead, the findings indicate people like feeling relatively equal in their relationships. People don't like to feel dependent on another person."

6. Study Reveals Why Men Receive Much More Media Coverage Than Women

   For years social scientists have grappled with the question of why men receive far more media coverage than women, and now a new study reveals the answer.

7. People in Their 60s Uniquely Benefit From Giving Advice Despite Fewer Chances to Offer it

   A new study reveals that individuals in their 60s who give advice to a broad range of people tend to see their lives as especially meaningful. At the same time, this happens to be the age when opportunities for dispensing advice become increasingly scarce.

8. Study Uses Internet and Social Media to Show How Fracking Documentary Influenced Public Perception and Political Change

   Social scientists have long argued documentary films are powerful tools for social change.

   But a University of Iowa (UI) sociologist and his co-researchers are the first to use the Internet and social media to systematically show how a documentary film reshaped public perception and ultimately led to municipal bans on hydraulic fracking.

9. Timing of First Childbirth Influences Women’s Health at Age 40

   A new study finds some surprising ways in which women's health at midlife is connected to when they had their first child and to their marital history. Researchers found that women who had their first child in their early 20s didn't report better health at midlife than those who had their first baby as a teen. 

10. Study Shows TV's Subliminal Influence on Women's Perception of Pregnancy and Birth

    In an era where popular culture is increasingly recognized for its impact on lay understanding of health and medicine, few scholars have looked at television's powerful role in the creation of patient expectations, especially regarding pregnancy and birth.