Personal advertisements are a growing means of meeting other people and establishing relationships. The variety of these advertisements makes them an excellent source of data for social science research, but this interesting resource is presently underutilized. This article attempts to persuade more social scientists to use personal ads as a source of research data and it discusses the positive features of this data source and outlines various research methods possible with them. Existing studies using personal advertisements as a source of data are reviewed as illustrations of the methods presented.
Hospitalization is regarded by most social and behavioral scientists and the general public as a stressful event that frequently leads to diminished abilities and increased anxiety, especially in young children. For some children, however, hospitalization may harden rather than weaken them. This article discusses the concept of resiliency and presents hypotheses about transactions between children's characteristics and hospital factors. Possible enhancement of children's personality is also explored and suggestions for facilitating resiliency are provided.
Play, particularly unstructured and nondirective, has been believed to lessen the negative impact of hospitalization through expression of feelings, reversal of roles, and control of materials, concepts, and actions. Over time, however, changes in perspectives on play, hospital policies and practices, and the nature of illnesses of children have combined to influence the context for this form of play. Challenges to child-focused play and possible implications are derived from past events.
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