Alina Cosma

Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets Explore, filter, view, compare and save details of longitudinal datasets from across the world www.atlaslongitudinaldatasets.ac.uk

🔎The Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets is open for use! Filter, compare, save and explore your way through over 1,600 datasets from around the world, with even more to come. Find the #AtlasLongitudinalDatasets here: www.atlaslongitudinaldatasets.ac.uk
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Regulating Community Wellbeing through Traditional Mourning Rituals: Insights from the Luhya People of Kenya AbstractBackground and Objectives. Rituals have been reported to serve as a vital mechanism for expressing grief and fostering communal support worldwide.

"study established conflict over rituals from religious leaders, cultural leaders & western biomedical approaches. Yet bereaved reported rituals helped them process grief...important to establish collaboration between western models, religious & cultural approaches" academic.oup.com/emph/advance...

In science and in backlash, identities matter In this political moment, anti-science and anti-diversity social forces are resurgent, and they threaten diversity within our disciplines. In this reflection, I discuss why diversity matters by summa...

I wrote a little reflection on objectivity and diversity in science. Could be useful if you are teaching research methods, as is the companion paper on objectivity interrogation.

communities.springernature.com/posts/in-sci...

What will the world of tomorrow look like for the children of today?

We looked at four scenarios exploring the impact of different paths on development, climate, and geopolitics.

Dive into the scenarios in this fascinating new addition to our Explainer series:

www.unicef.org/innocenti/ho...

How (Not) to Use ChatGPT in Your Undergraduate Political Theory Class Should you be using ChatGPT to help you with your essays? In some ways yes, in some ways no.If you use ChatGPT well, you will benefit greatly: it is a powerful tool that will help improve your writing...

Worried about ChatGPT in your essay-writing classroom? I wrote up some guidelines for my class last year and I think it worked pretty well. (Plus some more links to other resources to come.)

Cross-National Trends in Adolescents Psychological and Somatic Complaints Before and After the Onset of COVID-19 Pandemic Building on research suggesting that the COVID-19 pandemic may have led to an exacerbation of deteriorating trends in mental health among adolescents,…

🚨 New paper:
Population changes in adolescent psychological & somatic complaints during the COVID-19 pandemic among a large & diverse group of countries across Europe were greater than would be expected based on previous trends.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#adolescent #mentalhealth #trends

Hi all! I'm looking for a short, accessible reading for 1st year UGs that covers:
1) contributors to the replication crisis(e.g., p-hacking, publication bias, researcher degrees of freedom)
2) initiatives to address it (e.g., preregistration, sharing data and code, registered reports).

Any tips?

The great rewiring: is social media really behind an epidemic of teenage mental illness? The evidence is equivocal on whether screen time is to blame for rising levels of teen depression and anxiety — and rising hysteria could distract us from tackling the real causes.

Thank you @natureportfolio.bsky.social for making my review of the Anxious Generation open access for parents, policy-makers, and the public. The story told in this book runs counter science and is leading to poor policy decisions that will ultimately fail our kids. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Reflexivity in quantitative research: A rationale and beginner's guide Reflexivity is the act of examining one's own assumption, belief, and judgement systems, and thinking carefully and critically about how these influence the research process. The practice of reflexiv...

Reflexivity in quantitative research: A rationale and beginner's guide (2023)

compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Gender inequality in cum laude distinctions for PhD students - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Gender inequality in cum laude distinctions for PhD students

New paper: of 5000 PhDs awarded at large Dutch uni, men were about twice as likely to receive a cum laude degree even if they had same supervisor. Difference most severe with all male PhD committees & reduces with more female members.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Children Face Unequal Treatment in the Classroom—With Devastating Consequences Students often receive feedback that conveys expectations linked to their socioeconomic background 

www.scientificamerican.com/article/chil... Face Unequal Treatment in the Classroom--With Devastating Consequences via @sciam.bsky.social

What do you notice when consulting the top 2% scientists list?
journal.eu-jr.eu/engineering/...

... spoiler alert: they are all men!
#AcademicChatter

Why BMI is flawed — and how to redefine obesity www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Our new report, with @WHO_Europe, A focus on adolescent mental health and wellbeing, is available now. Featuring data from 279,117 young people across 44 countries. Dive into the details: bit.ly/hbsc-vol1

#MentalHealthDay #adolescentmentalhealth #MentalHealthMatters