Iftekhar Amin
Biographic Data
| ID | 252156 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Iftekhar Amin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Iftekhar |
| FAMILY NAME | Amin |
| SIGNATURE | AMIN I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Texas at Dallas |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Diseases of Despair and Social Capital: Findings from a Population-Based Survey on Opioid Misuse among Adolescents
Deaths related to opioid overdose have increased substantially in the past few years, raising concerns about how to combat this public health emergency. Objectives: We investigated the association of family, school, and community social capital with opioid misuse in the adolescent population. In addition, we examined if adolescents' depressive symptoms have any mediating effects on opioid misuse. Methods: We used the 2018 National Survey on Drug …
Perceptions of Successful Aging among Older Adults in Bangladesh: An Exploratory Study
Impact of the Mass Media in Changing Attitudes Towards Violence Against Women in Bangladesh: Findings from a National Survey
Eldercare in the Transnational Setting: Insights from Bangladeshi Transnational Families in the United States
Employment Leave and Fathers' Involvement with Children: According to Mothers and Fathers
Employment leave patterns, factors affecting these patterns, and the impact on involvement with children were assessed for fathers in thirty-eight couples. Parents completed self-administered questionnaires on work schedule changes after the arrival of a baby, reactions to these changes, child care activities, and attitudes. An average of the mother's and the father's assessments for the twenty-one items and index were used to measure fathers' in…
Irish Families in the Twentieth Century: Exceptional or Converging
Irish families were characterized as being patriarchal, stem-extended, large, strong, and stable for much of the twentieth century. Studies completed during the 1930s and 1940s propagated this depiction. These characteristics made Irish families an exception to the convergence of family patterns going on worldwide. Historical scholarship and empirical data are used to assess the accuracy of this characterization, chart changing patterns, and comp…
Employment Leave and Fathers' Involvement with Children: According to Mothers and Fathers
Employment leave patterns, factors affecting these patterns, and the impact on involvement with children were assessed for fathers in thirty-eight couples. Parents completed self-administered questionnaires on work schedule changes after the arrival of a baby, reactions to these changes, child care activities, and attitudes. An average of the mother's and the father's assessments for the twenty-one items and index were used to measure fathers' in…
Irish Families in the Twentieth Century: Exceptional or Converging
Irish families were characterized as being patriarchal, stem-extended, large, strong, and stable for much of the twentieth century. Studies completed during the 1930s and 1940s propagated this depiction. These characteristics made Irish families an exception to the convergence of family patterns going on worldwide. Historical scholarship and empirical data are used to assess the accuracy of this characterization, chart changing patterns, and comp…
Perceptions of Successful Aging among Older Adults in Bangladesh: An Exploratory Study
Impact of the Mass Media in Changing Attitudes Towards Violence Against Women in Bangladesh: Findings from a National Survey
Eldercare in the Transnational Setting: Insights from Bangladeshi Transnational Families in the United States
Irish Families in the Twentieth Century: Exceptional or Converging
Irish families were characterized as being patriarchal, stem-extended, large, strong, and stable for much of the twentieth century. Studies completed during the 1930s and 1940s propagated this depiction. These characteristics made Irish families an exception to the convergence of family patterns going on worldwide. Historical scholarship and empirical data are used to assess the accuracy of this characterization, chart changing patterns, and comp…
Employment Leave and Fathers' Involvement with Children: According to Mothers and Fathers
Employment leave patterns, factors affecting these patterns, and the impact on involvement with children were assessed for fathers in thirty-eight couples. Parents completed self-administered questionnaires on work schedule changes after the arrival of a baby, reactions to these changes, child care activities, and attitudes. An average of the mother's and the father's assessments for the twenty-one items and index were used to measure fathers' in…
Eldercare in the Transnational Setting: Insights from Bangladeshi Transnational Families in the United States
Impact of the Mass Media in Changing Attitudes Towards Violence Against Women in Bangladesh: Findings from a National Survey
Perceptions of Successful Aging among Older Adults in Bangladesh: An Exploratory Study
Diseases of Despair and Social Capital: Findings from a Population-Based Survey on Opioid Misuse among Adolescents
Deaths related to opioid overdose have increased substantially in the past few years, raising concerns about how to combat this public health emergency. Objectives: We investigated the association of family, school, and community social capital with opioid misuse in the adolescent population. In addition, we examined if adolescents' depressive symptoms have any mediating effects on opioid misuse. Methods: We used the 2018 National Survey on Drug …
Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Demography (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Aging and Gerontology Research (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works)