Volume 9, Issue 1 (2013) | Journal of Social Sciences

CHANGE OVER TIME IN THE HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS RISK PERCEPTIONS OF YOUTH

Ann M. Beutel — 2013-04-29

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 29 April 2013; doi:10.3844/jssp.2013.1.10

Although the vulnerability of young people to HIV/AIDS continues to be a serious concern in South Africa, no research has used a representative sample of South African youth to examine whether individ...

REVISITING KUBLER-ROSS’S FIVE STAGES OF GRIEF: SOME COMMENTS ON THE IPHONE 5

Weng Marc Lim — 2013-04-29

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 29 April 2013; doi:10.3844/jssp.2013.11.13

Following the recent launch of Apple’s fifth generation of the iPhone product line, this study specifically looks at the feedback from consumers who experience grief as a result of a let-down in ant...

ACCEPTANCE AND USAGE OF EXTENSIBLE BUSINESS REPORTING LANGUAGE: AN EMPIRICAL REVIEW

Elissavet Stergiaki — 2013-04-29

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 29 April 2013; doi:10.3844/jssp.2013.14.21

Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) is a language based on XML that provides an effective solution for the preparation, presentation and exchange of International Financial Reporting Standar...

PREDICTORS OF A CHILD’S SOCIAL SKILLS ASIT RELATES TO MOTHER ATTACHMENT STYLES AND MOTHER ANXIETY LEVELS AMONG STUDENTS IN GRADES (1-3)

Khaeld Shaker Alsaraireh — 2013-05-04

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 4 May 2013; doi:10.3844/jssp.2013.22.28

The aim of this study was to find the predictors of a child’s social skills from mother attachment styles and anxiety levels among students in (1-3) grades in Amman city. A sample of (250) mothers f...

STUDY ON PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT

G. Raiola — 2013-05-15

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 15 May 2013; doi:10.3844/jssp.2013.29.34

MIUR enacted last year the new Guidelines of Physical Education and Sport to improve the sport activity into the school through the sport school association and gives, for this aim, only 33% of amount...

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS IN THE GREEK BANKING SECTOR ADDRESSING THE PROFITABILITY QUESTION

Vassilis Chouliaras — 2013-06-20

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 20 June 2013; doi:10.3844/jssp.2013.35.41

The wave of mergers and acquisitions of financial institutions which was observed in the United States and Europe in the 1980s and 1990s seems to have affected the Greek banking market by the end of t...