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Abstract: This study analyzes longitudinal data on dual-earner couples (N = 873) to test a model of within-couple stress contagion. We examine whether stress in the form of negative work-family spillover experienced by employees crosses over to negatively influence the health or well-being of their spouses. (Well-being is tracked using measures of negative affect and mastery; physical health is tracked through use of self-reported overall health.) Couple-level structural models document crossover both from husbands’ negative work-family spillover to wives’ health and well-being and from wives’ negative work-family spillover to husbands’ well-being, but the bulk of findings are not consistent with the stress contagion model. Wives whose husbands experienced above-average levels of negative work-family spillover over a two year period also report decreases in self-reported health, consistent with the notion of stress contagion. However, decreases in negative work-family spillover are linked to increased distress in the spouses of both men and women. Similar decreases in husbands are also connected to decreased mastery in their wives. The authors propose that compensation processes, as well as stress contagion, may explain crossover effects between working spouses.

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Abstract: This paper asks how individual attributes in addition to the racial contextual environment where people live influence their belief that immigrants cause higher crime rates. Immigration attitudes are shown to impact punitive crime policy preferences

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Review Method: Peer Reviewed
Abstract: This working draft is one chapter of a book that uses several case studies to address the challenge of transnational threats, namely terrorism, to liberal democracies. Terrorism poses unique challenges to the liberal democratic state, and the transnational nature of terrorism necessitates cooperation between and among states. The best way for states to win legitimacy vis a vis terrorists is by adhering to liberal democratic values and cooperating with other states. Such cooperation, which affects domestic and foreign policies, requires a convergence of political cultures among those cooperating states. This case examines the events of Kosovo and their effect on Macedonia and Serbia. While violence seemed to lead to identity and legitimacy for some groups, the way ahead must be persistent democratization, external assistance - specifically European integration - and an emphasis on soft power. Taken with the other case studies (Spain, Turkey, and Macedonia), this study sheds light on how academics and policymakers ought to characterize terrorism, and it provides insights on the concepts of political legitimacy, liberal democracy, political culture, and political community. As the US assesses its homeland defense posture, it must resist any temptation to weaken its liberal democratic values, and as a superpower, it must encourage other states to adhere to liberal democratic values as well. Liberal democracy is not just a normative concern, it is a security imperative in today's transnational security environment.

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Review Method: Peer Reviewed
Abstract: In an era of increasing obesity and unhealthy eating habits, there is suspicion that dietary habits have changed as a result of parental time constraints. Time constraints have been blamed on the rise of away-from-home meals. Work is the principal time constraint for many adults. Date were collected from approximately 300 children as well as from those children's mothers and fathers. Work hours, scheduling, and schedule flexibility were among the data collected from each parent. Children provided data on their dietary intake over a 3-day period and underwent a physical exam to determine their height and weight. Children were more likely to be obese if their mothers worked longer hours per week or if their parents' work schedules were inflexible. Mothers who worked longer hours per week were more likely to report that their families ate dinner at fast food restaurants.

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Abstract: This paper examines spillover crises, defined as diffusion of militarized conflict across state borders. The paper illustrates that spillover crises frequently ensue from the militarized transborder activities of bi-sected ethnicities. The paper argues that spillover crises only occur where transborder communal activism drags neighboring states in conflict over security issues. Supporting evidence is drawn from the African Great Lakes where bi-sected Hutu paramilitary ethnic groups from Rwanda, as well as from Burundi, export their communal conflicts with their native Tutsi counterparts into the Democratic Republic of Congo, and thereby drag in their host states in a security quarrel with the giant neighbor next door. The paper adds to conflict scholarship by explaining how can a local conflict turn into a regional war. It also makes a methodology contribution. By presenting the ethnic diasporas straddling interstate borders as major regional actors this paper helps us view a whole region, such as the African Great Lakes, as a single case study.