Symptoms and Stereotypes: Perceptions and Responses to Covid-19 in Malawi and Zambia

A large literature documents Covid-19’s health and economic effects. We focus instead on its political impact and its potential to exacerbate identity divisions, in particular. Psychologists argue that contagious disease increases threat perceptions and provokes policing of group boundaries. We explore how insider-outsider status and symptoms of illness shape perceptions of infection, reported willingness to help, and desire to restrict free movement of an ailing neighbor using a phone-based survey experiment administered three times in two neighboring African countries during different stages of the pandemic: Malawi, from May 5 to June 2, 2020 (n = 4,641); Zambia, from July 2 to August 13, 2020 (n = 2,198); and Malawi again, from March 9 to May 1, 2021 (n = 4,356). We study identities that are salient in Malawi and Zambia but have not induced significant prior violence, making our study a relatively hard test of disease threat theories. We find that symptoms more strongly shape perceptions and projected behavior than insider-outsider status in both countries and across time, suggesting that there are limits to the ability of pandemics to independently provoke identity politics de novo

Elections in the time of covid-19: the triple crises around Malawi’s 2020 presidential elections

In June 2020, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, Malawians went to the polls and voted to replace the incumbent government. Much like other natural disasters, the Covid-19 pandemic and accompanying economic and political shocks had the potential to shake voters’ confidence in the government, reduce turnout, and/or reduce support for the incumbent if voters associated them with the ills of the pandemic. In this paper, we examine the extent to which the Coronavirus pandemic influenced Malawi’s 2020 elections. We consider how fear of infection and economic distress affected citizens’ trust and confidence in President Mutharika’s government, their willingness to turn out to vote, and their choices at the polls using data collected pre- and post-Covid. We find that fears about the virus and its economic impact did influence trust and confidence in the government to handle Covid but had little to no effect on either abstention or vote choice

Understanding the role of shame and its consequences in female hypersexual behaviours: A pilot study

Background and aims: Hypersexuality and sexual addiction among females is a little understudied phenomenon. Shame is thought to be intrinsic to hypersexual behaviours, especially in women. Therefore, the aim of this study was to understand both hypersexual behaviours and consequences of hypersexual behaviours and their respective contributions to shame in a British sample of females (n = 102). Methods: Data were collected online via Survey Monkey. Results: Results showed the Sexual Behaviour History (SBH) and the Hypersexual Disorder Questionnaire (HDQ) had significant positive correlation with scores on the Shame Inventory. The results indicated that hypersexual behaviours (HBI and HDQ) were able to predict a small percentage of the variability in shame once sexual orientation (heterosexual vs. non-heterosexual) and religious beliefs (belief vs. no belief) were controlled for. Results also showed there was no evidence that religious affiliation and/or religious beliefs had an influence on the levels of hypersexuality and consequences of sexual behaviours as predictors of shame. Conclusions: While women in the UK are rapidly shifting to a feminist way of thinking with or without technology, hypersexual disorder may often be misdiagnosed and misunderstood because of the lack of understanding and how it is conceptualised. The implications of these findings are discussed

The Vehicle, December 1959, Vol. 1 no. 5

Vol. 1, No. 5 Table of Contents To The Readerpage 2 JudyRobert Mills Frenchpage 3 The FarmerRobert C. Millerpage 5 Bah! Humbug!The Skepticpage 5 Looking BackwardThe Optimistpage 7 Strangers in the TownAl Brookspage 7 Not Once OnlyA.B. Carterpage 8 OlogyRon Kellypage 8 SnowJean Nightingalepage 8 Moment of PowerJ.B. Youngpage 9 LifeRobert C. Millerpage 13 The Restless SeaRhonda McGowanpage 14 Approaching of the YuleRoger Perkinspage 14 The Old ModelMary Ellen Mockbeepage 15 \u27Tis the SeasonR.M.F.page 15 The Spirit of ChristmasKathleen Ferreepage 16 Christmas in the HeartKathleen Ferreepage 16 That\u27s BoysKathleen Ferreepage 16https://thekeep.eiu.edu/vehicle/1001/thumbnail.jp

The Vehicle, December 1959, Vol. 1 no. 5

Vol. 1, No. 5 Table of Contents To The Readerpage 2 JudyRobert Mills Frenchpage 3 The FarmerRobert C. Millerpage 5 Bah! Humbug!The Skepticpage 5 Looking BackwardThe Optimistpage 7 Strangers in the TownAl Brookspage 7 Not Once OnlyA.B. Carterpage 8 OlogyRon Kellypage 8 SnowJean Nightingalepage 8 Moment of PowerJ.B. Youngpage 9 LifeRobert C. Millerpage 13 The Restless SeaRhonda McGowanpage 14 Approaching of the YuleRoger Perkinspage 14 The Old ModelMary Ellen Mockbeepage 15 \u27Tis the SeasonR.M.F.page 15 The Spirit of ChristmasKathleen Ferreepage 16 Christmas in the HeartKathleen Ferreepage 16 That\u27s BoysKathleen Ferreepage 16https://thekeep.eiu.edu/vehicle/1001/thumbnail.jp

The Vehicle, April 1960, Vol. 2 no. 2

Vol. 2, No. 2 Table of Contents A White Man\u27s BurdenRobert Mills Frenchpage 2 RealistA.B. Carterpage 4 The Two MatchesLouise A. Kemperpage 5 Thought Upon Looking at a Modern Painting Titled Grass Thomas McPeakpage 7 BewareDennis Lewispage 7 WavesJean Nightingalepage 7 The SpectatorKathleen Ferreepage 8 Animal RugAl Brookspage 8 Success Comes to CulturevilleJ.B. Youngpage 9 On Giving Up Religion in DespairThe Skepticpage 11 The DecisionGeorge Fosterpage 12 Wisdom ConfoundedJames D. Rannepage 15 Smalltown: 5 A.M.James M. Jenkinsonpage 15 Man of MettleC.E.S.page 16https://thekeep.eiu.edu/vehicle/1005/thumbnail.jp

The Vehicle, April 1960, Vol. 2 no. 2

Vol. 2, No. 2 Table of Contents A White Man\u27s BurdenRobert Mills Frenchpage 2 RealistA.B. Carterpage 4 The Two MatchesLouise A. Kemperpage 5 Thought Upon Looking at a Modern Painting Titled Grass Thomas McPeakpage 7 BewareDennis Lewispage 7 WavesJean Nightingalepage 7 The SpectatorKathleen Ferreepage 8 Animal RugAl Brookspage 8 Success Comes to CulturevilleJ.B. Youngpage 9 On Giving Up Religion in DespairThe Skepticpage 11 The DecisionGeorge Fosterpage 12 Wisdom ConfoundedJames D. Rannepage 15 Smalltown: 5 A.M.James M. Jenkinsonpage 15 Man of MettleC.E.S.page 16https://thekeep.eiu.edu/vehicle/1005/thumbnail.jp

The Vehicle, October 1959, Vol. 1 no. 4

Vol. 1, No. 4 Table of Contents To the Reader and Acknowledgmentspage 2 SuccessFrank Pialorsipage 3 SeawardRobert C. Millerpage 7 High Precision SpeechNeil O. Parkerpage 8 ConvalescenceBarbara Wilson Dautpage 8 Has Anyone Seen Vinzetti?Robert Mills Frenchpage 9 WarR.M.F.page 10 Ode to My Math ProfessorsBud Bromleypage 11 Bird of PrayThe Skepticpage 11 DiscoveryRhonda McGowanpage 13 Solace For My DaughterAl Brookspage 14 Ownershippage 14 A Poetic GemGladys C. Winkleblackpage 14 I\u27ve Forgotten YouKathleen Ferreepage 15 Loading ZoneBert Bowderpage 15 Ode to An English Professorpage 15 To Be Read to a Driver Doing EightyA.B. Carterpage 16https://thekeep.eiu.edu/vehicle/1004/thumbnail.jp

The Vehicle, June 1960, Vol. 2 no. 3

Vol. 2, No. 3 To the ReaderRobert Mills Frenchpage 2 Blue-Nosed RobinThomas McPeakpage 3 Forest EtudeJames M. Jenkinsonpage 7 Chant For The MenJerry Whitepage 8 It\u27s OK Now, Chief J.B. Youngpage 9 Magic WordsKathleen Ferreepage 11 SpurnedRay Hoopspage 12 Danger!A. Seerpage 13 GenecideGeorge Fosterpage 14 To a Stern ParentC.E.S.page 14 ReservationNeil O. Parkerpage 14 The Worm and IRichard Blairpage 15 One Way -- Non-TransferableRobert Mills Frenchpage 15 NorthlightEDSpage 16https://thekeep.eiu.edu/vehicle/1007/thumbnail.jp

Intra-Household Work Timing: The Effect on Joint Activities and the Demand for Child Care

This study examines if couples time their work hours and how this work timing influences child care demand and the time that spouses jointly spend on leisure, household chores and child care. By using a innovative matching strategy, this studies identifies the timing of work hours that cannot be explained by factors other than the partners' potential to communicate on the timing of their work. The main findings are that couples with children create less overlap in their work times and this effect is more pronounced the younger the children. We find evidence for a togetherness preference of spouses, but only for childless couples. Work timing also influences the joint time that is spent on household chores, but the effect is small. Finally, work timing behavior affects the demand for informal child care, but not the demand for formal child care