This continuing series presents original leading edge research results in the field of sociology. Each chapter has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial advances across a broad spectrum. Included in this compilation are topics such as adolescent health risk behaviors in a migrant population; parent's religious involvement, family socialization and adolescent behavioral problems in Hong Kong; social production of resilience and adjustment in social service users; foster caregiver perceptions of schooling problems; patriotism and Shanghai's cooperation with Hong Kong; the dynamics of disability sport identity development; HIV testing's influence on attitudes towards people living with HIV/AIDs in Zambia; sociological developments in the history of health and illness; and suicide in India.