Research Articles, Department of Sociology
Browse by
Recent Submissions
-
Unmet needs in long-term care and their associated factors among the oldest old in China
(2015-04-12)Background With a rapidly aging population and a decline in the availability of family caregivers, the number of elders in China who have unmet long-term care needs is increasing. Because unmet needs often have negative ... -
Drug Use in Middle School: Assessing Attitudinal and Behavioral Predictors
(Oklahoma State University, Oklaoma Sociology Association, and Sociology Consortium of Oklahoma, 2004)Generally speaking, theories of adolescent drug use emphasize either attitudinal variables, such as self-esteem or self-control, or behavioral variables, such as interactions with delinquent peers. This research uses ... -
Applying differential association theory to online hate groups: a theoretical statement
(Social and Economic Research Association of the Turku Universities, 2012)In this paper, I will consider how social media can nurture and encourage mass murder within a framework of one of the most prominent and widely supported criminological theories: differential association. I will briefly ... -
relationship status, health, and health behavior: an examination of cohabiters and commuters
(University of California Press, 2010)A large amount of literature on relationship status, health, and health behavior indicates that marriage conveys health benefits. This literature, however, devotes relatively little attention to two theoretically interesting ... -
work values, job characteristics, and gender
(University of California Press, 1987-07)This study uses ordinal regression analysis to examine the impact of gender on work values, after controlling for various organizational variables. The analysis is based on a complete enumeration of women in a large ... -
accounting for occupational and organizational commitment - a longitudinal reexamination of structural and attitudinal approaches
(University of California Press, 1984)Using longitudinal data collected from a subsample (N = 92) of subjects surveyed five years earlier by Shoemaker et al. (1977), the present study assesses the relative utility of two distinctly different approaches to the ... -
household crowding and family-relations in Bangkok
(University of California Press, 1993-08)Cities in developing countries are growing ever larger and more dense, fostering congested household environments. Using data from Bangkok, this paper examines the effect of household crowding on multiple measures of family ... -
neo-marxian critique, formulation and test of juvenile dispositions as a function of social-class
(University of California Press, 1979)First, this research challenges the methodological adequacy of previous juvenile disposition studies, particularly their conceptualization and measure of social class. Second, a neo-Marxian theory of juvenile court ... -
gender inequality and the division of household labor in the united-states and sweden - a socialist-feminist approach
(University of California Press, 1991-02)In this paper, we offer a socialist-feminist framework for exploring the persistence of gender inequality in the disvision of household labor. The inconsistent results generated by the relative resources, gender-role ... -
Combating Racialized and Gendered Ignorance: Theorizing a Transactional Pedagogy of Friendship
(Johns Hopkins Univ Press, 2013)The article explores the problem of epistemological ignorance. Drawing on the literature of feminist epistemology, in particular the epistemologies of ignorance, it theorizes white ignorance and male ignorance and how it ... -
Posttraumatic Stress Among Students After the Shootings at Virginia Tech
(Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 2011-07-18)On April 16, 2007, in the worst campus shooting incident in U.S. history, 49 students and faculty at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) were shot, of whom 32 were killed. A cross-sectional ...
RSS 1.0