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The moderating role of anti-black racial identity and coping on the association between perceived racism and health behaviors
(The Texas Psychological Association, 2022)The purpose of the current study was to examine the association between perceived racism and eating pathology, and the moderating effect of coping style and racial identity on this association. -
Recovering the rhetorical tradition: George Campbell’s Sympathy and its Augustinian roots
(BYU ScholarsArchive, 2015)The year 1776 saw the production of two important documents of the Enlightenment: the US Constitution and George Campbell's The Philosophy of Rhetoric. Both documents were products of Enlightenment thought, and both ... -
Evaluation of the race card strategy: The importance of supporting evidence
(Boise State University, 2007)The role that racial issues play in the courtroom has been studied in terms of the effect of salient racial variables on juror perceptions and decision- making. However, no prior research examined the effects ... -
Recent trends in American attitudes toward the level of immigration
(Association For Ethnic Studies, 2019)In the current immigration debate, although illegal immigration is at the center of the controversy, legal immigration is also gaining attention. However, there is a lack of analysis of how American attitudes toward the ... -
Trends in black-white church integration
(Association For Ethnic Studies, 2009)Historically, the separation of blacks and whites in churches was well known (Gilbreath 1995; Schaefer 2005). Even in 1968, about four years after the passage of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, Dr. Martin Luther ... -
Social distances of whites to racial or ethnic minorities
(Association For Ethnic Studies, 2011)Prior research on social distance between racial or ethnic groups in the United States has focused mainly on attitudes of white Americans toward African Americans. Extending previous research, this study analyzes social ... -
Location choice patterns of computer use in the United States
(Institute of Library and Information Science, National Taiwan Normal University, 2009)There is little research on the patterns of computer use outside home or work. This study examines who is more or less likely to use a computer at a location other than work or home by using the 2002–2004 General Social ... -
Are older people really happier than younger people?
(Georgia Sociological Association, 2021)In recent years, many media reports have claimed that older people are happier than younger people. We question the total validity of this claim. Analyzing data from General Social Surveys 1972-2016, this study reveals ... -
Patterns of interracial and interethnic marriages among foreign-born Asians in the United States
(MDPI, 2018)This study examines the patterns of interracial marriage and interethnic marriage among foreign-born Asians in the United States, using pooled data from the 2008–2012 American Community Surveys. Results show that the most ... -
Explaining personal and public pro-environmental behaviors
(MDPI, 2023)A global crisis generated by human-made climate change has added urgency to the need to fully understand human pro-environmental behaviors (PEBs) that may help slow down the crisis. Factors influencing personal and public ... -
Trends in attitudes of whites, blacks, Asians, and Hispanics toward intermarriage in the twenty-first century
(MDPI, 2021)No study has simultaneously compared attitudes of whites, blacks, Asians, and Hispanics toward intermarriage over time. This study offers a comparative analysis of the changes in attitudes of whites, blacks, Asians, and ... -
The “Becoming White Thesis” revisited
(Georgia Sociological Association, 2016)The claim that some non-Anglo-Saxon European immigrant groups such as the Irish, Italians, and Jews became white in historical America has largely been taken for granted these days, but we see a need for a qualified ... -
Trends in whites’ perceived black-white residential integration, 1972-2008
(Georgia Sociological Association, 2012)Trends and patterns in black-white residential segregation or integration in the United States have been studied extensively at an aggregate level (e.g., census tract or block-group) using census and survey data. This study ... -
Transnationalism and genealogy: An introduction
(MDPI, 2019)Transnationalism and genealogy is an emerging subfield of genealogy. The field has witnessed a significant growth in the last two to three decades, especially in the areas of transnationalism and family arrangements, ... -
Changes in American attitudes toward immigrant-native job competition
(Madridge, 2017)It is often perceived that the American public has been concerned about immigrantnative job competition for at least the last two to three decades. Less is known about the changing attitudes of Americans in this regard. ... -
Health insurance coverage before and after the Affordable Care Act in the USA
(MDPI, 2021)The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is at the crossroads. It is important to evaluate the effectiveness of the ACA in order to make rational decisions about the ongoing healthcare reform, but existing research into its effect ... -
Responses to the sports inventory for pain among BASE jumpers
(University of South Alabama, 2006)BASE jumping is considered to be among the most dangerous sporting activities in the world. Individuals involved in this activity jump off of four different types of fixed objects that include buildings, antennas, spans ... -
Support for health insurance coverage for legal abortion in the United States
(MDPI, 2021)The use of health insurance to cover legal abortion is a controversial issue on which Americans are sharply divided. Currently, there is a lack of research on this issue as data became available only recently. Using data ... -
Trust in doctors: Are African Americans less likely to trust their doctors than white Americans?
(Sage, 2012)Prior research yields mixed results about black–white difference in trust in their doctors, and existing studies are often based on nonrepresentative, local, or cross-sectional samples. Using data from the 1998, 2002, and ...
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