David L Klemmack
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 99435 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | David L Klemmack |
| NOMBRES | David L |
| APELLIDO | Klemmack |
| FIRMA | KLEMMACK D L |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Alabama |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 22 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 12 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 22 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1973 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2013 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Typologies of Religiousness/Spirituality
The Influences of Gender and Religiousness on Alzheimer Disease Caregivers' Use of Informal Support and Formal Services
Objective. This study explored how male and female family caregivers of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients differ in their use of formal services and informal support and how religiousness may affect such differences. Methods. Data were from a sample of 720 family caregivers of AD patients who participated in the Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregiver Heath (REACH I) study sites in Birmingham, Boston, Memphis, and Philadelphia. Results. Fem…
Widowhood, Religiousness, and Self-Assessed Well-Being Among Older Adults
Background: The well-being of older, widowed persons is of concern to aging practitioners, including those in faith-based organizations. Some have suggested that engaging in religious/spiritual activities may mitigate the negative effects of widowhood for older adults. This cross-sectional study examined predictors of self-assessed well-being of widowed and married elders. The aim of this study was to determine whether participation in religious/…
Levels of Death Anxiety
Globalization, coupled with increased attention to issues surrounding death, highlights the need to explore cultural influences on the social, personal, and psychological consequences of death. This study compared the responses of 82 American and 119 Lithuanian health and social service personnel on seven subscales of the Multidimensional Fear of Death Scale. Lithuanian participants were more likely to express fear of the dying process and fear o…
A Feasibility Study of a Parent Care Planning Model with Two Faith-Based Communities
Parent care is a normative, mid-life responsibility for most American families, but religious communities need evidence-based models to help prepare congregational members for these religiously endorsed obligations. The purposes of this article are to discuss caregiving as a developmental task deserving attention by religious leaders; to briefly describe an efficacious parent care model for use by congregations; and to review the results from a f…
Depression and Religiosity in African American and White Community-Dwelling Older Adults
This research examined the extent to which religiosity was predictive of level of depression, even after controlling for race, gender, social support, income sufficiency, and physical health. Data were collected using in-home interviews conducted from 1999 to 2001 with 1,000 adults age 65 to 106. Subjects were recruited from a stratified, random sample of Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and older in five central Alabama counties (three rural and tw…
Death Anxiety and Religiosity Among Lithuanian Health and Social Service Professionals
This study examined the applicability of the Multidimensional Fear of Death Scale (MFODS; J.W.Hoetler, 1979a) in Lithuania, a culture where death anxiety has not been studied previously. It also ascertained the relationship between death anxiety and a multidimensional measure of religiosity. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated that MFODS structure fit the Lithuanian data reasonably well, particularly if factors were allowed to be correlated. L…
Perceptions of Welfare Recipient Fraud and Provider Fraud
This study replicated Roff & Klemmack's (1983) investigation of adult Alabamians' opinions regarding the degree to which welfare recipients and welfare employees defraud the government. The majority of the current respondents continue to see recipients as dishonest, but the mean recipient fraud index score dropped from 13.34 to 11.34. As was the case in the earlier study, beliefs that recipients defraud the government predicted lower support for …
Norms for employed daughters' and sons' behavior toward frail older parents
Public Preferences Concerning Future Directions in Social Security
Using data collected from a probability sample of 1030 adult Alabamians, this study segmented respondents among those favoring limited expansion, maintenance, and limited contraction of the social security retirement program. Those favoring some expansion in the system tended to be less well educated and affluent, and more likely to be retired, nonwhite, and to identify themselves as Democrats than did those favoring maintenance or some limited c…
Employers' Responsibility for Social Services
Journal Article Employers' Responsibility for Social Services: Public Perceptions Get access Lucinda Lee Roff, Ph.D., Lucinda Lee Roff, Ph.D. Associate Professor School of Social Work Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar David L. Klemmack, Ph.D. David L. Klemmack, Ph.D. Professor and Assistant Dean Department of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Alabama, University, Alabama Searc…
Dimensions and crystallization of family‐size norms
Contemporary efforts in family planning research emphasize the suitability of contraceptives for realizing desired or ideal family size. Most, however, adopt the notion that family size is conceived of as a fixed number rather than a range of acceptable sizes. This study focuses on the latter concept and attempts to isolate those factors which are related to the magnitude of such a range. Based on data developed from structured interviews with 9,…
Communicating with the Elderly
Governmental agencies, social service programs, and advocacy groups for the elderly often have messages which they would like to communicate to the largest proportion of the elderly population possible. Faced with severely limited public information budgets, they are forced to make choices about which communication mechanisms will reach the largest audience at the least cost per person receiving the message. The purpose of this study is to sugges…
Re-Examination of the Relationship between Age and Fear of Aging
As is the case with fear of death, fear of aging may be multidimensional (Pollack, 1979). While it is difficult to say which dimension of anxiety about aging was measured, Lester, er al. (1979) found that senior citizens reported significantly less fear of. aging than did college students. Using data gathered from a mail questionnaire to a probability sample of adult Alabamians (1012 or 57.3% of those reached, Ma.. = 48.2 yr., SD = 16.7), persona…
A Comparison of Social Psychological Views among Youthful and Aged Persons
Four related but marginally differentiated sociological and psychological attitude measures are evaluated through analysis of survey data. Generated from a statewide random sample (N=322), four measures of maladjustment/well-being -- the anomie, alienation, fatalism, and powerlessness scales -- are evaluated as being similar in nature. The moderately high correlations between the scale items comprising the four distinctive conceptual world-views …
Differences in Social Participation
Journal Article Differences in Social Participation: Blacks and Whites Get access Patricia Klobus-Edwards, Patricia Klobus-Edwards Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar John N. Edwards, John N. Edwards Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar David L. Klemmack David L. Klemmack …
Measures of Well-Being
Three frequently used measures of well-being-the Life Satisfaction scale, the Social Isolation scale and the Willingness to Live scale are evaluated in terms of their empirical similarity. The internal consistency of the social isolation items, it isfound, does not exceed the cross-correlation between the social isolation and life satisfaction items. A group factor analysis confirms the existence of considerable communality among the items of the…
Correlates of Life Satisfaction
The relationships between 22 variables and life satisfaction are explored, testing in particular for partial effects and determining the extent to which each predictor makes an independent contribution to explaining perceived satisfaction. Based on data from 274 females and 233 males aged 45 and over, a number of important relationships are noted. Holding socioeconomic status constant, generally observed relationships such as between life satisfa…
Interfaith Comparison of Multidimensional Measures of Religiosity
Non-random Exogenous Variables in Path Analysis
Path analysis requires that exogenous and residual variables not be correlated. An alternative to assuming the two to be independent is to treat the exogenous variables as fixed or non-random. Examination of path models, however, reveals that the usual standardized path coefficients are biased and inconsistent when exogenous variables are considered fixed. At the same time, the path coefficient divided by the residual term is a large-sample unbia…
Birth Order and the Conservators of Tradition Hypothesis
The conservators of tradition hypothesis, suggesting that first-born children are more likely to assume traditionally defined roles, is examined with respect to the occupational aspirations held by a sample of 272 college women. Only limited support is found. In fact, among women intending to enter the labor force, the first-born are more likely to aspire to traditionally nonfeminine occupations. A number of variables relating to sibling structur…
Social Participation Patterns among Mobile-Home and Single-Family Dwellers
The central concern of this article is the differences in participation patterns between mobile-home and single-family dwellers residing in contiguous suburban areas. Based on a random sample of 60 mobile-home and 55 single-family dwellers, our findings indicate that when sociodemographic characteristics are controlled, mobile-home residents participate more in some forms of informal activities and less in voluntary associations. Type of residenc…
Differences in Social Participation
Journal Article Differences in Social Participation: Blacks and Whites Get access Patricia Klobus-Edwards, Patricia Klobus-Edwards Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar John N. Edwards, John N. Edwards Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar David L. Klemmack David L. Klemmack …
Measures of Well-Being
Three frequently used measures of well-being-the Life Satisfaction scale, the Social Isolation scale and the Willingness to Live scale are evaluated in terms of their empirical similarity. The internal consistency of the social isolation items, it isfound, does not exceed the cross-correlation between the social isolation and life satisfaction items. A group factor analysis confirms the existence of considerable communality among the items of the…
Non-random Exogenous Variables in Path Analysis
Path analysis requires that exogenous and residual variables not be correlated. An alternative to assuming the two to be independent is to treat the exogenous variables as fixed or non-random. Examination of path models, however, reveals that the usual standardized path coefficients are biased and inconsistent when exogenous variables are considered fixed. At the same time, the path coefficient divided by the residual term is a large-sample unbia…
Norms for employed daughters' and sons' behavior toward frail older parents
Interfaith Comparison of Multidimensional Measures of Religiosity
Correlates of Life Satisfaction
The relationships between 22 variables and life satisfaction are explored, testing in particular for partial effects and determining the extent to which each predictor makes an independent contribution to explaining perceived satisfaction. Based on data from 274 females and 233 males aged 45 and over, a number of important relationships are noted. Holding socioeconomic status constant, generally observed relationships such as between life satisfa…
Interfaith Comparison of Multidimensional Measures of Religiosity
Non-random Exogenous Variables in Path Analysis
Path analysis requires that exogenous and residual variables not be correlated. An alternative to assuming the two to be independent is to treat the exogenous variables as fixed or non-random. Examination of path models, however, reveals that the usual standardized path coefficients are biased and inconsistent when exogenous variables are considered fixed. At the same time, the path coefficient divided by the residual term is a large-sample unbia…
Birth Order and the Conservators of Tradition Hypothesis
The conservators of tradition hypothesis, suggesting that first-born children are more likely to assume traditionally defined roles, is examined with respect to the occupational aspirations held by a sample of 272 college women. Only limited support is found. In fact, among women intending to enter the labor force, the first-born are more likely to aspire to traditionally nonfeminine occupations. A number of variables relating to sibling structur…
Social Participation Patterns among Mobile-Home and Single-Family Dwellers
The central concern of this article is the differences in participation patterns between mobile-home and single-family dwellers residing in contiguous suburban areas. Based on a random sample of 60 mobile-home and 55 single-family dwellers, our findings indicate that when sociodemographic characteristics are controlled, mobile-home residents participate more in some forms of informal activities and less in voluntary associations. Type of residenc…
Measures of Well-Being
Three frequently used measures of well-being-the Life Satisfaction scale, the Social Isolation scale and the Willingness to Live scale are evaluated in terms of their empirical similarity. The internal consistency of the social isolation items, it isfound, does not exceed the cross-correlation between the social isolation and life satisfaction items. A group factor analysis confirms the existence of considerable communality among the items of the…
Differences in Social Participation
Journal Article Differences in Social Participation: Blacks and Whites Get access Patricia Klobus-Edwards, Patricia Klobus-Edwards Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar John N. Edwards, John N. Edwards Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar David L. Klemmack David L. Klemmack …
Communicating with the Elderly
Governmental agencies, social service programs, and advocacy groups for the elderly often have messages which they would like to communicate to the largest proportion of the elderly population possible. Faced with severely limited public information budgets, they are forced to make choices about which communication mechanisms will reach the largest audience at the least cost per person receiving the message. The purpose of this study is to sugges…
Re-Examination of the Relationship between Age and Fear of Aging
As is the case with fear of death, fear of aging may be multidimensional (Pollack, 1979). While it is difficult to say which dimension of anxiety about aging was measured, Lester, er al. (1979) found that senior citizens reported significantly less fear of. aging than did college students. Using data gathered from a mail questionnaire to a probability sample of adult Alabamians (1012 or 57.3% of those reached, Ma.. = 48.2 yr., SD = 16.7), persona…
A Comparison of Social Psychological Views among Youthful and Aged Persons
Four related but marginally differentiated sociological and psychological attitude measures are evaluated through analysis of survey data. Generated from a statewide random sample (N=322), four measures of maladjustment/well-being -- the anomie, alienation, fatalism, and powerlessness scales -- are evaluated as being similar in nature. The moderately high correlations between the scale items comprising the four distinctive conceptual world-views …
Dimensions and crystallization of family‐size norms
Contemporary efforts in family planning research emphasize the suitability of contraceptives for realizing desired or ideal family size. Most, however, adopt the notion that family size is conceived of as a fixed number rather than a range of acceptable sizes. This study focuses on the latter concept and attempts to isolate those factors which are related to the magnitude of such a range. Based on data developed from structured interviews with 9,…
Public Preferences Concerning Future Directions in Social Security
Using data collected from a probability sample of 1030 adult Alabamians, this study segmented respondents among those favoring limited expansion, maintenance, and limited contraction of the social security retirement program. Those favoring some expansion in the system tended to be less well educated and affluent, and more likely to be retired, nonwhite, and to identify themselves as Democrats than did those favoring maintenance or some limited c…
Employers' Responsibility for Social Services
Journal Article Employers' Responsibility for Social Services: Public Perceptions Get access Lucinda Lee Roff, Ph.D., Lucinda Lee Roff, Ph.D. Associate Professor School of Social Work Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar David L. Klemmack, Ph.D. David L. Klemmack, Ph.D. Professor and Assistant Dean Department of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Alabama, University, Alabama Searc…
Norms for employed daughters' and sons' behavior toward frail older parents
Perceptions of Welfare Recipient Fraud and Provider Fraud
This study replicated Roff & Klemmack's (1983) investigation of adult Alabamians' opinions regarding the degree to which welfare recipients and welfare employees defraud the government. The majority of the current respondents continue to see recipients as dishonest, but the mean recipient fraud index score dropped from 13.34 to 11.34. As was the case in the earlier study, beliefs that recipients defraud the government predicted lower support for …
Death Anxiety and Religiosity Among Lithuanian Health and Social Service Professionals
This study examined the applicability of the Multidimensional Fear of Death Scale (MFODS; J.W.Hoetler, 1979a) in Lithuania, a culture where death anxiety has not been studied previously. It also ascertained the relationship between death anxiety and a multidimensional measure of religiosity. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated that MFODS structure fit the Lithuanian data reasonably well, particularly if factors were allowed to be correlated. L…
A Feasibility Study of a Parent Care Planning Model with Two Faith-Based Communities
Parent care is a normative, mid-life responsibility for most American families, but religious communities need evidence-based models to help prepare congregational members for these religiously endorsed obligations. The purposes of this article are to discuss caregiving as a developmental task deserving attention by religious leaders; to briefly describe an efficacious parent care model for use by congregations; and to review the results from a f…
Depression and Religiosity in African American and White Community-Dwelling Older Adults
This research examined the extent to which religiosity was predictive of level of depression, even after controlling for race, gender, social support, income sufficiency, and physical health. Data were collected using in-home interviews conducted from 1999 to 2001 with 1,000 adults age 65 to 106. Subjects were recruited from a stratified, random sample of Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and older in five central Alabama counties (three rural and tw…
Levels of Death Anxiety
Globalization, coupled with increased attention to issues surrounding death, highlights the need to explore cultural influences on the social, personal, and psychological consequences of death. This study compared the responses of 82 American and 119 Lithuanian health and social service personnel on seven subscales of the Multidimensional Fear of Death Scale. Lithuanian participants were more likely to express fear of the dying process and fear o…
Widowhood, Religiousness, and Self-Assessed Well-Being Among Older Adults
Background: The well-being of older, widowed persons is of concern to aging practitioners, including those in faith-based organizations. Some have suggested that engaging in religious/spiritual activities may mitigate the negative effects of widowhood for older adults. This cross-sectional study examined predictors of self-assessed well-being of widowed and married elders. The aim of this study was to determine whether participation in religious/…
The Influences of Gender and Religiousness on Alzheimer Disease Caregivers' Use of Informal Support and Formal Services
Objective. This study explored how male and female family caregivers of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients differ in their use of formal services and informal support and how religiousness may affect such differences. Methods. Data were from a sample of 720 family caregivers of AD patients who participated in the Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregiver Heath (REACH I) study sites in Birmingham, Boston, Memphis, and Philadelphia. Results. Fem…
Typologies of Religiousness/Spirituality
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