Lucinda Lee Roff
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 108059 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Lucinda Lee Roff |
| NOMBRES | Lucinda Lee |
| APELLIDO | Roff |
| FIRMA | ROFF L L |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Alabama |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 21 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 26 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 21 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1980 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2013 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Typologies of Religiousness/Spirituality
Religiousness and Social Integration in Assisted Living
The positive effects of religiousness on coping with transitions and other challenges in life are well documented. However, little is known about specific roles that religious beliefs and activities provide for residents who are becoming integrated into assisted living (AL) settings. The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences and meanings associated with religiousness among AL residents. Qualitative data were collected via semi-stru…
The Use of Morycz’s Desire-to-Institutionalize Scale Across Three Racial/Ethnic Groups
Findings suggest that Morycz's DTI scale is a consistently reliable measure for assessing the desire to institutionalize across White, African American, and Hispanic dementia caregivers
Spiritual Support and African American Breast Cancer Survivors
This qualitative study used data from interviews with 18 African American breast cancer survivors in the southeast regarding the women’s live experiences of spiritual support during the process of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. Through a thematic content analysis, four primary sources of spiritual support were identified: God, members of religious communities, family members and friends, and health care professionals. Some participants re…
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…
Positive Aspects of Alzheimer's Caregiving
We examined differences in positive aspects of caregiving (PAC) among 275 African American and 343 Caucasian caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's disease from the National Institutes of Health Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Care Health (REACH) study sites in Birmingham, Memphis, and Philadelphia. African Americans reported higher scores on PAC than did Caucasians. African Americans' higher religiosity partially mediated the relationshi…
Mentoring in the Careers of African American Women in Social Work Education
This article reports the findings of a study that examined the role of mentoring in thecareers of African American women in the administration of social work education.A focus of the study was the ways in which race and gender influence mentoringexperiences. The findings suggest that although the participants were successful intheir careers, mentoring opportunities were not a part of their early careerexperiences. They also indicate that race and…
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 …
The transition in Eastern Europe
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…
Invisible Lives
A Comparison of Social Service Workers' and the Public's Views of Nursing Home Characteristics
Using the determinant attribute model, this study examined and compared the criteria which 277 social service workers and 842 members of a general population would employ in selecting a nursing home. The results suggested substantial differences between the two groups in selection criteria. Implications of these results and of the use of the determinant attribute model as an aid to practice are discussed
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…
Positive Aspects of Alzheimer's Caregiving
We examined differences in positive aspects of caregiving (PAC) among 275 African American and 343 Caucasian caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's disease from the National Institutes of Health Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Care Health (REACH) study sites in Birmingham, Memphis, and Philadelphia. African Americans reported higher scores on PAC than did Caucasians. African Americans' higher religiosity partially mediated the relationshi…
Mentoring in the Careers of African American Women in Social Work Education
This article reports the findings of a study that examined the role of mentoring in thecareers of African American women in the administration of social work education.A focus of the study was the ways in which race and gender influence mentoringexperiences. The findings suggest that although the participants were successful intheir careers, mentoring opportunities were not a part of their early careerexperiences. They also indicate that race and…
Spiritual Support and African American Breast Cancer Survivors
This qualitative study used data from interviews with 18 African American breast cancer survivors in the southeast regarding the women’s live experiences of spiritual support during the process of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. Through a thematic content analysis, four primary sources of spiritual support were identified: God, members of religious communities, family members and friends, and health care professionals. Some participants re…
Norms for employed daughters' and sons' behavior toward frail older parents
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 Service Workers' and the Public's Views of Nursing Home Characteristics
Using the determinant attribute model, this study examined and compared the criteria which 277 social service workers and 842 members of a general population would employ in selecting a nursing home. The results suggested substantial differences between the two groups in selection criteria. Implications of these results and of the use of the determinant attribute model as an aid to practice are discussed
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…
Invisible Lives
Norms for employed daughters' and sons' behavior toward frail older parents
The transition in Eastern Europe
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…
Positive Aspects of Alzheimer's Caregiving
We examined differences in positive aspects of caregiving (PAC) among 275 African American and 343 Caucasian caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's disease from the National Institutes of Health Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Care Health (REACH) study sites in Birmingham, Memphis, and Philadelphia. African Americans reported higher scores on PAC than did Caucasians. African Americans' higher religiosity partially mediated the relationshi…
Mentoring in the Careers of African American Women in Social Work Education
This article reports the findings of a study that examined the role of mentoring in thecareers of African American women in the administration of social work education.A focus of the study was the ways in which race and gender influence mentoringexperiences. The findings suggest that although the participants were successful intheir careers, mentoring opportunities were not a part of their early careerexperiences. They also indicate that race and…
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…
Spiritual Support and African American Breast Cancer Survivors
This qualitative study used data from interviews with 18 African American breast cancer survivors in the southeast regarding the women’s live experiences of spiritual support during the process of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. Through a thematic content analysis, four primary sources of spiritual support were identified: God, members of religious communities, family members and friends, and health care professionals. Some participants re…
Religiousness and Social Integration in Assisted Living
The positive effects of religiousness on coping with transitions and other challenges in life are well documented. However, little is known about specific roles that religious beliefs and activities provide for residents who are becoming integrated into assisted living (AL) settings. The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences and meanings associated with religiousness among AL residents. Qualitative data were collected via semi-stru…
The Use of Morycz’s Desire-to-Institutionalize Scale Across Three Racial/Ethnic Groups
Findings suggest that Morycz's DTI scale is a consistently reliable measure for assessing the desire to institutionalize across White, African American, and Hispanic dementia caregivers
Typologies of Religiousness/Spirituality
Psychology (20 obras) · Medicine (12 obras) · Sociology (12 obras) · Gerontology (8 obras) · Political science (8 obras) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (8 obras) · Social Psychology (8 obras) · Clinical Psychology (7 obras) · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (7 obras) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (7 obras)