William R Avison
Biographic Data
| ID | 126909 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William R Avison |
| GIVEN NAMES | William R |
| FAMILY NAME | Avison |
| SIGNATURE | AVISON W R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 41 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 554 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 38 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 12 |
The Stress Process: An Appreciation of Leonard I. Pearlin
For more than 60 years, Leonard I. Pearlin’s contributions to theory and research fundamentally shaped the sociology of mental health, medical sociology, and the sociology of aging and the life course. He died last year, and this article is an expression of appreciation for the person and his work as expressed by his colleagues, students, and friends. The testimonials collected here explain his seminal work and why it altered the field, describe …
The ACT-i-Pass study protocol: How does free access to recreation opportunities impact children’s physical activity levels
The results of this study can inform policy- and decision-makers about the sub-groups of the population that benefitted the most (or least) from the intervention to provide more specific information on how to develop and target future interventions to have a greater impact on the physical activity levels and overall health of children
Family Structure and Children's Socioeconomic Attainment: A Canadian Sample
With the proliferation of different family forms in many western countries over the last few decades, research investigating the influence of family structure on children's socioeconomic status attainment has expanded dramatically, especially in the United States. The purpose of this study was to estimate the relative influence of family structure, maternal resources, and family mental health on predicting socioeconomic attainment in young adulth…
Stress and Mental Health: Contemporary Issues and Prospects for the Future
Socioeconomic Status and Cumulative Disadvantage Processes across the Life Course: Implications for Health Outcomes
Given the complexity surrounding various interactions among health determinants and the challenge of being able to adequately describe the dynamic processes through which health determinants have their effects, the purpose of this paper is to provide a conceptual overview demonstrating the effects of socioeconomic status and cumulative disadvantage on producing health disparities across the life course. The idea underlying cumulative disadvantage…
Examining the Pathways of Pre- and Postnatal Health Information
P2-35 Outcomes of small for gestational age (SGA) birth as a placenta associated syndrome
Introduction Infants born small for gestational age (SGA) are at higher risk for morbidity. This analysis explored whether increased risk is attributable to SGA or its causes. Methods A population-based cohort (n=2357) was recruited at 10–22 weeks gestation. We collected prenatal data by questionnaire, perinatal data from hospital records, and follow-up data by telephone survey 2–4 years later. Outcomes included neonatal admission to special care…
Advances in the Conceptualization of the Stress Process
Do depressive symptoms affect mothers’ reports of child outcomes in children with new-onset epilepsy
Cumulative Trauma, Personal and Social Resources, and Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms Among Income-assisted Single Mothers
Genotype-environment interaction and sociology: Contributions and complexities
Incorporating Children's Lives into a Life Course Perspective on Stress and Mental Health
Emerging themes in demography, developmental medicine, and psychiatry suggest that a comprehensive understanding of mental health across the life course requires that we incorporate the lives of children into our research. If we can learn more about the ways in which the stress process unfolds for children, we will gain important insights into the factors that influence initial set points of trajectories of mental health over the life course. Thi…
Advances in the Conceptualization of the Stress Process: Essays in Honor of Leonard I. Pearlin
Mental Health, Social Mirror
Fish Consumption Among Pregnant Women in London, Ontario: Associations with Socio-demographic and Health and Lifestyle Factors
Stressful Life Events
Stressful life events are discrete social experiences or life changes that require individual adjustment or manifest themselves in emotional arousal or physical reactions. The defining characteristic of life events as stressors is that they are observable life changes that have relatively clear onsets and endings. This quality of discreteness distinguishes stressful life events from chronic stressors that typically have more insidious onsets and …
Family Structure, Stress, and Psychological Distress: A Demonstration of the Impact of Differential Exposure
In this article, we evaluate the relative power of differential exposure and differential vulnerability to stressors to account for variations in psychological distress between single and married mothers. The data for this assessment are derived from a longitudinal survey of 518 single mothers and 502 married mothers living in London, Ontario, Canada. Both cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses clearly reveal that the higher levels of psycholo…
Family Structure, Gender, and Health in the Context of the Life Course
We estimate the effects of single parenthood on parental health and determine whether such effects are similar for all single parents or whether there are variations by gender among young, middle-aged, and older adults. The results of our analyses of the Canadian National Population Health Survey (NPHS) reveal that single parenthood is associated with elevated psychological distress and alcohol consumption among women, especially among those who …
Status Variations in Stress Exposure: Implications for the Interpretation of Research on Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Gender
Life events checklists have been the predominant method for estimating variations in stress exposure. It is unknown, however, whether such inventories are equally meaningful for estimating differences in exposure between men and women, African Americans and whites, and those in lower and higher socioeconomic categories. In this paper, we employ a wider range of measures of stress--recent life events, chronic stressors, lifetime major events, and …
Comprehensive Evaluation: The Intersection of Impact Evaluation and Social Accounting
“Social accounting” or “social auditing” has been recommended as an alternative to more traditional methods of evaluating certain types of social programs and the contributions of non-profit organizations. This article examines the similarities and differences between social accounting and more traditional types of evaluation as well as identifying the strengths and weaknesses of each. The contributions of each are incorporated in a framework of …
Month Prevalence of Depression Among Single and Married Mothers in the 1994 National Population Health Survey
Significant Life Experiences and Depression among Single and Married Mothers
Lorraine Davies, William R. Avison, Donna D. McAlpine, Significant Life Experiences and Depression among Single and Married Mothers, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 59, No. 2 (May, 1997), pp. 294-308
Employment Transitions and Psychological Distress: The Contrasting Experiences of Single and Married Mothers
This paper presents a longitudinal examination of the effect of employment transitions on the psychological distress of 398 single and 454 married mothers. Our analyses reveal that the effects of employment transitions differ for single and married mothers. Among women who left their jobs during the course of this study, we find a significant increase in distress among single mothers but no change in distress among married mothers. Transitions ou…
Asian Immigrants and the Stress Process: A Study of Koreans in Canada
The stress process paradigm is one of the most widely held perspectives in the sociology of mental health. While this model has been applied to a large number of research problems, relatively little work has examined whether the paradigm can assist in understanding the link between socially induced stressors and their consequences for the mental health of immigrants. In this paper, we employ a stress process formulation to examine the interplay a…
Rheumatoid arthritis, occupational profiles and psychological adjustment
Whether occupational profile (work, activities of daily living and leisure) and psychological adjustment, (psychological distress, anxiety and life satisfaction) were different for individuals with rheumatoid arthritis and a non‐disabled comparison group was the focus of this study. The findings are reported from interviews with 143 individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 142 comparison subjects, matched for age, gender and geographic area…
Asian Immigrants and the Stress Process: A Study of Koreans in Canada
The stress process paradigm is one of the most widely held perspectives in the sociology of mental health. While this model has been applied to a large number of research problems, relatively little work has examined whether the paradigm can assist in understanding the link between socially induced stressors and their consequences for the mental health of immigrants. In this paper, we employ a stress process formulation to examine the interplay a…
Status Variations in Stress Exposure: Implications for the Interpretation of Research on Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Gender
Life events checklists have been the predominant method for estimating variations in stress exposure. It is unknown, however, whether such inventories are equally meaningful for estimating differences in exposure between men and women, African Americans and whites, and those in lower and higher socioeconomic categories. In this paper, we employ a wider range of measures of stress--recent life events, chronic stressors, lifetime major events, and …
Stressful Life Events and Depressive Symptoms: Disaggregating the Effects of Acute Stressors and Chronic Strains
William R. Avison, R. Jay Turner, Stressful Life Events and Depressive Symptoms: Disaggregating the Effects of Acute Stressors and Chronic Strains, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol. 29, No. 3 (Sep., 1988), pp. 253-264
Population Diversity and Cross‐national Homicide: The Effects of Inequality and Heterogeneity
This study examines the impact of income inequality and ethnic heterogeneity on homicide rates for a sample of 32 nations. The results of the analyses indicate that vertical social direrentiation, as measured by income inequality, and horizontal differentiation, as indexed by ethnic heterogeneity, have signijicant main effects on cross‐national homicide. Additionally, evidence is presented suggesting an interaction effect on inequaliry and hetero…
Gender Differences in Symptoms of Depression Among Adolescents
In this paper, we examine sources of gender differences in depressive symptoms among adolescents. Using data collected from a self-administered survey of 306 high school students, we examine differences in the impact of life events, psychosocial resources, and parent-child relationships on levels of psychological distress. Our results confirm a substantial gender difference in level of psychological distress. Moreover, analyses indicate that this…
Significant Life Experiences and Depression among Single and Married Mothers
Lorraine Davies, William R. Avison, Donna D. McAlpine, Significant Life Experiences and Depression among Single and Married Mothers, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 59, No. 2 (May, 1997), pp. 294-308
Family Structure, Stress, and Psychological Distress: A Demonstration of the Impact of Differential Exposure
In this article, we evaluate the relative power of differential exposure and differential vulnerability to stressors to account for variations in psychological distress between single and married mothers. The data for this assessment are derived from a longitudinal survey of 518 single mothers and 502 married mothers living in London, Ontario, Canada. Both cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses clearly reveal that the higher levels of psycholo…
Incorporating Children's Lives into a Life Course Perspective on Stress and Mental Health
Emerging themes in demography, developmental medicine, and psychiatry suggest that a comprehensive understanding of mental health across the life course requires that we incorporate the lives of children into our research. If we can learn more about the ways in which the stress process unfolds for children, we will gain important insights into the factors that influence initial set points of trajectories of mental health over the life course. Thi…
Innovations in the Measurement of Life Stress: Crisis Theory and the Significance of Event Resolution
Further progress in understanding the significance of stress for psychological well-being requires improved strategies for controlling both inter- and intra-event variability across subjects studied. This paper reports on an innovation in stress measurement suggested by a proposition drawn from crisis theory that recognizes life events as representing opportunities as well as hazards. The crucial contingency is hypothesized to be the outcome of t…
Employment Transitions and Psychological Distress: The Contrasting Experiences of Single and Married Mothers
This paper presents a longitudinal examination of the effect of employment transitions on the psychological distress of 398 single and 454 married mothers. Our analyses reveal that the effects of employment transitions differ for single and married mothers. Among women who left their jobs during the course of this study, we find a significant increase in distress among single mothers but no change in distress among married mothers. Transitions ou…
Family Structure, Gender, and Health in the Context of the Life Course
We estimate the effects of single parenthood on parental health and determine whether such effects are similar for all single parents or whether there are variations by gender among young, middle-aged, and older adults. The results of our analyses of the Canadian National Population Health Survey (NPHS) reveal that single parenthood is associated with elevated psychological distress and alcohol consumption among women, especially among those who …
Genotype-environment interaction and sociology: Contributions and complexities
Socioeconomic Status and Cumulative Disadvantage Processes across the Life Course: Implications for Health Outcomes
Given the complexity surrounding various interactions among health determinants and the challenge of being able to adequately describe the dynamic processes through which health determinants have their effects, the purpose of this paper is to provide a conceptual overview demonstrating the effects of socioeconomic status and cumulative disadvantage on producing health disparities across the life course. The idea underlying cumulative disadvantage…
Month Prevalence of Depression Among Single and Married Mothers in the 1994 National Population Health Survey
Spouses of Discharged Psychiatric Patients: Factors Associated with Their Experience of Burden
The Form of Time
Assessing Risk Factors for Problem Parenting: The Significance of Social Support
This paper reports on the extent to which three social psychological variables-social support, life stress, and personal control-constitute significant risk factors with respect to maladaptive parenting. Case comparison analyses were used to assess the power of these factors in distinguishing a sample of known maladaptors from a sample of comparison mothers. Our results indicate that social support, as experienced or perceived by the individual, …
Family Structure and Children's Socioeconomic Attainment: A Canadian Sample
With the proliferation of different family forms in many western countries over the last few decades, research investigating the influence of family structure on children's socioeconomic status attainment has expanded dramatically, especially in the United States. The purpose of this study was to estimate the relative influence of family structure, maternal resources, and family mental health on predicting socioeconomic attainment in young adulth…
Cumulative Trauma, Personal and Social Resources, and Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms Among Income-assisted Single Mothers
Rheumatoid arthritis, occupational profiles and psychological adjustment
Whether occupational profile (work, activities of daily living and leisure) and psychological adjustment, (psychological distress, anxiety and life satisfaction) were different for individuals with rheumatoid arthritis and a non‐disabled comparison group was the focus of this study. The findings are reported from interviews with 143 individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 142 comparison subjects, matched for age, gender and geographic area…
Modern Methods of Data Analysis
Liking and the Attribution of Causation for Success and Failure
This study assessed the relationships among judgments of success and failure, liking of another person, and the attribution of causation in 40 male and female undergraduates. Unlike most investigations of the attribution process, this study tested two hypotheses outside of laboratory conditions where the attributional situation was somewhat ambiguous. The results indicate that, in such conditions, judgments of success or failure were uncorrelated…
World views and crystal balls
Secondary Research: Information Sources and Methods
Conceiving the Self
World views and crystal balls
On Being Right versus Being Bright
Liking and the Attribution of Causation for Success and Failure
This study assessed the relationships among judgments of success and failure, liking of another person, and the attribution of causation in 40 male and female undergraduates. Unlike most investigations of the attribution process, this study tested two hypotheses outside of laboratory conditions where the attributional situation was somewhat ambiguous. The results indicate that, in such conditions, judgments of success or failure were uncorrelated…
Conceiving the Self
The Penalty of Death
The Form of Time
Assessing Risk Factors for Problem Parenting: The Significance of Social Support
This paper reports on the extent to which three social psychological variables-social support, life stress, and personal control-constitute significant risk factors with respect to maladaptive parenting. Case comparison analyses were used to assess the power of these factors in distinguishing a sample of known maladaptors from a sample of comparison mothers. Our results indicate that social support, as experienced or perceived by the individual, …
Secondary Research: Information Sources and Methods
Population Diversity and Cross‐national Homicide: The Effects of Inequality and Heterogeneity
This study examines the impact of income inequality and ethnic heterogeneity on homicide rates for a sample of 32 nations. The results of the analyses indicate that vertical social direrentiation, as measured by income inequality, and horizontal differentiation, as indexed by ethnic heterogeneity, have signijicant main effects on cross‐national homicide. Additionally, evidence is presented suggesting an interaction effect on inequaliry and hetero…
Aging Criminals
Spouses of Discharged Psychiatric Patients: Factors Associated with Their Experience of Burden
Stressful Life Events and Depressive Symptoms: Disaggregating the Effects of Acute Stressors and Chronic Strains
William R. Avison, R. Jay Turner, Stressful Life Events and Depressive Symptoms: Disaggregating the Effects of Acute Stressors and Chronic Strains, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol. 29, No. 3 (Sep., 1988), pp. 253-264
Life Events and Illness
PART ONE INTRODUCTION: Life events and measurement, George W. Brown. PART TWO LIFE EVENTS AND PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS: Depression, George W. Brown and Tirril O. Harris Anxiety, Robert Finlay-Jones Schizophrenia, Richard Day Endocrine changes and clinical profiles in depression, Paul Calloway and Raymond Dolan Diseases Adversity and psychiatric disorder - a decay model, Paul G. Surtees. PART THREE LIFE EVENTS AND PHYSICAL ILLNESS: Physical illness - a…
Modern Methods of Data Analysis
Gender Differences in Symptoms of Depression Among Adolescents
In this paper, we examine sources of gender differences in depressive symptoms among adolescents. Using data collected from a self-administered survey of 306 high school students, we examine differences in the impact of life events, psychosocial resources, and parent-child relationships on levels of psychological distress. Our results confirm a substantial gender difference in level of psychological distress. Moreover, analyses indicate that this…
Innovations in the Measurement of Life Stress: Crisis Theory and the Significance of Event Resolution
Further progress in understanding the significance of stress for psychological well-being requires improved strategies for controlling both inter- and intra-event variability across subjects studied. This paper reports on an innovation in stress measurement suggested by a proposition drawn from crisis theory that recognizes life events as representing opportunities as well as hazards. The crucial contingency is hypothesized to be the outcome of t…
Rheumatoid arthritis, occupational profiles and psychological adjustment
Whether occupational profile (work, activities of daily living and leisure) and psychological adjustment, (psychological distress, anxiety and life satisfaction) were different for individuals with rheumatoid arthritis and a non‐disabled comparison group was the focus of this study. The findings are reported from interviews with 143 individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 142 comparison subjects, matched for age, gender and geographic area…
Asian Immigrants and the Stress Process: A Study of Koreans in Canada
The stress process paradigm is one of the most widely held perspectives in the sociology of mental health. While this model has been applied to a large number of research problems, relatively little work has examined whether the paradigm can assist in understanding the link between socially induced stressors and their consequences for the mental health of immigrants. In this paper, we employ a stress process formulation to examine the interplay a…
Significant Life Experiences and Depression among Single and Married Mothers
Lorraine Davies, William R. Avison, Donna D. McAlpine, Significant Life Experiences and Depression among Single and Married Mothers, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 59, No. 2 (May, 1997), pp. 294-308
Employment Transitions and Psychological Distress: The Contrasting Experiences of Single and Married Mothers
This paper presents a longitudinal examination of the effect of employment transitions on the psychological distress of 398 single and 454 married mothers. Our analyses reveal that the effects of employment transitions differ for single and married mothers. Among women who left their jobs during the course of this study, we find a significant increase in distress among single mothers but no change in distress among married mothers. Transitions ou…
Comprehensive Evaluation: The Intersection of Impact Evaluation and Social Accounting
“Social accounting” or “social auditing” has been recommended as an alternative to more traditional methods of evaluating certain types of social programs and the contributions of non-profit organizations. This article examines the similarities and differences between social accounting and more traditional types of evaluation as well as identifying the strengths and weaknesses of each. The contributions of each are incorporated in a framework of …
Month Prevalence of Depression Among Single and Married Mothers in the 1994 National Population Health Survey
Status Variations in Stress Exposure: Implications for the Interpretation of Research on Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Gender
Life events checklists have been the predominant method for estimating variations in stress exposure. It is unknown, however, whether such inventories are equally meaningful for estimating differences in exposure between men and women, African Americans and whites, and those in lower and higher socioeconomic categories. In this paper, we employ a wider range of measures of stress--recent life events, chronic stressors, lifetime major events, and …
Family Structure, Gender, and Health in the Context of the Life Course
We estimate the effects of single parenthood on parental health and determine whether such effects are similar for all single parents or whether there are variations by gender among young, middle-aged, and older adults. The results of our analyses of the Canadian National Population Health Survey (NPHS) reveal that single parenthood is associated with elevated psychological distress and alcohol consumption among women, especially among those who …
Mental Health, Social Mirror
Psychology (30 works) · Medicine (15 works) · Sociology (15 works) · Psychiatry (14 works) · Developmental psychology (13 works) · Clinical Psychology (12 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (12 works) · Mental health (10 works) · Demography (9 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (9 works)