Mark La Gory
Biographic Data
| ID | 133716 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark La Gory |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark |
| FAMILY NAME | La Gory |
| SIGNATURE | LA GORY M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 103 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
A Response to the Comments of Walter R. Gove on Gender Differences in Health Risks and Physical Symptoms Among the Homeless
Ferris J. Ritchey, Mark La Gory, Jeffrey Mullis, A Response to the Comments of Walter R. Gove on Gender Differences in Health Risks and Physical Symptoms Among the Homeless, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol. 34, No. 2 (Jun., 1993), pp. 182-185
The Effects of Environmental Context on Elderly Depression
This article examines the impact of environmental context (social networks and neighborhood characteristics) on the distress process. Both personal history and environmental variables are used to explain differences in depressive symptomatology for a random, representative cluster sample (N = 725) of persons 55+ in four metropolitan counties of Alabama. Levels of distress are higher among Whites, women, the younger old, the poor and more poorly e…
Gender Differences in Health Risks and Physical Symptoms Among the Homeless
Gender differences in health risks and symptoms are compared for a survey sample of 100 homeless persons and for the general population. Homeless men appear at greater risk of exhibiting symptoms. Nonetheless, homeless women report more symptoms, a result consistent with general population trends. Predisposing illnesses were the most accurate predictors of the number of reported symptoms, but gender explained a significant amount of variation in …
Homelessness and Affiliation
Sociological theory portrays affiliation as an important source of personal power. Accordingly, some students of homelessness suggest that the extreme poverty and powerlessness of homeless individuals can be traced to a lack of social ties. Using data from a quota sample of 150 homeless persons in Birmingham, Alabama, this study examines (1) whether the homeless are disaffiliated and (2) the relationship between affiliation and power-related life…
A comparison of homeless, community-wide, and selected distressed samples on the CES-Depression Scale
Center for Epidemiological Studies (CES) Depression Scale results for surveys of homeless, community-wide and selected distressed samples are compared. Nearly four times the percentage of homeless fit the criterion for clinical caseness (a score of 16+) compared to the general population (74 to 19 percent). None of the distressed samples exhibited a higher rate except psychiatric patients diagnosed as acutely depressive. High rates of depression …
Depression among the Homeless
Very little is known about one of the most common mental health problems facing the homeless: high levels of depressive symptomatology. This paper explains variation in the prevalence of depressive symptoms (CES-D) for a random sample of 150 shelter- and street-based homeless persons in the Birmingham metropolitan area. Fifty-nine percent of the sample show the signs of "probable clinical caseness"; yet there is significant variation in the level…
The Environment for Aging: Interpersonal, Social, and Spatial Contexts
Rethinking Rental Housing
The Limits to Growth: Ecological Determinants of Aggregate Mortality Rates Among Southern Real Estate Firms
This article examines aggregate real estate firm mortality rates in a group of metropolitan areas during the 1960s and 1970s. Real estate firms play a critical role in the local growth machine, yet no research has examined the environmental limits which these firms experience. A set of ecological hypotheses are constructed which detail the influence of task and institutional environments on aggregate firm mortality rates. The findings show the se…
American Urbanism: A Historiographical Review
The Mall: An Attempted Escape from Everyday Life
The Ecology of Aging: Neighborhood Satisfaction in an Older Population
This paper explores the determinants of neighborhood satisfaction for a population of older persons. Here neighborhood satisfaction is presumed to be the result of a complicated process involving: objective qualities in the neighborhood, the psychological and physical state of the person making the evaluation, as well as the person's own subjective definitions of the neighborhood. The intent of this research is to weigh the significance of these …
Appalachian Migrants in Urban America: Cultural Conflict or Ethnic Group Formation
Patterns of Age Segregation
Older Americans are residentially segregated in the American metropolis. This paper reports the results of an ecological analysis of 70 SMSAs and 612 census tracts within these metropolitan areas. Two basic research questions are explored: 1) Why are the elderly segregated from the young? and 2) Where do the elderly reside within the metropolitan area? Metropolitan differences in the level of age segregation can be explained by traditional ecolog…
Twentieth Century Urban Growth: An Ecological Approach
This research involves a longitudinal analysis of a large number of urban areas for two distinct historical periods during the Twentieth Century. The study indicates that while human ecology's general assumption that sustenance activity regulates community growth is correct, the theory overemphasizes the role of industrial capacity in this process. Growth appears to be more a function of a community's managerial activity than its production capac…
Thinking about Children: Sociology and Fertility in Post-War England
An Ecological Analysis of Urban Growth Between 1900 and 1940
A study of 157 cities suggests that specialization theories, central to an ecological model of urban growth, require qualification. Contrary to expectations, specialization plays a limited role in urban growth, which appears to be most closely related to a city's intermural transportation system
Depression among the Homeless
Very little is known about one of the most common mental health problems facing the homeless: high levels of depressive symptomatology. This paper explains variation in the prevalence of depressive symptoms (CES-D) for a random sample of 150 shelter- and street-based homeless persons in the Birmingham metropolitan area. Fifty-nine percent of the sample show the signs of "probable clinical caseness"; yet there is significant variation in the level…
Homelessness and Affiliation
Sociological theory portrays affiliation as an important source of personal power. Accordingly, some students of homelessness suggest that the extreme poverty and powerlessness of homeless individuals can be traced to a lack of social ties. Using data from a quota sample of 150 homeless persons in Birmingham, Alabama, this study examines (1) whether the homeless are disaffiliated and (2) the relationship between affiliation and power-related life…
The Ecology of Aging: Neighborhood Satisfaction in an Older Population
This paper explores the determinants of neighborhood satisfaction for a population of older persons. Here neighborhood satisfaction is presumed to be the result of a complicated process involving: objective qualities in the neighborhood, the psychological and physical state of the person making the evaluation, as well as the person's own subjective definitions of the neighborhood. The intent of this research is to weigh the significance of these …
The Effects of Environmental Context on Elderly Depression
This article examines the impact of environmental context (social networks and neighborhood characteristics) on the distress process. Both personal history and environmental variables are used to explain differences in depressive symptomatology for a random, representative cluster sample (N = 725) of persons 55+ in four metropolitan counties of Alabama. Levels of distress are higher among Whites, women, the younger old, the poor and more poorly e…
Gender Differences in Health Risks and Physical Symptoms Among the Homeless
Gender differences in health risks and symptoms are compared for a survey sample of 100 homeless persons and for the general population. Homeless men appear at greater risk of exhibiting symptoms. Nonetheless, homeless women report more symptoms, a result consistent with general population trends. Predisposing illnesses were the most accurate predictors of the number of reported symptoms, but gender explained a significant amount of variation in …
A comparison of homeless, community-wide, and selected distressed samples on the CES-Depression Scale
Center for Epidemiological Studies (CES) Depression Scale results for surveys of homeless, community-wide and selected distressed samples are compared. Nearly four times the percentage of homeless fit the criterion for clinical caseness (a score of 16+) compared to the general population (74 to 19 percent). None of the distressed samples exhibited a higher rate except psychiatric patients diagnosed as acutely depressive. High rates of depression …
Patterns of Age Segregation
Older Americans are residentially segregated in the American metropolis. This paper reports the results of an ecological analysis of 70 SMSAs and 612 census tracts within these metropolitan areas. Two basic research questions are explored: 1) Why are the elderly segregated from the young? and 2) Where do the elderly reside within the metropolitan area? Metropolitan differences in the level of age segregation can be explained by traditional ecolog…
American Urbanism: A Historiographical Review
Twentieth Century Urban Growth: An Ecological Approach
This research involves a longitudinal analysis of a large number of urban areas for two distinct historical periods during the Twentieth Century. The study indicates that while human ecology's general assumption that sustenance activity regulates community growth is correct, the theory overemphasizes the role of industrial capacity in this process. Growth appears to be more a function of a community's managerial activity than its production capac…
An Ecological Analysis of Urban Growth Between 1900 and 1940
A study of 157 cities suggests that specialization theories, central to an ecological model of urban growth, require qualification. Contrary to expectations, specialization plays a limited role in urban growth, which appears to be most closely related to a city's intermural transportation system
Thinking about Children: Sociology and Fertility in Post-War England
An Ecological Analysis of Urban Growth Between 1900 and 1940
A study of 157 cities suggests that specialization theories, central to an ecological model of urban growth, require qualification. Contrary to expectations, specialization plays a limited role in urban growth, which appears to be most closely related to a city's intermural transportation system
Twentieth Century Urban Growth: An Ecological Approach
This research involves a longitudinal analysis of a large number of urban areas for two distinct historical periods during the Twentieth Century. The study indicates that while human ecology's general assumption that sustenance activity regulates community growth is correct, the theory overemphasizes the role of industrial capacity in this process. Growth appears to be more a function of a community's managerial activity than its production capac…
Patterns of Age Segregation
Older Americans are residentially segregated in the American metropolis. This paper reports the results of an ecological analysis of 70 SMSAs and 612 census tracts within these metropolitan areas. Two basic research questions are explored: 1) Why are the elderly segregated from the young? and 2) Where do the elderly reside within the metropolitan area? Metropolitan differences in the level of age segregation can be explained by traditional ecolog…
Appalachian Migrants in Urban America: Cultural Conflict or Ethnic Group Formation
The Mall: An Attempted Escape from Everyday Life
The Ecology of Aging: Neighborhood Satisfaction in an Older Population
This paper explores the determinants of neighborhood satisfaction for a population of older persons. Here neighborhood satisfaction is presumed to be the result of a complicated process involving: objective qualities in the neighborhood, the psychological and physical state of the person making the evaluation, as well as the person's own subjective definitions of the neighborhood. The intent of this research is to weigh the significance of these …
American Urbanism: A Historiographical Review
The Environment for Aging: Interpersonal, Social, and Spatial Contexts
Rethinking Rental Housing
The Limits to Growth: Ecological Determinants of Aggregate Mortality Rates Among Southern Real Estate Firms
This article examines aggregate real estate firm mortality rates in a group of metropolitan areas during the 1960s and 1970s. Real estate firms play a critical role in the local growth machine, yet no research has examined the environmental limits which these firms experience. A set of ecological hypotheses are constructed which detail the influence of task and institutional environments on aggregate firm mortality rates. The findings show the se…
A comparison of homeless, community-wide, and selected distressed samples on the CES-Depression Scale
Center for Epidemiological Studies (CES) Depression Scale results for surveys of homeless, community-wide and selected distressed samples are compared. Nearly four times the percentage of homeless fit the criterion for clinical caseness (a score of 16+) compared to the general population (74 to 19 percent). None of the distressed samples exhibited a higher rate except psychiatric patients diagnosed as acutely depressive. High rates of depression …
Depression among the Homeless
Very little is known about one of the most common mental health problems facing the homeless: high levels of depressive symptomatology. This paper explains variation in the prevalence of depressive symptoms (CES-D) for a random sample of 150 shelter- and street-based homeless persons in the Birmingham metropolitan area. Fifty-nine percent of the sample show the signs of "probable clinical caseness"; yet there is significant variation in the level…
Gender Differences in Health Risks and Physical Symptoms Among the Homeless
Gender differences in health risks and symptoms are compared for a survey sample of 100 homeless persons and for the general population. Homeless men appear at greater risk of exhibiting symptoms. Nonetheless, homeless women report more symptoms, a result consistent with general population trends. Predisposing illnesses were the most accurate predictors of the number of reported symptoms, but gender explained a significant amount of variation in …
Homelessness and Affiliation
Sociological theory portrays affiliation as an important source of personal power. Accordingly, some students of homelessness suggest that the extreme poverty and powerlessness of homeless individuals can be traced to a lack of social ties. Using data from a quota sample of 150 homeless persons in Birmingham, Alabama, this study examines (1) whether the homeless are disaffiliated and (2) the relationship between affiliation and power-related life…
The Effects of Environmental Context on Elderly Depression
This article examines the impact of environmental context (social networks and neighborhood characteristics) on the distress process. Both personal history and environmental variables are used to explain differences in depressive symptomatology for a random, representative cluster sample (N = 725) of persons 55+ in four metropolitan counties of Alabama. Levels of distress are higher among Whites, women, the younger old, the poor and more poorly e…
A Response to the Comments of Walter R. Gove on Gender Differences in Health Risks and Physical Symptoms Among the Homeless
Ferris J. Ritchey, Mark La Gory, Jeffrey Mullis, A Response to the Comments of Walter R. Gove on Gender Differences in Health Risks and Physical Symptoms Among the Homeless, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol. 34, No. 2 (Jun., 1993), pp. 182-185
Psychology (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (10 works) · Demography (8 works) · Geography (8 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Gerontology (5 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Political science (5 works)