Edward A Powers
Biographic Data
| ID | 142243 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Edward A Powers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Edward A |
| FAMILY NAME | Powers |
| SIGNATURE | POWERS E A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Iowa State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 42 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Religious Commitment and Social Relationships
In this paper we examine religious commitment and social relationships of Catholic sisters and the relative contributions of these and other variables to their self-esteem in later life. Using a sample of 377 Catholic sisters with an average age of 63.5, we conducted a series of a hierarchical recession analyses to examine the relative contributions of blocks of socio-demographic variables, religious commitment variables, personal relationship va…
Kin Expectations and Kin Support Among Rural Older Adults1
Relatively little attention has been given to the kin ties of rural older adults. To partially fill this gap in knowledge, kin selection theory was used as a conceptual framework to explore two questions on the extent rural older adults expect and receive assistance from the range of affinal and consanquineal kin and the factors that best explain the current level of support provided by each of the kin types in the family system. Analysis was bas…
Change, Resources and Self-Esteem in a Community of Women Religious
The effect of change and resources to cope with that change on self-esteem is explored in a study of a community of Catholic women religious. These middle-aged and elderly women are highly educated with life long attachment to the workforce. In addition, they have all experienced a high degree of change in their lives. The amount of change was found to be related to self-esteem as were specific social and psychological coping resources. A sense o…
The family and friends of rural aged as a natural support system
The literature on natural support systems of rural aged is examined from the perspective of functional specificity. Although family and friends are prominent in the support systems of both rural and urban aged, there are differences in support systems. Further, rural aged have more transportation, housing, and health problems than do urban aged. A number of program recommendations are made that will benefit rural as well as urban aged as future r…
Employment Characteristics and Psychological Well-Being of Men in Two-Job Families
Research has neglected the well-being of men in two-job families and especially that of older men. This study of 213 older men in two-job families indicated that the occupational characteristics of their wives were as salient in the life evaluations of men as aspects of their own employment. Even so, occupational involvement of men and their wives and male participation in the household did not account for much of the variance in self-esteem or l…
The inferiority game
Older Men
Social change through photographs and music
Further Analysis of Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Scale
Further factor analysis of responses to Rosenberg's 10-item self-esteem scale by 1,332 older men living in small communities suggested this was not a unidimensional scale
Congruence Between Panel and Recall Data in Longitudinal Research
Social researchers frequently are cautioned about using retrospective self-reports because of the likelihood of inaccurate reporting. To determine whether the responses to recall items differ from self-reports obtained at an earlier point in time, data were examined from a panel study of adult men. In 1964, respondents were questioned about their health, income, family, work, and general attitudes. Ten years later, all who could be located were r…
Serial Order Preference in Survey Research
Journal Article Serial Order Preference in Survey Research Get access EDWARD A. POWERS, EDWARD A. POWERS Professor Department of So ciology and Anthropology, Iowa State UniversityAmes, IowaA version of this paper was presented at the 1976 Midwest Sociological Society meetings. Journal Paper No. J-8468 of the Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station, Ames, Iowa: Project 2079. This investigation was supported in part by grant number I…
Process in Relationship
What the Other Half Thinks
Three hundred fifty-three registered nurses were asked their perceptions of the economic need for continued employment, the 'threat' to the husband if her salary was greater than his, and the husband's view of the need for his wife's employment. Most did not feel their husbands would be threatened if their wives had a greater income. Respondents generally saw a greater economic need than they felt their husbands did. A comparison is made between …
Sex Differences in Intimate Friendships of Old Age
Cultural Contradictions and Sex Roles Revisited
The Komarovsky-Wallin thesis of women's pretending inferiority in dating situations was replicated (287 women) and is challenged. Questions are raised as to the appropriate collapsing of categories of responses and the incidence of pretended inferiority in relation to number of dates. Data from a comparison sample of men (318 men) are also presented. Evidence does not sustain the belief of women's pretensions of inferiority
Correspondence between Anticipated and Actual Uses of Public Services by the Aged
Rising public concern for ameliorating social problems in American society has produced many social surveys. These surveys typically seem to demonstrate, through verbal or written statements obtained from samples of individuals representing particular target populations, both the nature of existing needs and the desire for public services. Needs of client systems usually have been identified by asking individuals what they consider their own and/…
Cultural Contradictions and Sex Roles
Sex Differences in Intimate Friendships of Old Age
Congruence Between Panel and Recall Data in Longitudinal Research
Social researchers frequently are cautioned about using retrospective self-reports because of the likelihood of inaccurate reporting. To determine whether the responses to recall items differ from self-reports obtained at an earlier point in time, data were examined from a panel study of adult men. In 1964, respondents were questioned about their health, income, family, work, and general attitudes. Ten years later, all who could be located were r…
Kin Expectations and Kin Support Among Rural Older Adults1
Relatively little attention has been given to the kin ties of rural older adults. To partially fill this gap in knowledge, kin selection theory was used as a conceptual framework to explore two questions on the extent rural older adults expect and receive assistance from the range of affinal and consanquineal kin and the factors that best explain the current level of support provided by each of the kin types in the family system. Analysis was bas…
Social change through photographs and music
Older Men
Serial Order Preference in Survey Research
Journal Article Serial Order Preference in Survey Research Get access EDWARD A. POWERS, EDWARD A. POWERS Professor Department of So ciology and Anthropology, Iowa State UniversityAmes, IowaA version of this paper was presented at the 1976 Midwest Sociological Society meetings. Journal Paper No. J-8468 of the Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station, Ames, Iowa: Project 2079. This investigation was supported in part by grant number I…
Correspondence between Anticipated and Actual Uses of Public Services by the Aged
Rising public concern for ameliorating social problems in American society has produced many social surveys. These surveys typically seem to demonstrate, through verbal or written statements obtained from samples of individuals representing particular target populations, both the nature of existing needs and the desire for public services. Needs of client systems usually have been identified by asking individuals what they consider their own and/…
Correspondence between Anticipated and Actual Uses of Public Services by the Aged
Rising public concern for ameliorating social problems in American society has produced many social surveys. These surveys typically seem to demonstrate, through verbal or written statements obtained from samples of individuals representing particular target populations, both the nature of existing needs and the desire for public services. Needs of client systems usually have been identified by asking individuals what they consider their own and/…
Cultural Contradictions and Sex Roles
Cultural Contradictions and Sex Roles Revisited
The Komarovsky-Wallin thesis of women's pretending inferiority in dating situations was replicated (287 women) and is challenged. Questions are raised as to the appropriate collapsing of categories of responses and the incidence of pretended inferiority in relation to number of dates. Data from a comparison sample of men (318 men) are also presented. Evidence does not sustain the belief of women's pretensions of inferiority
Sex Differences in Intimate Friendships of Old Age
Serial Order Preference in Survey Research
Journal Article Serial Order Preference in Survey Research Get access EDWARD A. POWERS, EDWARD A. POWERS Professor Department of So ciology and Anthropology, Iowa State UniversityAmes, IowaA version of this paper was presented at the 1976 Midwest Sociological Society meetings. Journal Paper No. J-8468 of the Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station, Ames, Iowa: Project 2079. This investigation was supported in part by grant number I…
Process in Relationship
What the Other Half Thinks
Three hundred fifty-three registered nurses were asked their perceptions of the economic need for continued employment, the 'threat' to the husband if her salary was greater than his, and the husband's view of the need for his wife's employment. Most did not feel their husbands would be threatened if their wives had a greater income. Respondents generally saw a greater economic need than they felt their husbands did. A comparison is made between …
Congruence Between Panel and Recall Data in Longitudinal Research
Social researchers frequently are cautioned about using retrospective self-reports because of the likelihood of inaccurate reporting. To determine whether the responses to recall items differ from self-reports obtained at an earlier point in time, data were examined from a panel study of adult men. In 1964, respondents were questioned about their health, income, family, work, and general attitudes. Ten years later, all who could be located were r…
Further Analysis of Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Scale
Further factor analysis of responses to Rosenberg's 10-item self-esteem scale by 1,332 older men living in small communities suggested this was not a unidimensional scale
Social change through photographs and music
Employment Characteristics and Psychological Well-Being of Men in Two-Job Families
Research has neglected the well-being of men in two-job families and especially that of older men. This study of 213 older men in two-job families indicated that the occupational characteristics of their wives were as salient in the life evaluations of men as aspects of their own employment. Even so, occupational involvement of men and their wives and male participation in the household did not account for much of the variance in self-esteem or l…
The inferiority game
Older Men
The family and friends of rural aged as a natural support system
The literature on natural support systems of rural aged is examined from the perspective of functional specificity. Although family and friends are prominent in the support systems of both rural and urban aged, there are differences in support systems. Further, rural aged have more transportation, housing, and health problems than do urban aged. A number of program recommendations are made that will benefit rural as well as urban aged as future r…
Change, Resources and Self-Esteem in a Community of Women Religious
The effect of change and resources to cope with that change on self-esteem is explored in a study of a community of Catholic women religious. These middle-aged and elderly women are highly educated with life long attachment to the workforce. In addition, they have all experienced a high degree of change in their lives. The amount of change was found to be related to self-esteem as were specific social and psychological coping resources. A sense o…
Kin Expectations and Kin Support Among Rural Older Adults1
Relatively little attention has been given to the kin ties of rural older adults. To partially fill this gap in knowledge, kin selection theory was used as a conceptual framework to explore two questions on the extent rural older adults expect and receive assistance from the range of affinal and consanquineal kin and the factors that best explain the current level of support provided by each of the kin types in the family system. Analysis was bas…
Religious Commitment and Social Relationships
In this paper we examine religious commitment and social relationships of Catholic sisters and the relative contributions of these and other variables to their self-esteem in later life. Using a sample of 377 Catholic sisters with an average age of 63.5, we conducted a series of a hierarchical recession analyses to examine the relative contributions of blocks of socio-demographic variables, religious commitment variables, personal relationship va…
Psychology (16 works) · Social Psychology (12 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Demography (5 works) · Economics (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works)