Peggy A Shifflett
Biographic Data
| ID | 152092 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peggy A Shifflett |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peggy A |
| FAMILY NAME | Shifflett |
| SIGNATURE | SHIFFLETT P A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Virginia Tech |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
My Own Boss? Class, Rationality, and the Family Farm
Social Support, Stressful Events, Strain, Dietary Intake, and the Elderly
Little research exists linking social support, stressors, and related nutritional strain (loss of appetite) with the risk of poor nutritional health. Relationships among these concepts were investigated using a sample of elderly Virginians. It was hypothesized that the risk of poor nutritional health (dietary inadequacy) is reduced among elderly with high levels of social support and exacerbated among those experiencing stressful events and strai…
A conceptual and methodological model for studying dietary habits in the community
This paper presents a conceptual and methodological model to study dietary habits in the community. This effort is in response to the need to develop multi‐dimensional concepts of dietary behavior in free‐living populations and innovative methods appropriate for their study. A theoretical construct, dietary habit, is presented. After describing current methods used in both social and nutrition research, a model is suggested for integrating them i…
Dietary Behavior, Dietary Adequacy, and Religious Social Support
A Sociological Approach to World Hunger
George Herbert Who? A Critique of the Objectivist Reading of Mead
Lewis (1972, 1976, 1979), Lewis and Smith (1981), and McPhail and Rexroat (1979) have presented a new reading of George H. Mead's work. They argue that Mead's principal epis-temological position was realist (Lewis and Smith, 1981) and that his theories are convergent with objective, experimental methods (McPhail and Rexroat, 1979). They argue further that the symbolic interactionists misinterpret Mead in their naturalist (Blumer, 1969) methodolog…
Non‐nutritional uses of food in traditional Appalachian culture
Food has both nutritional and non‐nutritional functions and this paper reports some non‐nutritional uses of food in traditional Appalachian culture. The emphasis is upon occult and non‐occult uses of food in folk medicine. Specific examples of rituals are presented as collected in Appalachia. It is suggested that these traditions have been maintained due to the strength of the reference groups. Key words: Food usefood magicsymbolic meanings of fo…
Toward a Social Psychology of Food Use
This paper focuses on the social construction of food use patterns through the dialectical moments of externalisation, objectiuation, and internalization. The major emphasis is on the situational, intersubjective, and symbolic dimensions of food use which have most often been overlooked by normative programs and research. Also, the point is made that there is great diversity in food use patterns across groups and cultures and each is based upon d…
George Herbert Who? A Critique of the Objectivist Reading of Mead
Lewis (1972, 1976, 1979), Lewis and Smith (1981), and McPhail and Rexroat (1979) have presented a new reading of George H. Mead's work. They argue that Mead's principal epis-temological position was realist (Lewis and Smith, 1981) and that his theories are convergent with objective, experimental methods (McPhail and Rexroat, 1979). They argue further that the symbolic interactionists misinterpret Mead in their naturalist (Blumer, 1969) methodolog…
Dietary Behavior, Dietary Adequacy, and Religious Social Support
A Sociological Approach to World Hunger
Toward a Social Psychology of Food Use
This paper focuses on the social construction of food use patterns through the dialectical moments of externalisation, objectiuation, and internalization. The major emphasis is on the situational, intersubjective, and symbolic dimensions of food use which have most often been overlooked by normative programs and research. Also, the point is made that there is great diversity in food use patterns across groups and cultures and each is based upon d…
Non‐nutritional uses of food in traditional Appalachian culture
Food has both nutritional and non‐nutritional functions and this paper reports some non‐nutritional uses of food in traditional Appalachian culture. The emphasis is upon occult and non‐occult uses of food in folk medicine. Specific examples of rituals are presented as collected in Appalachia. It is suggested that these traditions have been maintained due to the strength of the reference groups. Key words: Food usefood magicsymbolic meanings of fo…
George Herbert Who? A Critique of the Objectivist Reading of Mead
Lewis (1972, 1976, 1979), Lewis and Smith (1981), and McPhail and Rexroat (1979) have presented a new reading of George H. Mead's work. They argue that Mead's principal epis-temological position was realist (Lewis and Smith, 1981) and that his theories are convergent with objective, experimental methods (McPhail and Rexroat, 1979). They argue further that the symbolic interactionists misinterpret Mead in their naturalist (Blumer, 1969) methodolog…
A Sociological Approach to World Hunger
Dietary Behavior, Dietary Adequacy, and Religious Social Support
A conceptual and methodological model for studying dietary habits in the community
This paper presents a conceptual and methodological model to study dietary habits in the community. This effort is in response to the need to develop multi‐dimensional concepts of dietary behavior in free‐living populations and innovative methods appropriate for their study. A theoretical construct, dietary habit, is presented. After describing current methods used in both social and nutrition research, a model is suggested for integrating them i…
Social Support, Stressful Events, Strain, Dietary Intake, and the Elderly
Little research exists linking social support, stressors, and related nutritional strain (loss of appetite) with the risk of poor nutritional health. Relationships among these concepts were investigated using a sample of elderly Virginians. It was hypothesized that the risk of poor nutritional health (dietary inadequacy) is reduced among elderly with high levels of social support and exacerbated among those experiencing stressful events and strai…
My Own Boss? Class, Rationality, and the Family Farm
Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Culinary Culture and Tourism (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works)