Rukmalie Jayakody
Biographic Data
| ID | 166776 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rukmalie Jayakody |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rukmalie |
| FAMILY NAME | Jayakody |
| SIGNATURE | JAYAKODY R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Pennsylvania State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 305 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Television and Development
Developmental idealism is a powerful cultural model specifying what development is, describing how it can be achieved, and framing it as desirable and good. Television is a key mechanism hypothesized to spread developmental idealism messages to remote areas that have previously been isolated from the outside world. Transcending traditional barriers of language and literacy, television introduces vivid depictions of modern family and modern societ…
Ethnic Minority Educational Success: Understanding Accomplishments in Challenging Settings
Social Change and Fathering: Change or Continuity in Vietnam
Dramatic social changes have restructured virtually all aspects of Vietnam society. Although the economic consequences of these changes are well documented, little is known about how family roles and relationships have been affected. Because social and cultural contexts powerfully shape conceptions of parenting, the accelerated rate of social change in Vietnam may have reconfigured notions of fatherhood and fathering. Through increased globalizat…
International Family Change: Ideational Perspectives
R. Jayakody, A. Thornton, W. Axinn, Preface. R. Jayakody, A. Thornton, W. Axinn, Perspective on International Family Change. A. Thornton, G. Binstock, D. Ghimire, International Dissemination of Ideas About Development and Family Change. T. Locoh, M. Mouvagha-Sow, An Uncertain Future for African Families. R. Lesthaeghe, J. Surkyn, When History Moves On: The Foundations and Diffusion of the Second Demographic Transition. W. Axinn, A. Emens, C. Mitc…
Gender Roles in the Family: Change and stability in Vietnam
We examine the extent of change in gender relations within the Vietnamese family in the Red River Delta over the last four decades. During this time socialist policies emphasized gender equality although recent commentators speculate about negative effects of the transition to the market economy. Data come from a survey of three cohorts married during periods corresponding to the war with America, reunification, and economic renovation and permit…
Drug testing welfare recipients—false positives, false negatives, unanticipated opportunities
Substance Use among Welfare Recipients: Trends and Policy Responses
Substance use by welfare recipients is frequently mentioned as a barrier to well‐being and social performance. This article uses nationally representative cross‐sectional data and Michigan‐specific panel data to summarize trends in substance use among AFDC/TANF recipients. It also examines the prevalence of substance dependence within the welfare population. Although almost 20 percent of welfare recipients report recent use of some illicit drug d…
Social Fathering in Low-Income, African American Families with Preschool Children
Although research increasingly focuses on nonresident biological fathers, little attention has been given to the role of other men in children's lives. The authors examine the factors associated with social father presence and their influence on preschoolers' development. Findings indicate that the majority of children have a social father and that mother, child, and nonresident biological father characteristics are all related to social father p…
Welfare Reform, Substance Use, and Mental Health
Reform has transformed traditional entitlement to cash welfare under Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) into a transitional program known as Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF). Because of the new work requirements and the time-limited nature of assistance, policy makers are increasingly confronted with what to do when welfare recipients do not effectively make the transition from welfare to work. Increasingly, the language …
Mental Health Problems Among Single Mothers: Implications for Work and Welfare Reform
Welfare reform's emphasis on work and self‐sufficiency assumes that poor single mothers are similar in their status and functioning to the rest of the population. However, we find that their status is quite distinct. Logistic regression results reveal that the likelihood of working is 25% lower for those with a psychiatric disorder. Mental health problems may prevent women from undertaking the tasks necessary to find employment, or women with the…
Race Differences in Intergenerational Financial Assistance: The Needs of Children and the Resources of Parents
Recent studies consistently report that Whites are more likely than African Americans to receive economic assistance from their families. Explanations of why Whites receive more assistance, however, have not been adequately explored. The current research hypothesizes that financial transfers from parents to adult children are guided by both the needs of children and the resources of their parents. Yet, the majority of prior research has considere…
Early-Onset Psychiatric Disorders and Male Socioeconomic Status
Black and White Differences in Religious Participation: A Multisample Comparison
Robert Joseph Taylor, Linda M. Chatters, Rukmalie Jayakody, Jeffrey S. Levin, Black and White Differences in Religious Participation: A Multisample Comparison, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Vol. 35, No. 4 (Dec., 1996), pp. 403-410
Fictive Kinship Relations in black extended families
Demographic correlates of whether an extended family has incorporated a fictive kin relative was examined among a national sample of black adults. Fictive kin are defined as persons who are treated like a relative but who are not related by blood or marriage. Two out of three respondents indicated there was someone in their family who was regarded as a fictive kin. Multivariate analysis revealed that gender, age, education and region were all sig…
Family Support to Single and Married African American Mothers: The Provision of Financial, Emotional, and Child Care Assistance
Rukmalie Jayakody, Linda M. Chatters, Robert Joseph Taylor, Family Support to Single and Married African American Mothers: The Provision of Financial, Emotional, and Child Care Assistance, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 55, No. 2 (May, 1993), pp. 261-276
Black and White Differences in Religious Participation: A Multisample Comparison
Robert Joseph Taylor, Linda M. Chatters, Rukmalie Jayakody, Jeffrey S. Levin, Black and White Differences in Religious Participation: A Multisample Comparison, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Vol. 35, No. 4 (Dec., 1996), pp. 403-410
Fictive Kinship Relations in black extended families
Demographic correlates of whether an extended family has incorporated a fictive kin relative was examined among a national sample of black adults. Fictive kin are defined as persons who are treated like a relative but who are not related by blood or marriage. Two out of three respondents indicated there was someone in their family who was regarded as a fictive kin. Multivariate analysis revealed that gender, age, education and region were all sig…
Family Support to Single and Married African American Mothers: The Provision of Financial, Emotional, and Child Care Assistance
Rukmalie Jayakody, Linda M. Chatters, Robert Joseph Taylor, Family Support to Single and Married African American Mothers: The Provision of Financial, Emotional, and Child Care Assistance, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 55, No. 2 (May, 1993), pp. 261-276
Race Differences in Intergenerational Financial Assistance: The Needs of Children and the Resources of Parents
Recent studies consistently report that Whites are more likely than African Americans to receive economic assistance from their families. Explanations of why Whites receive more assistance, however, have not been adequately explored. The current research hypothesizes that financial transfers from parents to adult children are guided by both the needs of children and the resources of their parents. Yet, the majority of prior research has considere…
Substance Use among Welfare Recipients: Trends and Policy Responses
Substance use by welfare recipients is frequently mentioned as a barrier to well‐being and social performance. This article uses nationally representative cross‐sectional data and Michigan‐specific panel data to summarize trends in substance use among AFDC/TANF recipients. It also examines the prevalence of substance dependence within the welfare population. Although almost 20 percent of welfare recipients report recent use of some illicit drug d…
Social Fathering in Low-Income, African American Families with Preschool Children
Although research increasingly focuses on nonresident biological fathers, little attention has been given to the role of other men in children's lives. The authors examine the factors associated with social father presence and their influence on preschoolers' development. Findings indicate that the majority of children have a social father and that mother, child, and nonresident biological father characteristics are all related to social father p…
Mental Health Problems Among Single Mothers: Implications for Work and Welfare Reform
Welfare reform's emphasis on work and self‐sufficiency assumes that poor single mothers are similar in their status and functioning to the rest of the population. However, we find that their status is quite distinct. Logistic regression results reveal that the likelihood of working is 25% lower for those with a psychiatric disorder. Mental health problems may prevent women from undertaking the tasks necessary to find employment, or women with the…
Gender Roles in the Family: Change and stability in Vietnam
We examine the extent of change in gender relations within the Vietnamese family in the Red River Delta over the last four decades. During this time socialist policies emphasized gender equality although recent commentators speculate about negative effects of the transition to the market economy. Data come from a survey of three cohorts married during periods corresponding to the war with America, reunification, and economic renovation and permit…
Ethnic Minority Educational Success: Understanding Accomplishments in Challenging Settings
Early-Onset Psychiatric Disorders and Male Socioeconomic Status
Social Change and Fathering: Change or Continuity in Vietnam
Dramatic social changes have restructured virtually all aspects of Vietnam society. Although the economic consequences of these changes are well documented, little is known about how family roles and relationships have been affected. Because social and cultural contexts powerfully shape conceptions of parenting, the accelerated rate of social change in Vietnam may have reconfigured notions of fatherhood and fathering. Through increased globalizat…
Family Support to Single and Married African American Mothers: The Provision of Financial, Emotional, and Child Care Assistance
Rukmalie Jayakody, Linda M. Chatters, Robert Joseph Taylor, Family Support to Single and Married African American Mothers: The Provision of Financial, Emotional, and Child Care Assistance, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 55, No. 2 (May, 1993), pp. 261-276
Fictive Kinship Relations in black extended families
Demographic correlates of whether an extended family has incorporated a fictive kin relative was examined among a national sample of black adults. Fictive kin are defined as persons who are treated like a relative but who are not related by blood or marriage. Two out of three respondents indicated there was someone in their family who was regarded as a fictive kin. Multivariate analysis revealed that gender, age, education and region were all sig…
Black and White Differences in Religious Participation: A Multisample Comparison
Robert Joseph Taylor, Linda M. Chatters, Rukmalie Jayakody, Jeffrey S. Levin, Black and White Differences in Religious Participation: A Multisample Comparison, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Vol. 35, No. 4 (Dec., 1996), pp. 403-410
Race Differences in Intergenerational Financial Assistance: The Needs of Children and the Resources of Parents
Recent studies consistently report that Whites are more likely than African Americans to receive economic assistance from their families. Explanations of why Whites receive more assistance, however, have not been adequately explored. The current research hypothesizes that financial transfers from parents to adult children are guided by both the needs of children and the resources of their parents. Yet, the majority of prior research has considere…
Early-Onset Psychiatric Disorders and Male Socioeconomic Status
Welfare Reform, Substance Use, and Mental Health
Reform has transformed traditional entitlement to cash welfare under Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) into a transitional program known as Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF). Because of the new work requirements and the time-limited nature of assistance, policy makers are increasingly confronted with what to do when welfare recipients do not effectively make the transition from welfare to work. Increasingly, the language …
Mental Health Problems Among Single Mothers: Implications for Work and Welfare Reform
Welfare reform's emphasis on work and self‐sufficiency assumes that poor single mothers are similar in their status and functioning to the rest of the population. However, we find that their status is quite distinct. Logistic regression results reveal that the likelihood of working is 25% lower for those with a psychiatric disorder. Mental health problems may prevent women from undertaking the tasks necessary to find employment, or women with the…
Drug testing welfare recipients—false positives, false negatives, unanticipated opportunities
Substance Use among Welfare Recipients: Trends and Policy Responses
Substance use by welfare recipients is frequently mentioned as a barrier to well‐being and social performance. This article uses nationally representative cross‐sectional data and Michigan‐specific panel data to summarize trends in substance use among AFDC/TANF recipients. It also examines the prevalence of substance dependence within the welfare population. Although almost 20 percent of welfare recipients report recent use of some illicit drug d…
Social Fathering in Low-Income, African American Families with Preschool Children
Although research increasingly focuses on nonresident biological fathers, little attention has been given to the role of other men in children's lives. The authors examine the factors associated with social father presence and their influence on preschoolers' development. Findings indicate that the majority of children have a social father and that mother, child, and nonresident biological father characteristics are all related to social father p…
Gender Roles in the Family: Change and stability in Vietnam
We examine the extent of change in gender relations within the Vietnamese family in the Red River Delta over the last four decades. During this time socialist policies emphasized gender equality although recent commentators speculate about negative effects of the transition to the market economy. Data come from a survey of three cohorts married during periods corresponding to the war with America, reunification, and economic renovation and permit…
International Family Change: Ideational Perspectives
R. Jayakody, A. Thornton, W. Axinn, Preface. R. Jayakody, A. Thornton, W. Axinn, Perspective on International Family Change. A. Thornton, G. Binstock, D. Ghimire, International Dissemination of Ideas About Development and Family Change. T. Locoh, M. Mouvagha-Sow, An Uncertain Future for African Families. R. Lesthaeghe, J. Surkyn, When History Moves On: The Foundations and Diffusion of the Second Demographic Transition. W. Axinn, A. Emens, C. Mitc…
Social Change and Fathering: Change or Continuity in Vietnam
Dramatic social changes have restructured virtually all aspects of Vietnam society. Although the economic consequences of these changes are well documented, little is known about how family roles and relationships have been affected. Because social and cultural contexts powerfully shape conceptions of parenting, the accelerated rate of social change in Vietnam may have reconfigured notions of fatherhood and fathering. Through increased globalizat…
Television and Development
Developmental idealism is a powerful cultural model specifying what development is, describing how it can be achieved, and framing it as desirable and good. Television is a key mechanism hypothesized to spread developmental idealism messages to remote areas that have previously been isolated from the outside world. Transcending traditional barriers of language and literacy, television introduces vivid depictions of modern family and modern societ…
Ethnic Minority Educational Success: Understanding Accomplishments in Challenging Settings
Political science (11 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (7 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Demographic economics (4 works) · Demography (4 works)