Richard C Tessler
Biographic Data
| ID | 185531 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard C Tessler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard C |
| FAMILY NAME | Tessler |
| SIGNATURE | TESSLER R C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 31 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 210 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 31 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Development and content validity of the Person Experiences Interview Survey (Peis): A measure of the mental health services experiences of people with developmental disabilities
This study presents a novel and promising measure, the Person Experiences Interview Survey (PEIS). It also demonstrates that the employment of accessible methods allows people with developmental disabilities to meaningfully evaluate mental health services and providers. The PEIS shows great promise for application in the field by engaging those directly involved in the evaluation of mental health services and providers
Ethnic Exploration and Consciousness of Difference: Chinese Adoptees in Early Adolescence
Ethnic exploration is one path for children adopted internationally to develop an understanding of how and why they are different from others, and to build personal biographies that bring together adoption, race, and national origin. In this article, we draw on the concept of consciousness of difference to analyze the ethnic explorations of 282 Chinese adopted girls. Where race was salient and positive in daily life, ethnic exploration during ear…
Bi-Cultural Socialization and Ethnic Identity in Daughters Adopted from China
To varying degrees, parents who adopt children from China attempt to bring Chinese people, language, and culture into daily life as a way to help their adopted children feel proud about their ethnic heritage. Do attempts to provide bi-cultural socialization really influence ethnic identity? And, if so, what are the costs and benefits? In this article we draw on a longitudinal study of families with children adopted from China to describe their pr…
Bicultural Socialization Among Adoptive Families: Where There Is a Will, There Is a Way
Although bicultural competence has been viewed as an advantage for immigrants and other ethnic minorities in American society, we do not know whether bicultural socialization is similarly advantageous for children in families formed through international, transracial adoption. This study examines what factors enable adoptive Chinese children to achieve modest levels of bicultural competence. The data are from a longitudinal survey of parents who …
The Development of Ethnic Identity Among Chinese Adoptees: Paradoxical Effects of School Diversity
The development of attitudes towards one's own as well as other ethnic groups are childhood precursors of ethnic identity. The current paper examines the formation of ethnic attitudes among 266 school-age children who were born in China and adopted by Americans and, at the time of the study, were attending 254 different elementary schools across the country. We hypothesized that a disposition to associate socially desirable traits with being Chin…
Overrepresentation of Women Veterans Among Homeless Women
Objectives. This study estimated the proportion of veterans among homeless women and their risk of homelessness relative to that of nonveterans. Methods. Data came from 2 surveys of homeless women (1 clinical and 1 nonclinical) and 1 survey of domiciled women. Results. The proportion of veterans (4.4%, 3.1%) among homeless women was greater than the proportion among domiciled women (1.3%, 1.2%). When we computed odds ratios for being a veteran am…
Homeless Veterans of the Mil-Volunteer Force: A Social Selection Perspective
Recent research has shown that men who served in the military during the early years of the all-volunteer force (AVF) have a higher risk of homelessness than do veterans of other eras and nonveterans of comparable ages. The current article draws on data from the 1996 National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients in order to examine differences between currently homeless veterans and nonveterans in the number of months they had been…
Family Experiences with Mental Illness
Preface Introduction Mental Illness and the Family Family Experiences in Ohio: 1989-1992 The Research Landscape What Basic Needs Did Family Members Provide? What Troublesome Behaviors Did Family Members Try to Control? How Much Did Family Members Spend? What Were the Emotional Costs for Family Members? What Were the Positive Aspects for Family Members? How Involved Were Other Members of the Family Household? Family Experiences in Ohio: 1995-1997 …
The Sociology of Mental Health
West Meets East: Americans Adopt Chinese Children
Preface Introduction Adopting from China The New American & Chinese Families The Birth Country Parental Attitudes Public Reactions Looking to the Future Bibliography Index
Successful Adoptive Families: A Longitudinal Study of Special Needs Adoption
Foreword by James A. Rosenthal Preface The Study in Context The Research Study The Families and Children at a Glance and over Time Siblings Placed Together and Apart Physically and Sexually Abused Adoptees Social Support and the Adoptive Family Integration of Findings with Conceptual Model and Implications The Future of Adoption References Index
Informal systems of care for the chronically mentally ill
The Role of Adult Siblings in Providing Social Support to the Severely Mentally Ill
Allan V. Horwitz, Richard C. Tessler, Gene A. Fisher, Gail M. Gamache, The Role of Adult Siblings in Providing Social Support to the Severely Mentally Ill, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 54, No. 1 (Feb., 1992), pp. 233-241
Role Incongruence and Gender Variation in the Provision of Prison Mental Health Services
Correctional administrators are equipped with a variety of responses to manage problematic inmate behavior. The forms of these responses range from subtle coercion in the context of everyday prison life to segregative placements that include protective custody, disciplinary confinement, and mental health residential services. Using logistic regression, the present study examines the disproportionate placement of female inmates in mental health fa…
The Impact of Mental Illness on Families: Concepts and Priorities
Mental illness has far-reaching effects on other family members, as individuals and as members of a social system. While the study of the family impact of mental illness has been reported in the specialized mental health literature, it has not received much attention from sociologists. This article applies an illness behavior perspective to the study of family burden, reviews knowledge, and invites research by defining a number of issues, substan…
Family Bonding of the Mentally Ill: An Analysis of Family Visits with Residents of Board and Care Homes
Gene A. Fisher, Richard C. Tessler, Family Bonding of the Mentally Ill: An Analysis of Family Visits with Residents of Board and Care Homes, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol. 27, No. 3 (Sep., 1986), pp. 236-249
Perceived lack of control over life events: Antecedents and consequences in a discharged patient sample
The Chronically Mentally Ill: Assessing Community Support Programs
Reasoning About Madness
"Being "seen but not admitted: A note on some neglected aspects of state hospital deinstitutionalization
Adapted from a presentation at the 1977 annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, in Chicago. Research was supported, in part, by a giant from the Social Science Training Branch, National Institute of Mental Health (MH-13154)
Factors Affecting Children??s Use of Physician Services in a Prepaid Group Practice
This paper examines factors affecting children's use of physician services in a prepaid group practice. The independent measures come from questions asked of mothers in a survey interview, while the utilization data come from their children's medical records. All independent variables were measured prior to the period of utilization studied. The results provide some evidence in support of the view that physician utilization for children is affect…
Psychological Distress and Perceived Health Status
Reply to Comment by Markides
Misinformation & Opposition to Fluoridation
The Effects of Social Characteristics on the Utilization of Preventive Medical Services in Contrasting Health Care Programs
This study, based on household interviews of employed individuals and their families, examines the effects of type of health insurance program and various sociodemographic factors on patterns of use of preventive medical services. A major concern of the paper is to explore the issue of whether participants in prepaid group practice use preventive services more than those in alternative insurance plans. The results show little differences in utili…
The Effect of Psychological Distress on Physician Utilization: A Prospective Study
This paper examines the hypothesis that psychological distress is causally related to physician utilization among enrollees in a prepaid group practice. Measures of distress are constructed from questions included in a servey interview, while the utilization data come from medical records. Distress levels were measured prior to the period of utilization studied. The results show a positive relationship between distress and physician utilization, …
Psychological Distress and Perceived Health Status
A test of a model for reducing measured attitude-behavior discrepancies
Help seeking, self-esteem, and achievement motivation: An attributional analysis
The Role of Adult Siblings in Providing Social Support to the Severely Mentally Ill
Allan V. Horwitz, Richard C. Tessler, Gene A. Fisher, Gail M. Gamache, The Role of Adult Siblings in Providing Social Support to the Severely Mentally Ill, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 54, No. 1 (Feb., 1992), pp. 233-241
Bicultural Socialization Among Adoptive Families: Where There Is a Will, There Is a Way
Although bicultural competence has been viewed as an advantage for immigrants and other ethnic minorities in American society, we do not know whether bicultural socialization is similarly advantageous for children in families formed through international, transracial adoption. This study examines what factors enable adoptive Chinese children to achieve modest levels of bicultural competence. The data are from a longitudinal survey of parents who …
Overrepresentation of Women Veterans Among Homeless Women
Objectives. This study estimated the proportion of veterans among homeless women and their risk of homelessness relative to that of nonveterans. Methods. Data came from 2 surveys of homeless women (1 clinical and 1 nonclinical) and 1 survey of domiciled women. Results. The proportion of veterans (4.4%, 3.1%) among homeless women was greater than the proportion among domiciled women (1.3%, 1.2%). When we computed odds ratios for being a veteran am…
Consumer Satisfaction with Prepaid Group Practice: A Comparative Study
RICHARD TESSLER DAVID MECHANIC University of Massachusetts, Amherst University of Wisconsin, Madison This study compares reactions of consumers to participation in prepaid group practice and alternative health insurance plans in a large metropolitan area. The majority of respondents in the survey were very satisfied with the medical care they and their families received during the preceding year. However, prepaid practice respondents expressed re…
The Impact of Mental Illness on Families: Concepts and Priorities
Mental illness has far-reaching effects on other family members, as individuals and as members of a social system. While the study of the family impact of mental illness has been reported in the specialized mental health literature, it has not received much attention from sociologists. This article applies an illness behavior perspective to the study of family burden, reviews knowledge, and invites research by defining a number of issues, substan…
Role Incongruence and Gender Variation in the Provision of Prison Mental Health Services
Correctional administrators are equipped with a variety of responses to manage problematic inmate behavior. The forms of these responses range from subtle coercion in the context of everyday prison life to segregative placements that include protective custody, disciplinary confinement, and mental health residential services. Using logistic regression, the present study examines the disproportionate placement of female inmates in mental health fa…
The Development of Ethnic Identity Among Chinese Adoptees: Paradoxical Effects of School Diversity
The development of attitudes towards one's own as well as other ethnic groups are childhood precursors of ethnic identity. The current paper examines the formation of ethnic attitudes among 266 school-age children who were born in China and adopted by Americans and, at the time of the study, were attending 254 different elementary schools across the country. We hypothesized that a disposition to associate socially desirable traits with being Chin…
Homeless Veterans of the Mil-Volunteer Force: A Social Selection Perspective
Recent research has shown that men who served in the military during the early years of the all-volunteer force (AVF) have a higher risk of homelessness than do veterans of other eras and nonveterans of comparable ages. The current article draws on data from the 1996 National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients in order to examine differences between currently homeless veterans and nonveterans in the number of months they had been…
Informal systems of care for the chronically mentally ill
Family Bonding of the Mentally Ill: An Analysis of Family Visits with Residents of Board and Care Homes
Gene A. Fisher, Richard C. Tessler, Family Bonding of the Mentally Ill: An Analysis of Family Visits with Residents of Board and Care Homes, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol. 27, No. 3 (Sep., 1986), pp. 236-249
Ethnic Exploration and Consciousness of Difference: Chinese Adoptees in Early Adolescence
Ethnic exploration is one path for children adopted internationally to develop an understanding of how and why they are different from others, and to build personal biographies that bring together adoption, race, and national origin. In this article, we draw on the concept of consciousness of difference to analyze the ethnic explorations of 282 Chinese adopted girls. Where race was salient and positive in daily life, ethnic exploration during ear…
Misinformation & Opposition to Fluoridation
Causal Models, Unobserved Variables, and Experimental Data
While techniques of causal modeling have been employed in the analysis of nonexperimental data, they have been largely ignored by social scientists who deal with experimental data. This paper discusses ways in which causal models may be fruitfully used in the analysis of experimental data, and illustrates their uses. Central to the paper's exposition is the representation of social science experiments in terms of causal processes involving unobse…
Perceived similarity: A paradox in interviewing
How many counselors operate on the assumption that a client will be more verbally accessible if he thinks his interviewer is like himself? This truism not only makes good sense; it has the support of psychoanalytic theory as well. But is it true
Help seeking, self-esteem, and achievement motivation: An attributional analysis
A test of a model for reducing measured attitude-behavior discrepancies
Causal Models, Unobserved Variables, and Experimental Data
While techniques of causal modeling have been employed in the analysis of nonexperimental data, they have been largely ignored by social scientists who deal with experimental data. This paper discusses ways in which causal models may be fruitfully used in the analysis of experimental data, and illustrates their uses. Central to the paper's exposition is the representation of social science experiments in terms of causal processes involving unobse…
Perceived similarity: A paradox in interviewing
How many counselors operate on the assumption that a client will be more verbally accessible if he thinks his interviewer is like himself? This truism not only makes good sense; it has the support of psychoanalytic theory as well. But is it true
Consumer Satisfaction with Prepaid Group Practice: A Comparative Study
RICHARD TESSLER DAVID MECHANIC University of Massachusetts, Amherst University of Wisconsin, Madison This study compares reactions of consumers to participation in prepaid group practice and alternative health insurance plans in a large metropolitan area. The majority of respondents in the survey were very satisfied with the medical care they and their families received during the preceding year. However, prepaid practice respondents expressed re…
The Effects of Social Characteristics on the Utilization of Preventive Medical Services in Contrasting Health Care Programs
This study, based on household interviews of employed individuals and their families, examines the effects of type of health insurance program and various sociodemographic factors on patterns of use of preventive medical services. A major concern of the paper is to explore the issue of whether participants in prepaid group practice use preventive services more than those in alternative insurance plans. The results show little differences in utili…
The Effect of Psychological Distress on Physician Utilization: A Prospective Study
This paper examines the hypothesis that psychological distress is causally related to physician utilization among enrollees in a prepaid group practice. Measures of distress are constructed from questions included in a servey interview, while the utilization data come from medical records. Distress levels were measured prior to the period of utilization studied. The results show a positive relationship between distress and physician utilization, …
Reply to Comment by Markides
Misinformation & Opposition to Fluoridation
Factors Affecting Children??s Use of Physician Services in a Prepaid Group Practice
This paper examines factors affecting children's use of physician services in a prepaid group practice. The independent measures come from questions asked of mothers in a survey interview, while the utilization data come from their children's medical records. All independent variables were measured prior to the period of utilization studied. The results provide some evidence in support of the view that physician utilization for children is affect…
Psychological Distress and Perceived Health Status
"Being "seen but not admitted: A note on some neglected aspects of state hospital deinstitutionalization
Adapted from a presentation at the 1977 annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, in Chicago. Research was supported, in part, by a giant from the Social Science Training Branch, National Institute of Mental Health (MH-13154)
Reasoning About Madness
The Chronically Mentally Ill: Assessing Community Support Programs
Perceived lack of control over life events: Antecedents and consequences in a discharged patient sample
Family Bonding of the Mentally Ill: An Analysis of Family Visits with Residents of Board and Care Homes
Gene A. Fisher, Richard C. Tessler, Family Bonding of the Mentally Ill: An Analysis of Family Visits with Residents of Board and Care Homes, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol. 27, No. 3 (Sep., 1986), pp. 236-249
The Impact of Mental Illness on Families: Concepts and Priorities
Mental illness has far-reaching effects on other family members, as individuals and as members of a social system. While the study of the family impact of mental illness has been reported in the specialized mental health literature, it has not received much attention from sociologists. This article applies an illness behavior perspective to the study of family burden, reviews knowledge, and invites research by defining a number of issues, substan…
Role Incongruence and Gender Variation in the Provision of Prison Mental Health Services
Correctional administrators are equipped with a variety of responses to manage problematic inmate behavior. The forms of these responses range from subtle coercion in the context of everyday prison life to segregative placements that include protective custody, disciplinary confinement, and mental health residential services. Using logistic regression, the present study examines the disproportionate placement of female inmates in mental health fa…
Informal systems of care for the chronically mentally ill
The Role of Adult Siblings in Providing Social Support to the Severely Mentally Ill
Allan V. Horwitz, Richard C. Tessler, Gene A. Fisher, Gail M. Gamache, The Role of Adult Siblings in Providing Social Support to the Severely Mentally Ill, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 54, No. 1 (Feb., 1992), pp. 233-241
Successful Adoptive Families: A Longitudinal Study of Special Needs Adoption
Foreword by James A. Rosenthal Preface The Study in Context The Research Study The Families and Children at a Glance and over Time Siblings Placed Together and Apart Physically and Sexually Abused Adoptees Social Support and the Adoptive Family Integration of Findings with Conceptual Model and Implications The Future of Adoption References Index
Family Experiences with Mental Illness
Preface Introduction Mental Illness and the Family Family Experiences in Ohio: 1989-1992 The Research Landscape What Basic Needs Did Family Members Provide? What Troublesome Behaviors Did Family Members Try to Control? How Much Did Family Members Spend? What Were the Emotional Costs for Family Members? What Were the Positive Aspects for Family Members? How Involved Were Other Members of the Family Household? Family Experiences in Ohio: 1995-1997 …
The Sociology of Mental Health
West Meets East: Americans Adopt Chinese Children
Preface Introduction Adopting from China The New American & Chinese Families The Birth Country Parental Attitudes Public Reactions Looking to the Future Bibliography Index
Overrepresentation of Women Veterans Among Homeless Women
Objectives. This study estimated the proportion of veterans among homeless women and their risk of homelessness relative to that of nonveterans. Methods. Data came from 2 surveys of homeless women (1 clinical and 1 nonclinical) and 1 survey of domiciled women. Results. The proportion of veterans (4.4%, 3.1%) among homeless women was greater than the proportion among domiciled women (1.3%, 1.2%). When we computed odds ratios for being a veteran am…
Psychology (25 works) · Psychiatry (14 works) · Medicine (13 works) · Mental health (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (7 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works)