Alex Heckert
Biographic Data
| ID | 198153 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alex Heckert |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alex |
| FAMILY NAME | Heckert |
| SIGNATURE | HECKERT A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indiana University of Pennsylvania |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 84 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Pragmatic parenting
We sought to identify the roles and responsibilities that fathers take as they help or support their young adult sons with autism. Although existing research suggests that fathers are heavily involved in caring for young children with autism, few studies have focused on fathers of young adults with autism. Following a constructivist grounded theory approach, we conducted qualitative interviews with 11 married fathers (and their wives) of young ad…
What makes a successful artist
Achieved versus Ascribed Master Status in a Positive Deviance Profession
Positive deviance is an increasingly accepted concept in sociology. The clergy constitute a quintessential positive deviance occupation as they are held to idealized norms. They have a master status applied to them; still, they have an achieved status as they freely choose their profession, feeling it to be a calling. On the other hand, the family of clergy also have a master status applied to them based on idealized norms. They, however, usually…
Perched on a Pedestal in a Positive Deviance Profession
The clergy are a rare occupational group in that they constitute a case of positive deviance when they adhere to their mandates. A positive deviance categorization of a profession makes it such that society expects the clergy to adhere to both the realistic levels of the norms – applied to most people in society – as well as to the idealistic levels of the norm; reserved for the few. They are positively evaluated for doing so. Interviews were con…
Only Going to Get Worse
The study of narrative sociology can be used to understand how rural first responders magnify aspects of their collective stories about the opioid crisis to deflect emotional frustrations they experience. Based on 31 interviews with frontline responders in four rural counties in Appalachia, we find that responders portray themselves as capable protagonists up against hamstringing policies, opioid using clients as 'their worst,' and their manageme…
Sociological conceptualizations of compassion fatigue
Compassion fatigue has been primarily studied at the micro level and framed as a psychological “personal trouble” that results from one's personality traits, demographic characteristics, or life and work stressors. In addition, compassion fatigue is used to predict other psychological outcomes such as burnout, depersonalization, and stress. This literature on compassion fatigue has been reviewed, in order to illustrate areas where sociologists ca…
Labeling, Social Learning, and Positive Deviance
High achievers are an intriguing case in that they are often stigmatized by peers as rate-busters and concurrently adulated as positive deviants by their parents and teachers. Theories developed to explain negative deviants have potential to also illuminate positive deviance. High achievers were interviewed and both labeling theory and social learning theory were applied to explain aspects of their experiences
Techniques of Neutralization Theory and Positive Deviance
High achievers constitute a unique case in that they are simultaneously positive deviants—often to parents and teachers—and stigmatized as rate-busters—often to peers. Thus, a question is raised: Are theories that have been used to explain negative behaviors, such as the techniques of neutralization theory, also pertinent to positive behaviors? A group of high-achieving students were interviewed and it was found that each of the five techniques o…
Using an Integrated Typology of Deviance to Analyze Ten Common Norms of the U.S. Middle Class
In a recent article we presented an integrated typology in which we categorized deviance based on both norms and evaluations. Cross-classifying normative expectations and societal evaluations identifies four types of deviance. Negative deviance implies negatively evaluated underconformity (or nonconformity); rate busting depicts negatively appraised overconformity; deviance admiration designates positively reacted to underconformity (or nonconfor…
A New Typology of Deviance
The concept of positive deviance is marginalized in deviance literature by the focus on negative deviance and the absence of comprehensive conceptions of deviance. Current conceptions of positive deviance simply parallel definitions of negative deviance, namely normative and reactivist conceptions. Normative definitions posit positive deviance as behaviors and attributes that exceed normative expectations (e.g., overconformity), such as overachie…
Women's Accounts of Domestic Violence
Critiques of behavioral inventories, qualitative studies of battered women's experiences, and communications research all suggest that women's accounts of violence contain information and a more complex structure than is captured by checklist measures that focus on types of abuse. We conducted a quantitative thematic analysis of 162 women's accounts of domestic violence to assess structure and content. Most women presented domestic violence as a …
Religious Factors in the Timing of Second Births
Research has demonstrated that the timing of 1st births is greatly influenced by socioeconomic factors while the timing of higher order births is most influenced by religion. This study investigates the relationships between religion religiosity religious education and the timing of 2nd births. Data was obtained from the 1973 National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics. The researchers selected i…
The Impact of Age and Children on Remarriage
This article addresses the impact age and presence/number of children have on the remarriage probabilities of divorced women. Following Koo and Suchindran (1980), an interaction between these two factors is posited, with children having an effect on the remarriage chances only of younger and older women. In addition, a third factor, dissolution measurement, is considered because remarriage intervals measured from separation and from divorce can b…
A New Typology of Deviance
The concept of positive deviance is marginalized in deviance literature by the focus on negative deviance and the absence of comprehensive conceptions of deviance. Current conceptions of positive deviance simply parallel definitions of negative deviance, namely normative and reactivist conceptions. Normative definitions posit positive deviance as behaviors and attributes that exceed normative expectations (e.g., overconformity), such as overachie…
The Impact of Age and Children on Remarriage
This article addresses the impact age and presence/number of children have on the remarriage probabilities of divorced women. Following Koo and Suchindran (1980), an interaction between these two factors is posited, with children having an effect on the remarriage chances only of younger and older women. In addition, a third factor, dissolution measurement, is considered because remarriage intervals measured from separation and from divorce can b…
Techniques of Neutralization Theory and Positive Deviance
High achievers constitute a unique case in that they are simultaneously positive deviants—often to parents and teachers—and stigmatized as rate-busters—often to peers. Thus, a question is raised: Are theories that have been used to explain negative behaviors, such as the techniques of neutralization theory, also pertinent to positive behaviors? A group of high-achieving students were interviewed and it was found that each of the five techniques o…
Labeling, Social Learning, and Positive Deviance
High achievers are an intriguing case in that they are often stigmatized by peers as rate-busters and concurrently adulated as positive deviants by their parents and teachers. Theories developed to explain negative deviants have potential to also illuminate positive deviance. High achievers were interviewed and both labeling theory and social learning theory were applied to explain aspects of their experiences
Perched on a Pedestal in a Positive Deviance Profession
The clergy are a rare occupational group in that they constitute a case of positive deviance when they adhere to their mandates. A positive deviance categorization of a profession makes it such that society expects the clergy to adhere to both the realistic levels of the norms – applied to most people in society – as well as to the idealistic levels of the norm; reserved for the few. They are positively evaluated for doing so. Interviews were con…
Sociological conceptualizations of compassion fatigue
Compassion fatigue has been primarily studied at the micro level and framed as a psychological “personal trouble” that results from one's personality traits, demographic characteristics, or life and work stressors. In addition, compassion fatigue is used to predict other psychological outcomes such as burnout, depersonalization, and stress. This literature on compassion fatigue has been reviewed, in order to illustrate areas where sociologists ca…
Religious Factors in the Timing of Second Births
Research has demonstrated that the timing of 1st births is greatly influenced by socioeconomic factors while the timing of higher order births is most influenced by religion. This study investigates the relationships between religion religiosity religious education and the timing of 2nd births. Data was obtained from the 1973 National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics. The researchers selected i…
Achieved versus Ascribed Master Status in a Positive Deviance Profession
Positive deviance is an increasingly accepted concept in sociology. The clergy constitute a quintessential positive deviance occupation as they are held to idealized norms. They have a master status applied to them; still, they have an achieved status as they freely choose their profession, feeling it to be a calling. On the other hand, the family of clergy also have a master status applied to them based on idealized norms. They, however, usually…
Religious Factors in the Timing of Second Births
Research has demonstrated that the timing of 1st births is greatly influenced by socioeconomic factors while the timing of higher order births is most influenced by religion. This study investigates the relationships between religion religiosity religious education and the timing of 2nd births. Data was obtained from the 1973 National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics. The researchers selected i…
The Impact of Age and Children on Remarriage
This article addresses the impact age and presence/number of children have on the remarriage probabilities of divorced women. Following Koo and Suchindran (1980), an interaction between these two factors is posited, with children having an effect on the remarriage chances only of younger and older women. In addition, a third factor, dissolution measurement, is considered because remarriage intervals measured from separation and from divorce can b…
Women's Accounts of Domestic Violence
Critiques of behavioral inventories, qualitative studies of battered women's experiences, and communications research all suggest that women's accounts of violence contain information and a more complex structure than is captured by checklist measures that focus on types of abuse. We conducted a quantitative thematic analysis of 162 women's accounts of domestic violence to assess structure and content. Most women presented domestic violence as a …
A New Typology of Deviance
The concept of positive deviance is marginalized in deviance literature by the focus on negative deviance and the absence of comprehensive conceptions of deviance. Current conceptions of positive deviance simply parallel definitions of negative deviance, namely normative and reactivist conceptions. Normative definitions posit positive deviance as behaviors and attributes that exceed normative expectations (e.g., overconformity), such as overachie…
Using an Integrated Typology of Deviance to Analyze Ten Common Norms of the U.S. Middle Class
In a recent article we presented an integrated typology in which we categorized deviance based on both norms and evaluations. Cross-classifying normative expectations and societal evaluations identifies four types of deviance. Negative deviance implies negatively evaluated underconformity (or nonconformity); rate busting depicts negatively appraised overconformity; deviance admiration designates positively reacted to underconformity (or nonconfor…
Techniques of Neutralization Theory and Positive Deviance
High achievers constitute a unique case in that they are simultaneously positive deviants—often to parents and teachers—and stigmatized as rate-busters—often to peers. Thus, a question is raised: Are theories that have been used to explain negative behaviors, such as the techniques of neutralization theory, also pertinent to positive behaviors? A group of high-achieving students were interviewed and it was found that each of the five techniques o…
Labeling, Social Learning, and Positive Deviance
High achievers are an intriguing case in that they are often stigmatized by peers as rate-busters and concurrently adulated as positive deviants by their parents and teachers. Theories developed to explain negative deviants have potential to also illuminate positive deviance. High achievers were interviewed and both labeling theory and social learning theory were applied to explain aspects of their experiences
Sociological conceptualizations of compassion fatigue
Compassion fatigue has been primarily studied at the micro level and framed as a psychological “personal trouble” that results from one's personality traits, demographic characteristics, or life and work stressors. In addition, compassion fatigue is used to predict other psychological outcomes such as burnout, depersonalization, and stress. This literature on compassion fatigue has been reviewed, in order to illustrate areas where sociologists ca…
Perched on a Pedestal in a Positive Deviance Profession
The clergy are a rare occupational group in that they constitute a case of positive deviance when they adhere to their mandates. A positive deviance categorization of a profession makes it such that society expects the clergy to adhere to both the realistic levels of the norms – applied to most people in society – as well as to the idealistic levels of the norm; reserved for the few. They are positively evaluated for doing so. Interviews were con…
Only Going to Get Worse
The study of narrative sociology can be used to understand how rural first responders magnify aspects of their collective stories about the opioid crisis to deflect emotional frustrations they experience. Based on 31 interviews with frontline responders in four rural counties in Appalachia, we find that responders portray themselves as capable protagonists up against hamstringing policies, opioid using clients as 'their worst,' and their manageme…
Achieved versus Ascribed Master Status in a Positive Deviance Profession
Positive deviance is an increasingly accepted concept in sociology. The clergy constitute a quintessential positive deviance occupation as they are held to idealized norms. They have a master status applied to them; still, they have an achieved status as they freely choose their profession, feeling it to be a calling. On the other hand, the family of clergy also have a master status applied to them based on idealized norms. They, however, usually…
What makes a successful artist
Pragmatic parenting
We sought to identify the roles and responsibilities that fathers take as they help or support their young adult sons with autism. Although existing research suggests that fathers are heavily involved in caring for young children with autism, few studies have focused on fathers of young adults with autism. Following a constructivist grounded theory approach, we conducted qualitative interviews with 11 married fathers (and their wives) of young ad…
Psychology (12 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control (6 works) · Deviance (statistics (6 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (5 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Mathematics (4 works) · Political science (4 works)