Cynthia Robbins

Biographic Data

ID229758
NAMECynthia Robbins
GIVEN NAMESCynthia
FAMILY NAMERobbins
SIGNATUREROBBINS C
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Delaware
ORCID0000-0002-3739-1952
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS13
TOTAL CITATIONS143
AUTHOR COUNT13
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1982
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX7

  • Dengue fever is not just urban or rural

    Open AccessJames Trostle, James A Trostle et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2024References: 78

  • Resolution of Nonmarital Adolescent Pregnancy and the Transition to Adulthood

    Open AccessCynthia Robbins, Lee G StreetmanARTICLEReview of Policy Research1994References: 2

    This paper compares educational and financial outcomes in early adulthood for four groups of men and women: those who never experienced a nonmarital adolescent pregnancy, those who ended a nonmarital adolescent pregnancy by abortion, those who married or cohabited and became parents in response to an adolescent pregnancy, and those who became parents but did not marry or cohabit following an adolescent pregnancy. The analyses are based on self‐re…

  • Between Paradigms

    Cynthia Robbins, David J Pittman et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1993

  • Social roles and alcohol abuse among older men and women

    Cynthia Robbins, Cynthia A RobbinsARTICLEFamily & Community Health1991

  • Early adult psychological consequences for males of adolescent pregnancy and its resolution

    Open AccessMary Buchanan, Cynthia RobbinsARTICLEJournal of Youth and Adolescence1990Cited by: 3References: 20

  • Sex Differences in Psychosocial Consequences of Alcohol and Drug Abuse

    Cynthia RobbinsARTICLEJournal of Health and Social…1989Cited by: 22

    This paper reports analyses of the 1985 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse to evaluate three perspectives on sex differences in the relationship of psychosocial problems to levels of substance use. The results are more consistent with a styles of deviance perspective than with either the generalized feminine vulnerability or the convergence theses. Compared to women, men report higher levels of alcohol and drug abuse during the past year and…

  • Occupational Stress and Health Among Men and Women in the Tecumseh Community Health Study

    James S House, Victor J Strecher et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health and Social…1986Cited by: 23

    James S. House, Victor Strecher, Helen L. Metzner, Cynthia A. Robbins, Occupational Stress and Health Among Men and Women in the Tecumseh Community Health Study, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Mar., 1986), pp. 62-77

  • Escalation of Marijuana Use

    Howard B Kaplan, Steven S Martins et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health and Social…1986Cited by: 8

    Howard B. Kaplan, Steven S. Martin, Robert J. Johnson, Cynthia A. Robbins, Escalation of Marijuana Use: Application of A General Theory of Deviant Behavior, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Mar., 1986), pp. 44-61

  • Antecedents of Pregnancy among Unmarried Adolescents

    Cynthia Robbins, Howard B Kaplan et al.ARTICLEJournal of Marriage and the Family1985Cited by: 14

    Using data from 2158 young adults who were 1st surveyed as 7th grade students in a random half of the junior high schools in the Independent School District of Houston Texas in 1971 multivariate casual models were tested to predict out-of-wedlock adolescent pregnancy. Among the males having a girlfriend become pregnant is associated with school difficulties low parental socioeconomic status and high popularity. Among females pregnancy risk is rel…

  • Pathways to Adolescent Drug Use

    Howard B Kaplan, Steven S Martins et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health and Social…1984Cited by: 48

    Howard B. Kaplan, Steven S. Martin, Cynthia Robbins, Pathways to Adolescent Drug Use: Self-Derogation, Peer Influence, Weakening of Social Controls, and Early Substance Use, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol. 25, No. 3 (Sep., 1984), pp. 270-289

  • Antecedents of Psychological Distress in Young Adults

    Howard B Kaplan, Cynthia Robbins et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health and Social…1983Cited by: 14

    Howard B. Kaplan, Cynthia Robbins, Steven S. Martin, Antecedents of Psychological Distress in Young Adults: Self-Rejection, Deprivation of Social Support, and Life Events, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol. 24, No. 3 (Sep., 1983), pp. 230-244

  • The Association of Social Relationships and Activities With Mortality

    James S House, Cynthia Robbins et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Epidemiology1982

    The prospective association of social relationships and activities reported during a round of interviews and medical examinations in 1967-1969 with mortality over the succeeding nine to 12 years was examined for a cohort of 2754 adult (aged 35-69 years as of 1967-1969) men and women in the Tecumseh Community Health Study. After adjustments for age and a variety of risk factors for mortality, men reporting a higher levels of social relationships a…

  • Application of a General Theory of Deviant Behavior

    Howard B Kaplan, Steven S Martins et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health and Social…1982Cited by: 11

    The applicability of a general theory of deviant behavior to explaining drug use among junior high school students (N=3,148) is tested using data from a three-wave panel. The five-stage path model consists of eleven constructs measured at two points in time and one construct (drug use) measured at three points in time. The results of the analyses are consistent with the representation of drug use as the outcome of: (1) student's recognition of th…