Benjamin G Gibbs
Biographic Data
| ID | 245017 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Benjamin G Gibbs |
| GIVEN NAMES | Benjamin G |
| FAMILY NAME | Gibbs |
| SIGNATURE | GIBBS B G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brigham Young University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3610-7956 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 118 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Retention and Educational Inequalities in the U.S
Many U.S. schools utilize grade retention (repeating grades when not meeting academic benchmarks) to allow more time for students to learn grade level material. However, some research suggests retention may increase inequalities and not help students progress. We use national data (Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study 2014–2017) and logistic regression to examine what predicts the likelihood of elementary school retention and whether rete…
Adverse Childhood Experiences, Race/Ethnicity, and Suicidality Among Florida High School Students
Previous studies have well-documented that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are associated with negative health outcomes, including suicidal thoughts and behaviors. As historically marginalized groups have long experienced poorer socio-emotional outcomes due to systemic and institutional racism, racial stress, and related factors, surprisingly little is known about how ACEs matter across racial/ethnic adolescent groups. This study aims to fil…
Unpacking the Gap: Socioeconomic Background and the Stratification of College Applications in the United States
While a substantial body of work has shown that higher-SES students tend to apply to more selective colleges than their lower-SES counterparts, we know relatively less about why students differ in their application behavior. In this study, we draw upon a sociological approach to educational stratification to unpack the SES-based gap in college application selectivity. Using data from the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 , we examine the con…
Are Skills Becoming an Increasingly Important Determinant of Life Outcomes
Several theoretical traditions posit that individual skills (or human capital) have become stronger predictors of life outcomes over time. To date, however, significant limitations have hindered a confident empirical assessment of this important idea. Using six nationally representative datasets, the authors find surprisingly little support for the notion that measurable skills are becoming more important over time. Instead, the results reveal a …
The Biracial Asian-American Advantage at School Entry
Asian-American students have some of the highest scores for standardized tests in American schools—a pattern that is commonly attributed to immigrant selectivity. We extend this line of inquiry by examining mixed-race couples and their children. Using both the ECLS-K cohorts of 1998 and 2010, we document the persistence of the Asian-American educational advantage over time by comparing the math and reading scores of white students (1998 n = 6700;…
“It Happened When I Was Connecting to the Community…”: Multiple Pathways to Migrant (Non)Belonging in a New Destination Setting
Migrants' sense of belonging in their country and community of residence has direct effects on their health and wellbeing. A diverse set of case studies suggest that legal immigration status plays a primary role in shaping migrants' opportunities for and experiences of belonging. Few of these studies, though, have examined belonging for migrants with varied legal immigration statuses living in the same receiving context, limiting our understandin…
Coronavirus and Study Abroad: A Detailed Account of the Suspension of a Program
The University of Dallas Rome program, in the face of growing health and safety concerns, suspended its operations due to the accelerating COVID-19 pandemic in March of 2020. This brief article reflects on actions taken in the days and weeks leading up to the suspension of all activities and closes with a series of lessons learned and reflection questions. While universities and their study abroad programs are still responding to COVID-19 challen…
The Academic Cost of Worry Among Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Children
Does Disassociation with a Majority Religion Influence Community Desirability? Evidence from Rural Utah
This study examines how disassociation with a majority religion influences subjective perception of community desirability in rural communities. Current community literature shows that religious affiliation identification can influence community sentiment, while other studies suggest the possibility of either mixed or inconclusive results. To further clarify the relationship between religious affiliation and community desirability, we draw upon d…
Early adverse childhood experiences and exclusionary discipline in high school
Involved Is an Interesting Word: An Empirical Case for Redefining School-Based Parental Involvement as Parental Efficacy
School-based parental involvement is a common practice in the United States, and yet there is an emerging view that parents' involvement in schools may have little if any academic benefit for their children. However, such conclusions are often based on narrowly construed survey questions, such as "Did you attend PTA in the past year?". In our study, we re-examine commonly used measurements of school-based parental involvement using 130 interviews…
The Black/White Skill Gap in Early Childhood: The Role of Parenting
Researchers have sought to understand why cognitive skill disparities between black and white children persist in American society, but the most thorough examinations study school-aged children during a period when the black/white skill gap is already well established. Using the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort of 2001, we find trivial black/white differences in cognitive skills at 10 months of age but large disparities at 24 and 4…
Kids These Days: Are Face-to-Face Social Skills among American Children Declining
Many social commentators posit that children’s social skills are declining as a result of exposure to technology. But this claim is difficult to assess empirically because it is challenging to measure “social skills” with confidence and because a strong test would employ nationally representative data of multiple cohorts. No scholarship currently meets these criteria. The authors fill that gap by comparing teachers’ and parents’ evaluations of ch…
Small towns and urban centers: The relationship of distance and population size to community satisfaction
In past research, the relationship between population size and community satisfaction have reported mixed results. Additionally, few community studies utilized distance from urban centers as a complementary to population size. Using the 2010 Montana Health Matters Study, this research seeks to uncover how these two measures together help to explain community satisfaction. Our results indicate that distance and population size are conflated measur…
Breastfeeding, Parenting, and Infant Attachment Behaviors
The Asian American Advantage in Math among Young Children: The Complex Role of Parenting
Asian American children exhibit stronger math and reading skills than white children at school entry, a pattern that has motivated scholars to examine early childhood to determine when and why these gaps form. Yet, to date, it has been unclear what parenting practices might explain this 'Asian Advantage.' Analyzing more than 4,100 children from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study -Birth Cohort, we find that the role of parenting is complex. As…
Communities of Place? New Evidence for the Role of Distance and Population Size in Community Attachment
Historically, ecological features of a community, such as population size, were considered fundamental aspects of the community experience. Yet methodological advances and the rise of globalization have challenged many classical assumptions rooted in the ecological tradition. Using recent data-the Montana Health Matters Study 2010 (N = 3,508)-we explore whether community attachment links with distance and population size in Montana. Surprisingly,…
Birth Weight and Early Cognitive Skills: Can Parenting Offset the Link
The (Conditional) Resource Dilution Model: State- and Community-Level Modifications
One of the most consistent patterns in the social sciences is the relationship between sibship size and educational outcomes: those with fewer siblings outperform those with many. The resource dilution (RD) model emphasizes the increasing division of parental resources within the nuclear family as the number of children grows, yet it fails to account for instances when the relationship between sibship size and education is often weak or even posi…
Why infer? The use and misuse of population data in sport research
While the use of inferential statistics is a nearly universal practice in the social sciences, there are instances where its application is unnecessary or, worse, misleading. This is true for most research on the Relative Age Effect (RAE) in sports. Given the limited amount of data needed to examine RAE (birth dates) and the availability of complete team rosters, RAE researchers are in a unique position- inference is not needed when interpreting …
Extracurricular associations and college enrollment
Evidence of political moderation over time: Utah’s immigration debate online
Is public debate on the Internet polarizing? Some scholars warn that the Internet is an ‘anti-commons’ where political positions are extreme, while others view the Internet as a moderating influence on political polarization. We examine polarization trends in a regional, Utah-based news website, with a random sample of 1768 comments over a two-year period. Focusing on the most contentious issue during this time—immigration—we find that extreme an…
Drop out from primary to secondary school in Mexico: A life course perspective
The rise of the underdog? The relative age effect reversal among Canadian-born NHL hockey players: A reply to Nolan and Howell
The relative age effect associated with cut-off dates for hockey eligibility has been an ongoing debate in certain academic circles and in the popular media. The effect is primarily found in Canadian Major Junior Hockey, where a disproportionate share of birthdays fall in the first three months of the year. But when the National Hockey League rosters of Canadian-born players are examined, the pattern is less pronounced. Using publically available…
Reversing fortunes or content change? Gender gaps in math-related skill throughout childhood
Communities of Place? New Evidence for the Role of Distance and Population Size in Community Attachment
Historically, ecological features of a community, such as population size, were considered fundamental aspects of the community experience. Yet methodological advances and the rise of globalization have challenged many classical assumptions rooted in the ecological tradition. Using recent data-the Montana Health Matters Study 2010 (N = 3,508)-we explore whether community attachment links with distance and population size in Montana. Surprisingly,…
The (Conditional) Resource Dilution Model: State- and Community-Level Modifications
One of the most consistent patterns in the social sciences is the relationship between sibship size and educational outcomes: those with fewer siblings outperform those with many. The resource dilution (RD) model emphasizes the increasing division of parental resources within the nuclear family as the number of children grows, yet it fails to account for instances when the relationship between sibship size and education is often weak or even posi…
The rise of the underdog? The relative age effect reversal among Canadian-born NHL hockey players: A reply to Nolan and Howell
The relative age effect associated with cut-off dates for hockey eligibility has been an ongoing debate in certain academic circles and in the popular media. The effect is primarily found in Canadian Major Junior Hockey, where a disproportionate share of birthdays fall in the first three months of the year. But when the National Hockey League rosters of Canadian-born players are examined, the pattern is less pronounced. Using publically available…
Early adverse childhood experiences and exclusionary discipline in high school
Small towns and urban centers: The relationship of distance and population size to community satisfaction
In past research, the relationship between population size and community satisfaction have reported mixed results. Additionally, few community studies utilized distance from urban centers as a complementary to population size. Using the 2010 Montana Health Matters Study, this research seeks to uncover how these two measures together help to explain community satisfaction. Our results indicate that distance and population size are conflated measur…
Kids These Days: Are Face-to-Face Social Skills among American Children Declining
Many social commentators posit that children’s social skills are declining as a result of exposure to technology. But this claim is difficult to assess empirically because it is challenging to measure “social skills” with confidence and because a strong test would employ nationally representative data of multiple cohorts. No scholarship currently meets these criteria. The authors fill that gap by comparing teachers’ and parents’ evaluations of ch…
Drop out from primary to secondary school in Mexico: A life course perspective
Autonomy and Authority in Education
Journal Article Autonomy and Authority in Education Get access Benjamin Gibbs Benjamin Gibbs Correspondence: Benjamin Gibbs, Arts Building, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QN. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Philosophy of Education, Volume 13, Issue 1, July 1979, Pages 119–132, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9752.1979.tb00527.x Published: 30 May 2006
The Asian American Advantage in Math among Young Children: The Complex Role of Parenting
Asian American children exhibit stronger math and reading skills than white children at school entry, a pattern that has motivated scholars to examine early childhood to determine when and why these gaps form. Yet, to date, it has been unclear what parenting practices might explain this 'Asian Advantage.' Analyzing more than 4,100 children from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study -Birth Cohort, we find that the role of parenting is complex. As…
Extracurricular associations and college enrollment
Why infer? The use and misuse of population data in sport research
While the use of inferential statistics is a nearly universal practice in the social sciences, there are instances where its application is unnecessary or, worse, misleading. This is true for most research on the Relative Age Effect (RAE) in sports. Given the limited amount of data needed to examine RAE (birth dates) and the availability of complete team rosters, RAE researchers are in a unique position- inference is not needed when interpreting …
Reversing fortunes or content change? Gender gaps in math-related skill throughout childhood
Involved Is an Interesting Word: An Empirical Case for Redefining School-Based Parental Involvement as Parental Efficacy
School-based parental involvement is a common practice in the United States, and yet there is an emerging view that parents' involvement in schools may have little if any academic benefit for their children. However, such conclusions are often based on narrowly construed survey questions, such as "Did you attend PTA in the past year?". In our study, we re-examine commonly used measurements of school-based parental involvement using 130 interviews…
Evidence of political moderation over time: Utah’s immigration debate online
Is public debate on the Internet polarizing? Some scholars warn that the Internet is an ‘anti-commons’ where political positions are extreme, while others view the Internet as a moderating influence on political polarization. We examine polarization trends in a regional, Utah-based news website, with a random sample of 1768 comments over a two-year period. Focusing on the most contentious issue during this time—immigration—we find that extreme an…
The Black/White Skill Gap in Early Childhood: The Role of Parenting
Researchers have sought to understand why cognitive skill disparities between black and white children persist in American society, but the most thorough examinations study school-aged children during a period when the black/white skill gap is already well established. Using the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort of 2001, we find trivial black/white differences in cognitive skills at 10 months of age but large disparities at 24 and 4…
Plato, Utilitarianism and Education
Essays in Social Theory
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access Essays in Social Theory. By Steven Lukes. (London: Macmillan Press. 1977. Pp. 227. Price £8.95. Also available in paper.) Benjamin Gibbs Benjamin Gibbs Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 28, Issue 113, October 1978, Pages 374–376, https://doi.org/10.2307/2219104 Published: 01 October 1978
Autonomy and Authority in Education
Journal Article Autonomy and Authority in Education Get access Benjamin Gibbs Benjamin Gibbs Correspondence: Benjamin Gibbs, Arts Building, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QN. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Philosophy of Education, Volume 13, Issue 1, July 1979, Pages 119–132, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9752.1979.tb00527.x Published: 30 May 2006
Reversing fortunes or content change? Gender gaps in math-related skill throughout childhood
The rise of the underdog? The relative age effect reversal among Canadian-born NHL hockey players: A reply to Nolan and Howell
The relative age effect associated with cut-off dates for hockey eligibility has been an ongoing debate in certain academic circles and in the popular media. The effect is primarily found in Canadian Major Junior Hockey, where a disproportionate share of birthdays fall in the first three months of the year. But when the National Hockey League rosters of Canadian-born players are examined, the pattern is less pronounced. Using publically available…
Evidence of political moderation over time: Utah’s immigration debate online
Is public debate on the Internet polarizing? Some scholars warn that the Internet is an ‘anti-commons’ where political positions are extreme, while others view the Internet as a moderating influence on political polarization. We examine polarization trends in a regional, Utah-based news website, with a random sample of 1768 comments over a two-year period. Focusing on the most contentious issue during this time—immigration—we find that extreme an…
Drop out from primary to secondary school in Mexico: A life course perspective
Why infer? The use and misuse of population data in sport research
While the use of inferential statistics is a nearly universal practice in the social sciences, there are instances where its application is unnecessary or, worse, misleading. This is true for most research on the Relative Age Effect (RAE) in sports. Given the limited amount of data needed to examine RAE (birth dates) and the availability of complete team rosters, RAE researchers are in a unique position- inference is not needed when interpreting …
Extracurricular associations and college enrollment
Birth Weight and Early Cognitive Skills: Can Parenting Offset the Link
The (Conditional) Resource Dilution Model: State- and Community-Level Modifications
One of the most consistent patterns in the social sciences is the relationship between sibship size and educational outcomes: those with fewer siblings outperform those with many. The resource dilution (RD) model emphasizes the increasing division of parental resources within the nuclear family as the number of children grows, yet it fails to account for instances when the relationship between sibship size and education is often weak or even posi…
The Asian American Advantage in Math among Young Children: The Complex Role of Parenting
Asian American children exhibit stronger math and reading skills than white children at school entry, a pattern that has motivated scholars to examine early childhood to determine when and why these gaps form. Yet, to date, it has been unclear what parenting practices might explain this 'Asian Advantage.' Analyzing more than 4,100 children from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study -Birth Cohort, we find that the role of parenting is complex. As…
Communities of Place? New Evidence for the Role of Distance and Population Size in Community Attachment
Historically, ecological features of a community, such as population size, were considered fundamental aspects of the community experience. Yet methodological advances and the rise of globalization have challenged many classical assumptions rooted in the ecological tradition. Using recent data-the Montana Health Matters Study 2010 (N = 3,508)-we explore whether community attachment links with distance and population size in Montana. Surprisingly,…
Breastfeeding, Parenting, and Infant Attachment Behaviors
Small towns and urban centers: The relationship of distance and population size to community satisfaction
In past research, the relationship between population size and community satisfaction have reported mixed results. Additionally, few community studies utilized distance from urban centers as a complementary to population size. Using the 2010 Montana Health Matters Study, this research seeks to uncover how these two measures together help to explain community satisfaction. Our results indicate that distance and population size are conflated measur…
The Black/White Skill Gap in Early Childhood: The Role of Parenting
Researchers have sought to understand why cognitive skill disparities between black and white children persist in American society, but the most thorough examinations study school-aged children during a period when the black/white skill gap is already well established. Using the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort of 2001, we find trivial black/white differences in cognitive skills at 10 months of age but large disparities at 24 and 4…
Kids These Days: Are Face-to-Face Social Skills among American Children Declining
Many social commentators posit that children’s social skills are declining as a result of exposure to technology. But this claim is difficult to assess empirically because it is challenging to measure “social skills” with confidence and because a strong test would employ nationally representative data of multiple cohorts. No scholarship currently meets these criteria. The authors fill that gap by comparing teachers’ and parents’ evaluations of ch…
Involved Is an Interesting Word: An Empirical Case for Redefining School-Based Parental Involvement as Parental Efficacy
School-based parental involvement is a common practice in the United States, and yet there is an emerging view that parents' involvement in schools may have little if any academic benefit for their children. However, such conclusions are often based on narrowly construed survey questions, such as "Did you attend PTA in the past year?". In our study, we re-examine commonly used measurements of school-based parental involvement using 130 interviews…
Coronavirus and Study Abroad: A Detailed Account of the Suspension of a Program
The University of Dallas Rome program, in the face of growing health and safety concerns, suspended its operations due to the accelerating COVID-19 pandemic in March of 2020. This brief article reflects on actions taken in the days and weeks leading up to the suspension of all activities and closes with a series of lessons learned and reflection questions. While universities and their study abroad programs are still responding to COVID-19 challen…
The Academic Cost of Worry Among Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Children
Does Disassociation with a Majority Religion Influence Community Desirability? Evidence from Rural Utah
This study examines how disassociation with a majority religion influences subjective perception of community desirability in rural communities. Current community literature shows that religious affiliation identification can influence community sentiment, while other studies suggest the possibility of either mixed or inconclusive results. To further clarify the relationship between religious affiliation and community desirability, we draw upon d…
Early adverse childhood experiences and exclusionary discipline in high school
“It Happened When I Was Connecting to the Community…”: Multiple Pathways to Migrant (Non)Belonging in a New Destination Setting
Migrants' sense of belonging in their country and community of residence has direct effects on their health and wellbeing. A diverse set of case studies suggest that legal immigration status plays a primary role in shaping migrants' opportunities for and experiences of belonging. Few of these studies, though, have examined belonging for migrants with varied legal immigration statuses living in the same receiving context, limiting our understandin…
Unpacking the Gap: Socioeconomic Background and the Stratification of College Applications in the United States
While a substantial body of work has shown that higher-SES students tend to apply to more selective colleges than their lower-SES counterparts, we know relatively less about why students differ in their application behavior. In this study, we draw upon a sociological approach to educational stratification to unpack the SES-based gap in college application selectivity. Using data from the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 , we examine the con…
Are Skills Becoming an Increasingly Important Determinant of Life Outcomes
Several theoretical traditions posit that individual skills (or human capital) have become stronger predictors of life outcomes over time. To date, however, significant limitations have hindered a confident empirical assessment of this important idea. Using six nationally representative datasets, the authors find surprisingly little support for the notion that measurable skills are becoming more important over time. Instead, the results reveal a …
Psychology (20 works) · Sociology (19 works) · Developmental psychology (12 works) · Medicine (11 works) · Political science (10 works) · Demography (9 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (7 works) · Population (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Economics (6 works)