Patricia Drentea
Biographic Data
| ID | 245498 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Patricia Drentea |
| GIVEN NAMES | Patricia |
| FAMILY NAME | Drentea |
| SIGNATURE | DRENTEA P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7908-2373 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 305 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Family Members’ Education and Cognitive Functioning among Older Individuals in the U.S: Investigating the Mediating Role of Health Behaviors
This study examined the effects of education of family members in the United States, specifically parents and adult children’s generations, on the cognitive function of older individuals. It further explores the potential mediating roles of smoking, physical activity, and drinking alcohol in this relationship. We used the Health and Retirement Study (1998–2020) ( N = 10,610). Logistic and generalized linear model regression analyses were employed…
Grandparenting and Physical Activity
Objective: The aim of this study was to examine a continuum of grandparenting intensity and its association with physical activity using three perspectives: grandparents are active, the more constraints perspective, and the selection bias perspective . Method: We use 2014 data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), a nationally-representative panel study of the US population over the age of 50 and their spouses ( n = 17,851). Results: We fou…
Masculine Ideals and Health in Older Men: Findings From the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study
How do older men’s masculine ideals affect their health? Are masculine activities involved in this relationship? Masculine identity upholds beliefs about masculine enactment. These beliefs can be detrimental to men and can lead to behaviors that can put undue stress on them. We examine how masculine ideals are associated with health and depressive symptomatology in older men. We used 2011 data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study ( n = 2,594) to…
Secondary emotional labor: How female nurses respond to the contradictions of caring
Prior research suggests that caring is in tension with a financially incentivized, technologically-driven healthcare system. Nevertheless, employers, the public, and nurses expect nurses to be caring when providing care to patients and families. This article focuses on nurses' emotional labor strategies when managing emotions related to organizationally imposed interference with caring. We analyzed 27 semi-structured interviews with nurses and fo…
Relative Deprivation, Conspicuous Consumption, and Medical Financial Hardship: Potential Reasons for Debt and Mental Health
This paper examines the associations of potential reasons for debt–including relative deprivation, conspicuous consumption, and medical financial hardship, and how these reasons for debt are associated with mental health. It examines how much debt explains the relationship with poor mental health. We used the 2010 Alabama Omnibus Survey with data on 507 respondents. We found that all three potential reasons for debt were at first associated with …
Hope, Dignity, and Oral Health for Women in Recovery
A series of professional photographs and interviews with women in recovery showcase hope after addiction
Early parental divorce across the life course: Parent–child relationships, women’s drinking, and mental health
This study examines the effects of early parental divorce on multi-dimensional views of parent–child relationships (e.g. support, strain, contact), alcohol consumption, and depressive symptoms among adult children. Many studies have shown that parental divorce has impacts on children’s well-being; however, few studies have examined the long-term effects of parental divorce on adult health. Using the Americans’ Changing Lives survey, regression re…
Caregiving
This entry examines how caregiving is defined and the alternative concept of carework. It examines relevant issues with caregiving, body work, and typically what is considered and studied in the area of caregiving
ADHD, Socioeconomic Status, Medication Use, and Academic Ethic
This study examines the relationship between socioeconomic status and the likelihood of receiving medication for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and then addresses the embodiment of the “ideal student,” using the National Survey of Child’s Health. We find that the construction of the ideal student and parents’ higher income is correlated with higher odds of medication use for children and adolescents with ADHD. Furthermore, our re…
Where Does Debt Fit in the Stress Process Model
This paper contrasts two money-related stressors—debt and economic hardship—and clarifies where debt fits into the stress process model. Debt may be a direct or indirect stressor, as something mediated by psychosocial resources, and may be a potential buffer, interacting with economic hardship. The analyses use data from a two-wave panel study of 1,463 adults. One way debt is distinct from economic hardship is that debt is more common among econo…
He’s on his dying bed”: Next-of-kin’s experiences of the dying body
For family members of dying patients who have grown accustomed to providing daily body care, the transition from home to hospital is stressful. The authors used the experiences surrounding death for 78 U.S. veterans who died in a Veterans Affairs hospital. The research is based on interviews conducted with the decedent's next-of-kin. Secondary qualitative analysis of previously-coded transcribed interviews was used. Themes of social disorganizati…
Experiencing a Forced Relocation at Different Life Stages: The Effects of China’s Three Gorges Project–induced Relocation on Depression
Guided by the life course perspective and the stress severity perspective, this study aims to evaluate the question: Does the Three Gorges Project–induced relocation affect people of different ages differently? Using a quasi-experimental design, we collected pre- and post-relocation data from a sample ( n = 1,056) that consists of both relocatees and nonmovers from the Three Gorges region in China. We found that relocatees of all age groups have …
Neither a Borrower Nor a Lender Be: The Relative Importance of Debt and SES for Mental Health Among Older Adults
These findings affirm health scholars' calls for more complete measures of SES
The Separate Spheres of Online Health: Gender, Parenting, and Online Health Information Searching in the Information Age
The objective of this article is to explore how parental status, gender, and their interaction influence a variety of aspects of searching for online health information. Drawing on nationally representative survey data, the results show that in a number of ways parenting and gender have separate but significant influences on the following: online searching behavior, whether the information is used, and feelings about the information obtained. The…
The Importance of Type, Amount, and Timing of Internet Use for Understanding Psychological Distress
Objective. Few social scientists have examined how Internet usage, including using the Internet for health purposes, may affect mental health. This study assesses whether the type or amount of online health activities and the timing of Internet use are associated with psychological distress. Methods. We use data from the National Cancer Institute's 2005 Health Information National Trends Survey. Results. When we compare Internet users to non‐Inte…
Rural-Urban Differences in General and Health-Related Internet Use
Literature has shown that people living in rural areas are less likely to have access to the Internet for demographic and technological reasons; however, less information is available regarding rural-urban differences in online health-information seeking. Data from the National Cancer Institute's nationally representative 2005 Health Information National Trends Survey ( N = 5,586) are used to examine these relationships. Logistic regression resul…
Ethical capital: What's a poor man got to leave
For those of little or no means, leaving one's mark through financial assets, social connections, and human investment is difficult. Using secondary analysis of transcripts from face-to-face interviews with 33 terminally-ill patients from an outpatient clinic at a public hospital serving the disadvantaged in the southern United States, we examine the legacy participants wish to leave behind. As part of this process, participants assess life circu…
Caring for the Disabled: Applying Different Theoretical Perspectives to Understand Racial and Ethnic Variations Among Families
Families often provide care for disabled relatives, yet this can affect caregivers negatively. To understand how disability affects the entire family, this article reviews four theories that can be used to understand caregiving and applies each theory to understand racial and ethnic variations among families. We examine the stress process model, social ecological perspective, life course perspective, and gender role socialization hypothesis, whic…
The Association Among Gender, Computer Use and Online Health Searching, and Mental Health
Research investigating the impacts of computer and Internet use is increasing; however, few sociologists explore how this use may impact on mental health outcomes. The authors use data from the 2004 General Social Survey to examine the relationship among gender, computer and Internet use for health purposes and mental health. Their findings are mixed in that computer and Internet use are both positively and negatively related to mental health. Th…
Caregiving
Caregiving is the act of providing unpaid assistance and support to family members or acquaintances who have physical, psychological, or developmental needs. Caring for others generally takes on three forms: instrumental, emotional, and informational caring. Instrumental help includes activities such as shopping for someone who is disabled or cleaning for an elderly parent. Caregiving also involves a great deal of emotional support, which may inc…
Predictors of improvement in social support: Five-year effects of a structured intervention for caregivers of spouses with Alzheimer's disease
Caregiving Outside of the Home: The Effects of Race on Depression
Contrary to prior literature, we found that Blacks are more depressed than White caregivers in large part because of lower socioeconomic status and greater stressors, and higher levels of physical impairment. Yet, strength in religious belief has a stress-buffering effect for African Americans. We suggest that policies that attempt to eliminate racial disparities in socioeconomic status and health could benefit these caregivers
Social capital and social support on the web: The Case of an Internet Mother Site
Do virtual communities in cyberspace foster social capital and social support? Using participant observation and discourse analysis, we examine a mothering board on a parent's website and investigate whether social capital was present, and if so, how it was developed and used. We find three main types of communication emerge from our analysis: emotional support, instrumental support - both formal and informal, and community building/protection, a…
Retirement and Mental Health
Suggestions for creating opportunities that enhance well-being are discussed
Anxiety in a Risk Society
Over the limit: The Association Among Health, Race and Debt
Age, Debt and Anxiety
Neither a Borrower Nor a Lender Be: The Relative Importance of Debt and SES for Mental Health Among Older Adults
These findings affirm health scholars' calls for more complete measures of SES
Consequences of Women's Formal and Informal Job Search Methods for Employment in Female-Dominated Jobs
Using data from the General Social Survey and the National Organizations Survey, this study assesses the extent to which job search methods affect gender composition in a job. In contrast to past research and the popular notion that networking maximizes job search outcomes, it is found that women who use informal job search methods had jobs with more women in them compared to not using such methods. Women using formal job search methods had jobs …
Social capital and social support on the web: The Case of an Internet Mother Site
Do virtual communities in cyberspace foster social capital and social support? Using participant observation and discourse analysis, we examine a mothering board on a parent's website and investigate whether social capital was present, and if so, how it was developed and used. We find three main types of communication emerge from our analysis: emotional support, instrumental support - both formal and informal, and community building/protection, a…
Benefits of Equitable Relationships: The Impact of Sense of Fairness, Household Division of Labor, and Decision Making Power on Perceived Social Support
Rural-Urban Differences in General and Health-Related Internet Use
Literature has shown that people living in rural areas are less likely to have access to the Internet for demographic and technological reasons; however, less information is available regarding rural-urban differences in online health-information seeking. Data from the National Cancer Institute's nationally representative 2005 Health Information National Trends Survey ( N = 5,586) are used to examine these relationships. Logistic regression resul…
Consequences of Retirement Activities for Distress and the Sense of Personal Control
We compare retirement with full-time employment on four forms of engaging activity and examine the consequences of retirement activities for the sense of control and psychological distress. We use a 1995 U.S. national telephone probability sample of 2,592 respondents with an oversample of persons aged sixty and older. In comparison to the activities of full-time employees, those of retirees are more alienating on some aspects but more engaging on…
Retirement and Mental Health
Suggestions for creating opportunities that enhance well-being are discussed
ADHD, Socioeconomic Status, Medication Use, and Academic Ethic
This study examines the relationship between socioeconomic status and the likelihood of receiving medication for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and then addresses the embodiment of the “ideal student,” using the National Survey of Child’s Health. We find that the construction of the ideal student and parents’ higher income is correlated with higher odds of medication use for children and adolescents with ADHD. Furthermore, our re…
Predictors of improvement in social support: Five-year effects of a structured intervention for caregivers of spouses with Alzheimer's disease
The Separate Spheres of Online Health: Gender, Parenting, and Online Health Information Searching in the Information Age
The objective of this article is to explore how parental status, gender, and their interaction influence a variety of aspects of searching for online health information. Drawing on nationally representative survey data, the results show that in a number of ways parenting and gender have separate but significant influences on the following: online searching behavior, whether the information is used, and feelings about the information obtained. The…
Ethical capital: What's a poor man got to leave
For those of little or no means, leaving one's mark through financial assets, social connections, and human investment is difficult. Using secondary analysis of transcripts from face-to-face interviews with 33 terminally-ill patients from an outpatient clinic at a public hospital serving the disadvantaged in the southern United States, we examine the legacy participants wish to leave behind. As part of this process, participants assess life circu…
Relative Deprivation, Conspicuous Consumption, and Medical Financial Hardship: Potential Reasons for Debt and Mental Health
This paper examines the associations of potential reasons for debt–including relative deprivation, conspicuous consumption, and medical financial hardship, and how these reasons for debt are associated with mental health. It examines how much debt explains the relationship with poor mental health. We used the 2010 Alabama Omnibus Survey with data on 507 respondents. We found that all three potential reasons for debt were at first associated with …
Caregiving Outside of the Home: The Effects of Race on Depression
Contrary to prior literature, we found that Blacks are more depressed than White caregivers in large part because of lower socioeconomic status and greater stressors, and higher levels of physical impairment. Yet, strength in religious belief has a stress-buffering effect for African Americans. We suggest that policies that attempt to eliminate racial disparities in socioeconomic status and health could benefit these caregivers
He’s on his dying bed”: Next-of-kin’s experiences of the dying body
For family members of dying patients who have grown accustomed to providing daily body care, the transition from home to hospital is stressful. The authors used the experiences surrounding death for 78 U.S. veterans who died in a Veterans Affairs hospital. The research is based on interviews conducted with the decedent's next-of-kin. Secondary qualitative analysis of previously-coded transcribed interviews was used. Themes of social disorganizati…
The Importance of Type, Amount, and Timing of Internet Use for Understanding Psychological Distress
Objective. Few social scientists have examined how Internet usage, including using the Internet for health purposes, may affect mental health. This study assesses whether the type or amount of online health activities and the timing of Internet use are associated with psychological distress. Methods. We use data from the National Cancer Institute's 2005 Health Information National Trends Survey. Results. When we compare Internet users to non‐Inte…
Consequences of Retirement Activities for Distress and the Sense of Personal Control
We compare retirement with full-time employment on four forms of engaging activity and examine the consequences of retirement activities for the sense of control and psychological distress. We use a 1995 U.S. national telephone probability sample of 2,592 respondents with an oversample of persons aged sixty and older. In comparison to the activities of full-time employees, those of retirees are more alienating on some aspects but more engaging on…
Consequences of Women's Formal and Informal Job Search Methods for Employment in Female-Dominated Jobs
Using data from the General Social Survey and the National Organizations Survey, this study assesses the extent to which job search methods affect gender composition in a job. In contrast to past research and the popular notion that networking maximizes job search outcomes, it is found that women who use informal job search methods had jobs with more women in them compared to not using such methods. Women using formal job search methods had jobs …
Over the limit: The Association Among Health, Race and Debt
Age, Debt and Anxiety
Benefits of Equitable Relationships: The Impact of Sense of Fairness, Household Division of Labor, and Decision Making Power on Perceived Social Support
Retirement and Mental Health
Suggestions for creating opportunities that enhance well-being are discussed
Anxiety in a Risk Society
Caregiving Outside of the Home: The Effects of Race on Depression
Contrary to prior literature, we found that Blacks are more depressed than White caregivers in large part because of lower socioeconomic status and greater stressors, and higher levels of physical impairment. Yet, strength in religious belief has a stress-buffering effect for African Americans. We suggest that policies that attempt to eliminate racial disparities in socioeconomic status and health could benefit these caregivers
Social capital and social support on the web: The Case of an Internet Mother Site
Do virtual communities in cyberspace foster social capital and social support? Using participant observation and discourse analysis, we examine a mothering board on a parent's website and investigate whether social capital was present, and if so, how it was developed and used. We find three main types of communication emerge from our analysis: emotional support, instrumental support - both formal and informal, and community building/protection, a…
Predictors of improvement in social support: Five-year effects of a structured intervention for caregivers of spouses with Alzheimer's disease
Caregiving
Caregiving is the act of providing unpaid assistance and support to family members or acquaintances who have physical, psychological, or developmental needs. Caring for others generally takes on three forms: instrumental, emotional, and informational caring. Instrumental help includes activities such as shopping for someone who is disabled or cleaning for an elderly parent. Caregiving also involves a great deal of emotional support, which may inc…
The Association Among Gender, Computer Use and Online Health Searching, and Mental Health
Research investigating the impacts of computer and Internet use is increasing; however, few sociologists explore how this use may impact on mental health outcomes. The authors use data from the 2004 General Social Survey to examine the relationship among gender, computer and Internet use for health purposes and mental health. Their findings are mixed in that computer and Internet use are both positively and negatively related to mental health. Th…
Caring for the Disabled: Applying Different Theoretical Perspectives to Understand Racial and Ethnic Variations Among Families
Families often provide care for disabled relatives, yet this can affect caregivers negatively. To understand how disability affects the entire family, this article reviews four theories that can be used to understand caregiving and applies each theory to understand racial and ethnic variations among families. We examine the stress process model, social ecological perspective, life course perspective, and gender role socialization hypothesis, whic…
Rural-Urban Differences in General and Health-Related Internet Use
Literature has shown that people living in rural areas are less likely to have access to the Internet for demographic and technological reasons; however, less information is available regarding rural-urban differences in online health-information seeking. Data from the National Cancer Institute's nationally representative 2005 Health Information National Trends Survey ( N = 5,586) are used to examine these relationships. Logistic regression resul…
Ethical capital: What's a poor man got to leave
For those of little or no means, leaving one's mark through financial assets, social connections, and human investment is difficult. Using secondary analysis of transcripts from face-to-face interviews with 33 terminally-ill patients from an outpatient clinic at a public hospital serving the disadvantaged in the southern United States, we examine the legacy participants wish to leave behind. As part of this process, participants assess life circu…
The Importance of Type, Amount, and Timing of Internet Use for Understanding Psychological Distress
Objective. Few social scientists have examined how Internet usage, including using the Internet for health purposes, may affect mental health. This study assesses whether the type or amount of online health activities and the timing of Internet use are associated with psychological distress. Methods. We use data from the National Cancer Institute's 2005 Health Information National Trends Survey. Results. When we compare Internet users to non‐Inte…
Neither a Borrower Nor a Lender Be: The Relative Importance of Debt and SES for Mental Health Among Older Adults
These findings affirm health scholars' calls for more complete measures of SES
The Separate Spheres of Online Health: Gender, Parenting, and Online Health Information Searching in the Information Age
The objective of this article is to explore how parental status, gender, and their interaction influence a variety of aspects of searching for online health information. Drawing on nationally representative survey data, the results show that in a number of ways parenting and gender have separate but significant influences on the following: online searching behavior, whether the information is used, and feelings about the information obtained. The…
Experiencing a Forced Relocation at Different Life Stages: The Effects of China’s Three Gorges Project–induced Relocation on Depression
Guided by the life course perspective and the stress severity perspective, this study aims to evaluate the question: Does the Three Gorges Project–induced relocation affect people of different ages differently? Using a quasi-experimental design, we collected pre- and post-relocation data from a sample ( n = 1,056) that consists of both relocatees and nonmovers from the Three Gorges region in China. We found that relocatees of all age groups have …
Where Does Debt Fit in the Stress Process Model
This paper contrasts two money-related stressors—debt and economic hardship—and clarifies where debt fits into the stress process model. Debt may be a direct or indirect stressor, as something mediated by psychosocial resources, and may be a potential buffer, interacting with economic hardship. The analyses use data from a two-wave panel study of 1,463 adults. One way debt is distinct from economic hardship is that debt is more common among econo…
He’s on his dying bed”: Next-of-kin’s experiences of the dying body
For family members of dying patients who have grown accustomed to providing daily body care, the transition from home to hospital is stressful. The authors used the experiences surrounding death for 78 U.S. veterans who died in a Veterans Affairs hospital. The research is based on interviews conducted with the decedent's next-of-kin. Secondary qualitative analysis of previously-coded transcribed interviews was used. Themes of social disorganizati…
ADHD, Socioeconomic Status, Medication Use, and Academic Ethic
This study examines the relationship between socioeconomic status and the likelihood of receiving medication for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and then addresses the embodiment of the “ideal student,” using the National Survey of Child’s Health. We find that the construction of the ideal student and parents’ higher income is correlated with higher odds of medication use for children and adolescents with ADHD. Furthermore, our re…
Caregiving
This entry examines how caregiving is defined and the alternative concept of carework. It examines relevant issues with caregiving, body work, and typically what is considered and studied in the area of caregiving
Hope, Dignity, and Oral Health for Women in Recovery
A series of professional photographs and interviews with women in recovery showcase hope after addiction
Early parental divorce across the life course: Parent–child relationships, women’s drinking, and mental health
This study examines the effects of early parental divorce on multi-dimensional views of parent–child relationships (e.g. support, strain, contact), alcohol consumption, and depressive symptoms among adult children. Many studies have shown that parental divorce has impacts on children’s well-being; however, few studies have examined the long-term effects of parental divorce on adult health. Using the Americans’ Changing Lives survey, regression re…
Psychology (27 works) · Medicine (14 works) · Social Psychology (14 works) · Psychiatry (12 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Clinical Psychology (11 works) · Developmental psychology (9 works) · Gerontology (9 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Computer Science (7 works)