Gerald Gurin

Biographic Data

ID310156
NAMEGerald Gurin
GIVEN NAMESGerald
FAMILY NAMEGurin
SIGNATUREGURIN G
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Michigan
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS15
TOTAL CITATIONS815
AUTHOR COUNT15
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1953
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2002
H-INDEX7

  • Diversity and Higher Education: Theory and Impact on Educational Outcomes

    Patricia Gurin, Eric L Dey et al.ARTICLEHarvard Educational Review2002

    In the current context of legal challenges to affirmative action and race-based considerations in college admissions, educators have been challenged to articulate clearly the educational purposes and benefits of diversity. In this article, Patricia Gurin, Eric Dey, Sylvia Hurtado, and Gerald Gurin explore the relationship between students' experiences with diverse peers in the college or university setting and their educational outcomes. Rooted i…

  • Clarifying Peer Relations and Delinquency

    Open AccessEdward Pabon, Orlando Rodríguez et al.ARTICLEYouth & Society1992Cited by: 3References: 8

    Peer Reviewed

  • Myth and Reality: The Causes and Persistence of Poverty

    Mary Corcoran, Greg J Duncan et al.ARTICLEJournal of Policy Analysis and…1985Cited by: 21

    Mary Corcoran, Greg J. Duncan, Gerald Gurin, Patricia Gurin, Myth and Reality: The Causes and Persistence of Poverty, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 4, No. 4 (Summer, 1985), pp. 516-536

  • Stress, Coping, and Black Mental Health: Preliminary Findings from a National Study

    Harold W Neighbors, James S Jackson et al.ARTICLEPrevention in Human Services1983

    Despite the fact that blacks are disproportionately exposed to social conditions considered to be antecedents of psychiatric disorder, epidemiologic studies have not conclusively demonstrated that blacks exhibit higher rates of mental illness than whites. The present paper employed a research approach which considered not only rates of psychological distress, but also the stressors that blacks face and the various coping strategies used to adapt …

  • Group Consciousness and Political Participation

    Arthur H Miller, Patricia Gurin et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Political…1981Cited by: 423References: 8

    This article explores the theoretical and methodological problems underlying the relationship between group consciousness and political participation with data from the Center for Political Studies (CPS) 1972 and 1976 National Election Studies. It delineates four conceptual components of group consciousness and examines their relationships with electoral and nonelectoral participation among both subordinate and dominant social groups. An interact…

  • Stratum Identification and Consciousness

    Patricia Gurin, Arthur H Miller et al.ARTICLESocial Psychology Quarterly1980Cited by: 214References: 4

    National sample data were analyzed to describe the identification and class consciousness of people with workingand middle-class occupations, race consciousness of blacks and whites, sex consciousness of women, and age consciousness of people sixty years or older. Stratum consciousness, an ideology about the position of the stratum in society, includes a sense of power discontent, evaluation of the legitimacy of its position, and the view that co…

  • Expectancy Theory in the Study of Poverty

    Open AccessGerald Gurin, Patricia GurinARTICLEJournal of Social Issues1970Cited by: 14References: 30

  • Internal‐External Control in the Motivational Dynamics of Negro Youth

    Open AccessPatricia Gurin, Gerald Gurin et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social Issues1969Cited by: 110References: 4

  • Achievement Motivation and Religious Background

    Joseph Veroff, Sheila Feld et al.ARTICLEAmerican Sociological Review1962Cited by: 10

    High achievement motivation scores derived from thematic apperceptive measures administered in a nationwide sample survey were most prevalent in Jewish men, and more prevalent in Catholic than in Protestant men. This high incidence among Catholic men was found attributable largely to the middle-aged group. Furthermore, Catholics' achievement motivation, unlike Protestants' was associated with a low income and a large family. This difference is in…

  • Dimensions of subjective adjustment

    Joseph Veroff, Sheila Feld et al.ARTICLEJournal of Abnormal & Social…1962Cited by: 2

  • Americans View Their Mental Health: A Nationwide Interview Survey

    August B Hollingshead, Gerald Gurin et al.ARTICLEAmerican Sociological Review1961Cited by: 11

  • Americans view their mental health: A nationwide interview survey; a report to the staff director, Jack E. Ewalt, 1960

    Gerald GurinBOOKAmericans view their mental health1960

  • Public Awareness and Perception of the Problems of Mental Health

    J A Clausen, Jum C Nunnally et al.ARTICLEPublic Opinion Quarterly1957

    Journal Article PUBLIC AWARENESS AND PERCEPTION OF THE PROBLEMS OF MENTAL HEALTH Get access John A. Clausen, John A. Clausen Chairman,Reporter National Institute of Mental Health Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Jim C. Nunnally, Jim C. Nunnally Speaker Institute for Communications Research, University of Illinois, "The Communication of Mental Health Information: An Analysis of the Communication Process" Sea…

  • The Voter Decides

    Robert T Bower, Angus Campbell et al.ARTICLEAmerican Sociological Review1954Cited by: 2

  • Political Issues and the Vote: November, 1952

    Open AccessAngus Campbell, Gerald Gurin et al.ARTICLEAmerican Political Science Review1953Cited by: 5References: 2

    In March, 1952 the Carnegie Corporation made available to the Social Science Research Council a research grant to support a major study of factors influencing the popular vote in the 1952 presidential election. Under the sponsorship of the Council's Committee on Political Behavior this project is currently being carried out by the Survey Research Center of the University of Michigan.The study was developed around six major objectives:1. To identi…