Donna Dempster-Mcclain

Biographic Data

ID3631970
NAMEDonna Dempster-Mcclain
GIVEN NAMESDonna
FAMILY NAMEDempster-Mcclain
SIGNATUREDEMPSTER-MCCLAIN D
AFFILIATIONSCornell University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS285
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1989
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2001
H-INDEX4

  • A Nation Divided: Diversity, Inequality, and Community in American Society

    Shin-Kap Han, Shin‐kap Han et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…2001

  • Their Mother's Daughters? The Intergenerational Transmission of Gender Attitudes in a World of Changing Roles

    Phyllis Moen, Mary Ann Erickson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Marriage and the Family1997Cited by: 88

    Phyllis Moen, Mary Ann Erickson, Donna Dempster-McClain, Their Mother's Daughters? The Intergenerational Transmission of Gender Attitudes in a World of Changing Roles, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 59, No. 2 (May, 1997), pp. 281-293

  • The Effects of Childhood Family Stress on Women's Depressive Symptoms: A Life Course Approach

    Open AccessKay B Forest, Phyllis Moen et al.ARTICLEPsychology of Women Quarterly1996Cited by: 2References: 8

    This study uses a life course approach to observe the interaction between stressful childhood events and recent undesirable events to predict depressive symptoms in women. Data are from a community sample ( N = 205) of adult daughters from the Cornell Women's Roles Project, aged 26-58 years. Results indicate that women who experienced mild stressors during childhood are less likely to have depressive responses to undesirable events than are those…

  • Cohort Differences in the Transition to Motherhood: The Variable Effects of Education and Employment Before Marriage

    Open AccessKay B Forest, Phyllis Moen et al.ARTICLESociological Quarterly1995Cited by: 2References: 12

    Although research has found that educational attainment is a major predictor of age at first childbirth, this association may not be consistent across cohorts. In this article, we examine the adult transitions of four cohorts of married white women (N = 306), born between 1907 and 1933, including in our life course model not only education but also employment before marriage. As hypothesized, employment before marriage is the best predictor of th…

  • Women's Return to School Following the Transition to Motherhood

    Ellen M Bradburn, Phyllis Moen et al.ARTICLESocial Forces1995Cited by: 4

    Journal Article Women's Return to School Following the Transition to Motherhood Get access Ellen M. Bradburn, Ellen M. Bradburn Coe College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Phyllis Moen, Phyllis Moen Cornell University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Donna Dempster-McClain Donna Dempster-McClain Cornell University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Acad…

  • Caregiving and Women's Well-being: A Life Course Approach

    Phyllis Moen, Julie Robison et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health and Social…1995Cited by: 40

    This study demonstrates the utility of incorporating a life course, role context approach in investigations of the ties between particular roles and psychological well-being, using the links between women's caregiving and well-being as a case in point. We draw on panel data from a random sample of 293 women interviewed in 1956 and 1986, considering both current role occupancy and the duration of caregiving as well as a number of factors that may …

  • Successful Aging: A Life-Course Perspective on Women's Multiple Roles and Health

    Phyllis Moen, Donna Dempster‐mcclain et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Sociology1992Cited by: 86

    Panel data from a sample of 313 women who were wives and mothers in 1956 and were interviewed both in 1956 and in 1986 are used to consider the pathways that lead to health and social integration. Possible relationships were explored between the number, duration, timing, and episodes of various nonfamily roles throughout adult-hood and subsequent health and multiple-role occupancy. It was found that occupying multiple roles in 1956, participating…

  • Motherhood, Multiple Roles, and Maternal Well-Being: Women of the 1950s

    Open AccessMelody Miller, Melody L Miller et al.ARTICLEGender & Society1991Cited by: 1References: 17

    This study examined the effects of social integration (number of roles occupied) on the psychological well-being of American women who were wives and mothers of young children in the 1950s. The sample, drawn from a 1956 data archive, consisted of 358 married mothers with children under age 13 who lived in upstate New York. The authors focused on two measures of psychological well-being, self-esteem and general life satisfaction, and three measure…

  • Social Integration and Longevity: An Event History Analysis of Women's Roles and Resilience

    Phyllis Moen, Donna Dempster‐mcclain et al.ARTICLEAmerican Sociological Review1989Cited by: 61References: 8

    This paper investigates the implications of multiple roles for the longevity of women. Drawing on a two-wave 30-year panel study of 427 wives and mothers in upstate New York we use event history techniques to test the effects of both the number and the nature of roles on the duration of womens lives. We find that social integration defined by the number of roles occupied promotes longevity but that one form of integration--membership in a volunta…

  • Moonlighting Husbands: A Life-Cycle Perspective

    Open AccessDonna Dempster‐mcclain, Donna Dempster-Mcclain et al.ARTICLEWork and Occupations1989Cited by: 1References: 15

    This study examines the extent and correlates of moonlighting at various stages in the life course for employed husbands (N = 2,118) in the United States in the mid-1970s. Using data from the Michigan Panel Study of Income Dynamics (1976-1977 waves), the study found that 21% of the husbands held two jobs, a figure substantially higher than official estimates. In estimating the likelihood of moonlighting, using a range of individual, family, and j…