Miles E Simpson

Biographic Data

ID3632072
NAMEMiles E Simpson
GIVEN NAMESMiles E
FAMILY NAMESimpson
SIGNATURESIMPSON M E
AFFILIATIONSNorth Carolina Central University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS19
AUTHOR COUNT5
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1970
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1989
H-INDEX2

  • Socioeconomic Development, Suicide and Religion: A Test of Durkheim's Theory of Religion and Suicide

    Miles E Simpson, Miles Simpson et al.ARTICLESocial Forces1989

    Journal Article Socioeconomic Development, Suicide and Religion: A Test of Durkheim's Theory of Religion and Suicide Get access Miles E. Simpson, Miles E. Simpson North Carolina Central University Direct correspondence to the authors, Department of Sociology, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC 27707. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar George H. Conklin George H. Conklin North Carolina Central Unive…

  • The Family, Socio-Economic Development and Suicide: A 52 Nation Comparative Study

    George H Conklin, Miles E Simpson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Comparative Family…1987Cited by: 4

    Empirical studies of the family and suicide are few, while comparative studies of family structure and suicide are rare. Past cross-national comparative studies of suicide rates and family variables employ only a few independent variables and a limited number of countries. Using a sample as broadly comparative as possible, we examined Durkheim s theory of the family and suicide for 52 nations. Sixteen variables are analyzed. Family measures such …

  • Type A Behavior, Field Dependence, and Serum Lipids

    Edward W Mccranie, Miles E Simpson et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine1981

    Given evidence that individual differences on the cognitive style dimension of field dependence/independence are significantly related to sympathetically mediated cardiovascular functioning and lipid metabolism, a correlational study was designed to examine associations between Type A behavior, field dependence, and serum lipids. It was hypothesized that field dependent Type A individuals would exhibit higher levels of total cholesterol and trigl…

  • The Consequences of Social Mobility: The Problem of Indicator Measurement Error

    Miles E Simpson, Miles SimpsonARTICLEAmerican Journal of Sociology1979Cited by: 1

    The comments printed in this section are limited to brief critiques of articles and reviews published in the AJS. These comments are expected to address specific errors or flaws. Comments on articles are not to exceed 1,500 words, those on reviews 750 words. Authors of articles and reviews are invited to reply to comments, subject to the same length limits. The AJS does not publish commenters' rebuttals to authors' replies. Longer or less narrowl…

  • Social Mobility, Normlessness and Powerlessness in Two Cultural Contexts

    Miles E Simpson, Miles SimpsonARTICLEAmerican Sociological Review1970Cited by: 14References: 15

    This study examines the effects of occupational and educational mobility in two Latin American countries, Costa Rica and Mexico, and in the United States. We hypothesized that the mobile person in Costa Rica or Mexico will experience more normlessness (anomia) than nonmobile persons from his class of origin and his class of destination; but in the United States, where mobility is said to be more commonly expected, the socially mobile person will …