James A Mcrae
Biographic Data
| ID | 3632623 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James A Mcrae |
| GIVEN NAMES | James A |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcrae |
| SIGNATURE | MCRAE J A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Carolina |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 265 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 22 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Gorillas in the Midst (of a Moral Conundrum)
In 2016, a Cincinnati Zoo worker shot and killed a Western lowland gorilla to protect a three-year-old boy who had fallen into the animal’s enclosure. This incident involves a variant of the classical trolley problem, one in which the death of a human being on the main track might be avoided by selecting an alternate track containing a member of an endangered species. This problem raises two important questions for environmental ethics. First, wh…
The Effects of Data Collection Mode and Disclosure on Adolescent Reporting of Health Behavior
This study examined how information obtained from an adolescent screening instrument administered in a medical clinic is affected by the method of data collection and knowledge that a summary report would be given to the provider. The Adolescent Health Review (AHR) was administered to 610 adolescent patients randomly assigned to 1 of 3 conditions to test the effect of mode of administration (paper vs. computer) and disclosure of results to the pr…
Barriers to Care Among American Indians in Public Health Care Programs
OBJECTIVE: We sought to examine the extent to which reported barriers to health care services differ between American Indians (AIs) and non-Hispanic Whites (Whites). METHODS: A statewide stratified random sample of Minnesota health care program enrollees was surveyed. Responses from AI and White adult enrollees (n=1281) and parents of child enrollees (n=572) were analyzed using logistic regression models that account for the complex sample design…
An Evaluation of Computer-Assisted Self-Interviews in a School Setting
Journal Article An Evaluation of Computer-Assisted Self-Interviews in a School Setting Get access TIMOTHY J. BEEBE, TIMOTHY J. BEEBE Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar PATRICIA A. HARRISON, PATRICIA A. HARRISON Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar JAMES A. MCRAE, JAMES A. MCRAE Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar JR., JR. Search for othe…
Rasch measurement and differences between women and men in self-esteem
Mobility Effect Models
Journal Article Mobility Effect Models: A Reply to Schumm et al. Get access Charles J. Brody, Charles J. Brody Tulane University Direct correspondence to Charles J. Brody at the Department of Sociology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, or via BITNET: SC12NSF @ TCSVM. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar James A. McRae, Jr. James A. McRae, Jr. University of South Carolina Search for other works by this …
Reply to Glenn
Journal Article Reply to Glenn Get access James A. McRae, Jr., James A. McRae, Jr. University of South Carolina Direct correspondence to James A. McRae, Jr., Department of Sociology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Charles J. Brody Charles J. Brody Tulane University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Forces, Volu…
The differential importance of marital experiences for the well-being of women and men
Changes in Attributions of Marital Problems
Attribution theory suggests that attributions of personal responsibility are less likely to be made when forces external to individuals are believed to be important. Data from national samples collected in 1957 and 1976 indicate a reluctance to attribute marital problems to oneself and a decreased tendency to attribute them to one's spouse; the decrease was especially pronounced among divorced respondents in describing previous marriages, althoug…
Social Issues and Socioeconomic Status
This paper examines the hypothesized inverse relationship between socioeconomic status and conservatism on a wide range of so-called social issues. This relationship is important in itself as well as in some theories that link political dealignment to features of postindustrial society. We examine this relationship by looking at the net effects of education, occupation, income, and class (owner, supervisor, or worker) on nine issues. Our results …
Models for Estimating Effects of Origin, Destination, and Mobility
Journal Article Models for Estimating Effects of Origin, Destination, and Mobility Get access Charles J. Brody, Charles J. Brody Tulane University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar James A. McRae, Jr. James A. McRae, Jr. University of South Carolina Address correspondence to James A. McRae, Jr., Department of Sociology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208. Search for other works by this author o…
Walker Lenore E., the Battered Woman
Social Conservatism, New Republicans, and the 1980 Election
Using data from the 1980 National Election Study, we examine the claims (1) that those voters who shifted to Ronald Reagan in 1980 (“New Republicans”) were drawn disproportionately from the lower to middle strata of the population: (2) that they were social conservatives motivated by issues like abortion and ERA: and (3) that they were more religious and alienated from the federal government than average. Our results strongly suggest that all of …
Changes in Religious Communalism Desired by Protestants and Catholics
Diluting Relationships
Trends in the Relationship Between Sex and Attempted Suicide
Trends in the female:male ratio of attempted suicide are studied by assembling a data set consisting of all published normal population studies of suicide attempts conducted in the United States between 1940 and 1980. A post-World War II increase in this ratio and a subsequent decrease beginning in the 1960s are documented. The first of these changes is consistent with a post-War shift in the sex ratio of overall psychopathology discovered by Gov…
The Effect of Wives' Employment on the Mental Health of Married Men and Women
Trends in the Relationship Between Sex and Psychological Distress
In recent years a great deal of interest has developed in the role as a way of understanding the high rates of psychological distress among women in our society. Although this work has been almost entirely cross-sectional, the underlying hypothesis predicts that the relationship between sex and distress should decline as sex roles become more comparable. Basing our analysis on three national surveys and two community surveys spanning the years 19…
A Discourse on Method
Sex Typing and Social Roles
Sex Typing and Social Roles
Multiway Contingency Analysis with a Scaled Response or Factor
Concern about the treatment of polytomous variables in multiway contingency analysis has been expressed by Reynolds (1977). A partial response to the concern is offered by the technique of partitioning (Duncan, 1975), which is especially appropriate when the polytomy represents a set of qualitatively distinct categories. In the event that the categories are ordered or scaled, a different technique, described here, may be suitable. We
The Effect of Wives' Employment on the Mental Health of Married Men and Women
Trends in the Relationship Between Sex and Psychological Distress
In recent years a great deal of interest has developed in the role as a way of understanding the high rates of psychological distress among women in our society. Although this work has been almost entirely cross-sectional, the underlying hypothesis predicts that the relationship between sex and distress should decline as sex roles become more comparable. Basing our analysis on three national surveys and two community surveys spanning the years 19…
Social Issues and Socioeconomic Status
This paper examines the hypothesized inverse relationship between socioeconomic status and conservatism on a wide range of so-called social issues. This relationship is important in itself as well as in some theories that link political dealignment to features of postindustrial society. We examine this relationship by looking at the net effects of education, occupation, income, and class (owner, supervisor, or worker) on nine issues. Our results …
An Evaluation of Computer-Assisted Self-Interviews in a School Setting
Journal Article An Evaluation of Computer-Assisted Self-Interviews in a School Setting Get access TIMOTHY J. BEEBE, TIMOTHY J. BEEBE Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar PATRICIA A. HARRISON, PATRICIA A. HARRISON Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar JAMES A. MCRAE, JAMES A. MCRAE Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar JR., JR. Search for othe…
Social Conservatism, New Republicans, and the 1980 Election
Using data from the 1980 National Election Study, we examine the claims (1) that those voters who shifted to Ronald Reagan in 1980 (“New Republicans”) were drawn disproportionately from the lower to middle strata of the population: (2) that they were social conservatives motivated by issues like abortion and ERA: and (3) that they were more religious and alienated from the federal government than average. Our results strongly suggest that all of …
The differential importance of marital experiences for the well-being of women and men
Rasch measurement and differences between women and men in self-esteem
The Effects of Data Collection Mode and Disclosure on Adolescent Reporting of Health Behavior
This study examined how information obtained from an adolescent screening instrument administered in a medical clinic is affected by the method of data collection and knowledge that a summary report would be given to the provider. The Adolescent Health Review (AHR) was administered to 610 adolescent patients randomly assigned to 1 of 3 conditions to test the effect of mode of administration (paper vs. computer) and disclosure of results to the pr…
Changes in Attributions of Marital Problems
Attribution theory suggests that attributions of personal responsibility are less likely to be made when forces external to individuals are believed to be important. Data from national samples collected in 1957 and 1976 indicate a reluctance to attribute marital problems to oneself and a decreased tendency to attribute them to one's spouse; the decrease was especially pronounced among divorced respondents in describing previous marriages, althoug…
Multiway Contingency Analysis with a Scaled Response or Factor
Concern about the treatment of polytomous variables in multiway contingency analysis has been expressed by Reynolds (1977). A partial response to the concern is offered by the technique of partitioning (Duncan, 1975), which is especially appropriate when the polytomy represents a set of qualitatively distinct categories. In the event that the categories are ordered or scaled, a different technique, described here, may be suitable. We
Models for Estimating Effects of Origin, Destination, and Mobility
Journal Article Models for Estimating Effects of Origin, Destination, and Mobility Get access Charles J. Brody, Charles J. Brody Tulane University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar James A. McRae, Jr. James A. McRae, Jr. University of South Carolina Address correspondence to James A. McRae, Jr., Department of Sociology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208. Search for other works by this author o…
Trends in the Relationship Between Sex and Attempted Suicide
Trends in the female:male ratio of attempted suicide are studied by assembling a data set consisting of all published normal population studies of suicide attempts conducted in the United States between 1940 and 1980. A post-World War II increase in this ratio and a subsequent decrease beginning in the 1960s are documented. The first of these changes is consistent with a post-War shift in the sex ratio of overall psychopathology discovered by Gov…
Multiway Contingency Analysis with a Scaled Response or Factor
Concern about the treatment of polytomous variables in multiway contingency analysis has been expressed by Reynolds (1977). A partial response to the concern is offered by the technique of partitioning (Duncan, 1975), which is especially appropriate when the polytomy represents a set of qualitatively distinct categories. In the event that the categories are ordered or scaled, a different technique, described here, may be suitable. We
A Discourse on Method
Sex Typing and Social Roles
Sex Typing and Social Roles
Trends in the Relationship Between Sex and Psychological Distress
In recent years a great deal of interest has developed in the role as a way of understanding the high rates of psychological distress among women in our society. Although this work has been almost entirely cross-sectional, the underlying hypothesis predicts that the relationship between sex and distress should decline as sex roles become more comparable. Basing our analysis on three national surveys and two community surveys spanning the years 19…
The Effect of Wives' Employment on the Mental Health of Married Men and Women
Changes in Religious Communalism Desired by Protestants and Catholics
Diluting Relationships
Trends in the Relationship Between Sex and Attempted Suicide
Trends in the female:male ratio of attempted suicide are studied by assembling a data set consisting of all published normal population studies of suicide attempts conducted in the United States between 1940 and 1980. A post-World War II increase in this ratio and a subsequent decrease beginning in the 1960s are documented. The first of these changes is consistent with a post-War shift in the sex ratio of overall psychopathology discovered by Gov…
Social Conservatism, New Republicans, and the 1980 Election
Using data from the 1980 National Election Study, we examine the claims (1) that those voters who shifted to Ronald Reagan in 1980 (“New Republicans”) were drawn disproportionately from the lower to middle strata of the population: (2) that they were social conservatives motivated by issues like abortion and ERA: and (3) that they were more religious and alienated from the federal government than average. Our results strongly suggest that all of …
Walker Lenore E., the Battered Woman
Models for Estimating Effects of Origin, Destination, and Mobility
Journal Article Models for Estimating Effects of Origin, Destination, and Mobility Get access Charles J. Brody, Charles J. Brody Tulane University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar James A. McRae, Jr. James A. McRae, Jr. University of South Carolina Address correspondence to James A. McRae, Jr., Department of Sociology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208. Search for other works by this author o…
Changes in Attributions of Marital Problems
Attribution theory suggests that attributions of personal responsibility are less likely to be made when forces external to individuals are believed to be important. Data from national samples collected in 1957 and 1976 indicate a reluctance to attribute marital problems to oneself and a decreased tendency to attribute them to one's spouse; the decrease was especially pronounced among divorced respondents in describing previous marriages, althoug…
Social Issues and Socioeconomic Status
This paper examines the hypothesized inverse relationship between socioeconomic status and conservatism on a wide range of so-called social issues. This relationship is important in itself as well as in some theories that link political dealignment to features of postindustrial society. We examine this relationship by looking at the net effects of education, occupation, income, and class (owner, supervisor, or worker) on nine issues. Our results …
Reply to Glenn
Journal Article Reply to Glenn Get access James A. McRae, Jr., James A. McRae, Jr. University of South Carolina Direct correspondence to James A. McRae, Jr., Department of Sociology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Charles J. Brody Charles J. Brody Tulane University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Forces, Volu…
The differential importance of marital experiences for the well-being of women and men
Mobility Effect Models
Journal Article Mobility Effect Models: A Reply to Schumm et al. Get access Charles J. Brody, Charles J. Brody Tulane University Direct correspondence to Charles J. Brody at the Department of Sociology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, or via BITNET: SC12NSF @ TCSVM. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar James A. McRae, Jr. James A. McRae, Jr. University of South Carolina Search for other works by this …
Rasch measurement and differences between women and men in self-esteem
An Evaluation of Computer-Assisted Self-Interviews in a School Setting
Journal Article An Evaluation of Computer-Assisted Self-Interviews in a School Setting Get access TIMOTHY J. BEEBE, TIMOTHY J. BEEBE Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar PATRICIA A. HARRISON, PATRICIA A. HARRISON Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar JAMES A. MCRAE, JAMES A. MCRAE Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar JR., JR. Search for othe…
The Effects of Data Collection Mode and Disclosure on Adolescent Reporting of Health Behavior
This study examined how information obtained from an adolescent screening instrument administered in a medical clinic is affected by the method of data collection and knowledge that a summary report would be given to the provider. The Adolescent Health Review (AHR) was administered to 610 adolescent patients randomly assigned to 1 of 3 conditions to test the effect of mode of administration (paper vs. computer) and disclosure of results to the pr…
Barriers to Care Among American Indians in Public Health Care Programs
OBJECTIVE: We sought to examine the extent to which reported barriers to health care services differ between American Indians (AIs) and non-Hispanic Whites (Whites). METHODS: A statewide stratified random sample of Minnesota health care program enrollees was surveyed. Responses from AI and White adult enrollees (n=1281) and parents of child enrollees (n=572) were analyzed using logistic regression models that account for the complex sample design…
Gorillas in the Midst (of a Moral Conundrum)
In 2016, a Cincinnati Zoo worker shot and killed a Western lowland gorilla to protect a three-year-old boy who had fallen into the animal’s enclosure. This incident involves a variant of the classical trolley problem, one in which the death of a human being on the main track might be avoided by selecting an alternate track containing a member of an endangered species. This problem raises two important questions for environmental ethics. First, wh…
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