Michele Adams
Biographic Data
| ID | 3819426 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michele Adams |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michele |
| FAMILY NAME | Adams |
| SIGNATURE | ADAMS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tulane University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 46 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Divisions of Household Labor
Division of household labor refers to the allocation of duties implicated in keeping a family running smoothly in the private sphere, including tasks such as cleaning, cooking, laundry, and childcare. Traditionally, in the public sphere, men were the family breadwinners, while in the private sphere women were the housework experts, doing between three fourths and two thirds of routine household labor. Breadwinning is paid, valued, and empowering;…
Inequality/Stratification, Gender
Inequality and stratification based on gender refer to the differential ability of men and women to access society's resources and receive its privileges. As gender stratification increases, so does the level of gender inequality, reflecting greater differences between men's and women's access to power. Historically gender inequality has systematically disadvantaged women, with men occupying positions of dominance in the family and the paid labor…
Reconsidering the 'Acculturation Gap' Narrative Through an Analysis of Parent-Adolescent Acculturation Differences in Mexican American Families
Using a sample of 193 Mexican American adolescents ( M age at Wave 1 = 14 years) and three waves of data over 2 years, this study longitudinally examined the effects of parent-youth acculturation differences, relative to no differences, on parent-adolescent relationship quality and youth problem behavior. We examined parent-youth differences in overall acculturation, Mexican acculturation, and American acculturation. We differentiated between cas…
The Domestic Exotic
This study aims to conceptualize how mail-order brides are situated within a marriage market that is specific to Western masculine hegemony but not necessarily to the individuals who are involved. Through a discourse analysis of international dating website content, this article shows how the “domestic exotic” materializes. This despatialized “she” is decontextualized through her exotic foreignness and recontextualized into ideological Western sc…
Guided cognitive reframing of adolescent-father conflict
Adolescents may seek to understand family conflict by seeking out confidants. However, little is known about whom adolescents seek, whether and how such support helps youth, and the factors that predict which sources are sought. This chapter offers a conceptual model of guided cognitive reframing that emphasizes the behavioral, cognitive, and affective implications of confidant support as well as individual, family, and cultural factors linked to…
Precursors of Running Away During Adolescence
Although peer influence is a salient predictor of delinquency, how it operates in the etiology of runaway behavior is not fully understood. Using data from the N ational L ongitudinal S tudy of A dolescent H ealth, this study demonstrates the importance of taking peers into account in understanding the etiology of running away. The findings suggest that peer deviance is strongly associated with adolescents’ decision to run away, independent of so…
Is family a moral capital resource for female politicians? The case of ABC’s Commander in Chief
Being perceived as family-engaged is assumed to benefit politicians, augmenting moral capital they can trade for votes and power. Moral capital benefits of family engagement are particularly salient for male politicians, whose relationship to family generally invokes responsibility and strength. Is family engagement a moral capital resource for female politicians, whose stereotypical associations with family invoke dependency and support? This ma…
What's Age Got to Do With It? A Case Study Analysis of Power and Gender in Husband-Older Marriages
This qualitative study explores assumptions of family scholars who draw on age heterogamy and marriage-gradient approaches to suggest that marriages between older husbands and much younger wives are likely to be male-dominated, with traditional gender arrangements. Drawing on resource theory and marital power perspectives, we analyze the life histories, psychosocial understandings, and day-to-day arrangements of both partners in eight husband-old…
Divisions of Household Labor
Prior to the Industrial Revolution, economic production was organized around the home, and households were relatively self‐sufficient. Households were multifunctional, acting, among other things, as eating establishment, educational institution, factory, and infirmary. Everyone belonging to the household, including family members, servants, and apprentices, did their part in the household's productive labor. The word “housework,” first used in 18…
Inequality/Stratification, Gender
Gender stratification refers to the level of inequality in society based on gender, the social characteristics associated with sex. Specifically, gender stratification refers to the differential ability of men and women to access society's resources and to receive its privileges. As gender stratification increases, so does the level of gender inequality, reflecting greater differences between men's and women's access to power. Because historicall…
Cross-ethnic Applicability of the Gender-based Attitudes Toward Marriage and Child Rearing Scales
Women's Rights and Wedding Bells
Researchers suggest that backlashes to feminism may appear in the form of pro-family campaigns. Social scientists have observed themes in the current pro-marriage movement to support this claim; others note historical cycles of pro-family backlash to feminism. This article is a sociohistorical analysis of texts from a leading organized advocate of 19th-century pro-family reform that examines emergent rhetorical themes illustrative of a backlash t…
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Taming the Troublesome Child
Cross-ethnic Applicability of the Gender-based Attitudes Toward Marriage and Child Rearing Scales
What's Age Got to Do With It? A Case Study Analysis of Power and Gender in Husband-Older Marriages
This qualitative study explores assumptions of family scholars who draw on age heterogamy and marriage-gradient approaches to suggest that marriages between older husbands and much younger wives are likely to be male-dominated, with traditional gender arrangements. Drawing on resource theory and marital power perspectives, we analyze the life histories, psychosocial understandings, and day-to-day arrangements of both partners in eight husband-old…
Precursors of Running Away During Adolescence
Although peer influence is a salient predictor of delinquency, how it operates in the etiology of runaway behavior is not fully understood. Using data from the N ational L ongitudinal S tudy of A dolescent H ealth, this study demonstrates the importance of taking peers into account in understanding the etiology of running away. The findings suggest that peer deviance is strongly associated with adolescents’ decision to run away, independent of so…
Reconsidering the 'Acculturation Gap' Narrative Through an Analysis of Parent-Adolescent Acculturation Differences in Mexican American Families
Using a sample of 193 Mexican American adolescents ( M age at Wave 1 = 14 years) and three waves of data over 2 years, this study longitudinally examined the effects of parent-youth acculturation differences, relative to no differences, on parent-adolescent relationship quality and youth problem behavior. We examined parent-youth differences in overall acculturation, Mexican acculturation, and American acculturation. We differentiated between cas…
The Domestic Exotic
This study aims to conceptualize how mail-order brides are situated within a marriage market that is specific to Western masculine hegemony but not necessarily to the individuals who are involved. Through a discourse analysis of international dating website content, this article shows how the “domestic exotic” materializes. This despatialized “she” is decontextualized through her exotic foreignness and recontextualized into ideological Western sc…
Is family a moral capital resource for female politicians? The case of ABC’s Commander in Chief
Being perceived as family-engaged is assumed to benefit politicians, augmenting moral capital they can trade for votes and power. Moral capital benefits of family engagement are particularly salient for male politicians, whose relationship to family generally invokes responsibility and strength. Is family engagement a moral capital resource for female politicians, whose stereotypical associations with family invoke dependency and support? This ma…
Women's Rights and Wedding Bells
Researchers suggest that backlashes to feminism may appear in the form of pro-family campaigns. Social scientists have observed themes in the current pro-marriage movement to support this claim; others note historical cycles of pro-family backlash to feminism. This article is a sociohistorical analysis of texts from a leading organized advocate of 19th-century pro-family reform that examines emergent rhetorical themes illustrative of a backlash t…
Taming the Troublesome Child
Special Reviewers
Divisions of Household Labor
Prior to the Industrial Revolution, economic production was organized around the home, and households were relatively self‐sufficient. Households were multifunctional, acting, among other things, as eating establishment, educational institution, factory, and infirmary. Everyone belonging to the household, including family members, servants, and apprentices, did their part in the household's productive labor. The word “housework,” first used in 18…
Inequality/Stratification, Gender
Gender stratification refers to the level of inequality in society based on gender, the social characteristics associated with sex. Specifically, gender stratification refers to the differential ability of men and women to access society's resources and to receive its privileges. As gender stratification increases, so does the level of gender inequality, reflecting greater differences between men's and women's access to power. Because historicall…
Cross-ethnic Applicability of the Gender-based Attitudes Toward Marriage and Child Rearing Scales
Women's Rights and Wedding Bells
Researchers suggest that backlashes to feminism may appear in the form of pro-family campaigns. Social scientists have observed themes in the current pro-marriage movement to support this claim; others note historical cycles of pro-family backlash to feminism. This article is a sociohistorical analysis of texts from a leading organized advocate of 19th-century pro-family reform that examines emergent rhetorical themes illustrative of a backlash t…
What's Age Got to Do With It? A Case Study Analysis of Power and Gender in Husband-Older Marriages
This qualitative study explores assumptions of family scholars who draw on age heterogamy and marriage-gradient approaches to suggest that marriages between older husbands and much younger wives are likely to be male-dominated, with traditional gender arrangements. Drawing on resource theory and marital power perspectives, we analyze the life histories, psychosocial understandings, and day-to-day arrangements of both partners in eight husband-old…
Is family a moral capital resource for female politicians? The case of ABC’s Commander in Chief
Being perceived as family-engaged is assumed to benefit politicians, augmenting moral capital they can trade for votes and power. Moral capital benefits of family engagement are particularly salient for male politicians, whose relationship to family generally invokes responsibility and strength. Is family engagement a moral capital resource for female politicians, whose stereotypical associations with family invoke dependency and support? This ma…
Guided cognitive reframing of adolescent-father conflict
Adolescents may seek to understand family conflict by seeking out confidants. However, little is known about whom adolescents seek, whether and how such support helps youth, and the factors that predict which sources are sought. This chapter offers a conceptual model of guided cognitive reframing that emphasizes the behavioral, cognitive, and affective implications of confidant support as well as individual, family, and cultural factors linked to…
Precursors of Running Away During Adolescence
Although peer influence is a salient predictor of delinquency, how it operates in the etiology of runaway behavior is not fully understood. Using data from the N ational L ongitudinal S tudy of A dolescent H ealth, this study demonstrates the importance of taking peers into account in understanding the etiology of running away. The findings suggest that peer deviance is strongly associated with adolescents’ decision to run away, independent of so…
Reconsidering the 'Acculturation Gap' Narrative Through an Analysis of Parent-Adolescent Acculturation Differences in Mexican American Families
Using a sample of 193 Mexican American adolescents ( M age at Wave 1 = 14 years) and three waves of data over 2 years, this study longitudinally examined the effects of parent-youth acculturation differences, relative to no differences, on parent-adolescent relationship quality and youth problem behavior. We examined parent-youth differences in overall acculturation, Mexican acculturation, and American acculturation. We differentiated between cas…
The Domestic Exotic
This study aims to conceptualize how mail-order brides are situated within a marriage market that is specific to Western masculine hegemony but not necessarily to the individuals who are involved. Through a discourse analysis of international dating website content, this article shows how the “domestic exotic” materializes. This despatialized “she” is decontextualized through her exotic foreignness and recontextualized into ideological Western sc…
Divisions of Household Labor
Division of household labor refers to the allocation of duties implicated in keeping a family running smoothly in the private sphere, including tasks such as cleaning, cooking, laundry, and childcare. Traditionally, in the public sphere, men were the family breadwinners, while in the private sphere women were the housework experts, doing between three fourths and two thirds of routine household labor. Breadwinning is paid, valued, and empowering;…
Inequality/Stratification, Gender
Inequality and stratification based on gender refer to the differential ability of men and women to access society's resources and receive its privileges. As gender stratification increases, so does the level of gender inequality, reflecting greater differences between men's and women's access to power. Historically gender inequality has systematically disadvantaged women, with men occupying positions of dominance in the family and the paid labor…
Sociology (10 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Political science (7 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Work-Family Balance Challenges (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (4 works)