Lorraine Davies
Biographic Data
| ID | 3819439 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lorraine Davies |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lorraine |
| FAMILY NAME | Davies |
| SIGNATURE | DAVIES L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 178 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Patterns of Cumulative Abuse Among Female Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence
Drawing on the Women's Health Effects Study, a community sample of women (N = 309) who recently left an abusive partner, this study examines patterns of cumulative abuse experiences over the life course, their socioeconomic correlates, and associations with a range of health outcomes. Latent class analysis identified four groups of women with differing cumulative abuse profiles: Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Dominant, Child Abuse and IPV, All F…
When 'breast' is no longer 'best
Leaving ≠ Moving
Access to safe and affordable housing is a key concern for women leaving abusive partners. Yet little is known about women's housing patterns around leaving. In this community sample, approximately equal numbers of women did not move, moved once, and moved two or more times during the transition period around leaving. Overall, moving patterns were associated with housing type and suitability, economic circumstances, and severity of violence. This…
Modelling the effects of intimate partner violence and access to resources on women's health in the early years after leaving an abusive partner
Gender Inequality and Patterns of Abuse Post Leaving
Family Structure, Gender, and Health in the Context of the Life Course
We estimate the effects of single parenthood on parental health and determine whether such effects are similar for all single parents or whether there are variations by gender among young, middle-aged, and older adults. The results of our analyses of the Canadian National Population Health Survey (NPHS) reveal that single parenthood is associated with elevated psychological distress and alcohol consumption among women, especially among those who …
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Explaining Gender Differences in Mastery among Married Parents
In this paper we examine the effects of work and family relations on feelings of control among married persons with children in the home. Previous research is unclear as to whether married men enjoy higher feelings of perceived control than their female counterparts, although theory suggests that women will feel a lower sense of mastery. On the basis of Mirowsky and Ross's (1989) theory of control, we find that wives report significantly less mas…
Welfare Reform in Ontario
This paper investigates the relationship between income security policies and mothers' poverty. We evaluate qualitatively how changes to Ontario's social welfare system brought about by the 1997 Social Assistance Reform Act have affected mothers' financial security. We find that cuts to social assistance benefits and eligibility restrictions can undermine their ability to care adequately for their children and argue that these cuts can also make …
The Importance of Power Relations for the Division of Household Labour
Address all correspondence to Lorraine Davies, Department of Sociology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5C2, e-mail: [email protected]. We are grateful to Chloe Bird, Donna D. McAlpine, Julie A. McMullin and Clint Wilson for their comments on this paper Abstract: This article examines the division of housework in dual-earner households. We hypothesize that power relations affect the amount of household work tha…
Sibling Ties in Later Life
Using data from a study of 678 adults aged 55 and older, this article examines the role of siblings in four social support networks: confidants, companions, emotional support, and instrumental support, with a particular focus on the impact of gender and marital status on their role. Two types of analyses are used: probability analysis to determine the likelihood of specifying a given tie as a network member and compositional analysis of network m…
The Significance of Family, Work, and Power Relations for Mothers' Mental Health
The connections among employment and family conditions, gender, and psychological distress are examined using a power relations framework with a sample of mothers. We consider how broader societal conditions impact on mother's lives to differentially shape their opportunities and rewards, and therefore their distress. Employment, as well as income and control, benefit mother's mental health. Single parenthood per se is not a risk factor for distr…
The Work-Family Challenge
Significant Life Experiences and Depression among Single and Married Mothers
Lorraine Davies, William R. Avison, Donna D. McAlpine, Significant Life Experiences and Depression among Single and Married Mothers, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 59, No. 2 (May, 1997), pp. 294-308
Correlates of using mental health services
BACKGROUND. Studies using varying definitions of mental health visits result in widely divergent estimates. This analysis examines the stability of a predictive model using three varying definitions based on provider type, diagnosis, psychotherapy, and psychotropic medication use. METHODS. Interview and questionnaire data and claims records from the RAND Health Insurance Experiment are used to test these models among 3138 enrollees. RESULTS. Esti…
Risk and Selection Processes between the General and the Specialty Mental Health Sectors
This paper examines risk, defined as the threat of danger or disruption, as a contextual concept important for understanding patterns of patient selection and referral. We explore the hypothesis that risks associated with mental disorder, as represented by factors such as thoughts about suicide or problems associated with drinking, increase the probability of referral of patients receiving mental health care from general medical practitioners to …
Significant Life Experiences and Depression among Single and Married Mothers
Lorraine Davies, William R. Avison, Donna D. McAlpine, Significant Life Experiences and Depression among Single and Married Mothers, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 59, No. 2 (May, 1997), pp. 294-308
Modelling the effects of intimate partner violence and access to resources on women's health in the early years after leaving an abusive partner
Gender Inequality and Patterns of Abuse Post Leaving
Sibling Ties in Later Life
Using data from a study of 678 adults aged 55 and older, this article examines the role of siblings in four social support networks: confidants, companions, emotional support, and instrumental support, with a particular focus on the impact of gender and marital status on their role. Two types of analyses are used: probability analysis to determine the likelihood of specifying a given tie as a network member and compositional analysis of network m…
Family Structure, Gender, and Health in the Context of the Life Course
We estimate the effects of single parenthood on parental health and determine whether such effects are similar for all single parents or whether there are variations by gender among young, middle-aged, and older adults. The results of our analyses of the Canadian National Population Health Survey (NPHS) reveal that single parenthood is associated with elevated psychological distress and alcohol consumption among women, especially among those who …
Welfare Reform in Ontario
This paper investigates the relationship between income security policies and mothers' poverty. We evaluate qualitatively how changes to Ontario's social welfare system brought about by the 1997 Social Assistance Reform Act have affected mothers' financial security. We find that cuts to social assistance benefits and eligibility restrictions can undermine their ability to care adequately for their children and argue that these cuts can also make …
Leaving ≠ Moving
Access to safe and affordable housing is a key concern for women leaving abusive partners. Yet little is known about women's housing patterns around leaving. In this community sample, approximately equal numbers of women did not move, moved once, and moved two or more times during the transition period around leaving. Overall, moving patterns were associated with housing type and suitability, economic circumstances, and severity of violence. This…
Explaining Gender Differences in Mastery among Married Parents
In this paper we examine the effects of work and family relations on feelings of control among married persons with children in the home. Previous research is unclear as to whether married men enjoy higher feelings of perceived control than their female counterparts, although theory suggests that women will feel a lower sense of mastery. On the basis of Mirowsky and Ross's (1989) theory of control, we find that wives report significantly less mas…
Risk and Selection Processes between the General and the Specialty Mental Health Sectors
This paper examines risk, defined as the threat of danger or disruption, as a contextual concept important for understanding patterns of patient selection and referral. We explore the hypothesis that risks associated with mental disorder, as represented by factors such as thoughts about suicide or problems associated with drinking, increase the probability of referral of patients receiving mental health care from general medical practitioners to …
Patterns of Cumulative Abuse Among Female Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence
Drawing on the Women's Health Effects Study, a community sample of women (N = 309) who recently left an abusive partner, this study examines patterns of cumulative abuse experiences over the life course, their socioeconomic correlates, and associations with a range of health outcomes. Latent class analysis identified four groups of women with differing cumulative abuse profiles: Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Dominant, Child Abuse and IPV, All F…
When 'breast' is no longer 'best
The Significance of Family, Work, and Power Relations for Mothers' Mental Health
The connections among employment and family conditions, gender, and psychological distress are examined using a power relations framework with a sample of mothers. We consider how broader societal conditions impact on mother's lives to differentially shape their opportunities and rewards, and therefore their distress. Employment, as well as income and control, benefit mother's mental health. Single parenthood per se is not a risk factor for distr…
The Importance of Power Relations for the Division of Household Labour
Address all correspondence to Lorraine Davies, Department of Sociology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5C2, e-mail: [email protected]. We are grateful to Chloe Bird, Donna D. McAlpine, Julie A. McMullin and Clint Wilson for their comments on this paper Abstract: This article examines the division of housework in dual-earner households. We hypothesize that power relations affect the amount of household work tha…
Risk and Selection Processes between the General and the Specialty Mental Health Sectors
This paper examines risk, defined as the threat of danger or disruption, as a contextual concept important for understanding patterns of patient selection and referral. We explore the hypothesis that risks associated with mental disorder, as represented by factors such as thoughts about suicide or problems associated with drinking, increase the probability of referral of patients receiving mental health care from general medical practitioners to …
Correlates of using mental health services
BACKGROUND. Studies using varying definitions of mental health visits result in widely divergent estimates. This analysis examines the stability of a predictive model using three varying definitions based on provider type, diagnosis, psychotherapy, and psychotropic medication use. METHODS. Interview and questionnaire data and claims records from the RAND Health Insurance Experiment are used to test these models among 3138 enrollees. RESULTS. Esti…
Significant Life Experiences and Depression among Single and Married Mothers
Lorraine Davies, William R. Avison, Donna D. McAlpine, Significant Life Experiences and Depression among Single and Married Mothers, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 59, No. 2 (May, 1997), pp. 294-308
The Significance of Family, Work, and Power Relations for Mothers' Mental Health
The connections among employment and family conditions, gender, and psychological distress are examined using a power relations framework with a sample of mothers. We consider how broader societal conditions impact on mother's lives to differentially shape their opportunities and rewards, and therefore their distress. Employment, as well as income and control, benefit mother's mental health. Single parenthood per se is not a risk factor for distr…
The Work-Family Challenge
The Importance of Power Relations for the Division of Household Labour
Address all correspondence to Lorraine Davies, Department of Sociology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5C2, e-mail: [email protected]. We are grateful to Chloe Bird, Donna D. McAlpine, Julie A. McMullin and Clint Wilson for their comments on this paper Abstract: This article examines the division of housework in dual-earner households. We hypothesize that power relations affect the amount of household work tha…
Sibling Ties in Later Life
Using data from a study of 678 adults aged 55 and older, this article examines the role of siblings in four social support networks: confidants, companions, emotional support, and instrumental support, with a particular focus on the impact of gender and marital status on their role. Two types of analyses are used: probability analysis to determine the likelihood of specifying a given tie as a network member and compositional analysis of network m…
Welfare Reform in Ontario
This paper investigates the relationship between income security policies and mothers' poverty. We evaluate qualitatively how changes to Ontario's social welfare system brought about by the 1997 Social Assistance Reform Act have affected mothers' financial security. We find that cuts to social assistance benefits and eligibility restrictions can undermine their ability to care adequately for their children and argue that these cuts can also make …
Explaining Gender Differences in Mastery among Married Parents
In this paper we examine the effects of work and family relations on feelings of control among married persons with children in the home. Previous research is unclear as to whether married men enjoy higher feelings of perceived control than their female counterparts, although theory suggests that women will feel a lower sense of mastery. On the basis of Mirowsky and Ross's (1989) theory of control, we find that wives report significantly less mas…
Family Structure, Gender, and Health in the Context of the Life Course
We estimate the effects of single parenthood on parental health and determine whether such effects are similar for all single parents or whether there are variations by gender among young, middle-aged, and older adults. The results of our analyses of the Canadian National Population Health Survey (NPHS) reveal that single parenthood is associated with elevated psychological distress and alcohol consumption among women, especially among those who …
Special Reviewers
Gender Inequality and Patterns of Abuse Post Leaving
Modelling the effects of intimate partner violence and access to resources on women's health in the early years after leaving an abusive partner
Leaving ≠ Moving
Access to safe and affordable housing is a key concern for women leaving abusive partners. Yet little is known about women's housing patterns around leaving. In this community sample, approximately equal numbers of women did not move, moved once, and moved two or more times during the transition period around leaving. Overall, moving patterns were associated with housing type and suitability, economic circumstances, and severity of violence. This…
When 'breast' is no longer 'best
Patterns of Cumulative Abuse Among Female Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence
Drawing on the Women's Health Effects Study, a community sample of women (N = 309) who recently left an abusive partner, this study examines patterns of cumulative abuse experiences over the life course, their socioeconomic correlates, and associations with a range of health outcomes. Latent class analysis identified four groups of women with differing cumulative abuse profiles: Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Dominant, Child Abuse and IPV, All F…
Psychology (12 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Mental health (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (4 works) · Intimate Partner and Family Violence (4 works)