Richard Tessler
Biographic Data
| ID | 4187366 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard Tessler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard |
| FAMILY NAME | Tessler |
| SIGNATURE | TESSLER R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Gail Gamache is with the Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center, Leeds, Mass. Robert Rosenheck is with the VA Northeast Program Evaluation Center, West Haven, Conn, and the Department of Psychiatry and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn. Richard Tessler is a consultant to the Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center at the VA Medical Center, Leeds, and is with the Social and... |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 108 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Ethnic Exploration and Consciousness of Difference: Chinese Adoptees in Early Adolescence
Ethnic exploration is one path for children adopted internationally to develop an understanding of how and why they are different from others, and to build personal biographies that bring together adoption, race, and national origin. In this article, we draw on the concept of consciousness of difference to analyze the ethnic explorations of 282 Chinese adopted girls. Where race was salient and positive in daily life, ethnic exploration during ear…
Bi-Cultural Socialization and Ethnic Identity in Daughters Adopted from China
To varying degrees, parents who adopt children from China attempt to bring Chinese people, language, and culture into daily life as a way to help their adopted children feel proud about their ethnic heritage. Do attempts to provide bi-cultural socialization really influence ethnic identity? And, if so, what are the costs and benefits? In this article we draw on a longitudinal study of families with children adopted from China to describe their pr…
The Development of Ethnic Identity Among Chinese Adoptees: Paradoxical Effects of School Diversity
The development of attitudes towards one's own as well as other ethnic groups are childhood precursors of ethnic identity. The current paper examines the formation of ethnic attitudes among 266 school-age children who were born in China and adopted by Americans and, at the time of the study, were attending 254 different elementary schools across the country. We hypothesized that a disposition to associate socially desirable traits with being Chin…
Overrepresentation of Women Veterans Among Homeless Women
Objectives. This study estimated the proportion of veterans among homeless women and their risk of homelessness relative to that of nonveterans. Methods. Data came from 2 surveys of homeless women (1 clinical and 1 nonclinical) and 1 survey of domiciled women. Results. The proportion of veterans (4.4%, 3.1%) among homeless women was greater than the proportion among domiciled women (1.3%, 1.2%). When we computed odds ratios for being a veteran am…
Homeless Veterans of the Mil-Volunteer Force: A Social Selection Perspective
Recent research has shown that men who served in the military during the early years of the all-volunteer force (AVF) have a higher risk of homelessness than do veterans of other eras and nonveterans of comparable ages. The current article draws on data from the 1996 National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients in order to examine differences between currently homeless veterans and nonveterans in the number of months they had been…
Family Experiences with Mental Illness
Preface Introduction Mental Illness and the Family Family Experiences in Ohio: 1989-1992 The Research Landscape What Basic Needs Did Family Members Provide? What Troublesome Behaviors Did Family Members Try to Control? How Much Did Family Members Spend? What Were the Emotional Costs for Family Members? What Were the Positive Aspects for Family Members? How Involved Were Other Members of the Family Household? Family Experiences in Ohio: 1995-1997 …
The Sociology of Mental Health
West Meets East: Americans Adopt Chinese Children
Preface Introduction Adopting from China The New American & Chinese Families The Birth Country Parental Attitudes Public Reactions Looking to the Future Bibliography Index
Successful Adoptive Families: A Longitudinal Study of Special Needs Adoption
Foreword by James A. Rosenthal Preface The Study in Context The Research Study The Families and Children at a Glance and over Time Siblings Placed Together and Apart Physically and Sexually Abused Adoptees Social Support and the Adoptive Family Integration of Findings with Conceptual Model and Implications The Future of Adoption References Index
Role Incongruence and Gender Variation in the Provision of Prison Mental Health Services
Correctional administrators are equipped with a variety of responses to manage problematic inmate behavior. The forms of these responses range from subtle coercion in the context of everyday prison life to segregative placements that include protective custody, disciplinary confinement, and mental health residential services. Using logistic regression, the present study examines the disproportionate placement of female inmates in mental health fa…
Factors Affecting Children??s Use of Physician Services in a Prepaid Group Practice
This paper examines factors affecting children's use of physician services in a prepaid group practice. The independent measures come from questions asked of mothers in a survey interview, while the utilization data come from their children's medical records. All independent variables were measured prior to the period of utilization studied. The results provide some evidence in support of the view that physician utilization for children is affect…
Psychological Distress and Perceived Health Status
Reply to Comment by Markides
Misinformation & Opposition to Fluoridation
The Effect of Psychological Distress on Physician Utilization: A Prospective Study
This paper examines the hypothesis that psychological distress is causally related to physician utilization among enrollees in a prepaid group practice. Measures of distress are constructed from questions included in a servey interview, while the utilization data come from medical records. Distress levels were measured prior to the period of utilization studied. The results show a positive relationship between distress and physician utilization, …
Consumer Satisfaction with Prepaid Group Practice: A Comparative Study
RICHARD TESSLER DAVID MECHANIC University of Massachusetts, Amherst University of Wisconsin, Madison This study compares reactions of consumers to participation in prepaid group practice and alternative health insurance plans in a large metropolitan area. The majority of respondents in the survey were very satisfied with the medical care they and their families received during the preceding year. However, prepaid practice respondents expressed re…
The Effect of Psychological Distress on Physician Utilization: A Prospective Study
This paper examines the hypothesis that psychological distress is causally related to physician utilization among enrollees in a prepaid group practice. Measures of distress are constructed from questions included in a servey interview, while the utilization data come from medical records. Distress levels were measured prior to the period of utilization studied. The results show a positive relationship between distress and physician utilization, …
Psychological Distress and Perceived Health Status
Overrepresentation of Women Veterans Among Homeless Women
Objectives. This study estimated the proportion of veterans among homeless women and their risk of homelessness relative to that of nonveterans. Methods. Data came from 2 surveys of homeless women (1 clinical and 1 nonclinical) and 1 survey of domiciled women. Results. The proportion of veterans (4.4%, 3.1%) among homeless women was greater than the proportion among domiciled women (1.3%, 1.2%). When we computed odds ratios for being a veteran am…
Consumer Satisfaction with Prepaid Group Practice: A Comparative Study
RICHARD TESSLER DAVID MECHANIC University of Massachusetts, Amherst University of Wisconsin, Madison This study compares reactions of consumers to participation in prepaid group practice and alternative health insurance plans in a large metropolitan area. The majority of respondents in the survey were very satisfied with the medical care they and their families received during the preceding year. However, prepaid practice respondents expressed re…
Role Incongruence and Gender Variation in the Provision of Prison Mental Health Services
Correctional administrators are equipped with a variety of responses to manage problematic inmate behavior. The forms of these responses range from subtle coercion in the context of everyday prison life to segregative placements that include protective custody, disciplinary confinement, and mental health residential services. Using logistic regression, the present study examines the disproportionate placement of female inmates in mental health fa…
The Development of Ethnic Identity Among Chinese Adoptees: Paradoxical Effects of School Diversity
The development of attitudes towards one's own as well as other ethnic groups are childhood precursors of ethnic identity. The current paper examines the formation of ethnic attitudes among 266 school-age children who were born in China and adopted by Americans and, at the time of the study, were attending 254 different elementary schools across the country. We hypothesized that a disposition to associate socially desirable traits with being Chin…
Homeless Veterans of the Mil-Volunteer Force: A Social Selection Perspective
Recent research has shown that men who served in the military during the early years of the all-volunteer force (AVF) have a higher risk of homelessness than do veterans of other eras and nonveterans of comparable ages. The current article draws on data from the 1996 National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients in order to examine differences between currently homeless veterans and nonveterans in the number of months they had been…
Ethnic Exploration and Consciousness of Difference: Chinese Adoptees in Early Adolescence
Ethnic exploration is one path for children adopted internationally to develop an understanding of how and why they are different from others, and to build personal biographies that bring together adoption, race, and national origin. In this article, we draw on the concept of consciousness of difference to analyze the ethnic explorations of 282 Chinese adopted girls. Where race was salient and positive in daily life, ethnic exploration during ear…
Misinformation & Opposition to Fluoridation
Consumer Satisfaction with Prepaid Group Practice: A Comparative Study
RICHARD TESSLER DAVID MECHANIC University of Massachusetts, Amherst University of Wisconsin, Madison This study compares reactions of consumers to participation in prepaid group practice and alternative health insurance plans in a large metropolitan area. The majority of respondents in the survey were very satisfied with the medical care they and their families received during the preceding year. However, prepaid practice respondents expressed re…
The Effect of Psychological Distress on Physician Utilization: A Prospective Study
This paper examines the hypothesis that psychological distress is causally related to physician utilization among enrollees in a prepaid group practice. Measures of distress are constructed from questions included in a servey interview, while the utilization data come from medical records. Distress levels were measured prior to the period of utilization studied. The results show a positive relationship between distress and physician utilization, …
Reply to Comment by Markides
Misinformation & Opposition to Fluoridation
Factors Affecting Children??s Use of Physician Services in a Prepaid Group Practice
This paper examines factors affecting children's use of physician services in a prepaid group practice. The independent measures come from questions asked of mothers in a survey interview, while the utilization data come from their children's medical records. All independent variables were measured prior to the period of utilization studied. The results provide some evidence in support of the view that physician utilization for children is affect…
Psychological Distress and Perceived Health Status
Role Incongruence and Gender Variation in the Provision of Prison Mental Health Services
Correctional administrators are equipped with a variety of responses to manage problematic inmate behavior. The forms of these responses range from subtle coercion in the context of everyday prison life to segregative placements that include protective custody, disciplinary confinement, and mental health residential services. Using logistic regression, the present study examines the disproportionate placement of female inmates in mental health fa…
Successful Adoptive Families: A Longitudinal Study of Special Needs Adoption
Foreword by James A. Rosenthal Preface The Study in Context The Research Study The Families and Children at a Glance and over Time Siblings Placed Together and Apart Physically and Sexually Abused Adoptees Social Support and the Adoptive Family Integration of Findings with Conceptual Model and Implications The Future of Adoption References Index
Family Experiences with Mental Illness
Preface Introduction Mental Illness and the Family Family Experiences in Ohio: 1989-1992 The Research Landscape What Basic Needs Did Family Members Provide? What Troublesome Behaviors Did Family Members Try to Control? How Much Did Family Members Spend? What Were the Emotional Costs for Family Members? What Were the Positive Aspects for Family Members? How Involved Were Other Members of the Family Household? Family Experiences in Ohio: 1995-1997 …
The Sociology of Mental Health
West Meets East: Americans Adopt Chinese Children
Preface Introduction Adopting from China The New American & Chinese Families The Birth Country Parental Attitudes Public Reactions Looking to the Future Bibliography Index
Overrepresentation of Women Veterans Among Homeless Women
Objectives. This study estimated the proportion of veterans among homeless women and their risk of homelessness relative to that of nonveterans. Methods. Data came from 2 surveys of homeless women (1 clinical and 1 nonclinical) and 1 survey of domiciled women. Results. The proportion of veterans (4.4%, 3.1%) among homeless women was greater than the proportion among domiciled women (1.3%, 1.2%). When we computed odds ratios for being a veteran am…
Homeless Veterans of the Mil-Volunteer Force: A Social Selection Perspective
Recent research has shown that men who served in the military during the early years of the all-volunteer force (AVF) have a higher risk of homelessness than do veterans of other eras and nonveterans of comparable ages. The current article draws on data from the 1996 National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients in order to examine differences between currently homeless veterans and nonveterans in the number of months they had been…
The Development of Ethnic Identity Among Chinese Adoptees: Paradoxical Effects of School Diversity
The development of attitudes towards one's own as well as other ethnic groups are childhood precursors of ethnic identity. The current paper examines the formation of ethnic attitudes among 266 school-age children who were born in China and adopted by Americans and, at the time of the study, were attending 254 different elementary schools across the country. We hypothesized that a disposition to associate socially desirable traits with being Chin…
Bi-Cultural Socialization and Ethnic Identity in Daughters Adopted from China
To varying degrees, parents who adopt children from China attempt to bring Chinese people, language, and culture into daily life as a way to help their adopted children feel proud about their ethnic heritage. Do attempts to provide bi-cultural socialization really influence ethnic identity? And, if so, what are the costs and benefits? In this article we draw on a longitudinal study of families with children adopted from China to describe their pr…
Ethnic Exploration and Consciousness of Difference: Chinese Adoptees in Early Adolescence
Ethnic exploration is one path for children adopted internationally to develop an understanding of how and why they are different from others, and to build personal biographies that bring together adoption, race, and national origin. In this article, we draw on the concept of consciousness of difference to analyze the ethnic explorations of 282 Chinese adopted girls. Where race was salient and positive in daily life, ethnic exploration during ear…
Psychology (12 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (5 works) · Mental health (5 works) · Ethnic group (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works)