Katherine B Novak

Biographic Data

ID4227264
NAMEKatherine B Novak
GIVEN NAMESKatherine B
FAMILY NAMENovak
SIGNATURENOVAK K B
AFFILIATIONSButler University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS27
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2008
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
H-INDEX3

  • Volunteerism, Alcohol Beliefs, and First-Year College Students’ Drinking Behaviors

    Open AccessLizabeth A Crawford, Katherine B Novak et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Primary Prevention2019

  • Individual and Society

    Lizabeth A Crawford, Katherine B NovakBOOKIndividual and Society2018

    Unlike other texts for undergraduate sociological social psychology courses, this text presents the three distinct traditions in sociological social psychology—symbolic interactionism, social structure and personality, and group processes and structures—and emphasizes the different theoretical frameworks within which social psychological analyses are conducted within each research tradition. With this approach, the authors make clear the link bet…

  • Another Nibble at the Core

    Open AccessJay R Howard, Katherine B Novak et al.ARTICLETeaching Sociology2014Cited by: 9References: 12

    Identifying and assessing core knowledge has been and continues to be a challenge that vexes the discipline of sociology. With the adoption of a thematic approach to courses in the core curriculum at Butler University, faculty teaching Introductory Sociology were presented with the opportunity and challenge of defining the core knowledge and skills to be taught across course sections with a variety of themes. This study of students ( N = 280) enr…

  • Beliefs about Alcohol and the College Experience, Locus of Self, and College Undergraduates' Drinking Patterns

    Open AccessLizabeth A Crawford, Katherine B NovakARTICLESociological Inquiry2011References: 23

    The purpose of this study is to assess the extent to which locus of self (institutional versus impulse), measured using the Twenty Statements Test (TST), moderates the relationship between beliefs about alcohol and the college experience (BACE) and alcohol use among college undergraduates. Although the majority of our respondents listed more idiosyncratic personal characteristics and preferences than consensual social roles in response to the TST…

  • Latin American immigrants in Indianapolis

    Open AccessAntonio V Menéndez Alarcón, Katherine B NovakARTICLELatino Studies2010Cited by: 10References: 10

  • Routine activities as determinants of gender differences in delinquency

    Open AccessKatherine B Novak, Lizabeth A CrawfordARTICLEJournal of Criminal Justice2010Cited by: 1References: 29

  • Parent-Child Relations and Peer Associations as Mediators of the Family Structure-Substance Use Relationship

    Open AccessLizabeth A Crawford, Katherine B NovakARTICLEJournal of Family Issues2008Cited by: 7References: 49

    Using data from the National Education Longitudinal Survey of 1988, the authors assess the extent to which adolescents' levels of parental attachment and opportunities for participating in delinquent activities mediate the family structure-substance use relationship. A series of hierarchical regressions supported the hypotheses that high levels of substance use among adolescents residing with stepfamilies would be explained by low parental attach…