Karla Fischer
Biographic Data
| ID | 5877393 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karla Fischer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karla |
| FAMILY NAME | Fischer |
| SIGNATURE | FISCHER K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 86 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Reprodução humana assistida e parceria homoafetiva
When “Enough is Enough”: Battered Women's Decision Making Around Court Orders of Protection
Different reasons compel battered women to seek court orders of protection. Battered women decide to invoke the legal system by determining that they have had “enough.” At this point women must often confront significant barriers to obtaining court orders, most of which involve symbolic and tangible fears. A number of motivations, however, seem to counteract these fears. In addition, women may experience psychological benefits from orders by gain…
Why Didn't She Just Report Him? The Psychological and Legal Implications of Women's Responses to Sexual Harassment
The last few years have seen an increasing awareness of sexual harassment as an important social problem with serious implications for individuals and organizations alike, leading to increased attempts to understand how victims respond to this stressful and sometimes traumatic experience. The present article reviews the behavioral science research on responses to sexual harassment, including their links to outcomes and consequences. We then prese…
Patterns of Service Utilization Among Pregnant and Parenting African American Adolescents
This study explored factors associated with differential patterns of social and health service use among pregnant and parenting African American adolescents. One hundred seventy-seven young women between the ages of 14 and 22 took part in the study. Cluster analysis suggested three groups of users: frequent users, moderate users, and inconsistent users. These groups were distinct in terms of their frequency of service usage, perceptions of barrie…
Natural mentors: An overlooked resource in the social networks of young, African American mothers
Gender and Work History in the Placement and Perceptions of Elder Community Volunteers
This study explored factors that determine the types of volunteer jobs older adults are placed in, as well as factors that define the meaning of their roles. With a sample of 169 elder community volunteers (mean age, 73 years), we investigated the patterns of job perceptions of women and men in two types of volunteer positions: jobs that involved leadership and jobs that did not. A two-way MANOVA with gender and leadership as independent variable…
Natural mentors: An overlooked resource in the social networks of young, African American mothers
Why Didn't She Just Report Him? The Psychological and Legal Implications of Women's Responses to Sexual Harassment
The last few years have seen an increasing awareness of sexual harassment as an important social problem with serious implications for individuals and organizations alike, leading to increased attempts to understand how victims respond to this stressful and sometimes traumatic experience. The present article reviews the behavioral science research on responses to sexual harassment, including their links to outcomes and consequences. We then prese…
Gender and Work History in the Placement and Perceptions of Elder Community Volunteers
This study explored factors that determine the types of volunteer jobs older adults are placed in, as well as factors that define the meaning of their roles. With a sample of 169 elder community volunteers (mean age, 73 years), we investigated the patterns of job perceptions of women and men in two types of volunteer positions: jobs that involved leadership and jobs that did not. A two-way MANOVA with gender and leadership as independent variable…
Patterns of Service Utilization Among Pregnant and Parenting African American Adolescents
This study explored factors associated with differential patterns of social and health service use among pregnant and parenting African American adolescents. One hundred seventy-seven young women between the ages of 14 and 22 took part in the study. Cluster analysis suggested three groups of users: frequent users, moderate users, and inconsistent users. These groups were distinct in terms of their frequency of service usage, perceptions of barrie…
Gender and Work History in the Placement and Perceptions of Elder Community Volunteers
This study explored factors that determine the types of volunteer jobs older adults are placed in, as well as factors that define the meaning of their roles. With a sample of 169 elder community volunteers (mean age, 73 years), we investigated the patterns of job perceptions of women and men in two types of volunteer positions: jobs that involved leadership and jobs that did not. A two-way MANOVA with gender and leadership as independent variable…
Natural mentors: An overlooked resource in the social networks of young, African American mothers
Patterns of Service Utilization Among Pregnant and Parenting African American Adolescents
This study explored factors associated with differential patterns of social and health service use among pregnant and parenting African American adolescents. One hundred seventy-seven young women between the ages of 14 and 22 took part in the study. Cluster analysis suggested three groups of users: frequent users, moderate users, and inconsistent users. These groups were distinct in terms of their frequency of service usage, perceptions of barrie…
When “Enough is Enough”: Battered Women's Decision Making Around Court Orders of Protection
Different reasons compel battered women to seek court orders of protection. Battered women decide to invoke the legal system by determining that they have had “enough.” At this point women must often confront significant barriers to obtaining court orders, most of which involve symbolic and tangible fears. A number of motivations, however, seem to counteract these fears. In addition, women may experience psychological benefits from orders by gain…
Why Didn't She Just Report Him? The Psychological and Legal Implications of Women's Responses to Sexual Harassment
The last few years have seen an increasing awareness of sexual harassment as an important social problem with serious implications for individuals and organizations alike, leading to increased attempts to understand how victims respond to this stressful and sometimes traumatic experience. The present article reviews the behavioral science research on responses to sexual harassment, including their links to outcomes and consequences. We then prese…
Reprodução humana assistida e parceria homoafetiva
Psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Context (archaeology (2 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (2 works) · Criminology (2 works) · Medicine (2 works)