Shirley A Scritchfield

Biographic Data

ID5985251
NAMEShirley A Scritchfield
GIVEN NAMESShirley A
FAMILY NAMEScritchfield
SIGNATURESCRITCHFIELD S A
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS3
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1982
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1995
H-INDEX1

  • Prenatal Testing

    Shirley A Scritchfield, Aliza Kolker et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1995

    Foreword by Arthur L. Caplan The Social Construction of Pregnancy The Procedures The Ethos of Nondirectiveness The Genetic Counseling Session Amniocentesis: The Early Years Who Uses Prenatal Diagnosis Today Assessing the Risks Attitudes about Abortion Abnormal Diagnosis and Termination Fetal Sex Identification Prenatal Testing and Competing Social Goals Appendices References Index

  • Methods of Social Research

    Shirley A ScritchfieldREVIEWTeaching Sociology1988

  • In the Patient's Best Interest

    Shirley A ScritchfieldREVIEWContemporary Sociology A Journal…1987

  • Three Corners

    Shirley A Scritchfield, Stephen R MarksARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1987

  • The Structure of Significant Other Influence on Status Aspirations

    Shirley A Scritchfield, J Steven PicouARTICLESociology of Education1982Cited by: 3

    Previous research on the social psychological dimensions of status attainment underscores the importance of significant other influence (SOI) as an explanatory variable. However, research to date is characterized by three features requiring further consideration: (1) the continued use of a priori definitions of who are key significant others (SOs); (2) inadequate specification of the relative influence of definers and models; and, (3) the differe…