Sharon V King
Biographic Data
| ID | 6224675 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sharon V King |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sharon V |
| FAMILY NAME | King |
| SIGNATURE | KING S V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Georgia State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Kinship Care in Rural Georgia Communities
In 2005, the Georgia Division of Aging Services initiated the Kinship Care Program to provide services to grandparents raising grandchildren throughout Georgia's 12 regional Area Agencies on Aging. Many of the grandparents who receive Division of Aging Services services reside in rural communities. To assess the impact of the program among rural grandparents and learn more about their needs, an evaluation study was conducted with 30 grandparents …
Introduction to the Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, Special Issue on Aging and Social Change in Africa
The Religious Dimensions of the Grandparent Role in Three-Generation African American Households
Although the importance of religion in family relations is well documented, the role of grandparents in family religious life has received less attention (Ellison & Moulton, 2003). Among African American families, many studies articulate the importance of family elders in the transmission of religious values (Rosenthal, 1985; Taylor, Jackson, & Chatters, 1997; Weddle-West, 2000). However, few studies delineate the ways African American grandparen…
Communities of Care
"Little is known about why and when African American elders seek formal long-term care, or about the characteristics of assisted living environments they consider most desirable. Drawing on qualitative studies conducted between 1998 and 2001, the authors of Communities of Care provide important information on historic and current trends in assisted living systems serving African Americans." "Focusing on six facilities that have become models of l…
Independence in assisted living
Fear of Success and Sex-Role
The relationship between fear of success and sex-role was investigated in college males and females. While no sex differences were found, 44 men and 83 women classified as masculine sex-typed had lower fear of success scores than subjects (35 and 8) classified as feminine sex-typed or undifferentiated. Significant negative correlations for men and women (—.34 and —.40) were found between scores on the Bem masculine subscale and on fear of success…
Independence in assisted living
Kinship Care in Rural Georgia Communities
In 2005, the Georgia Division of Aging Services initiated the Kinship Care Program to provide services to grandparents raising grandchildren throughout Georgia's 12 regional Area Agencies on Aging. Many of the grandparents who receive Division of Aging Services services reside in rural communities. To assess the impact of the program among rural grandparents and learn more about their needs, an evaluation study was conducted with 30 grandparents …
Introduction to the Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, Special Issue on Aging and Social Change in Africa
Fear of Success and Sex-Role
The relationship between fear of success and sex-role was investigated in college males and females. While no sex differences were found, 44 men and 83 women classified as masculine sex-typed had lower fear of success scores than subjects (35 and 8) classified as feminine sex-typed or undifferentiated. Significant negative correlations for men and women (—.34 and —.40) were found between scores on the Bem masculine subscale and on fear of success…
Independence in assisted living
Communities of Care
"Little is known about why and when African American elders seek formal long-term care, or about the characteristics of assisted living environments they consider most desirable. Drawing on qualitative studies conducted between 1998 and 2001, the authors of Communities of Care provide important information on historic and current trends in assisted living systems serving African Americans." "Focusing on six facilities that have become models of l…
The Religious Dimensions of the Grandparent Role in Three-Generation African American Households
Although the importance of religion in family relations is well documented, the role of grandparents in family religious life has received less attention (Ellison & Moulton, 2003). Among African American families, many studies articulate the importance of family elders in the transmission of religious values (Rosenthal, 1985; Taylor, Jackson, & Chatters, 1997; Weddle-West, 2000). However, few studies delineate the ways African American grandparen…
Introduction to the Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, Special Issue on Aging and Social Change in Africa
Kinship Care in Rural Georgia Communities
In 2005, the Georgia Division of Aging Services initiated the Kinship Care Program to provide services to grandparents raising grandchildren throughout Georgia's 12 regional Area Agencies on Aging. Many of the grandparents who receive Division of Aging Services services reside in rural communities. To assess the impact of the program among rural grandparents and learn more about their needs, an evaluation study was conducted with 30 grandparents …
Psychology (4 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Geography (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works) · Grandparent (2 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (2 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (2 works) · Medicine (2 works)