George L Maddox

Biographic Data

ID	84281
NAME	George L Maddox
GIVEN NAMES	George L
FAMILY NAME	Maddox
SIGNATURE	MADDOX G L
AFFILIATIONS	Duke University
VERIFIED	No
TOTAL WORKS	60
TOTAL CITATIONS	193
AUTHOR COUNT	60
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	1959
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2009
H-INDEX	7

Fact and Artifact: Evidence Bearing on Disengagement Theory from the Duke Geriatrics Project
Open AccessGeorge L MaddoxARTICLEHuman Development2009
Themes and Issues in Sociological Theories of Human Aging
Open AccessGeorge L MaddoxARTICLEHuman Development2009
A review of the current status of sociological theory in regard to human aging indicates some important and promising developments. The confirmation status of theory in social gerontology is improving; the logical structure of its propositions and arguments is being elaborated in a cumulative fashion; the determinancy of predictions based on theory is better; and social gerontological theory is increasingly articulated with general sociological t…
The Experience of Retirement
Open AccessGeorge L MaddoxARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…2006
Aging, Social Inequality, and Public Policy
George L Maddox, F C PampelARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1999
Images of Old Age Public Policy in Old Age Class Differences before and during Old Age Race, Ethnic and Gender Differences in Old Age Old Age Support in Comparative Perspective Inequality across Age Groups and Generations
Private Health Insurance Coverage and Disability among Older Americans
Lawrence R Landerman, Gerda G Fillenbaum et al.ARTICLEThe Journals of Gerontology…1998Cited by: 5References: 2
The results indicate that changes in health insurance coverage as well as in individual behaviors may be needed to reduce disability generally and disability among the socioeconomically disadvantaged, in particular
Research as a Public Enterprise: Social Science Data on Ageing in the Public Domain
Open AccessGeorge L MaddoxARTICLEAgeing and Society1997
A revolution is occurring in information exchange among gerontologists worldwide. For research investigators the increasingly easy accessibility of public use datasets promises to facilitate both research training and useful exchange of evidence. A brief history of the development of public use datasets for research in ageing is provided, and datasets of particular interest are described. While the illustrations focus on experience in the United …
Age and Structural Lag: Society's Failure to Provide Meaningful Opportunities in Work, Family, and Leisure
George L Maddox, Matilda White Riley et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1996
Partial table of contents: THE DILEMMA OF STRUCTURAL LAG. Structural Lag: Past and Future (M. Riley & J. Riley). Opportunities, Aspirations, and Goodness of Fit (R. Kahn). DIRECTIONS OF CHANGE. Social Structure and Age-Based Careers (J. Henretta). Work and Retirement: A Comparative Perspective (M. Kohli). Family Change and Historical Change: An Uneasy Relationship (T. Hareven). Old Age and Age Integration: An Anthropological Perspective (J. Keith…
Speaking of Life: Horizons of Meaning for Nursing Home Residents
George L MaddoxREVIEWSocial Forces1995
In one of his earlier books, Living and Dying at Murray Manor, author availed himself of ethnographic techniques to explore the experience of life in a nursing home. This volume extends that exploration to an assessment of the quality of long-term care provided to residents of nursing homes, and of the resulting quality of lives. Taking a bottom-up rather than a top-down view, Gubrium presents these qualities in the voices of residents themselves…
Social and Behavioural Research on Ageing: An Agenda for the United States
Open AccessGeorge L MaddoxARTICLEAgeing and Society1994References: 1
In this commentary on recent planning for multidisciplinary research on ageing in the United States, we argue that Sir Douglas Black's pessimistic conclusion about the irrelevance of such planning is off the mark. Created by the U.S. Congress in 1975, the National Institute on Ageing (NIA) was a novelty in the National Institutes of Health. NIA was mandated to have a broadly multidisciplinary research agenda that included behavioural and social s…
The aftermath of stroke: The experience of patients and their families
Open AccessGeorge L MaddoxARTICLESocial Science & Medicine1994
Dynamics of functional impairment in late adulthood
Open AccessGeorge L Maddox, Daniel O Clark et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine1994Cited by: 9References: 14
Race, Aging, and Functional Health
Open AccessDaniel O Clark, George L Maddox et al.ARTICLEJournal of Aging and Health1993Cited by: 6References: 1
This article presents evidence of a Black/White crossover in functional health. Its existence supports the hypothesis, based on selective survival, that older members of socially disadvantaged populations are relatively more physiologically robust and thus exhibit relatively favorable functional capacities. Longitudinal data on 5,150 persons 70 years of age and older shows that within young-old age groups, Blacks are more likely to experience fun…
Special Issue on the Berlin Aging Study
Open AccessGeorge L MaddoxARTICLEAgeing and Society1993
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The quality and quantity of social support: Stroke recovery as psycho-social transition
Open AccessThomas A Gla, Thomas A Glass et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine1992Cited by: 30References: 13
The impact of various types and amounts of social support is examined in the context of recovery from first stroke. We conceptualize the rehabilitation process as a psychosocial transition. In a longitudinal design, 44 patients were followed for 6 months following first stroke. Growth-curve analysis (repeated measures MANOVA) was utilized to examine the impact of three types of social support on changes in functional status during recovery. While…
Trajectories of Functional Impairment in Later Life
George L Maddox, Daniel O ClarkARTICLEJournal of Health and Social…1992Cited by: 8
Functional impairment trajectories in late adulthood over a decade are characterized using the Longitudinal Retirement History Study (LRHS) data set. Non-linear patterns of age-related increase in impairment are documented with longitudinal data. Subsets of panelists from the initial large, nationally representative probability sample of employed males and unmarried employed females (N = 11,000) also exhibit differential non-linear trajectories o…
A History of Alcoholism
George L Maddox, Jean-Charles Sourina et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1991
Health Services Privatization in Industrial Societies
George L Maddox, Joseph L ScarpaciARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1990
The Duke Longitudinal Studies of Normal Aging 1955-1980: Overview of History, Design, and Findings
Melissa Hardy, Ewald W Busse et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1987
Applications of Social Science to Clinical Medicine and Health Policy
George L Maddox, Linda H Aiken et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1987
The Longest Story Ever Told
Carol D Ryff, Erdman Palmore et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1987
Nature and Extent of Alcohol Problems among the Elderly
Florence Kellner Andrews, George L Maddox et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1987
Inflation and the Economic Well-being of the Elderly
Daniel H Weinberg, Robert L Clark et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1986
Time and Aging: Conceptualization and Application in Sociological and Gerontological Research
George L Maddox, Ephraim H Mizruchi et al.ARTICLESocial Forces1985
Catharsis in healing, ritual and drama
Open AccessGeorge L MaddoxARTICLESocial Science & Medicine1982Cited by: 8
Aging and Income: Programs and Prospects for the Elderly. Barbara R. Herzog Social Security: Today and Tomorrow. Robert M. Ball
George L MaddoxARTICLEAmerican Journal of Sociology1981

Self-Assessment of Health: A Longitudinal Study of Elderly Subjects
George L Maddox, Elizabeth B Douglas et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health and Social…1973Cited by: 75
The quality and quantity of social support: Stroke recovery as psycho-social transition
Open AccessThomas A Gla, Thomas A Glass et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine1992Cited by: 30References: 13
The impact of various types and amounts of social support is examined in the context of recovery from first stroke. We conceptualize the rehabilitation process as a psychosocial transition. In a longitudinal design, 44 patients were followed for 6 months following first stroke. Growth-curve analysis (repeated measures MANOVA) was utilized to examine the impact of three types of social support on changes in functional status during recovery. While…
Overweight as Social Deviance and Disability
George L Maddox, Kurt W Back et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health and Social…1968Cited by: 21
George L. Maddox, Kurt W. Back, Veronica R. Liederman, Overweight as Social Deviance and Disability, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol. 9, No. 4, Special Issue on Patients and Illness (Dec., 1968), pp. 287-298
Dynamics of functional impairment in late adulthood
Open AccessGeorge L Maddox, Daniel O Clark et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine1994Cited by: 9References: 14
Trajectories of Functional Impairment in Later Life
George L Maddox, Daniel O ClarkARTICLEJournal of Health and Social…1992Cited by: 8
Functional impairment trajectories in late adulthood over a decade are characterized using the Longitudinal Retirement History Study (LRHS) data set. Non-linear patterns of age-related increase in impairment are documented with longitudinal data. Subsets of panelists from the initial large, nationally representative probability sample of employed males and unmarried employed females (N = 11,000) also exhibit differential non-linear trajectories o…
Catharsis in healing, ritual and drama
Open AccessGeorge L MaddoxARTICLESocial Science & Medicine1982Cited by: 8
Some Correlates of Activity and Morale Among the Elderly
G Maddox, George L Maddox et al.ARTICLESocial Forces1962Cited by: 7
Journal Article Some Correlates of Activity and Morale Among the Elderly Get access George Maddox, George Maddox Duke University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Carl Eisdorfer Carl Eisdorfer Duke University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Forces, Volume 40, Issue 3, March 1962, Pages 254–260, https://doi.org/10.2307/2573638 Published: 01 March 1962
Race, Aging, and Functional Health
Open AccessDaniel O Clark, George L Maddox et al.ARTICLEJournal of Aging and Health1993Cited by: 6References: 1
This article presents evidence of a Black/White crossover in functional health. Its existence supports the hypothesis, based on selective survival, that older members of socially disadvantaged populations are relatively more physiologically robust and thus exhibit relatively favorable functional capacities. Longitudinal data on 5,150 persons 70 years of age and older shows that within young-old age groups, Blacks are more likely to experience fun…
Sociology of Later Life
George L MaddoxARTICLEAnnual Review of Sociology1979Cited by: 6
Activity and Morale: A Longitudinal Study of Selected Elderly Subjects
George L MaddoxARTICLESocial Forces1963Cited by: 6
Journal Article Activity and Morale: A Longitudinal Study of Selected Elderly Subjects Get access George L. Maddox George L. Maddox Duke University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Forces, Volume 42, Issue 2, December 1963, Pages 195–204, https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/42.2.195 Published: 01 December 1963
Private Health Insurance Coverage and Disability among Older Americans
Lawrence R Landerman, Gerda G Fillenbaum et al.ARTICLEThe Journals of Gerontology…1998Cited by: 5References: 2
The results indicate that changes in health insurance coverage as well as in individual behaviors may be needed to reduce disability generally and disability among the socioeconomically disadvantaged, in particular
Drinking Among Teenagers: A Sociological Interpretation of Alcohol Use by High School Students
Genevieve Knupfer, George L Maddox et al.ARTICLEAmerican Sociological Review1965Cited by: 4
Professional Dominance: The Social Structure of Medical Care
George L MaddoxREVIEWSocial Forces1971Cited by: 3
Assessment of Functional Status in a Program Evaluation and Resource Allocation Model
Open AccessGeorge L Maddox, David C DellingerARTICLEThe Annals of the American…1978Cited by: 2References: 1
Concern about the efficiency and effectiveness of increasingly costly health and welfare services for older persons stimulates interest in systematic evaluation of alterna tive programs. While a single, optimal system for program evaluation and resource allocation does not exist, a strategy developed at Duke University is promising. This strategy, which meets the conditions of a quasi-experiment, has three elements: (1) a reliable, valid procedur…
Drinking Among Negroes: Inferences from the Drinking Patterns of Selected Negro Male Collegians
George L MaddoxARTICLEJournal of Health and Social…1968Cited by: 2
George L. Maddox, Drinking Among Negroes: Inferences from the Drinking Patterns of Selected Negro Male Collegians, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol. 9, No. 2, Special Issue on Recreational Drug Use (Jun., 1968), pp. 114-120
Sociology in Austria: History, Present Activities and Projects
George L Maddox, Leopold RosenmayrARTICLEAmerican Sociological Review1968Cited by: 1