Paula M Usita
Biographic Data
| ID | 96167 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paula M Usita |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paula M |
| FAMILY NAME | Usita |
| SIGNATURE | USITA P M |
| AFFILIATIONS | San Diego State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Exploring the Context of Trafficking and Adolescent Sex Industry Involvement in Tijuana, Mexico
Coerced and adolescent sex industry involvement are linked to serious health and social consequences, including enhanced risk of HIV infection. Using ethnographic fieldwork, including interviews with 30 female sex workers with a history of coerced or adolescent sex industry involvement, we describe contextual factors influencing vulnerability to coerced and adolescent sex industry entry and their impacts on HIV risk and prevention. Early gender-b…
Receptivity to cigarette and tobacco control messages and adolescent smoking initiation
Receptivity to tobacco control advertising appeared to ameliorate the promotion of initiation from cigarette advertising. Anti-industry advertising appears to be the most effective counter for tobacco control and should be considered for wider use. A larger longitudinal study is needed to confirm these findings
Prevalence and Correlates of Intimate Partner Violence Among Young, Middle, and Older Women of Korean Descent in California
Reactions to Secondhand Smoke by Nonsmokers of Korean Descent
Conflict Sources and Responses in Mother-Daughter Relationships
Mother-daughter conflict sources and responses among immigrant families are not well understood. In the research reported here, in-depth interview data about conflict were collected from 11 adult daughters of Japanese immigrant mothers. Conflict sources were mothers' unsolicited advice, daughters and mothers not living up to expectations of the other, and daughters' independence of mothers. Responses to conflict included voicing concerns, display…
Social geography and continuity effects in immigrant women's narratives of negative interactions
Immigrant Family Strengths
The literature on immigrants punctuates their difficulties with language acculturation and communication. Minimal attention has been given to the diversity of immigrant family communication issues in relation to the receiving communities in which they have lived, and research has not assessed immigrant families' strategies for minimizing communication breakdown. Based on in-depth interviews with 20 immigrant mothers and their adult daughters, we …
Interdependency in immigrant mother–daughter relationships
Narrative intentions
Adulthood and Aging
In this volume distinguished scholars explore and apply the theoretical models of continuity and discontinuity to their research in adult development. The chapters address the different ways in which continuity is affected by change over the life course, as well as how individuals negotiate and maintain crucial continuities by adaptive change. Topics include adult life crises, illness, sibling relationships, and gender identity. Each chapter is f…
Diversity and Dynamics in Late-Life Mother-Daughter Relationships
We employed gerontological and feminist frameworks in an investigation of normative late-life mother-daughter relationships. Building on previous research, we used data from a representative sample of older mothers to explore in depth the predictors of relationship quality and the satisfactions and complaints prevalent in relationships with mothers in later life. Structured interview data revealed that the intimacy dimension of relationship quali…
Predictive Validity of the 16 PF in Screening Volunteers for Big Brothers/Big Sisters
Through discriminant analysis, the 16 PF correctly classified 79% of appropriate ( n = 54) and inappropriate ( n = 43) volunteers for the Big Brothers/Big Sisters agency. Inappropriate volunteers were portrayed as rigid, anxious, apprehensive, and lacking judgment. Self-assurance, flexibility, intelligence, and perseverance were characteristics associated with appropriate volunteers
Immigrant Family Strengths
The literature on immigrants punctuates their difficulties with language acculturation and communication. Minimal attention has been given to the diversity of immigrant family communication issues in relation to the receiving communities in which they have lived, and research has not assessed immigrant families' strategies for minimizing communication breakdown. Based on in-depth interviews with 20 immigrant mothers and their adult daughters, we …
Narrative intentions
Exploring the Context of Trafficking and Adolescent Sex Industry Involvement in Tijuana, Mexico
Coerced and adolescent sex industry involvement are linked to serious health and social consequences, including enhanced risk of HIV infection. Using ethnographic fieldwork, including interviews with 30 female sex workers with a history of coerced or adolescent sex industry involvement, we describe contextual factors influencing vulnerability to coerced and adolescent sex industry entry and their impacts on HIV risk and prevention. Early gender-b…
Prevalence and Correlates of Intimate Partner Violence Among Young, Middle, and Older Women of Korean Descent in California
Social geography and continuity effects in immigrant women's narratives of negative interactions
Interdependency in immigrant mother–daughter relationships
Predictive Validity of the 16 PF in Screening Volunteers for Big Brothers/Big Sisters
Through discriminant analysis, the 16 PF correctly classified 79% of appropriate ( n = 54) and inappropriate ( n = 43) volunteers for the Big Brothers/Big Sisters agency. Inappropriate volunteers were portrayed as rigid, anxious, apprehensive, and lacking judgment. Self-assurance, flexibility, intelligence, and perseverance were characteristics associated with appropriate volunteers
Diversity and Dynamics in Late-Life Mother-Daughter Relationships
We employed gerontological and feminist frameworks in an investigation of normative late-life mother-daughter relationships. Building on previous research, we used data from a representative sample of older mothers to explore in depth the predictors of relationship quality and the satisfactions and complaints prevalent in relationships with mothers in later life. Structured interview data revealed that the intimacy dimension of relationship quali…
Adulthood and Aging
In this volume distinguished scholars explore and apply the theoretical models of continuity and discontinuity to their research in adult development. The chapters address the different ways in which continuity is affected by change over the life course, as well as how individuals negotiate and maintain crucial continuities by adaptive change. Topics include adult life crises, illness, sibling relationships, and gender identity. Each chapter is f…
Narrative intentions
Interdependency in immigrant mother–daughter relationships
Immigrant Family Strengths
The literature on immigrants punctuates their difficulties with language acculturation and communication. Minimal attention has been given to the diversity of immigrant family communication issues in relation to the receiving communities in which they have lived, and research has not assessed immigrant families' strategies for minimizing communication breakdown. Based on in-depth interviews with 20 immigrant mothers and their adult daughters, we …
Conflict Sources and Responses in Mother-Daughter Relationships
Mother-daughter conflict sources and responses among immigrant families are not well understood. In the research reported here, in-depth interview data about conflict were collected from 11 adult daughters of Japanese immigrant mothers. Conflict sources were mothers' unsolicited advice, daughters and mothers not living up to expectations of the other, and daughters' independence of mothers. Responses to conflict included voicing concerns, display…
Social geography and continuity effects in immigrant women's narratives of negative interactions
Reactions to Secondhand Smoke by Nonsmokers of Korean Descent
Prevalence and Correlates of Intimate Partner Violence Among Young, Middle, and Older Women of Korean Descent in California
Receptivity to cigarette and tobacco control messages and adolescent smoking initiation
Receptivity to tobacco control advertising appeared to ameliorate the promotion of initiation from cigarette advertising. Anti-industry advertising appears to be the most effective counter for tobacco control and should be considered for wider use. A larger longitudinal study is needed to confirm these findings
Exploring the Context of Trafficking and Adolescent Sex Industry Involvement in Tijuana, Mexico
Coerced and adolescent sex industry involvement are linked to serious health and social consequences, including enhanced risk of HIV infection. Using ethnographic fieldwork, including interviews with 30 female sex workers with a history of coerced or adolescent sex industry involvement, we describe contextual factors influencing vulnerability to coerced and adolescent sex industry entry and their impacts on HIV risk and prevention. Early gender-b…
Psychology (12 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Immigration (5 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Demography (4 works)