摘要:

Participation in voluntary associations is usually explained by a Weberian theory that uses human capital variables; however, Durkheimian theory suggests the importance of parental socialization and family status variables. Using a three-wave panel study, this article models the changes in social participation that people experience while moving from high school to parenthood. Voluntary participation is accounted for in part by the transmission of socioeconomic status, but family socialization through example and value modeling are often more important. When self-oriented (occupation and profession) and community-oriented (service, church, community, fraternal, and neighborhood) types of participation are distinguished, the status transmission theory explains self-oriented but not community-oriented participation. Family socialization explains community-oriented but not self-oriented participation. Thus, theories of voluntarism must be differentiated according to the type of voluntary association concerned.

ISSN:0430-0696    

DOI:10.1093/sf/74.1.271

出版商:The University of North Carolina Press    

年代:1995

数据来源: OUP

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Sociologists have taken little interest in alcohol abuse as a possible antecedent of suicide. However, a theoretical link between the two phenomena can be postulated that is consistent with Durkheim's suicide theory. In this article, various data and methods are triangulated to scrutinize the relationship between alcohol and suicide. The control variables include, among others, divorce and unemployment. The empirical basis comprises ecological and time-series data for Sweden. Special efforts are made to integrate the findings with results from existent individual-level studies. According to the findings, a good third of the male suicides are attributable to the alcohol factor. The impact of unemployment is also found to be fairly strong, and here the indirect effects seem to be at least as important as the direct ones. No relationship was found between divorce and suicide.

ISSN:0430-0696    

DOI:10.1093/sf/74.1.293

出版商:The University of North Carolina Press    

年代:1995

数据来源: OUP

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Using data from the 1979–85 National Longitudinal Mortality Study and multivariate hazards regression analysis, the study investigates risk factors associated with suicide mortality among white males in the U.S. (ICD-9 Codes E950-E959). Results were mixed with regard to the social integration-suicide hypothesis. Divorced or separated men and those who live done (socially isolated) have significantly higher risks of suicide mortality. However, single and widowed men do not have a significantly greater suicide risk after controlling for key social factors such as socioeconomic status (SES). The results also show that men who live in urban areas and those who are native born are at a higher risk for suicide.

ISSN:0430-0696    

DOI:10.1093/sf/74.1.315

出版商:The University of North Carolina Press    

年代:1995

数据来源: OUP

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Stack and Gundlach (1992) tested and supported the hypothesis that the greater the air time devoted to country music in metropolitan areas, the greater the white suicide rate will be. We could not replicate this effect (Maguire&Snipes 1994), and Stack and Gundlach (1994) responded with a criticism of our methods, more specifically demonstrating measurement error in our construction of suicide rates. Here we show that this criticism sidesteps our most relevant critique of their study. Yet, we heed their advice, reattempt the replication using their own white suicide data, and still fail to produce a significant effect of country music on white suicide. Although the two are related bivariately, controlling for divorce, poverty, southern region, and gun availability results in a near-zero multivariate effect.

ISSN:0430-0696    

DOI:10.1093/sf/74.1.327

出版商:The University of North Carolina Press    

年代:1995

数据来源: OUP

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Previous work on country music and suicide has neglected individual-level data analysis of country music fans' suicide risk, use of an average annual country music exposure index, an analysis of indirect effects, and an assessment of interaction effects. The present article addresses these issues. First, country music fans are found to be at significantly higher risk of suicide than nonfans both in gun ownership and marital disruption. A significant zero-order relationship between country music and suicide does become spurious with controls when we use an average annual exposure index. However, country music exerts both indirect and interaction effects on suicide. Hence, the present article offers additional support for a link between country music and suicide.

ISSN:0430-0696    

DOI:10.1093/sf/74.1.331

出版商:The University of North Carolina Press    

年代:1995

数据来源: OUP

ISSN:0430-0696    

DOI:10.1093/sf/74.1.337

出版商:The University of North Carolina Press    

年代:1995

数据来源: OUP

ISSN:0430-0696    

DOI:10.1093/sf/74.1.342

出版商:The University of North Carolina Press    

年代:1995

数据来源: OUP

ISSN:0430-0696    

DOI:10.1093/sf/74.1.344

出版商:The University of North Carolina Press    

年代:1995

数据来源: OUP

ISSN:0430-0696    

DOI:10.1093/sf/74.1.347

出版商:The University of North Carolina Press    

年代:1995

数据来源: OUP

ISSN:0430-0696    

DOI:10.1093/sf/74.1.348

出版商:The University of North Carolina Press    

年代:1995

数据来源: OUP