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Gendered Socialization and Racism
Get PDFDoes gender influence racial attitudes? I propose that the differences in men and women’s emotional processing as a result of gendered socialization have an effect on their attitudes towards improving the lives of Blacks. I performed a secondary analysis on 2016 survey responses from a subset of 533 White, American, English or Spanish-speaking, non-institutionalized adults who responded to the General Social Survey. Respondents were asked about their attitudes towards spending to improve the conditions of Blacks. I found no statistically significant relationship between self-identified sex and a respondent’s attitude towards spending to improve the conditions of Blacks. These findings do not support my hypothesis and are inconsistent with prior research done on this topic. I did, however, find a statistically significant relationship between respondents’ political views and their attitude towards spending to improve the conditions of Blacks. This indicates that we need a more nuanced understanding of the emotional effects of gendered socialization, as well as a more nuanced understanding of what intellectual processes are affected by gendered socialization and how
Monochrome Fantasies -3
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The West Mountain -2
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The Influence of Chronic Illness on Mental Health: Does the Age of the Patient Matter?
Get PDFIt is no secret that battling a chronic illness can impact an individual’s mental health, all while simultaneously harming their physical health. Although many say that this connection between chronic illness and mental health is obvious, we may still wonder whether chronically ill young adults have a harder time coping with chronic illness and mental health. Does the age of the chronically ill patient matter? Are chronically ill young adults more likely to suffer from poor mental health than older chronically ill individuals? I hypothesize that the older the chronically ill patient, the better their reported mental health will be. To test this assumption, this study analyzes data from the 2010 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) using a subset of 4,257 chronically ill individuals aged 18 through 85. I Control for race, labor force status, and sex, the results from the analyses align with findings from previous literature (Fässberg et al. 2016; Gallant, Spitze and Grove 2010). The findings support my age hypothesis as well as also provide insight on how not being in the labor force also affects chronically ill patient’s mental health
The Language of the American Dream: The Effects of Immigrant Parents’ English Proficiency on the Educational Attainment of their Children
Get PDFWhat are the effects of the English proficiency of immigrant parents on the educational attainment of their 1.5 or 2.0 generation children? In this paper, I propose three hypotheses: (1) the higher the English proficiency of the immigrant parents, the higher the level of education they expect their children to achieve, (2) the higher the English proficiency of the immigrant parents, the higher the level of education the children actually attains, and (3) the higher the parental expectations, the higher the actual educational attainment of the children. Data from all three waves (1992-2006) of the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study (CILS) was analyzed with 1,668 respondents attending the eighth and ninth grades (at the time of the first survey) in public and private schools in the metropolitan areas of Miami/ Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and San Diego, California. Respondents’ parents also participated in the second wave of the survey through in-person interviews. Parental English proficiency is associated with higher expectations for their children’s education, but not the actual attainment achieved of their children. Instead, educational attainment is the strongest predictor of their aspirations and their children’s actual attainment. Parental aspirations are positively associated with children’s academic achievements. Female children of immigrants are also more likely to experience higher expectations and achieve higher levels of academic success. Segmented assimilation theory and status attainment theory are explored throughout this study
A Silver Lining: The Role of Optimism in Overcoming Poverty in Early Life
Get PDFWho is able to overcome adversity and experience upward mobility? Using cumulative inequality theory, which posits that the disadvantage or advantage associated with one’s social location impacts life trajectory and perceptions of such, I propose that level of optimistic outlook in individuals from low-income backgrounds increases their chances of financial success in adulthood. Analyzing data from the 2016 General Social Survey, a nationally representative survey administered to randomly sampled adults in the U.S., I examine a subset of 1,269 individuals from backgrounds of far below average or below average family income levels. In doing so, I determine how optimistic attitudes, regarding matters such as personal agency and success, influence whether the individual may obtain a higher degree of financial success in adulthood compared to those of their families. Findings indicate that higher levels of optimism are associated with greater family income levels, with level of education and marital status as the biggest predictors of adult financial standing. With higher educational attainment, optimistic outlook increases, perhaps due to an increase in career opportunities and pathways to success. These findings show how influential education may be on intergenerational income mobility, however, they also provide insight on how disadvantage, including being a person of color; being divorced, separated or a single-parent; as well as how many children one has, may create limitations on educational attainment and effects on outlook. Such findings call attention to the need for greater financial and educational assistance programs, due to their impact on outlook and subsequent life course
The Need for Weed: Role of Investor Attention in The North American Cannabis Industry
Get PDFMy paper analyzes the role that investor attention plays in the North American cannabis industry by conducting an OLS regression with time fixed effects. I use the North American Marijuana Index, comprised of 44 US- and Canada-based companies operating in the industry, as well as individual company stock performance for my dependent variables as a measure of industry performance. Over a period of 221 weeks, starting in January, 2015, I utilize Google Trends data on search frequency of marijuana-related terms as a proxy for information demand and investor attention towards the marijuana industry. I find that certain search terms are significantly related to index and stock performance, correlating with increases and decreases in prices, indicating the heightened role that investor attention plays in this recently legalized and fast growing industry. Politicians, businesses, consumers, and investors alike are all gradually bound by a common trait: the need for weed