1985 PROGRAM, PACIFIC SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, THE CLARION FOUR SEASONS, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, APRIL 18-20, 1985
THEME: SOCIOLOGY CONRCERNED WITH AND CONSTRAINED BY THE REAL WORLD
THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1985
SESSIONS
1.Collective Behavior and Social Movements
Organizer: Ralph H. Turner, UC Los Angeles
Presider: Steven L. Gordon, CSU Los Angeles
Michael S. Jamison, UC Davis: Social Movements Success Without Turmoil
Lois Lorentzen, Santa Monica, California: The Uneasy Alliance: Levels of Participation and Power in a Leftist Political Group
Tina Suzanne Miller, Santa Cruz, California: Historically Suppressed Alternatives: The Case of Welfare Rights
Patricia D. Robinson, UC Davis: The Organizational Contrast of Past and Present Women’s Groups: A Comparison of the Women’s Committee of National Defense and the National Organization for Women
2.Race and Ethnic Relations
Organizer and Presider: Stanley Lieberson, UC Berkeley
Hardy T. Frye, UC Santa Cruz: Election 84—Race and the Democratic Party
Patrick T. McDonald, UC Santa Barbara; Rhoda Estep, California State College, Stanislaus: Racial Representations in Prime Time Crime
Phylis C. Martinelli, Arizona State Univ.: A Test of the McKay and Lewin’s Ethnic Typology
Marshal I. Pomer, Gary Rolin, UC Santa Cruz: Channels of Black Mobility
Steven J. Gold, UC Berkeley: Small Business Activities Among Soviet Jewish and Vietnamese Refugees
3.Medical Sociology: General Topics
Organizer and Presider: Marci Catanzaro, Univ. of Washington
Discussant: Ilse J. Volinn, Univ. of Washington
David Zippin, Harbor/UCLA Medical Center: A Comparison of Knowledge of Cystic Fibrosis (CF), Reproductive Attitude and Views Toward Intervention Among Parents, Aunts and Uncles of an Affected Child
Libby O. Ruch, University of Hawaii, Manoa: The Victims of Rape: The Role of Stress, Coping, and Social Support in the Adjustment to Stigmatizing Life Crises
Karen A. Lyman, Univ. of Southern California: Infantilization of Elders: Working in an Alzheimer’s Day Care Program
Richard G. Ames, CSU Hayward: Education as a Predictor of 5-Year Changes in Pulmonary Function and Respiratory Symptoms in U.S. White Male Coal Miners
4.Sociology of Education—I
Organizer and Presider: Leonard Gordon, Arizona State University
Discussant: Jean Stockard, Univ. of Oregon
John Boli, Stanford University, Francisco O. Ramirez, San Francisco State University, John W. Meyer, Stanford University: Explaining the Origins and Expansion of Mass Education
Dwight Lang, Univ. of Oregon: Social Class Inequality and the Academic Hierarchy in the United States
Edward Nelson, CSU Fresno: Confidence in Education
Angel A. Sanchez, National Center for Bilingual Research, Los Alamitos, California; Desdemona Cardoza, National Center for Bilingual Research: Educational Aspirations of Hispanic Parents: Some Findings from the High School and Beyond Survey
Patricia Harvey, Colorado State Univ.: Jules Henry’s Warnings of Docility, Stupidity and risk
5.International Conflict—I
Organizer and Presider: Charles F. Hohm, San Diego State University
Karl Flaming, Univ. of Colorado, Denver: Propensity to Move: Theoretical and Empirical Considerations
Earl W. Morris, Iowa State Univ.: The Measurement of Housing Preferences: Some Theoretical and Methodological Problems
Roberta Null, San Diego State Univ.: Adapting a Public Shopping Facility to Meet the Needs of an Elderly Population
7.Feminism and Problems for Feminist Theory—In The Real World
Organizer, Presider, and Discussant: Miriam M. Johnson, Univ. of Oregon
Andrea Press, UC Berkeley: The Differential Effects of Liberal Feminism on Working Class and Middle Class Women
Rosalind Gottfried, Univ. of New Mexico: Feminism and the Lives of College Educated Women Born Between 1952-1955
Melissa A. White, Pitzer College: The Reluctance to Report Date Rape: A Theoretical Analysis
Michael Finigan, Willamette University: Conceptualizing Instrumental and Agentic Orientations: Their Relations to Dominance
8.Sociology of Risk
Organizer and Presider: James F. Short, Jr., Washington State University
Discussants: Richard G. Mitchell, Jr., Oregon State University; James H. Frey, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas; James F. Short, Jr., Washington State University
Richard G. Ames, CSU Hayward: Respiratory Disease and Suicide Among U.S. Coal Miners: Is There a Relationship?
Raymond G. DeVries, Westmont College: Risk as an invitation to Social Control: The Case of Professions
Morris A. Forslund, Univ. of Wyoming: Sequential Drug Use Among Junior High School Students: Testing the Progression Hypotheses
9.Issues in Teaching Sociology
Organizer and Presider: Richard P. Baker, Boise State University
Douglas Degher, Jerold Hughes, Richard Fernandez, Northern Arizona Univ.: Teaching Sociology: Through the Windows of Utopia
John S. Miller, Univ. of Arkansas, Little Rock: The Case Study: A Method for Applied Sociology
Robert A. Stallings, Univ. of Southern California: Teaching Sociology in Professional Schools
Ford W. Cleere, Univ. of Northern Colorado: Student Question-Asking: A Teaching Approach
Jim Christensen, Boise State Univ.: Computer Assisted Instruction in Lower Division Sociology Classes
10.Family Theory and Research
Organizer and Presider: Paul v. Crosbie, Humboldt State University
Acheampong Yaw Amoateng and Stephen J. Bahr, Brigham Young Univ.: Family Religion, and Adolescent Drug Use
Judy Auerbach, UC Berkeley: Working Mothers and Child Care in the United States: The Role of the State, the Employer and the Union
Susan B. Jones and Gary D. Hampe, Univ. of Wyoming: The Effects of Commuting on Dual Career, Dual Worker and Traditional Marriages
Jerald Krause, Humboldt State University: Symbolic Interaction and Interactional Family Therapy
Jane E. Prather and Mary R. Valentine, CSU Northridge: It’s Just as Easy to Marry a Rich Man as a Poor One! ‘Student’ Accounts of Parental Messages About Marital Partners
11.World Systems
Organizer and Presider: Albert Bergesen, Univ. of Arizona
Edgar Kiser, Univ. of Arizona: The Changing World of United States Presidents: A Multiple Regression Analysis of State of the Union Addresses, 1970-1984
Kathleen C. Schwartzman, Univ. of Arizona: Political Instability in Semiperipheral States
Robert Fiala, Univ. of New Mexico: World Culture and Expansion of Professional Employment in Lesser Developed Countries
Ronald Schoenberg, National Institute of Health; Albert Bergesen, Univ. of Arizona: An Exploratory Mixture Analysis of Long Waves of Colonialism
12.Social Psychology—I: Achievement, Alienation and Peer Influence
Organizer: Ronald A. Hardert, Arizona State University
Presider: Anthony J. Cortese, Colorado State University
Carole A. Neuman and Jerome Rabow, UC Los Angeles: Attitudes, Behavior, and Social Influence: Contingent Consistency Respecified
Fred W. Reed, William H. McBroom, Dale m. Lindekugel, Gina Roberts, Anastasia M. Tureck, Karen Veit, Univ. of Montana: Adolescent Rebellion and Impending Adulthood: Two Faces of Youth-Parent Agreement
Ruey-Lin Lin, Eastern Montana College: Subjective Meaning of Learning: An Analytic Concept for the Stud of School Performance
13.Sociological Theory
Organizer: Lee Freese, Washington State University
Presider: Irving Tallman, Washington State University
Bennetta Jules-Rosette, UC San Diego: The French Connection: Points of Convergence Between Contemporary French and American Sociological Theory
Ann T. Martinez, Univ. of New Mexico: Walter Benjamin: A Sociologist in the Path of Simmel
F.D. Cousineau, Simon Fraser University: Sociological Theory and the Concept of Cumulative Knowledge
14.Qualitative Methodology: Issues in Field Research
Organizer and Presider: Stuart C. Hadden, Northern Arizona University
Discussant: Patricia L. Wasielewski, Univ. of Redlands
Kathleen J. Ferraro, John M. Johnson and David L. Altheide, Arizona State Univ.: Situated Membership and the Field Observer’s Role
Fred P. Hilbert and Walter E. Doraz, California State College, Stanislaus: Qualitative Considerations Regarding the Establishment of Rapport in Interviewing Older Persons
Janet Henkin, Chapman College: Methodological Approaches to the Study of a Secret Population: Sampling, Interviewing, and Confidentiality
Richard E. Skeen, Northern Arizona State Univ.: Intentionally Rupturing Conversational Norms: A Look at What Can Be Gained
15.Social Stratification
Organizer: Rita Braito, Univ. of Denver
Presider: Thomas E. Drabek, Univ. of Denver
Paul W. Goodman, Univ. of Texas, El Paso: Education and the Sacrificial Lamb: Competitive Status Within the School
H. Edward Ransford, Univ. of Southern California; Bartolomeo J. Palisi, CSU Fullerton: Effects of Urbanism, Race, and Class on Happiness and Physical Health
Tome Meisenhelder, California State College, San Bernardino: The Class Position of College and University Faculty
Bam Dev Sharda and George A. Miller, Univ. of Utah: Organizational Structures Labor Markets and Social Stratification
Richard Caston, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Univ. of Colorado: Inequality in the Distribution of Four Occupational Characteristics
16.Leisure and Popular Culture
Organizer: Richard G. Mitchell, Jr., Oregon State University
Presider: James H. Frey, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas
Jeffrey Hale, Oregon State University: Brother Can You Spare Ten Grand: Techniques of Academic Fundraising
Norman L. Friedman, CSU Los Angeles: a.k.a Pablo: Mexican-American Images for Television Prime-Time Millions
David r. Dickens, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas: Critical Theories of Leisure
Eleen A. Baumann, Oregon State Univ.: The Underwear Comes in Flavors: Commerce and Eroticism at ‘Naughty Ladies Parties’
17. Gender Dynamics of Human Sexuality
Organizer and Presider: Patricia MacCorquodale, Univ. of Arizona
Discussant: Juan L. Gonzales, Jr., CSU Hayward
T.R. Young, The Red Feather Institute: The Social Sources of Sexual Repression: A Marxian View
Darlaine Gardetto, San Francisco State University: The Women’s Movement and the Resocializaiton of Heterosexuality
Scott Christopher, Univ. of Nevada Reno: Premarital Sexual Aggression Against Women: A Social Psychological Investigation
Cathy Reback, UC Santa Cruz: The Social Construction of Lesbian Identities
18.Hazards and Disasters
Organizer and Presider: Joanne M. Nigg, Arizona State University
Discussant: Patricia Bolton, Battelle
Thomas E. Drabek, Univ. of Denver: Trends in Disaster Research: Conclusions Based on an Inventory of Findings
Rocco Caporale, Institute for Italian-American Studies, Ino Rossi, St. John’s University: A Reassessment of the Function of International Aid in Natural Disasters
Frances Reader, Arizona State Univ.: Human Response to Technological Disaster: Some Emerging Questions
Edgar W. Butler, Hiroshi Fukurai, UC Riverside: Acid Pits and Birth Defects: A Case Study
19.Socialization: Personal Change in Youth and Adulthood
Organizer, Presider, and Discussant: Steven L. Gordon, CSU Los Angeles
Ronald A. Farrell, New Mexico State University, Barbara L. Janicki, State University of New York, Albany: Tolerance of Ambiguity in Deviance Causation: Toward an Integration of Sociological and Psychological Perspectives
Kevin Bollinger, Margaret Herber, Vince Miller, and Wayne S. Wooden, Cal Poly University, Pomona: Suburban Punks: A Comparison between Punk Rockers and Non-Punk Rockers in Southern California
Brian A. Powers, UC Berkeley: Resistance in Britain and California: High School Students Poised at the Brink of Work
Kathy Charmaz, Sonoma State Univ.: Disclosing Illness: Socializing Others to One’s Illness
20.International Conflict—II
Organizer and Presider: Tahmoores Sarraf, Idaho State University
Grant Farr, Portland State Univ.: The Role of Intellectuals in Afghan’s Conflict
Albert Williams, Portland State Univ.: The New Middle Class in Iranian Revolution
Tahmoores Sarraf, Idaho State University: Revolution and Cultural Conformity in Iran
21.Medical Sociology: Stigma and Illness
Organizer, Presider, and Discussant: Ilse J. Volinn, Univ. of Washington
Julia S. Brown, Oregon Health Sciences University: Marital Status of Persons with Spinal Cord Injury
Anthony Walsh, Boise State University: The Effects of Immigration, Stigma, and Stress on Biological Effective Blood Pressure Levels
Marci Catanzaro, Univ. of Washington: Shamefully Different: A Personal Meaning of Urinary Bladder Dysfunction
Robin Thomas, Univ. of Washington: Multiple Dimensions of Stigma Influencing the Family When a Child Has a Chronic Condition
22.Moving to Micros: Instructions with Personal Computers
Organizer and Presider: Sheila Cordray, Oregon State University
Presenters: Sheila Cordray, Oregon State Univ., Jane Reisman, Pacific Lutheran University
23.Sociolinguistics
Organizer and Presider: Don H. Zimmerman, UC Santa Barbara
Carol Brooks Gardner, UC Los Angeles: Women and Speech in Public Places: Traditional Etiquette and Participant Observation
Spencer E. Cahill, Skidmore College: Language Practices and Self-Definition: The Case of Gender Identity Acquisition
Deridre Boden, Stanford University: This is the President Calling
Edward Rose, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder: Changes of Theory
24.Featured Session: Mexican Immigration to the Southwest
Organizer nd Presider: Patrick H. McNamara, Univ. of New Mexico
Commentators: Celestino Fernandez, Univ. of Arizona; David Maciel, Univ. of New Mexico, and Jorge Bustamante, Colegio de Mexico
Rosalia Solorzano, Univ. of Texas, El Paso: Mexican Immigration to the United States
Gary Lemons, Univ. of New Mexico: Undocumented Mexican Workers in the Roofing Industry
25.Featured Session: Issues Affecting the Profession
Presider: Riley E. Dunlap, Washington State University
Panelists: William D’Antonio, Executive Office, American Sociological Association; James F. Short, Jr., Washington State University; Edgar F. Borgatta, Univ. of Washington
FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1985
26.Criminology
Organizer and Presider: David Musick, Univ. of Northern Colorado
Discussant: Donald R. Cressey, UC Santa Barbara
Peter G. Garabedian, San Francisco State University: The California Victim’s Bill of Rights: Rhetoric nd Reality
Susan Puckett and Clifford Bryan, Idaho State Univ.: Drunk Drivers: The New Public Enemy Number One
Joseph f. Sheley, Tulane University: Homicide in Cali, Colombian: Newspaper Influence on Citizen Perceptions
27.Sociology of Education—II
Organizer: Leonard Gordon, Arizona State University
Presider: Patricia Harvey, Colorado State University
Emma Porio, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu: State, Classes, and Education Reforms
Theodore C. Wagenaar, Miami University: Terminal Degree Graduates: From the National ‘High School and Beyond Study’
Richard L. Dukes, Univ. of Colorado, Colorado Springs: A Time of Your Life: A Longitudinal Study of the Effects on the Semester at Sea Program Upon the Significant Learning of Participants
Jan Allard, CSU Los Angeles; Judy Fisher, Palmdale School District: The Infusion of Computer Education into Public Education
Janet Keams, Center for the Study of Women in Society: Modes of ‘Resistant’ and Accommodative’ Behaviors in the Educational Process as Related to Gender and Class
28.Industrial Sociology
Organizer and Presider: R. Alan Hedley, Univ. of Victoria
Discussant: Robert Hagedorn, Univ. of Victoria
Thomas Trent, Navy Personnel Research and Development Center: Integrating Women into Blue-Collar Military Occupations: Adverse Impact and the Methodological Constraints of Relative Strength Classification
Guillermo J. Grenier, Univ. of New Mexico: Quality Circles in a Corporate Anti-Union Strategy: A Case Study
Nancy Langton, Univ. of Oklahoma: Service Sector Labor Unions and Mergers: Responsiveness to Economic Fluctuations
29.Community
Organizer and Presider: Edgar W. Butler, UC Riverside
Bartolomeo J. Palisi and Claire Canning, CSU Fullerton: Urban and Rural Communities and Social Psychological Well-Being: A Test of Three Theories
Tonya L. Schuster, UC Riverside: Proximity and Social Support in Personal Communities
Patrick C. Jobes, Montana State University: The Planning of Small Town Growth as a Conversion from Realism to Nominalism
Edward C. Knop, Colorado State University: Patterns of Management and Challenges of Migration in Three Non-Metropolitan Colorado Communities 1970-80
Sam Burns, Fort Lewis College: Reflexive Ethnographic Practice in Community Development
30.Death and Dying—I: Pre-Death Sequences
Organizer: Glenn M. Vernon, Univ. of Utah
Presider: Tom Calhoun, Western Kentucky University
Discussant: Kenneth L. Nyberg, California State College Bakersfield
Bruce Durbin, Boise State University: A Methodological Review of Recent Suicide Research
Harold A. Widdison, Northern Arizona Univ.: The Delayed Stress Syndrome: Accident or Murder
Glenn M. Vernon, Univ. of Utah: Wanting to Die
31.Student Paper Competition Winners
Organizer and Presider: Brian L. Pitcher, Utah State University
First Place: Yehouda A. Shenhav, Stanford University: Dependency and Compliance in Academic Research Infra-Structures
Second Place: Rosalind Y. Mau, Univ. of Hawaii, Manoa: Alienation: Validity of the Concept in the School Setting
Third Place (tie): Lawrence J. Mayer, Arizona State Univ.: Violence in the Family of Rock’n Roll
Third Place (tie): Nancy Jo Siberman, University of Southern California: From the Bedroom to the Weight Room: A Long Way Baby?
32.Small Groups: Theory and Research
Organizer and Presider: Karen S. Cook, Univ. of Washington
Gerald Marwell and Pamela Oliver, Univ. of Wisconsin: On the Paradox of Group Size and Collective Action
Toshio Yamagishi, Univ. of Washington and Hokkaido University: The Provision of Sanctioning as a Public Good
Barry Markovsky, Univ. of Iowa: A Proposed Test of a Multi-Level Theory of Justice
33.Status of Minorities and Women in the Profession: Results of the PSA Longitudinal Survey
Moderator: Leonard Gordon, Arizona State University
Panelists: Morris Axelrod, Steven Kulis, and Karen Miller, Arizona State Univ.; Maurice Jackson, UC Riverside; Jean Stockard, Univ. of Oregon
34.Sociology of Sport
Organizer and Presider: Clifford Bryan, Idaho State University
Carole Case, New Mexico University: Conflicting and Counter—Intuitive Theoretical Approaches to the Paddock: That’s Interesting!
Don Gibbons, Portland State University: Urban Social Structure, Leisure and the Running Scene
Robert Stebbins, Univ. of Calgary: Careers in Professional Football: Maintenance and Decline
John F. Seggar and Darl McBride, Brigham Young University: Pareto, Powerhouse Football and AP Polls: 1968-1983
T.R. Young, The Red Feather Institute: The Sociology of Sport: A Critical Overview
35.Sociology of Religion—I: Explorations in Sexism and Liberation Theology
Organizer and Presider: Merlin B. Brinkerhoff, Univ. of Calgary
Discussants: Azmy I. Ibrahin, Janet Lee, and Gilbert R. Cadena
Marie Cornwall, Brigham Young Univ.: The Social and Normative Bases of Religion
Azmy I. Ibrahin, San Jose State Univ.: Sexism in the Linguistic and Hierarchical Structure of Western Religion’s Scripture
Janet Lee, Washington State Univ.: Creating Feminist Epistemology for a Sociology of Religion
Vernon Bates, Pacific University: Women Entering Ministry
36.Mass Communications
Organizer and Presider: Melvin L. DeFleur, Univ. of Miami
Everette E. Dennis, Columbia Univ.: A New Center for Advanced Study of Mass Communication
Timothy Plax, Rockwell International Corporation: The Role of the Communications Scientist in an Applied Corporate Setting
Jin Won-Doomink, Washington State University: Television and Its Impact on Assimilation of Korean Immigrants in Los Angeles
Jeffrey Hubbard, CSU Sacramento: The Creed of the Anti-Media Critic
John Durante, Washington State Univ.: The Portrayal of Crime and the Criminal Justice System in the Mass News Media
37.Qualitatie Methodology: Analytic Issues
Organizer and Presider: Stuart C. Hadden, Northern Arizon University
J. Steven Smith, Oklahoma State Univ.: A Methodology for Studying Marital Expectations: A Preliminary Inquiry
David L. Altheide, Arizona State Univ.: Ethnographic Content Analysis
Brian A. Powers, UC Berkeley; Barbara Owens, Eastern Washington University: Using Qualitative Methodology to Address Macro-Sociological Concerns
38.Studying Correlates of Stress: Reports From Student Researchers
Moderators: Richard Wark, Mary San Miguel, Kimberley Schalow, Clara Chavez, and Jane Warner, College of Santa Fe
39.Demographic and Life-Cycle Trends
Organizer and Presider: Shirley Foster Hartley, CSU Hayward
Paul C. Glick and Sung-Ling Lin, Arizona State Univ.: More Young Adults are Living with their Parents: Who are they?
Jean E. Veevers, Univ. of Victoria: Age-Discrepant Marriages: Cross-National Comparison of Canadian-American Trends
Jerry r. Osburn, Univ. of Nevada Las Vegas: Life Cycle Factors in Migration Decision making
Charles F. Hohm, Fred J. Galloway, Carl G. Hanson, and Daniel A. Biner, San Diego State University: Social Security and Fertility: A Reappraisal
40.Comparative Sociology
Organizer and Presider: Stephen Webb, Univ. of Victoria
Luis Roniger, Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem and UC Berkeley: Oyabun-Kobun Bonds, Caciquismo and Coronelismo: Trust and Hierarchy in Japan and Latin America
R. Alan Hedley, Univ. of Victoria: Narrowing the Gap Between Rich and Poor Nations: A Modest Proposal
Brian Rich, UC Berkeley: The Making of Post-Industrialism: A Comparative Study of High Tech Industrialization in the U.S. and Japan
41.Teaching Sociology: Coping with the downward slope
Organizer and Presider: Frederick L. Campbell, Univ. of Washington
42.Problems of the Southwest
(Co-Sponsored by the Society for the Study of Social Problems)
Organizer and Presider: Joan Moore, Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Discussant: Lionel Maldonado, Univ. of Wisconsin-Parkside
Celestino Fernandez, Univ. of Arizona: Resistant to Naturalization Among Mexican Immigrants
Melvin Oliver, UC Los Angeles: Labor Force Participation in a Dual Economy: Employment of Minorities in a Post-Industrial City
John Garcia, Univ. of Arizona: Access to Higher Education: Minorities Students and Rising Admissions Standards
Kathleen J. Ferraro, Arizona State Univ.: Domestic Violence in the Southwest
43.Gender Roles
Organizer and Presider: Cookie White Stephan, New Mexico State University
Discussant: Gloria Ann Young, Univ. of Texas, El Paso
Eugene Lupri and Donald L. Mills, Univ. of Calgary: The Division of Labour in Young Dual-Career Couples: The Case of Canada
Maxine R. White, Cabrillo College: Patriarchal Myths Revisited: Hollywood Ignores the Liberated Woman
Patricia A. Davis, Boise State Univ.: Women In Magazine Ads: A 1983 Followup of the Portrayal of Women in Print Advertisements
Patricia Thomas Crane, CSU Fullerton: Childbearing Postponement: A Comparison of Wives Who Intend to Have Children and Wives Who Do not Intend to Have Children on Age-Related Factors
44.Symbolic Interaction
Organizer and Presider: John W. Kinch, San Francisco State University
Discussant: R. Frank Falk, University of Denver
Elizabeth Rooney, San Francisco State University: Transformation of the Self-Concept: Alcoholism and Drug Addiction within the medical Profession
Ann Wichman, UC Los Angeles: Exploring the Dynamics of Role-Making
Diane Bjorklund Shorter, UC Davis: Characterization of the Self in Autobiographical Reflection
Angeline Kearns Blain, Boise State University: The Ballet: Three Steps in It’s Historical Development
45.Juvenile Delinquency
Organizer and Presider: Steven R. Burkett, Washington State University
David Musick and Daniel O’Connor, Univ. of Northern Colorado: Clinical and Observational Ideas About Delinquency Causation and Measurement
Carole Wolff Barnes and Randal Franz, CSU Sacramento: Questionably Adult: A Study of the Remand Process in Juvenile Court
46. Social Welfare: Assumptions and Innovations
Organizer and Presider: William D. Payne, Utah State Department of Social Services
Ralph Segalman and Alfred Himelson, CSU Northridge: What If There Were No Welfare?
Emma Gross and Peter Pecora, Univ. of Utah: Abolish Welfare? Myths and Realities
Irene Fisher and Bill Biggs, Utah State Department of Social Services: The Utah Approach: The Baby and the Bathwater
47.Death and Dying—II: Bereavement
Organizer: Glenn M. Vernon, Univ. of Utah
Presider: Donald B. Lindsey, California State College San Bernardino
Discussant: Robert W. Gardner, Walla Walla College
Fred Sklar, and Kathleen D. Huneke, CSU Hayward: Bereavement, Ministerial Attitude, nd the Future of Church-Sponsored Bereavement Support Groups
Robert Gray and Janis Plattis, Univ. of Utah: Bereavement: The Entrance into Widowhood
Frederick I. Newton and Anne E. Waldbauer, CSU Chico: Widowhood: The Factors that Affect Participation and Satisfaction in a Widowhood Program
48.Environment and Energy
Organizer and Presider: Patrick C. Jobes, Montana State University
Discussant: Robert Bolin, New Mexico State University
J. Frideres, S. Goldenberg, J. DiSanto, and U. Fleising, Univ. of Calgary: The Mediation of Alienation in Energy Development: The Case of the Keephills Thermal Power Project
Jeffrey C. Jacobs, and Merlin B. Brinkerhoff, Univ. of Calgary: Ecological Integrity and the Back-to-the-Land Movement: Alternative Technological Use in Part-Time, Semi-Subsistance Agriculture
William R. Freudenburg and Rodney K. Baxter, Washington State Univ.: Nuclear Reactions: Public Attitudes and Public Policies Toward Nuclear Power
Don E. Albrecht and Steve H. Murdock, Texas A&M Univ.: A Comparison of the Implications of Energy-Intensive vs. Land-Intensive Technological Developments in Agriculture
49.Presidential Session
Presider: Edgar F. Borgatta, University of Washington
PSA Awards Presentations
William R. Catton, Jr., Washington State Univ., Presidential Address: Emile Who and the Division of What?
50.Aging and The Life Cycle: Individuals and Contexts
Organizer and Presider: Denise B. Bielby, UC Los Angeles
Discussant: Patricia M. Passuth, Univ. of Southern California
Deirdre Boden, Stanford Univ.; Denise D. Bielby, UC Los Angeles: The Way It Was: Topic Organization in Elderly Conversation
Gerald Marwell, Univ. of Wisconsin: The Persistence of Political Attitudes Among 1960s Civil Rights Activists
Toni M. Calasanti, Univ. of Kentucky: Myths and Realities of Retirement Adjustment: Toward a Model for Satisfaction: A Comparison of Male and Female Retirees
51.Sociology of Religion—II: Sociological Explorations of “Conservative Christianity”
Organizer and Presider: Jeffrey C. Jacob, Univ. of Calgary
Discussants: Marie Cornwall, Brigham Young Univ.; Merlin B. Brinkerhoff, Univ. of Calgary; Patrick H. McNamara, Univ. of Mexico; Donald B. Lindsey, California State College, San Bernardino
Donald B. Lindsey, Barbara W. Sirotnik, and John Heeren, California State College, San Bernardino: Measuring Christian Orthodoxy: Reassessing the Issue of Unidimensionality
Brian L. Pitcher, Utah State Univ.; Marie Cornwall, Brigham Young Univ.; Stan Albrecht, Brigham Young Univ.; Perry Cunningham, LDS Church, Salt Lake City: Contextual and Institutional Factors in Religious Commitment: An Examination of Mormon Congregations
Merlin B. Brinkerhoff, and Marlene M. Mackie, Univ. of Calgary: Mormonism and the Moral Majority Make Strange Bedfellows?: An Exploratory Critique
Patrick H. McNamara, Univ. of Mexico: Conservative Christian Families and Their Worldviews: Are the Critics Correct? Interviews Suggest They are Not
52.Complex Organizations
Organizer and Presider: C. Michael Otten, San Jose State University
Geoffrey Tootell, Karel Zikan, Joseph Murphy, Linda Mason, and Howard Swan, San Jose State Univ.: Applications of Markov Chain and Perron-Frobenius Theory for Organizational Structure and Productivity
Dodd H. Bogart, Univ. of Mexico: The Organizational Stress Chain
Frank Darknel, CSU Sacramento: Conducing a National Survey at a Non-Research University: A Bootstrap Operation?
Patricia L. Wasielewski, Univ. of Redlands: Insidious Organizational Change
John C. Lammers, Stanford University: The Institutional Environment of Nonprofit Organizations
53.Drinking and Drugs
Organizer and Presider: Steven R. Burkett, Washington State University
Morris A. Forslud, and Jane R. Souply, Univ. of Wyoming: Patterns and Correlates of Polydrug Use Among Junior High School Students
Anastasios C. Marcos, and Stephen J. Bahr, Brigham Young Univ.: A Social Control and Learning Theory of Adolescent Drug Use
David Nasatir, CSU Dominguez Hills and Medical Research Institute of San Francisco: Why More Don’t: An Analysis of Student Drinking Behavior
54.Women and International Development
Organizer and Presider: Ruth Taplin, San Jose State Univ.
Ruth Taplin, San Jose State Univ.: Women and Work in Egypt: An Historical Perspective
Carol Andreas, Eastern Washington Univ.: Land Use, Reproduction and Revolution in Peru
Anita Weiss, UC Berkeley: Strategies for Third World Women’s Empowerment: Examples from Pakistan
Susan Tiano, Univ. of New Mexico: Maquiladoras and the Female Labor Force: The Case of Mexicall B.C.
Joseph Plakkoottam, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu: Homophily in Change Agent Effectiveness: Women as Health Guides in India
55.Applied Sociology
Organizer and Presider: Kenneth M. Keating, Bonneville Power Administration—KES, Portland, Oregon
Kathleen Kaiser, CSU Chico: Applied Internships for Undergraduates: One University’s Experience
John S. Miller, Univ. of Arkansas at Little Rock: Mediation in the Criminal Justice System
H. Gill Peach, Pacific Power and Light, Portland, Oregon: Insights from Critical Theory in Applied Research
Paul R. Zelus, and Sandra Hughes, Idaho State Univ.: Using the 1980 Census for Program and Policy Planning for the Aging
56.Native Americans, The Law and Social Change
Organizer and Presider: Eric L. Jensen, Univ. of Idaho
Discussants: Fred Ragsdale, American Indian Law Center, University of Mexico; Laura Watchempino, Indian Pueblo Legal Services, Albuquerque; Manuel Pino, Univ. of Nex Mexico
Dennis C. Colson, Univ. of Idaho College of Law: Tribal Sovereignty: The Burger and Reagan Visions
57.Law and Society
Organizer and Presider: Gary LaFree, Univ. of New Mexico
Discussant: Gilbert Geis, UC Irvine
Ronald A. Farrell, New Mexico State Univ., Victoria L. Swigert, Holy Cross College: Judicial Construction of Corporate Criminal Liability
Eldon L. Wegner, Univ. of Hawaii, Manoa: Patient Consent: Issues in the Legal Regulation of a Client-Professional Relationship
Carol Wolff Barnes, CSU Sacramento: Representativeness of Source pools, Venire Panels, and Juries
H. Laurence Ross, Univ. of New Mexico: Coping Practices of City Housing Inspectors
58.Politial Sociology
Organizer: Val Burris, Univ. of Oregon
Presider: Richard M. Coughlin, Univ. of New Mexico
Elizabeth Kim Coontz, UC Davis: State Structure and Welfare Policy: Child Care in the United States
Chikako Usui, Stanford Univ.: The Development of Social Security Systems Since 1890: The World System Approach
Richard M. Coughlin, Univ. of New Mexico; Philip K. Armour, Univ. of Texas, Dallas: Limits of the Welfare Backlash: A Comparative Perspective on Political Initiatives to Cut Taxes and Spending
Jonathan Shefner, Colorado State Univ., Hayward: The Hispanic Vote in California: Naturalization and Voter Participation Rates in Alameda Country
59.Research and Issues on Domestic Violence
Organizer: George S. Bridges, Univ. of Washington
Presider: Joseph G. Weis, Univ. of Washington
Stephanie Amedeo-Eineker, Univ. of New Mexico: Sociocultural Determinants of Child Abuse
Kathleen Kaiser, CSU Chico: Child Abuse: Definitions, Reporting and Stereotypes
Joseph G. Weis and George S. Bridges, Univ. of Washington: Issues in the Measurement of Domestic Violence
60.Quantitive Methodology
Organizer and Presider: James C. Cramer, UC Davis
Robert M. O’Brien and Pamela Homer, Univ. of Oregon: Corrections for Coarsely Categorized Measures: LISREL’s Polyserial and Polychoric Correlations
Mary Benin, Arizona State Univ.; Mike Aickin, Statistical Consulting Services, Tempe, Arizona: New Interpretable Coefficients for Log-Linear Models
James C. Cramer and Timothy M. Lockwood, UC Davis: Log-Linear Analysis of Infant Mortality Using Matched Birth and Death Records: Methodological Problems and Explorations
James H. Frey, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas: An Experiment with the Confidentiality Reminder in a Telephone Survey
Kenneth D. Bailey, UC Los Angeles: Concept Formation and Measurement: Toward a Holistic View
61.Sociology of Science
Organizer and Presider: Sally L. Hacker, Oregon State University
Discussant: Charles E. Starnes, Oregon State Univ.
Sheldon Goldenberg, Univ. of Calgary: Perspective on the Nature of Science by Academic Scientists
Frank Darknell, CSU Sacramento; David Nasatir, CSU Dominguez Hills; David Dahlberg, CSU Sacramento: Extramural Professional Activity by Science and Engineering Faculty at Teaching Institutions: An Emerging Structure for Scientific R&D
Dyane Betts, Simon Fraser Univ.: Kuhn’s Concept of Paradigm and the Emergence of Positivist Criminology: The Case of C. Lombroso
Barton C. Hacker, REECO Las Vegas: Military Science? Origins of a Discipline
62.Social Psychology—II: Social Structure and Personality
Organizer and Presider: Ronald A. Hardert, Arizona State Univ.
Discussant: June E.G. Meitz, Arizona State Univ.
Michael L. Schwalbe, UC Riverside: A Reexamination of the Relationship Between Autonomy in Work and Self-Esteem
Joanne M. Nig, Arizona State Univ.: The Mobilization of Altruistic Sentiments for Earthquake Endangered Groups
Milton S. Bloombaum, Univ. of Hawaii, Manoa: The Nuclear Submarine as a Total Institution
Lyle G. Warner, Univ. of Nevada, Reno; Richard Wark, College of Santa Fe, New Mexico; Kenneth Bazzell, Univ. of Nevada Reno: Factor Analysis of Inner-and Other-Directed Attitudes in Seven U.S. Samples
63.Sociology in the Real World: Inequality, Development and Policy Formation
Organizer and Presider: James K. Owens, Univ. of Idaho
Gary J. Zucca, National University; Benjamin Gorman, Univ. of Florida: Assessment of Affirmative Action in the Distribution of Blacks and Hispanics in U.S. Navy Occupation Specialties
Joseph DeMartini and Les B. Whitbeck, Washington State Univ.: Knowledge Use as Knowledge Creation
Scott Werker, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison: Dependency Theory and Quantitative Cross-National Research on Development: What Does the Recent Evidence Indicate?
