scholarly journals The Relationship between Political Orientation and Race on Modern Racism

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
David Bryan Oxendine
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Southeastern United States ◽  
Ethnically Diverse ◽  
Political Orientation ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Modern Racism ◽  
Regional University ◽  
The Relationship

<p>Political orientation and race have consistently found to be associated with attitudes leading to the foundational elements underpinning prejudice. This study investigates these relationships more fully in order to determine the magnitude of these relationships leading to modern racist attitudes. The research participants consisted of 225 undergraduate and graduate students at an ethnically diverse regional university in the southeastern United States. Consistent with existing literature, White participants reported greater levels of modern racist attitudes than did Non-White participants. As hypothesized, political orientation and race significantly related to modern racist attitudes. Implications for continuing future research on political orientation, race and other factors associated with modern racism.</p>

scholarly journals The Relationship between Social Dominance Orientation and Religiosity mediated by Political Orientation and Race

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
David Bryan Oxendine
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Social Dominance ◽  
Southeastern United States ◽  
Social Dominance Orientation ◽  
Ethnically Diverse ◽  
Political Orientation ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Regional University ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractPolitical orientation and race have consistently found to be associated with social dominance orientation (SDO) and religiosity.  This study explores the degree of influence that political orientation and race has on SDO and religiosity.  The research participants consisted of 245 undergraduate and graduate students at an ethnically diverse regional university in the southeastern United States.  As expected, Republican participants scored higher in SDO than Democrats, as White participants scored higher in SDO than did Non-White participants.  Additionally, Republican participants scored higher in religiosity than did Democrats.  As hypothesized, Non-Whites scored higher in religiosity than did Whites. Implications for future research on political orientation, race and other factors associated with SDO and religiosity.

scholarly journals Gender, Race, and College Major: Do They Predict Modern Racism?

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 90
Author(s):  
David Bryan Oxendine
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Southeastern United States ◽  
College Major ◽  
Ethnically Diverse ◽  
Racial Group ◽  
Academic Major ◽  
Attitudes And Beliefs ◽  
Modern Racism ◽  
Regional University ◽  
Prejudice And Discrimination

<p>Gender and race have consistently been associated with racial prejudice and discrimination. This study investigates these relationships further along with college major. Looking at a college academic major that is overrepresented with a gender and racial group associated with modern racism to discover if this leads this academic major to predict modern racism attitudes and beliefs. The research participants consisted of 225 undergraduate and graduate students at an ethnically diverse regional university in the southeastern United States. As hypothesized, gender, race, and college major are significant predictors of modern racism.</p>

scholarly journals Early indications of drought impacts on forests in the southeastern United States

2015 ◽  
Vol 91 (04) ◽  
pp. 376-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael K. Crosby ◽  
Zhaofei Fan ◽  
Martin A. Spetich ◽  
Theodor D. Leininger ◽  
Xingang Fan
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Forest Type ◽  
Southeastern United States ◽  
Forest Health ◽  
Classification And Regression Tree ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Red Oak ◽  
White Oak ◽  
Cart Analysis ◽  
Crown Dieback

In the southeastern United States, drought can pose a significant threat to forests by reducing the amount of available water, thereby stressing trees. Destructive changes in crown conditions provide the first visible indication of a problem in a forested area, making it a useful indicator for problems within an ecosystem. Forest Health and Monitoring (FHM) and Palmer's Drought Severity Index (PDSI) data from 11 states in the southeastern United States were obtained in an effort to determine the role that drought, forest type, and ecoregion have in indicating differences in crown dieback. Analyses were conducted by species groups using classification and regression tree (CART) analysis. The greatest amount of total relative crown dieback occurred in red oak (18%), followed by other hardwoods (14%), and white oak (11%). Relative crown dieback varied by forest type and ecoregion with a relationship to drought in both red oak and white oak. This information will be useful for focusing future research and modeling efforts to predict forest health conditions affected by changing climate variables.

scholarly journals Homophily and Social Capital in a Network of Religious Congregations

Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 653
Author(s):  
Jennifer M. McClure
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Southeastern United States ◽  
Sociology Of Religion ◽  
Religious Congregations ◽  
Major Metropolitan Area ◽  
Curvilinear Relationships ◽  
The Relationship

This article investigates the relationship between homophily, the tendency for relationships to be more common among similar actors, and social capital in a social network of religious congregations from eight counties encompassing and surrounding a major metropolitan area in the southeastern United States. This network is inter-congregational, consisting of congregations and the relationships between them. Two types of social capital are investigated: the first involves the extent to which congregations bridge across structural holes, or bridge together otherwise disconnected congregations within the network; secondly, network closure involves the extent to which congregations are embedded in tight-knit clusters. Analyses use two types of homophily (religious and racial) to predict both outcomes, and they test linear and curvilinear relationships between both forms of homophily and the outcomes. Results indicate that congregations with moderate levels of religious homophily are more likely to bridge between otherwise disconnected congregations; however, congregations with low or high religious homophily as well as congregations with high racial homophily are more likely to be embedded in tight-knit relational clusters. This article contributes additional social network research on congregations and evidence of curvilinear relationships between homophily and social capital to the fields of social network analysis and sociology of religion.

14. Political Democracy and State Repression

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Davenport
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
African Americans ◽  
The United States ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Political Democracy ◽  
State Repression ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Way

This chapter explores the relationship between political democracy and state repression. Afer providing an overview of the democracy–repression link, it considers what research has been conducted on the topic and also what has been ignored. It uses the United States and its treatment of African Americans as an example of how existing research in this field should change, as well as to emphasize the importance of disaggregation (regarding institutions, actors, and actions). The chapter concludes by suggesting directions for future research. It argues that researchers need to improve the way in which they think about the relationship between democracy and repression, and that they need to modify how they gather information about democracy and repression.

scholarly journals Understanding Women’s Experience in Graduate Mathematics Through a Focused Identity Lens

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 112
Author(s):  
Lynn Liao Hodge ◽  
Lauren Wagener Riva
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Graduate School ◽  
Graduate Program ◽  
Southeastern United States ◽  
Social Situation ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Grade School ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World

Despite relatively equal proportions of boys and girls enrolled in STEM courses during grade school, women are significantly underrepresented in STEM degrees and occupations around the world (Hill, Corbett, and St. Rose, 2010). The field of mathematics reflects this trend. Our focus in this article is on three women graduate students in mathematics at a University in the Southeastern United States. In particular, we were interested in their identities that include their perspective on the graduate program. Specifically, we sought to understand the norms, expectations, and resources of the social situation in which their identities were developing. As will become apparent, the three students illustrate different identities as they participated in graduate school mathematics.

Spatial Trends and Factors Associated with Hardwood Mortality in the Southeastern United States

2014 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael K. Crosby ◽  
Zhaofei Fan ◽  
Theodor D. Leninger ◽  
Martin A. Spetich ◽  
A. Brady Self
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Southeastern United States ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Spatial Trends

Economic Shifts and Cultural Changes in Individualism

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuji Ogihara
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
National Level ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Temporal Perspective ◽  
Cultural Changes ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Over Time

This chapter discusses the relationship between economic affluence and individualism from a cross-temporal perspective. Previous research has indicated that wealth and individualism are positively correlated at both the individual and the national level. This chapter discusses whether this relationship is also found at the temporal level. This chapter consists of three parts. First, a theory about the association between economic affluence and individualism is summarized. Second, the chapter introduces empirical evidence on temporal changes in individualism and their relationship with economic development in three cultures (United States, Japan, China). These studies indicated that the three cultures have shifted toward greater individualism over time. Moreover, these changes in individualism were positively linked to increases in economic affluence at the annual level. Third, the chapter is summarized and directions for future research are raised. Overall, this chapter discusses how socioecological factors and human psychologies/behaviors are associated particularly from a cross-temporal perspective.

International Students’ Social Outcomes, Educational Status, and Country of High School Graduation

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 589-606
Author(s):  
Nelson C. Brunsting ◽  
Megan Mischinski ◽  
Wenjin Wu ◽  
Tenisha Tevis ◽  
Risa Takeuchi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
High School ◽  
International Students ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
International Student ◽  
Educational Status ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Outcomes ◽  
Future Research

Despite the increase in methodological sophistication and complexity of models being tested for international student adjustment to universities in the United States (U.S.), researchers often do not test or control for salient demographic differences between students, including their educational status (i.e., graduate or undergraduate) and country in which they graduated high school. The current study was designed to examine whether demographic variables are associated with a range of social outcomes. Participants ( N = 245) from 23 U.S. colleges and universities completed a survey in Fall 2017. Undergraduate students reported having a higher number of close friends at their institution than did graduate students; however, they also reported a lower sense of belonging than did graduate students. Students who graduated from high school in the United States reported less social support from international students at university. Implications for students and for future research are provided.

scholarly journals Rising Ethnic Diversity in the United States Accompanies Shifts Toward an Individualistic Culture

2020 ◽  
pp. 194855062096723
Author(s):  
Alex C. Huynh ◽  
Igor Grossmann
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Ethnic Diversity ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Ethnically Diverse ◽  
The United States ◽  
Living Alone ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Relational Structures ◽  
Individualistic Culture ◽  
The Relationship

We investigate the relationship between ethnic diversity and the rise of individualism in the United States during the 20th and 21st centuries. Tests of the historical rates of ethnic diversity alongside individualistic relational structures (e.g., adults living alone, single-/multi-child families) from the years 1950 to 2018 reveal that societal and regional rates of ethnic diversity accompanied individualistic relational structures. These effects hold above and beyond time-series trends in each variable. Further evidence from experimental studies ( N = 707) suggests that the presence of, and contact with, ethnically diverse others contributes to greater individualistic values (e.g., the importance of uniqueness and personal achievement). Converging evidence across societal-, regional-, and individual-level analyses suggests a systematic link between ethnic diversity and individualism. We discuss the implications of these findings for sociocultural livelihood in light of the rising rates of ethnic diversity across the globe.

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