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Creator:: Ortiz, Steven M.
Abstract:: In taking a multidimensional approach to selected areas of the much neglected sport marriage, this article identifies and examines the survival strategies used by wives in coping with stressful occupational events in the careers of their husbands. Using a control management perspective, the idea of control work is introduced and...
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Full Text:: Sociology of Sport Online-SOSOL, Volume 5, Number 2

Creator:: Burkhardt, Brett C.
Abstract:: This is an author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by Taylor & Francis and can be found at: https://doi.org/10.1080/0735648X.2016.1174619
Resource Type:: Article and Preprint
Full Text:: . Corresponding author: Brett C. Burkhardt, PhD, 307 Fairbanks Hall, Sociology Program, Oregon State University

Creator:: Torgerson, Melissa and Edwards, Mark Evan
Abstract:: Communities all rely to some degree upon residents to serve in and lead the local organizations that make those communities vital. Recognizing barriers experienced by specific groups helps community leaders identify why various groups do not participate. Using data from the 2000 Social Capital Benchmark Survey, this analysis examines perceived...
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Full Text:: melissa.torgerson@state.or.us; 503-986-2094 Mark Evan Edwards {corresponding author} Sociology Program, OSU

Creator:: Kline, Jeffrey D., Kerns, Becky K., Day, Michelle A., and Hammer, Roger B.
Abstract:: US forestlands are increasingly subject to disturbances including wildfire, insects and disease, and urban and exurban development. Devising strategies for addressing these "forest threats" depends on anticipating where individual disturbances are most likely and where they might occur in combination. However, many spatial data sets describing forest threats are produced...
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Creator:: Lanfear, Charles, Akins, Scott, and Mosher, Clayton
Abstract:: In this paper we examine the effects of self-reported sexual orientation on substance abuse. Using data on a random sample of 6713 individuals in Washington State, this study examines causes and correlates of substance use by sexual minorities, an at-risk and treatment underserved population. Logistic regression results indicate homosexual orientation...
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Full Text:: economics of crime. Scott Akins is Associate Professor in the Public Policy Program, Sociology

Creator:: Mockrin, Miranda H., Stewart, Susan I., Radeloff, Volker C., Hammer, Roger B., and Johnson, Kenneth M.
Abstract:: Over the past 60 years, housing growth has outpaced population growth in the United States. Conservationists are concerned about the far-reaching environmental impacts of housing development, particularly in rural areas. We use clustering analysis to examine the pattern and distribution of housing development since 1940 in and around the Northern...
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Full Text:: , Madison, WI 53706, USA R. B. Hammer Department of Sociology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

Creator:: Hawbaker, Todd J., Radeloff, Volker C., Stewart, Susan I., Hammer, Rober B., Keuler, Nicholas S., and Clayton, Murray K.
Abstract:: National-scale analyses of fire occurrence are needed to prioritize fire policy and management activities across the United States. However, the drivers of national-scale patterns of fire occurrence are not well understood, and how the relative importance of human or biophysical factors varies across the country is unclear. Our research goal...
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Full Text:: Research Station, Evanston, Illinois 60201 USA 3Department of Sociology, Oregon State University

Creator:: Wright, Rachel A. and Boudet, Hilary Schaffer
Abstract:: Social movement theory has rarely been tested with counterfactual cases, that is, instances in which movements do not emerge. Moreover, contemporary theories about political opportunity and resources often inadequately address the issue of motivation. To address these shortcomings, this article examines 20 communities that are "at risk" for mobilization because...
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Full Text:: aNational Science Foundation Science, Technology, and Society/Sociology grant 749913). Direct correspondence

Creator:: Edwards, Mark Evan
Abstract:: This analysis examines how and why many nonprofits and state agencies fighting domestic hunger have increasingly collaborated in unexpected ways. Interviews with nonprofit and state agency leaders in four western US states provide details about these collaborative efforts. Drawing on the concept of collaborative governance, the findings reveal important roles...
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Creator:: Miranda, Brian R., Sturtevant, Brian R., Stewart, Susan I., and Hammer, Roger B.
Abstract:: Most drivers underlying wildfire are dynamic, but at different spatial and temporal scales. We quantified temporal and spatial trends in wildfire patterns over two spatial extents in northern Wisconsin to identify drivers and their change through time. We used spatial point pattern analysis to quantify the spatial pattern of wildfire...
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Full Text:: University, Department of Sociology, 307 Fairbanks Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA. DCorresponding author

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