Research Area: Ideational Factors:
Values, Attitudes, Beliefs
Recent Publications
Books
Jayakody, Rukmalie, Arland Thornton, and William Axinn. 2008. International Family Change: Ideational Perspectives. New York: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Moaddel, Mansoor. 2007. Values and perceptions of the Islamic and Middle Eastern publics. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
House, James S., F. Thomas Juster, Robert Kahn, Howard Schuman, and Eleanor Singer. 2004. A Telescope on Society: Survey Research & Social Science at the University of Michigan and Beyond. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.
Inglehart, Ronald F. 2004. Islam, Gender, Culture and Democracy: Findings from the Values Surveys. Ontario: de Sitter Publications.
Inglehart, Ronald F., Miguel Basanez, Jaime Diez-Medrano, Loek Halman, and Ruud Luijkx. 2004. Human Beliefs and Values: a Cross-cultural Sourcebook based on the 1999-2002 Value Surveys. Mexico City: Siglo XXI.
Inglehart, Ronald F., and Pippa Norris. 2003. Rising Tide: Gender Equality and Cultural Change Around the World. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Inglehart, Ronald F. 2003. Culture and Social Change: Findings from the Value Surveys. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers.
Journal Articles
2009
Lesthaeghe, Ron J., and Lisa Neidert. 2009. "US Presidential Elections and the Spatial Pattern of the American Second Demographic Transition." Population and Development Review, 35(2), 391-400.
Thornton, Arland, and Dimiter Philipov . 2009. "Sweeping Changes in Marriage, Cohabitation and Childbearing in Central and Eastern Europe: New Insights from the Developmental Idealism Framework." European Journal of Population, 25: 123-156. Reprint No. 615.
2008
Lesthaeghe, Ron J., and Lisa Neidert. 2008. "Voting and Families: America's Second Demographic Transition." New Geography, December 11.
2006
Moaddel, Mansoor, and Hamid Latif. 2006. "Events and Value Change: The Impact of September 11, 2001 on the Worldviews of Egyptians and Moroccans." Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion, 2(5): 1-48.
Inglehart, Ronald F., Mansoor Moaddel, and Mark Tessler. 2006. "Xenophobia and In-Group Solidarity in Iraq: A Natural Experiment on the Impact of Insecurity." Perspectives on Politics, 4(3): 495-505.
Cunningham, Jr., Mick H., and Arland Thornton. 2006. "The Influence of Parents' Marital Quality on Adult Children's Attitudes Toward Marriage and Its Alternatives: Main and Moderating Effects." Demography, 43(4): 659-672.
2005
Cunningham, M., and Arland Thornton. 2005. "The influence of union transitions on white adults' attitudes toward cohabitation." Journal of Marriage and the Family, 67(3): 710-720.
2004
Barber, Jennifer S., and William Axinn. 2004. "New Ideas and Fertility Limitation: the Role of Mass Media." Journal of Marriage and the Family, 66(5): 1180-1200.
Hermalin, Albert, and Li-Shou Yang. 2004. "Levels of Support from Children in Taiwan: Expectations versus Reality, 1965 - 1999." Population and Development Review, 30(3): 417-448. Reprint No. 611.
Smock, Pamela. 2004. "The Wax and Wane of Marriage: Prospects for Marriage in the 21st Century." Journal of Marriage and Family, 66(4): 966-973. Reprint No. 610.
Brown, S.L., R.M. Nesse, James S. House, and Becky L. Utz. 2004. "Religion and Emotional Compensation: Results From a Prospective Study of Widowhood." Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30(9): 1165-1174.
Beutel, Ann, and M.K. Johnson. 2004. "Gender and Prosocial Values During Adolescence: a Research Note." Sociological Quarterly, 45(2): 379-393.
Geronimus, Arline T. 2004. "Teenage Childbearing as Cultural Prism." British Medical Bulletin, 69: 155-166.
Pearce, Lisa D., and D.L. Haynie. 2004. "Intergenerational Religious Dynamics and Adolescent Delinquency." Social Forces, 82(4): 1553-1572.
Risch, S.C., K.M. Jodl, and Jacquelynne S. Eccles. 2004. "Role of the Father-Adolescent Relationship in Shaping Adolescents' Attitudes Toward Divorce." Journal of Marriage and the Family, 66(1): 46-58.
Eccles, Jacquelynne S., M.N. Vida, and B. Barber. 2004. "The Relation of Early Adolescents' College Plans and Both Academic Ability and Task-Value Beliefs to Subsequent College Enrollment." Journal of Early Adolescence, 24(1): 63-77.
Barber, Jennifer S. 2004. "Community Social Context and Individualistic Attitudes toward Marriage." Social Psychology Quarterly, 67(3): 236-256.
Johnson, Paul C. 2004. "Three Paths to Legitimacy: African Diaspora Religions and the State." Culture and Religion, 6(1): 79-105.
Lesthaeghe, Ron J., and J. Surkyn. 2004. "Value Orientations and the Second Demographic Transition (SDT) in Northern, Western and Southern Europe: An Update." Demographic Research, 3: 45-86.
2003
Geronimus, Arline T. 2003. "Damned if you Do: Culture, Identity, Privilege, and Teenage Childbearing in the United States." Social Science and Medicine, 57(5): 881-893.
Harding, David J., and Christopher Jencks. 2003. "Changing Attitudes Toward Pre-Marital Sex: Cohort, Period, and Aging Effects." Public Opinion Quarterly, 67(2): 211-226.
Broman, Clifford L. 2003. "Sexuality Attitudes: The Impact of Trauma." Journal of Sex Research, 40: 351-357.
2002
Fredricks, J.A., and Jacquelynne S. Eccles. 2002. "Children's competence and value beliefs from childhood through adolescence." Developmental Psychology, 38(4): 519-533.
Jacobs, J.E., S. Hyatt, W.D. Osgood, Jacquelynne S. Eccles, and Allan L. Wigfield. 2002. "Changes in children's self-competence and values: Gender and domain differences across grades one through twelve." Child Development, 73(2), 509-527.
Beutel, Ann, and William Axinn. 2002. "Gender, Social Change, and Educational Attainment." Economic Development and Cultural Change, 51(1): 109-134.
Lesthaeghe, Ron J., and J. Surkyn. 2002. "New Forms of Household Formation in Central and Eastern Europe-Are they Related to Newly Emerging Value Orientations?" Economic Survey of Europe, 1: 197-216.
Chapters
Barber, Jennifer S., and William Axinn. 2005. "How do Attitudes Shape Childbearing in the United States." In The New Population Problem: Why Families in Developed Countries Are Shrinking and What it Means edited by Alan C Booth and Ann C. Crouter. Mahwah, N.J: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Renne, Elisha. 2004. "Gender Roles and Women’s Status: What They Mean to Hausa Muslim Women in Northern Nigeria." In Qualitative Demography: Categories and Contexts in Population Studies edited by S. Szreter, A. Dharmalingam, and H. Sholkamy. 276-94. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Thornton, Arland, Ronald Freedman, and William Axinn. 2002. "Intergenerational Panel Study of Parents and Children." In Looking at Lives: American Longitudinal Studies of the Twentieth Century edited by Erin Phelps, Frank F Furstenberg and Anne Colby. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
Barber, Jennifer S., William Axinn, and Arland Thornton. 2002. "The Influence of Attitudes on Family Formation Processes." In Meaning and Choice: Value Orientations and Life Course Decisions edited by Ron Lesthaeghe. The Hague: Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute.
Lesthaeghe, Ron J. 2002. "Life Course Transitions and Value Adaptations: Selection and Adaptation." In Meaning and Choice: Value Orientations and Life Course Decisions edited by R. Lesthaeghe. Pp. 1-44. The Hague : NIDI & Brussels : CBGS.
PSC Reports
Xie, Yu, and Alexandra Achen. 2009. "Science on the Decline? Educational Outcomes of Three Cohorts of Young Americans." PSC Research Report No. 09-684. August 2009.
Xie, Yu, and Guangzhou Wang. 2009. "Chinese People’s Beliefs about the Relationship between Economic Development and Social Inequality." PSC Research Report No. 09-681. June 2009.
Moaddel, Mansoor. 2008. "Religious Regimes and Prospects for Liberal Politics: Futures of Iran, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia." PSC Research Report No. 08-641. June 2008.
Moaddel, Mansoor, Mark Tessler, and Ronald F. Inglehart. 2008. "Foreign Occupation and National Pride: The Case of Iraq." PSC Research Report No. 08-638. June 2008.
Farley, Reynolds, Couper, Mick P., and Maria Krysan. 2007. "Race and Revitalization in the Rust Belt: A Motor City Story." PSC Research Report No. 07-620. April 2007.
de Jong, Julie, Dirgha Ghimire, Arland Thornton, and Lisa D. Pearce. 2006. "Developmental Idealism and Changing Models of Marriage." PSC Research Report No. 06-609. October 2006.
Xie, Yu, and Haiyan Zhu. 2006. "Do Sons or Daughters Give More Money to Parents? Gender and Intergenerational Support in Contemporary Urban China." PSC Research Report No. 06-607. September 2006.
Smock, Pamela, Huang, Penelope M., Wendy Manning, and Cara A. Bergstrom. 2006. "Heterosexual Cohabitation in the United States: Motives for Living Together among Young Men and Women." PSC Research Report No. 06-606. August 2006.
Binstock, Georgina, and Arland Thornton. 2006. "Knowledge and Use of Developmental Thinking about Societies and Families among Teenagers in Argentina." PSC Research Report No. 06-587. January 2006.
Thornton, Arland, Georgina Binstock, and Dirgha Ghimire. 2004. "International Networks, Ideas, and Family Change." PSC Research Report No. 04-566. October 2004.
Knodel, John E., Vu Manh Loi, Rukmalie Jayakody, and Vu Tuan Huy. 2004. "Gender Roles in the Family: Change and Stability in Vietnam." PSC Research Report No. 04-559. May 2004.
