Positions

Overview

  • Professor of Sociology

    • Selected Publications

    Academic Article

    Year Title Altmetric
    2022 Secondary emotional labor: How female nurses respond to the contradictions of caring.  Health.  2022
    2021 Early parental divorce across the life course: parent–child relationships, women’s drinking, and mental health.  Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies.  16:50-58. 2021
    2021 Relative Deprivation, Conspicuous Consumption, and Medical Financial Hardship: Potential Reasons for Debt and Mental Health.  Sociological Focus.  54:239-252. 2021
    2019 Substance Use Stigma and Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence among a Drug-Using Population Living with HIV 2019
    2018 Caregiver burden, care recipient depressive symptomology, and social exchange: Does race matter?.  Journal of Palliative Care.  33:100-108. 2018
    2018 Lay patient navigators’ perspectives of barriers, facilitators and training needs in initiating advance care planning conversations with older patients with cancer.  Journal of Palliative Care.  33:70-78. 2018
    2017 Changing patterns of female smoking: A comparison of workers and full-time homemakers by class, race, and community type.  Research in the sociology of health care.  35:279-297. 2017
    2017 How college students perceive men's and women's advantages and disadvantages surrounding work and family issues.  Advances in Gender Research.  23:49-70. 2017
    2016 ADHD, socioeconomic status, medication use, and academic ethic.  Sociological Focus.  49:119-132. 2016
    2016 “He’s on his dying bed”: Next-of-kin’s experiences of the dying body.  Death Studies.  40:1-10. 2016
    2015 Economic hardship of minority and non-minority cancer survivors 1 year after diagnosis: Another long-term effect of cancer?.  Cancer.  121:1257-1264. 2015
    2015 The effects of caregiver emotional stress on the depressive symptomatology of the care recipient.  Aging and Mental Health.  19:55-62. 2015
    2015 Where Does Debt Fit in the Stress Process Model?.  Society and Mental Health.  5:16-32. 2015
    2014 Patterns of online health searching 2002-2010: Implications for social capital, health disparities and the de-professionalization of medical knowledge.  Research in the sociology of health care.  32:35-60. 2014
    2013 The intersection of gender and place in online health activities 2013
    2013 Physical impairment is associated with nursing home admission for older adults in disadvantaged but not other neighborhoods: Results from the UAB study of aging.  Gerontologist.  53:641-653. 2013
    2013 Experiencing a Forced Relocation at Different Life Stages: The Effects of China's Three Gorges Project–induced Relocation on Depression.  Society and Mental Health.  3:59-76. 2013
    2012 The Separate Spheres of Online Health: Gender, Parenting, and Online Health Information Searching in the Information Age.  Journal of Family Issues.  33:1324-1350. 2012
    2012 Neither a borrower nor a lender be: The relative importance of debt and SES for mental health among older adults.  Journal of Aging and Health.  24:673-695. 2012
    2011 The Importance of Type, Amount, and Timing of Internet Use for Understanding Psychological Distress.  Social Science Quarterly.  92:119-139. 2011
    2010 Ethical capital: 'What's a poor man got to leave?' 2010
    2010 Rural-urban differences in general and health-related internet use.  American Behavioral Scientist.  53:1304-1325. 2010
    2009 Caring for the disabled: Applying different theoretical perspectives to understand racial and ethnic variations among families.  Marriage and Family Review.  45:499-518. 2009
    2008 The association among gender, computer use and online health searching, and mental health.  Information, Communication and Society.  11:509-525. 2008
    2006 Predictors of improvement in social support: Five-year effects of a structured intervention for caregivers of spouses with Alzheimer's disease.  Social Science and Medicine.  63:957-967. 2006
    2006 Caregiving outside of the home: The effects of race on depression.  Ethnicity and Health.  11:41-57. 2006
    2006 InCharge financial distress/financial well-being scale: Development, administration, and score interpretation 2006
    2005 Social capital and social support on the web: The case of an internet mother site 2005
    2005 Work and Activity Characteristics Across the Life Course.  Advances in life course research.  9:303-329. 2005
    2004 Day Care Hopping: Stabilizing Day Care Options for Low-income Mothers through Subsidies.  Child Care in Practice.  21:381-393. 2004
    2003 Uncovering the Mystery: Factors of African American Suicide.  Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior.  33:412-429. 2003
    2002 Retirement and mental health.  Journal of Aging and Health.  14:167-194. 2002
    2001 Benefits of equitable relationships: The impact of sense of fairness, household division of labor, and decision making power on perceived social support 2001
    2000 Age, debt and anxiety.  Journal of Health and Social Behavior.  41:437-450. 2000
    2000 Over the limit: The association among health, race and debt.  Social Science and Medicine.  50:517-529. 2000
    1998 Consequences of Retirement Activities for Distress and the Sense of Personal Control.  Journal of Health and Social Behavior.  39:317-334. 1998
    1998 Consequences of women's formal and informal job search methods for employment in female-dominated jobs.  Gender and Society.  12:321-338. 1998

    Book

    Year Title Altmetric
    2018 Families and Aging 2018

    Chapter

    Year Title Altmetric
    2022 FAMILIAL RESPONSES TO DEATH IN VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTERS: LOSING CONTROL AND HOLDING ON.  63-90. 2022
    2020 MENTAL HEALTH DISPARITIES IN CHILDREN OF CARIBBEAN IMMIGRANTS: HOW RACIAL/ETHNIC SELF-IDENTIFICATION INFORMS THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PERCEIVED DISCRIMINATION AND DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMATOLOGY.  15-31. 2020

    Research Overview

  • aging, family, gender, debt, caregiving, end-of-life

    • Principal Investigator On

    Teaching Overview

  • applied social psychology
    the sociology capstone-the research experience
    gender and health
    family and health
    aging and health
    sociology of work
    family and health
    in Dentistry: social class and oral health

    • Teaching Activities

  • DENT1110 - Dentistry & Culture (Fall Term 2015)
  • SOC130 - Intimate Relat and the Family (Spring Term 2010)
  • SOC130 - Intimate Relat and the Family (Spring Term 2011)
  • SOC130 - Intimate Relat and the Family (Spring Term 2012)
  • SOC260 - Sociology of Work (Spring Term 2008)
  • SOC360 - Sociology of Work (Fall Term 2010)
  • SOC360 - Sociology of Work (Fall Term 2012)
  • SOC360 - Sociology of Work (Spring Term 2009)
  • SOC400 - Research Methods (Fall Term 2007)
  • SOC400 - Research Methods (Fall Term 2008)
  • SOC400L - Research Methods Lab (Fall Term 2007)
  • SOC400L - Research Methods Lab (Fall Term 2008)
  • SOC457 - The Aging Family (Fall Term 2009)
  • SOC457 - The Aging Family (Fall Term 2011)
  • SOC457 - The Aging Family (Fall Term 2021)
  • SOC460 - Sociology of Work (Spring Term 2018)
  • SOC489 - The Research Experience (Fall Term 2010)
  • SOC489 - The Research Experience (Fall Term 2013)
  • SOC489 - The Research Experience (Fall Term 2022)
  • SOC489 - The Research Experience (Spring Term 2011)
  • SOC489 - The Research Experience (Spring Term 2014)
  • SOC489 - The Research Experience (Spring Term 2016)
  • SOC489 - The Research Experience (Spring Term 2020)
  • SOC489L - Research Experience Lab (Fall Term 2010)
  • SOC489L - Research Experience Lab (Fall Term 2013)
  • SOC489L - Research Experience Lab (Fall Term 2022)
  • SOC489L - Research Experience Lab (Spring Term 2011)
  • SOC489L - Research Experience Lab (Spring Term 2014)
  • SOC489L - Research Experience Lab (Spring Term 2016)
  • SOC489L - Research Experience Lab (Spring Term 2020)
  • SOC627 - Applied Social Psychology (Fall Term 2020)
  • SOC627 - Applied Social Psychology (Fall Term 2021)
  • SOC627 - Applied Social Psychology (Fall Term 2022)
  • SOC627 - Applied Social Psychology (Spring Term 2021)
  • SOC627 - Applied Social Psychology (Spring Term 2022)
  • SOC698 - MR Level Non-Thesis Research (Fall Term 2007)
  • SOC698 - MR Level Non-Thesis Research (Fall Term 2012)
  • SOC698 - MR Level Non-Thesis Research (Fall Term 2013)
  • SOC698 - MR Level Non-Thesis Research (Fall Term 2014)
  • SOC698 - MR Level Non-Thesis Research (Fall Term 2015)
  • SOC698 - MR Level Non-Thesis Research (Fall Term 2017)
  • SOC698 - MR Level Non-Thesis Research (Fall Term 2018)
  • SOC698 - MR Level Non-Thesis Research (Fall Term 2019)
  • SOC698 - MR Level Non-Thesis Research (Spring Term 2009)
  • SOC698 - MR Level Non-Thesis Research (Spring Term 2012)
  • SOC698 - MR Level Non-Thesis Research (Spring Term 2013)
  • SOC698 - MR Level Non-Thesis Research (Spring Term 2014)
  • SOC698 - MR Level Non-Thesis Research (Spring Term 2018)
  • SOC698 - MR Level Non-Thesis Research (Summer Term 2008)
  • SOC698 - MR Level Non-Thesis Research (Summer Term 2009)
  • SOC698 - MR Level Non-Thesis Research (Summer Term 2012)
  • SOC698 - MR Level Non-Thesis Research (Summer Term 2015)
  • SOC698 - MR Level Non-Thesis Research (Summer Term 2016)
  • SOC698 - MR Level Non-Thesis Research (Summer Term 2017)
  • SOC699 - Thesis Research (Fall Term 2007)
  • SOC699 - Thesis Research (Fall Term 2012)
  • SOC699 - Thesis Research (Fall Term 2013)
  • SOC699 - Thesis Research (Fall Term 2014)
  • SOC699 - Thesis Research (Fall Term 2015)
  • SOC699 - Thesis Research (Fall Term 2017)
  • SOC699 - Thesis Research (Fall Term 2018)
  • SOC699 - Thesis Research (Spring Term 2008)
  • SOC699 - Thesis Research (Spring Term 2012)
  • SOC699 - Thesis Research (Spring Term 2013)
  • SOC699 - Thesis Research (Spring Term 2014)
  • SOC699 - Thesis Research (Spring Term 2016)
  • SOC699 - Thesis Research (Spring Term 2017)
  • SOC699 - Thesis Research (Spring Term 2019)
  • SOC699 - Thesis Research (Spring Term 2020)
  • SOC699 - Thesis Research (Summer Term 2012)
  • SOC699 - Thesis Research (Summer Term 2013)
  • SOC699 - Thesis Research (Summer Term 2014)
  • SOC699 - Thesis Research (Summer Term 2016)
  • SOC699 - Thesis Research (Summer Term 2017)
  • SOC699 - Thesis Research (Summer Term 2018)
  • SOC699 - Thesis Research (Summer Term 2019)
  • SOC702 - Profession of Sociology (Fall Term 2007)
  • SOC702 - Profession of Sociology (Fall Term 2008)
  • SOC702 - Profession of Sociology (Fall Term 2011)
  • SOC702 - Profession of Sociology (Fall Term 2012)
  • SOC702 - Profession of Sociology (Fall Term 2013)
  • SOC702 - Profession of Sociology (Fall Term 2014)
  • SOC702 - Profession of Sociology (Fall Term 2015)
  • SOC702 - Profession of Sociology (Fall Term 2016)
  • SOC702 - Profession of Sociology (Fall Term 2018)
  • SOC702 - Profession of Sociology (Fall Term 2019)
  • SOC702 - Profession of Sociology (Fall Term 2020)
  • SOC702 - Profession of Sociology (Spring Term 2008)
  • SOC702 - Profession of Sociology (Spring Term 2009)
  • SOC702 - Profession of Sociology (Spring Term 2012)
  • SOC702 - Profession of Sociology (Spring Term 2013)
  • SOC702 - Profession of Sociology (Spring Term 2014)
  • SOC702 - Profession of Sociology (Spring Term 2016)
  • SOC702 - Profession of Sociology (Spring Term 2017)
  • SOC702 - Profession of Sociology (Spring Term 2018)
  • SOC702 - Profession of Sociology (Spring Term 2019)
  • SOC702 - Profession of Sociology (Spring Term 2020)
  • SOC702 - Profession of Sociology (Spring Term 2021)
  • SOC727 - Applied Social Psychology (Fall Term 2015)
  • SOC727 - Applied Social Psychology (Fall Term 2016)
  • SOC727 - Applied Social Psychology (Fall Term 2017)
  • SOC727 - Applied Social Psychology (Fall Term 2018)
  • SOC727 - Applied Social Psychology (Fall Term 2019)
  • SOC756 - Gender Inequality (Fall Term 2008)
  • SOC756 - Gender and Health (Spring Term 2013)
  • SOC756 - Gender and Health (Spring Term 2019)
  • SOC759 - Social Gerontology (Fall Term 2009)
  • SOC759 - Social Gerontology (Fall Term 2014)
  • SOC759 - Social Gerontology (Spring Term 2022)
  • SOC785 - Family and Health (Fall Term 2007)
  • SOC785 - Family and Health (Spring Term 2012)
  • SOC785 - Family and Health (Spring Term 2017)
  • SOC791 - Subst Sociological Areas Sem (Fall Term 2011)
  • SOC791 - Subst Sociological Areas Sem (Fall Term 2012)
  • SOC791 - Subst Sociological Areas Sem (Fall Term 2018)
  • SOC791 - Subst Sociological Areas Sem (Summer Term 2008)
  • SOC792 - Subst Sociological Areas Sem (Spring Term 2016)
  • SOC793 - Subst Sociological Areas Sem (Summer Term 2008)
  • SOC798 - Non-Dissertation Research (Fall Term 2007)
  • SOC798 - Non-Dissertation Research (Fall Term 2008)
  • SOC798 - Non-Dissertation Research (Fall Term 2012)
  • SOC798 - Non-Dissertation Research (Fall Term 2013)
  • SOC798 - Non-Dissertation Research (Fall Term 2014)
  • SOC798 - Non-Dissertation Research (Fall Term 2015)
  • SOC798 - Non-Dissertation Research (Fall Term 2016)
  • SOC798 - Non-Dissertation Research (Fall Term 2017)
  • SOC798 - Non-Dissertation Research (Fall Term 2018)
  • SOC798 - Non-Dissertation Research (Fall Term 2019)
  • SOC798 - Non-Dissertation Research (Fall Term 2020)
  • SOC798 - Non-Dissertation Research (Spring Term 2008)
  • SOC798 - Non-Dissertation Research (Spring Term 2009)
  • SOC798 - Non-Dissertation Research (Spring Term 2012)
  • SOC798 - Non-Dissertation Research (Spring Term 2013)
  • SOC798 - Non-Dissertation Research (Spring Term 2014)
  • SOC798 - Non-Dissertation Research (Spring Term 2016)
  • SOC798 - Non-Dissertation Research (Spring Term 2017)
  • SOC798 - Non-Dissertation Research (Spring Term 2018)
  • SOC798 - Non-Dissertation Research (Spring Term 2019)
  • SOC798 - Non-Dissertation Research (Spring Term 2020)
  • SOC798 - Non-Dissertation Research (Spring Term 2021)
  • SOC798 - Non-Dissertation Research (Summer Term 2008)
  • SOC798 - Non-Dissertation Research (Summer Term 2009)
  • SOC798 - Non-Dissertation Research (Summer Term 2012)
  • SOC798 - Non-Dissertation Research (Summer Term 2013)
  • SOC798 - Non-Dissertation Research (Summer Term 2014)
  • SOC798 - Non-Dissertation Research (Summer Term 2015)
  • SOC798 - Non-Dissertation Research (Summer Term 2016)
  • SOC798 - Non-Dissertation Research (Summer Term 2017)
  • SOC798 - Non-Dissertation Research (Summer Term 2018)
  • SOC798 - Non-Dissertation Research (Summer Term 2019)
  • SOC798 - Non-Dissertation Research (Summer Term 2020)
  • SOC799 - Dissertation Research (Fall Term 2007)
  • SOC799 - Dissertation Research (Fall Term 2008)
  • SOC799 - Dissertation Research (Fall Term 2012)
  • SOC799 - Dissertation Research (Fall Term 2013)
  • SOC799 - Dissertation Research (Fall Term 2014)
  • SOC799 - Dissertation Research (Fall Term 2015)
  • SOC799 - Dissertation Research (Fall Term 2016)
  • SOC799 - Dissertation Research (Fall Term 2017)
  • SOC799 - Dissertation Research (Fall Term 2018)
  • SOC799 - Dissertation Research (Fall Term 2019)
  • SOC799 - Dissertation Research (Fall Term 2020)
  • SOC799 - Dissertation Research (Spring Term 2008)
  • SOC799 - Dissertation Research (Spring Term 2009)
  • SOC799 - Dissertation Research (Spring Term 2012)
  • SOC799 - Dissertation Research (Spring Term 2013)
  • SOC799 - Dissertation Research (Spring Term 2014)
  • SOC799 - Dissertation Research (Spring Term 2016)
  • SOC799 - Dissertation Research (Spring Term 2017)
  • SOC799 - Dissertation Research (Spring Term 2018)
  • SOC799 - Dissertation Research (Spring Term 2019)
  • SOC799 - Dissertation Research (Spring Term 2020)
  • SOC799 - Dissertation Research (Spring Term 2021)
  • SOC799 - Dissertation Research (Summer Term 2008)
  • SOC799 - Dissertation Research (Summer Term 2009)
  • SOC799 - Dissertation Research (Summer Term 2012)
  • SOC799 - Dissertation Research (Summer Term 2013)
  • SOC799 - Dissertation Research (Summer Term 2014)
  • SOC799 - Dissertation Research (Summer Term 2015)
  • SOC799 - Dissertation Research (Summer Term 2016)
  • SOC799 - Dissertation Research (Summer Term 2017)
  • SOC799 - Dissertation Research (Summer Term 2018)
  • SOC799 - Dissertation Research (Summer Term 2019)
  • SOC799 - Dissertation Research (Summer Term 2020)

    • Education And Training

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology, Ohio State University System : Columbus 1999
  • Master of Arts in Sociology, Ohio State University System : Columbus 1994
  • Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature / Letters, University of Wisconsin System : Madison 1989

    • Full Name

  • Patricia Drentea