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1.	Pitcher, Brian L. Hong, Sung Young
1.	Older Men's Perceptions of Personal Control: The Effect of Health Status Sociological Perspectives 29,3 (July 1986): 397-419. Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1389027 Cohort(s): Older Men Publisher: University of California Press Keyword(s): Age and Ageing; Control; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Locus of Control (see Rotter Scale); Rotter Scale (see Locus of Control) Data from the Older Men's cohort of the NLS are analyzed in this study to investigate antecedents of perceptions of personal control. Particular attention is given to the effects of individual health factors. The findings support the life stress model which assumes that social conditions and environmental changes impact individual perceptions of control via opportunities and resources for carrying out efficacious actions. The analysis suggests, however, that various untested moderating conditions determine the nature and direction of the impact. Future investigations are needed to identify these moderating variables and specify their differential effects.
	Bibliography Citation Pitcher, Brian L. and Sung Young Hong. "Older Men's Perceptions of Personal Control: The Effect of Health Status." Sociological Perspectives 29,3 (July 1986): 397-419.

2.	Pitcher, Brian L. Spykerman, Bryan R. Gazi-Tabatabaie, Mahmood
2.	Stability of Perceived Personal Control for Older Black and White Men Research on Aging 9,2 (June 1987): 200-225. Also: http://roa.sagepub.com/content/9/2/200.abstract Cohort(s): Older Men Publisher: Sage Publications Keyword(s): Behavior; Control; Internal-External Attitude; LISREL; Psychological Effects; Racial Differences Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. The recent emergence of the life-span perspective in sociopsychological research has increased attention to the issue of stability versus change in adult personality and behavior. This study uses data on Older Men from the NLS and LISREL statistical procedures to investigate the structural invariance over time, the level stability, and normative stability of perceived personal control within subsamples of blacks and whites.
	Bibliography Citation Pitcher, Brian L., Bryan R. Spykerman and Mahmood Gazi-Tabatabaie. "Stability of Perceived Personal Control for Older Black and White Men." Research on Aging 9,2 (June 1987): 200-225.

3.	Pitcher, Brian L. Stinner, William F. Toney, Michael B.
3.	Patterns of Migration Propensity for Black and White American Men: Evidence from a Cohort Analysis Research on Aging 7,1 (March 1985): 94-120. Also: http://roa.sagepub.com/content/7/1/94.abstract Cohort(s): Older Men, Young Men Publisher: Sage Publications Keyword(s): Age and Ageing; Migration; Racial Differences; Simultaneity Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This study investigates age, period, and cohort patterns of migration for blacks and whites by applying cohort analysis models to panel data from the Young Men and Older Men samples of the National Longitudinal Surveys. The simultaneous inclusion of these four variables represents an important refinement of previous studies that have considered only one or two of them at a time. Principal findings are that age, period, and cohort have independent effects on migration and that the effects differ markedly by race. These findings have significant implications for the development of causal models of migration.
	Bibliography Citation Pitcher, Brian L., William F. Stinner and Michael B. Toney. "Patterns of Migration Propensity for Black and White American Men: Evidence from a Cohort Analysis." Research on Aging 7,1 (March 1985): 94-120.

4.	Stinner, William F. Pitcher, Brian L. Toney, Michael B.
4.	Discriminators of Migration Propensity Among Black and White Men in the Middle and Later Years Research on Aging 7,4 (December 1985): 535-562. Also: http://roa.sagepub.com/content/7/4/535.abstract Cohort(s): Older Men Publisher: Sage Publications Keyword(s): Age and Ageing; Migration Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. The objective of this research is to increase our understanding of racial variations in the correlates of migration propensity among men passing through their middle and later years. An analytical model is developed around environmental disamenities, socioeconomic bonds, personal resources, and age. The results suggest the importance of determining the extent to which selected variables differentially discriminate migrants from nonmigrants dependent on race.
	Bibliography Citation Stinner, William F., Brian L. Pitcher and Michael B. Toney. "Discriminators of Migration Propensity Among Black and White Men in the Middle and Later Years." Research on Aging 7,4 (December 1985): 535-562.

5.	Toney, Michael B. Pitcher, Brian L. Stinner, William F.
5.	Geographic Mobility and Locus of Control Journal of Psychology 119,4 (1986): 361-368 Cohort(s): Older Men Publisher: Heldref Publications Keyword(s): Demography; Locus of Control (see Rotter Scale); Migration; Mobility; Rotter Scale (see Locus of Control); Self-Perception Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Migrants and nonmigrants are often alleged to differ on numerous psychological traits; little empirical analysis, however, has examined this possibility. This study examined the hypothesis that geographic mobility is associated with locus of control, a key dimension of the self-concept. No relationships between these variables were uncovered for a national sample of older white men.
	Bibliography Citation Toney, Michael B., Brian L. Pitcher and William F. Stinner. "Geographic Mobility and Locus of Control." Journal of Psychology 119,4 (1986): 361-368.

6.	Toney, Michael B. Stinner, William F. Pitcher, Brian L.
6.	A Test of the Axiom of Cumulative Inertia across Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Settings Presented: San Francisco, CA, Meetings of the Rural Sociological Society, 1982 Cohort(s): Young Men Publisher: Rural Sociological Society Keyword(s): Life Cycle Research; Migration; Residence; Rural Sociology; Rural/Urban Differences; Rural/Urban Migration Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Little research has included place attributes as a factor in analysis of the relationship between duration of residence and migration. Yet most migration theories portray migration as largely a response to place attributes. This paper examines one of the most important place attributes: metropolitan/nonmetropolitan classification. Life cycle status, education, employment status, occupational status, parents' socioeconomic status, and size of place of residence at age 14 are also considered. Using data from the NLS of Young Men, the results yield further evidence in support of the "axiom of cumulative inertia." Within both settings, migration propensities decline as duration of residence increases. However, comparison of duration of residence-specific propensities of SMSA and non-SMSA residents reveals similar propensities at all durations except the shortest. This finding is somewhat surprising since much literature suggests that integrating into nonmetropolitan communities should occur more readily.
	Bibliography Citation Toney, Michael B., William F. Stinner and Brian L. Pitcher. "A Test of the Axiom of Cumulative Inertia across Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Settings." Presented: San Francisco, CA, Meetings of the Rural Sociological Society, 1982.

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