Investigators
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Peter Bearman, Ph.D. Investigator, Ethics and Policy Core Cole Professor of Social Science and Chair, Department of Statistics & Director, Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy |
PUBLICATIONS
(Selected publications in chronological order)
Bearman, Peter S. "The Social Structure of Suicide." Sociological Forum. 6:3-91, 1991.
Bearman, Peter S. "AIDS and Sociology." Primis. McGraw Hill, 1992.
Bearman, Peter S. and Kevin D. Everett. "The Structure of Social Protest: 1961-1983." Social Networks. 15:171-200, 1993.
Stovel, Katherine W., Michael Savage and Peter S. Bearman. "Ascription into Achievement: Models of Career Systems at Lloyds Bank, 1890-1970." American Journal of Sociology. 102:358-399, 1996.
Resnick, Michael D., Peter S. Bearman, and Robert Wm. Blum et al. "Protecting Adolescents from Harm: Findings from the National Longitudinal Study on Adolescent Health." Journal of the American Medical Association. 9.10:832-843, 1997.
Bearman, Peter S. "Generalized Exchange." American Journal of Sociology. 102.5:1383-1415, 1997.
Kim, Hyojoung and Peter S. Bearman. "Who Counts in Collective Action? The Structure and Dynamics of Movement Participation." American Sociological Review. 62:70-93, 1997.
Udry, J. Richard and Peter S. Bearman. "New Methods for New Perspectives on Adolescent Sexual Behavior." In Richard Jessor (ed). New Perspectives on Adolescent Sexual Behavior. Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Bearman, Peter S., J. Jones, and J. R. Udry. "Connections Count: Adolescent Health and the Design of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health." (www.cpc.unc.edu/addhealth), 1997.
Bearman, Peter S., James Moody, and Katherine Stovel. "The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health: Social Networks Codebook." (www.cpc.unc.edu/addhealth), 1997.
Bearman, Peter S. and Hannah Brückner. "Peer Effects on Adolescent Girls' Sexual Debut and Pregnancy Risk." PPFY Network, Vol2. No3., 1998.
Bearman, Peter S. and Laura Burns. "Adolescents, Health and School: Early Findings From the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health." NASSP Bulletin. 82:601-23, 1998.
Ford, Carol, Peter S. Bearman and James Moody. "Health Care Utilization and Foregone Care Among Adolescents." Journal of the American Medical Association. 282:2227-2236, 1999.
Bearman, Peter, Robert Faris and James Moody. "Blocking the Future: New Solutions for Old Problems in Historical Social Science." Social Science History. 23: 501-533, 1999.
Bearman, Peter S. and Hannah Brückner. Power in Numbers: Peer Effects on Adolescent Girls' Sexual Debut and Pregnancy. National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy: Research Monographs. Washington, D.C., 1999.
Bearman, Peter S, and Hannah Brückner. "Peer Effects on Adolescent Girls' Sexual Debut and Pregnancy: An Analysis of a National Sample of Adolescent Girls." In Peer Potential: Making the Most of How Teens Influence Each Other. National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. Washington, D.C., 1999.
Ford CA, Peter S. Bearman, and James Moody. "Access to Health Care for Adolescents—In Reply" Journal of the American Medical Association. 283:2101-2102, 2000.
Bearman, Peter S. and Hannah Brückner. "Promising the Future: Virginity Pledges and the Transition to First Intercourse." American Journal of Sociology. 106:859-912, 2001.
Bearman, Peter S, and Hannah Brückner. "Opposite-Sex Twins and Same-Sex Attraction." American Journal of Sociology. 107:1179-1205, 2002.
Brückner, H and Peter S. Bearman. "Dating Behavior and Sexual Activity Among Young Adolescents." In Fourteen and Younger: The Sexual Behavior of Young Adolescents, edited by W. Albert, S. Brown, and C. Flanagan. National Campaign To Prevent Teen Pregnancy. Washington, D.C., 2003.
Brückner, Hannah, Anne Martin and Peter S. Bearman. "Ambivalence and Pregnancy: Adolescent Attitudes, Contraception, and Pregnancy." Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. 36(6):248-257, 2004.
Bearman, Peter S., James Moody and Katherine Stovel. "Chains of Affection: The Structure of Adolescent Romantic and Sexual Networks." American Journal of Sociology. 110:44-91, 2004.
Bearman, Peter S., and James Moody. "Suicide and Friendships among American Adolescents." American Journal of Public Health. 94:89-96, 2004.
Bearman, Peter S., Katherine Stovel, James Moody, and Lisa Thalji. "The Structure of Sexual Networks and the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health." In Network Epidemiology: A Handbook For Survey Design and Data Collection, edited by M. Morris. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.
Bearman, Peter. Doormen. University of Chicago Press. Chicago, Ill, 2005.
Brückner, Hannah and Peter S. Bearman. "After the Promise: The STD Consequences of Adolescent Virginity Pledges." Journal of Adolescent Health. 36:271-278, 2005.
Erickson, Emily and Peter S. Bearman. "Malfeasance and the Foundations for Global Trade: The Structure of English East Indian Trade, 1600-1831." American Journal of Sociology, 112:195-230, 2006.
Weiss, Christopher and Peter S. Bearman. "Fresh Starts: School Form and Student Outcomes." American Journal of Education. In press.
Investigator, Ethics and Policy Core
Cole Professor of Social Science and Chair, Department of Statistics & Director, Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy
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