RESEARCH PAPERS

Publications

Perkins, H. Wesley. 2000. Drinking Motivated by the Desire to Reduce Stress: Life Course and Gender Patterns among College-Educated Young Adults.” Alcoscope: International Review of Alcoholism Management, Vol. 3, Issue 4, pp. 10-14.

Perkins, H. Wesley. 1999. "Stress-Motivated Drinking in Collegiate and Post-Collegiate Young Adulthood: Life Course and Gender Patterns." Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Vol. 60, No. 2, pp. 219-227.

DeMeis, Debra K. and H. Wesley Perkins. 1996. "'Supermoms' of the Nineties: Homemaker and Employed Mothers' Performance and Perceptions of the Motherhood Role." Journal of Family Issues, Vol. 17, No. 6, pp. 777-792.

Perkins, H. Wesley and Debra K. DeMeis. 1996. "Gender and Family Effects on the 'Second Shift' Domestic Activity of College-Educated Young Adults." Gender & Society, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 78-93.

Perkins, H. Wesley. 1991. "Religious Commitment, Yuppie Values, and Well-Being in Post-Collegiate Life." Review of Religious Research, Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 244-251.

Conference Presentations

Perkins, H. Wesley, "Exploring the Persistent Links among Religious Commitment, Forgiveness, and Personal Well-Being in Adulthood" paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and the Religious Research Association, Denver, Colorado, Oct. 23-25, 2009 (news release).

Perkins, H. Wesley, "Forgiveness, Religious Commitment and Well-Being in Adulthood: A Life Stage and Cohort Assessment," paper presented at the Congress of the International Association for the Psychology of Religion, Vienna, Austria, August 23-27, 2009 (news release).

Perkins, H. Wesley, “Religious Commitment, Egoistic Success Orientation, and Alcohol Abuse in the Post-Collegiate Life Course,” paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and the Religious Research Association, Rochester, New York, November 4-6, 2005.

Perkins, H. Wesley, “Forgiveness, Religious Commitment and Well-Being among Young to Middle-Aged Adults,” paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and the Religious Research Association, Rochester, New York, November 4-6, 2005.

Perkins, H. Wesley, “Forgiveness as a Stress Moderator among Young to Middle-Aged Adults,” research presented at the Eighth International Conference on Social Stress Research, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, April 21-23, 2002.

Perkins, H. Wesley, "Religious Commitment and the Well-Being of Mind and Body." Paper presented for the Sociology of Religion Study Group at the British Sociological Association Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, April 6-9, 1998.

Perkins, H. Wesley, "Resilience Among Children of Alcoholics in Young Adult Life Course Perspective." Paper presented for the Mental Health Group at the World Congress of the International Sociological Association, Bielefeld, Germany, July 18-23, 1994.