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Donald A. Lloyd

Assistant Professor of Sociology

Ph.D., Toronto
616 Bellamy Building
Phone (850) 644-1753
Fax (850) 644-8818
Email: dlloyd@fsu.edu
curriculum vitae


 

Studies cumulative stress in the onset of psychiatric and substance use disorders. His research also includes tracing the consequences of early-onset disorders.  


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Areas of Specialization

Research
Psychiatric epidemiology
Consequences of early-onset psychiatric and substance use disorders
Risk and protective factors for mental health and substance use disorders
Conceptualization and measurement of social stress exposure


Teaching

Life course epidemiology
Quantitative research methods
Sociology of health and illness 

Education and Recent Professional Experience

Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Florida State University (2002-present)

Sr. Research Associate, Life Course and Health Research Center, College of Health and Urban Affairs, Florida International University (1999-2002)

Research Associate, Department of Sociology, University of Miami (1998-1999)

Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Toronto, 2000.

Selected Papers and Publications  

Eliassen, A. Henry, John Taylor and Donald A. Lloyd. (2005). “Subjective Religiosity and Depression in the Transition to Adulthood.” The Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 44(2):187-199.

Lloyd, Donald A. and R. Jay Turner. (2008). “Cumulative Lifetime Adversities and Alcohol Dependence in Adolescence and Young Adulthood.” Drug and Alcohol Dependence 93, 217-226.

Lloyd, Donald A. (2007). “Distinguishing Youths Who Develop Drug Dependence From Those Who Become Alcohol Dependent: A Multinomial Event History Approach.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, New York NY.

Lloyd, Donald A. and John Taylor. (2006). “Lifetime Cumulative Adversity, Mental Health, and the Risk of Becoming a Smoker.” Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine 10(1):95-112.

Lloyd, Donald A. (2006). “Social Factors in the Relationship between Disability and Depression.” Presentation at the Tenth International Conference on Social Stress Research, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Lloyd, Donald A. and R. Jay Turner. (2003). “Cumulative Adversity and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Evidence from a Diverse Community Sample of Young Adults.” American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 73(4), 381-391.

Taylor, John, Donald A. Lloyd and George J. Warheit. (2006). “Self-Derogation, Peer Factors, and Alcohol, Drug, and Cigarette Use among a sample of Cuban, African American, Non-Cuban Hispanic, and non-Hispanic White Young Adults: An Update.” Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse 15(2):39-51.

Turner, R. Jay, Donald A. Lloyd and John Taylor. (2006). “Physical Disability and Mental Health: An Epidemiology of Psychiatric and Substance Disorders.” Rehabilitation Psychology 51(3):214-223.

Turner, R. Jay, Donald A. Lloyd and John Taylor. (2006). “Stress Burden, Drug Dependence, and the Immigration Paradox among U.S. Hispanics.” Journal of Drug & Alcohol Dependence 83:79-89.

Turner, R. Jay and Donald A. Lloyd. (2004). “Stress Burden and the Lifetime Incidence of Psychiatric Disorder in Young Adults: Racial/Ethnic Contrasts.” Archives of General Psychiatry 61:481-488.

Turner, R. Jay and Donald A. Lloyd. (2003). “Cumulative Adversity and Drug Dependence in Young Adults: Racial/Ethnic Contrasts.” Addiction, 98, 305-315.

Manuscripts in Progress:

Lloyd, Donald A. “Occupational Status Attainment and the Life Course Timing of Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders”

Lloyd, Donald A. “Cumulative stress and the persistence of heavy smoking among youths”

Lloyd, Donald A. “Immigration age and era as contingencies in the impact of mental health on occupational achievement in South Florida”

Lloyd, Donald A. “Does a retrospective lifetime measure of major events have a half-life?”