John Taylor
Associate Professor of Sociology
|
Ph.D., Univ. of Miami
|
| Studies social stress, ethnicity and health, and social psychological factors in health and well-being. His recent work has examined the role of early adolescent self-derogation in problem behaviors in young adulthood. His current projects include a paper that evaluates age contingent effects as an underlying factor in the explanation of the “Cost of Caring” hypothesis, and a study on the significance of physical limitations in the fear of being victim of crime. |
MORE INFORMATION
Areas of Specialization
Research
Sociology of Mental Health and Psychiatric Epidemiology
Ethnicity and Health
Social Stress and the Stress Process
Teaching
Medical Sociology
Epidemiological Methods
Ethnicity
and Health
Introduction to Research Methods
Education and Recent Professional Experience
Associate
Professor, Department of Sociology, Florida State University (2007-present)
Assistant
Professor, Department of Sociology, Florida State University (2001-2007)
Research Associate, Center for the Study of Population, Florida State University
(2001-present)
Ph.D. in Sociology with specialization in Medical Sociology, University of Miami
(FL), 2000.
Selected Publications
Sischo,
Lacey, John Taylor, and Patricia Yancey Martin. 2006. “Carrying the Weight of
Self-Derogation? Eating Disordered Practices as Social Deviance in Young
Women.” Deviant Behavior 27:1-30.
Lloyd,
Donald A. and John Taylor. 2006. “Lifetime Cumulative Adversity, Mental
Health, and the Risk of becoming a Smoker.” Health 10(1):95-112.
Taylor,
John, Donald A. Lloyd, and George J. Warheit.2005. “Self-Derogation, Peer
Factors, and Drug Dependence among a Multiethnic Sample of Young Adults.” Journal
of Child and
Adolescent Substance Abuse
15(2):39-51.
Eliassen, A. Henry, John
Taylor and Donald A. Lloyd. 2005. “Subjective Religiosity and Depression in
the Transitions to Adulthood.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
44:187-99.
Turner,
R. Jay, John Taylor, and Karen Van Gundy. 2004. “Personal Resources and
Depression in the Transition to Adulthood: Ethnic Comparisons.” Journal of
Health and Social Behavior 45:34-52.
Taylor,
John and R. Jay Turner. 2002. "Perceived Discrimination, Social Stress, and
Depression in the Transition to Adulthood: Racial Contrasts." Social
Psychology Quarterly 65:213-225.
Taylor,
John and R. Jay Turner. 2001 "A Longitudinal Study of the Role and
Significance of Mattering for Depressive Symptoms." Journal of Health
and Social Behavior 42:309-324.
Schieman, Scott and John Taylor. 2001. "Statuses, Roles, and the Sense of
Mattering." Sociological Perspectives 44:469-484.
Schieman, Scott, Karen Van Gundy, and John Taylor. 2001. "Reexamining Age
Patterns in Depression in Two Representative