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Special Edition | Vol. 41, No. 2
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 In this Special Edition of the ICPSR Bulletin, we showcase the First- and Second-Place winners of our 2021 Research Paper Competitions.
H. S. Matthew Ng, Verity Y. Q. Lua, and Nadyanna M. Majeed (Psychology, Communications, and Social Science), of Singapore Management University, earned First Place in the Undergraduate Competition with a paper titled “Is trait self-esteem a resilience factor against daily stressors? A multilevel analysis.” The paper uses data from Midlife in the United States (MIDUS 2), 2004-2006 (ICPSR 4652), and Midlife in the United States (MIDUS 2): Daily Stress Project, 2004-2009 (ICPSR 26841).
Taran Samarth, (Sociology, Philosophy, and Political Science) of Pennsylvania State University, earned Second Place in the Undergraduate Competition with a paper titled “One or the Other: How Asian Americans Prioritize Ethnic and Panethnic Identities.” The paper uses data from the National Asian American Survey (NAAS) Post-Election Survey, [United States], 2016 (ICPSR 37380).
In Jeong Hwang, (Sociology) of Harvard University, earned First Place in the Master’s Competition with a paper titled “Grandparenthood, Grandparenting, and Working Longer: Do the Genders of Grandparent and of Grandchild’s Parent Matter?” The paper uses data from the Health and Retirement Study (ICPSR 6854).
Beverly J. Pettrey, (Applied Social Research) of Cleveland State University, earned Second Place in the Master’s Competition with a paper titled “Diversifying Police Departments through Community-oriented Based Policing.” The paper uses data from Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS), 2016 (ICPSR 37323).
Congratulations to all of the winners, and thanks to everyone who submitted an entry or spread the word about the competitions.
Sincerely,
Margaret C. Levenstein
Director, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Undergraduate Competition Winners
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Abstract: According to the psychosocial model of depression, self-esteem acts as a resilience factor in the face of stress. However, the current empirical literature has been mixed. To test the role of self-esteem as a potential resilience factor against daily stressors, a daily diary study was conducted with a large sample of participants from the United States (N = 1,595). Trait self-esteem was measured at baseline. Subsequently, daily assessment was conducted on exposure to daily stressors, and positive and negative affect over 8 days. Multilevel modeling showed significant interactions between self-esteem and stressor exposure for negative affect, but not for positive affect, even after controlling for demographics. However, these interactions became non-significant after controlling for quality of life and personality factors. These findings challenge the stress-buffering role of self-esteem posited in the existing literature and suggest a complex relationship between self-esteem and other covariates.
Keywords: self-esteem, daily stress, affective well-being, multilevel, daily diary
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Abstract: While the body of research on minority group politics is extensive and ever-expanding, much of the literature focuses on the racial identity and consciousness of Black Americans. As Asian Americans become the fastest-growing racial group in the United States, understanding how majority-immigrant groups make sense of their multiple identities can contribute crucial information on how to expand group politics models to other communities. After reviewing the literature on Asian American panethnic (racial) and coethnic identities, I use the novel postelection 2016 National Asian American Survey to explore if, how, and why Asian Americans choose to prioritize one identity over the other. After finding significant effects on panethnic and coethnic identity preference due to socioeconomics, linked fate, group consciousness, and
discrimination, I recommend steps for further research into possible models for understanding Asian American panethnic-coethnic dual identity.
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Master's Competition Winners
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Abstract: With the growing importance of grandparenting and working longer, grandparents might experience tensions between paid and unpaid work similar to younger workers. I examine changes in older workers’ engagement in paid employment following their transitions to grandparenthood. Due to gendered expectations for caretaking, I expect the change in women’s risk of quitting paid work to be more positive than men’s when they become grandparents and the change in labor force exit risk to be more positive for older workers of both genders when daughters, compared to sons, become parents. Using the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), I find that becoming a grandparent is indeed associated with a higher exit risk for female workers only when their daughters become parents. Both paternal grandmothers’ and maternal grandfathers’ average exit risks remain unchanged from the pre-grandparenthood levels, while paternal grandfathers’ risk drops. These findings suggest that gendered expectations surrounding caregiving persist across generations.
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Abstract: The racial and ethnic diversity of a police department is a crucial component to improving police relationships with communities. Diversity efforts by American police departments have been complicated by small applicant pools for the last several years, particularly among qualified female and minority applicants. One way for police departments to attract more racial and ethnic minority applicants to improve community relations is to use community-oriented policing. However, like anything related to policing, community-oriented policing tends to bring about political divide. This study analyzed (a) if the use of community-oriented policing tactics by police departments increase a police department’s racial and ethnic diversity, and (b) if police departments located in Democrat states are more likely to use community-oriented based policing. The data used for this study came from the Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS), 2016 survey based on a nationally representative sample of state, county, and local law enforcement agencies in the United States. The overall results lend support for community-oriented policing as a way to increase racial/ethnic minorities’ interest in the work of policing. These findings may have implications for standardizing the use of community-oriented policing tactics by all members of a law enforcement agency as a strategy to recruit and hire racial minority police officers. This institutional change in policing not only procures a more culturally diverse police force, but it also helps improve and repair the relationship between the community and the police.
Keywords: racial and ethnic minority police officers, American police departments, LEMAS 2016 survey, community-oriented policing
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Call for entries for 2022
The 2022 ICPSR Research Paper Competitions for Undergraduates and Graduate Students is accepting entries. The awards are $1,000 for first place and $750 for second place in each category and publication on the ICPSR Research Paper Competition Winners website and in a special edition of the ICPSR Bulletin for the first place winners. See the competition website for details. The deadline for submissions is January 31, 2022.
About the ICPSR Paper Competitions
The ICPSR Research Paper Competition accepts entries of papers for analyses on any topic using data from ICPSR. The purpose of the competitions is to highlight exemplary research papers based on quantitative analysis that uses ICPSR data. We invite submissions from students and recent graduates at ICPSR member institutions.
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