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1.	Houston, Stacey
1.	99 Problems, Is Depression One? Examining the Effect of Incarceration History on Depressive Symptoms Presented: Seattle WA, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2016 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: American Sociological Association Keyword(s): Depression (see also CESD); Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Incarceration/Jail; Racial Differences; Stress Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. U.S. prisons are one of the fastest growing social institutions in the world. The funneling of persons into the prison system, however, has been overwhelmingly lopsided, as African Americans are incarcerated at six times the rate of white Americans. Explorations into the consequences of mass incarceration are pertinent. Extant literature has observed that incarceration has implications for physical health, social well-being, and, recently, mental health. However, racial differences in the consequences of incarceration are underexplored. In this study, I rely on longitudinal data from a sample of young adults in the NLSY97 (N=3,783) to explore how incarceration history impacts depressive symptoms and whether this relationship differs by race. Relying on stress process theory, I find that incarceration serves as a primary stressor, directly and detrimentally influencing depressive symptoms while simultaneously indirectly influencing depressive symptoms through secondary stressors. Additionally, I find preliminary evidence that suggests that stress process theory should be expanded to better account for differential health outcomes based on differential exposure to stressors. [Also presented at Atlanta GA, American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, November 2018]
	Bibliography Citation Houston, Stacey. "99 Problems, Is Depression One? Examining the Effect of Incarceration History on Depressive Symptoms." Presented: Seattle WA, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2016.

2.	Houston, Stacey
2.	Drinking and Learning While Black: The Effect of Family Alcoholism on Educational Attainment Presented: San Francisco CA, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2014 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Young Adult Publisher: American Sociological Association Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Educational Attainment; Family History; Racial Differences Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. I utilize data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth young adult sample (N=1,512) to investigate the relationship between having a family history of alcoholism and educational attainment and whether that relationship varies by race. The results indicate that though there is no main effect between having a family history of alcoholism and educational attainment, further analysis demonstrates that African Americans experience positive effects on educational attainment. Under the family stress and resiliency frameworks, these results call into question the generalizability of stressors and the labeling of groups of children who experience these stressors as "at risk." Furthermore, this study indicates that there may be characteristics of students upon which parents and schools can capitalize to foster resiliency in children who are truly "at risk."
	Bibliography Citation Houston, Stacey. "Drinking and Learning While Black: The Effect of Family Alcoholism on Educational Attainment." Presented: San Francisco CA, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2014.

3.	Houston, Stacey
3.	Drinking Mothers, Schooling Kids: The Effects of Maternal Alcohol Consumption on Later Educational Attainment Presented: Chicago IL, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2015 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Young Adult Publisher: American Sociological Association Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Educational Attainment; Household Structure; Mothers, Behavior Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Past literature finds that maternal drinking leads to less than optimal outcomes for youth. However, past literature also finds that the presence of a non-problem drinking parent can buffer or shield children from the impaired parenting practices of a problem-drinking parent. While some scholars have noted that the presence of a non-problem drinking parent can serve as a buffer, the effects of alcohol consumption can be far-reaching, impacting both parents and, potentially, the household composition. I utilize data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth young adult sample (N=781) to investigate whether the alcohol consumption of young adults' mothers contributes to the young adults' later educational attainment, an underexplored child outcome in parental alcohol consumption literature. The results indicate that higher levels of drinking by respondents' mothers over a ten-year period are related to fewer years of schooling attained by the respondents. However, I do not find that the presence of another parent buffers the effects of maternal alcohol consumption. Instead, the results of this project suggest that higher levels of maternal drinking decreases the likelihood of living in a two-parent household, which, in turn, results in fewer years of education obtained by respondents.
	Bibliography Citation Houston, Stacey. "Drinking Mothers, Schooling Kids: The Effects of Maternal Alcohol Consumption on Later Educational Attainment." Presented: Chicago IL, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2015.

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