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Author: Oi, Katsuya
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1. Oi, Katsuya
The Sense of Control, Cumulative Advantages and Disadvantages from Status Attainment and Stress Moderation
Presented: Seattle WA, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2016
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: American Sociological Association
Keyword(s): Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Life Course; Locus of Control (see Rotter Scale); Stress

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The present study extends the literature on one of the most important personality traits for health, known as the sense of control (SOC), which governs two path ways that link childhood environments and adult health: status attainment and stress moderation. The SOC influences health by inducing the accumulation and mobilization of necessary resources (e.g., health knowledge). In addition, cumulative exposure to stress over the life course can be buffered through a SOC over life, directly interacting with the individual health trajectory. To articulate these ideas, the present study addresses the following questions: 1) Does age at change in the SOC matter to health? 2) How does the individual trajectory of the SOC determine important life outcomes with significant health consequences? ; 3) Is change in perceived stress a function of concurrent change in the SOC throughout the life course? We address these questions by drawing from several data sources: The Aging, Status and Sense of Control (ASSC), and The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79). With latent change score modeling (LCSM), the first question is addressed by estimating and comparing the effect size of age-specific latent change in the SOC on health. The second question adds educational attainment and late career outcomes between the SOC trajectory and health. The third question is addressed by modeling dual latent change between perceived stress and the SOC. Preliminary results are supportive to my expectations, suggesting the two significant pathways wherein the SOC generates cumulative advantages and disadvantages to health.
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Oi, Katsuya. "The Sense of Control, Cumulative Advantages and Disadvantages from Status Attainment and Stress Moderation." Presented: Seattle WA, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2016.
2. Thomas, Jason R.
Oi, Katsuya
The Development of Early Skills: Self-Productivity and Cross-Fertilization
Presented: New Orleans LA, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, April 2013
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79
Publisher: Population Association of America
Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); British Cohort Study (BCS); Child Development; Human Capital; NCDS - National Child Development Study (British); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading); Skill Formation

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Cunha and Heckman (2007) have developed a model of human capital formation that identifies a key feature of the developmental process – “self-productivity.”This concept refers to the notion that capabilities developed by time t - 1 enhance capabilities at later stages of development (e.g. at time t). An interesting corollary is that one dimension of development (e.g. non-cognitive or social skills) fosters the develop of different dimensions of development at later stages of life (e.g. cognitive skills). This paper offers simple tests of the process of “self-productivity” using several different longitudinal data sets that contain repeated measures of cognitive and non-cognitive skills. To the extent that we find empirical support for the model developed by Cunha and Heckman (2007), the implications of the model – namely, the importance of early and continued investments in early life – should receive attention in the policy arena.
Bibliography Citation
Thomas, Jason R. and Katsuya Oi. "The Development of Early Skills: Self-Productivity and Cross-Fertilization." Presented: New Orleans LA, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, April 2013.