Susan Gore
Chairperson, Sociology Department
Office: Wheatley, 4th floor, Rm 24
Telephone: 617-287-6268
Email: susan.gore@umb.edu
Research
Professor Gore's research lies in the study of social stress and its role in mental health processes. More specific interests include the study of gender in relation to mental health, and the role of family and other relationships in stress and social support. Her current research project investigates the social and psychological functioning of young people as they make the transition from high school into the world of work and further schooling. The study involves the participation of students from a diversity of schools in southeastern Massachusetts, and includes young people who dropped out of their graduating cohort. It is supported by the National Institute of Mental Health.
Representative Publications
Schilling, E.A., Aseltine, R.H., & Gore, S. (2008). The impact of cumulative childhood adversity on young adult mental health: Measures, models, and interpretations. Social Science and Medicine, 66, 1140-1151.
Gore, S., Aseltine, R. H., Jr., & Schilling, E. A. (2007). Transition to adulthood,mental health and adversity. In W. R. Avison, J. D. McLeod & B. Pescosolido (Eds.), Mental Health, Social Mirror (pp. 219-237). New York: Springer Verlag.
Aseltine, R. H., & Gore, S. (2005). Work, post-secondary education, and psychosocial functioning following the transition from high school. Journal of Adolescent Research, 20, 615-639.
Gore, S. & Aseltine, R. H., Jr. (2003). Race and ethnic differences in depressed mood following the transition from high school. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 44(3), Special Issue, 370-389.
Harnish, J., Aseltine, R. H., Jr., & Gore, S. (2000). Resolution of stressful experiences as an indicator of coping effectiveness in young adults. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 41(2), 2000.