Publications
Prawitz, Garman, Sorhaindo, O'Neill, Kim and Drentea. 2006. InCharge Financial Distress/Financial Well-Being Scale: Development, Administration, and Score Interpretation. Financial Counseling and Planning. 17(1) 34-50.
Drentea, Patricia, Olivio Clay, David Roth, Mary Mittelman. 2006. “Predictors of Change in Satisfaction with Social Support following a Structured Intervention for Caregivers of Spouses with Alzheimer’s Disease” Social Science & Medicine
Drentea, Patricia and Melinda Goldner. 2006. “Caregiving Outside of the Home: The Effects of Race on Depression.” Ethnicity and Health. 10(4): 327-343.
Drentea, Patricia. 2006. Caregiving. Health and Medicine Entry in Encyclopedia of Sociology, ed. George Ritzer. Forthcoming. Blackwell Publishing.
Drentea, Patricia and Jennifer Moren-Cross. 2005. “Social Capital and Social Support on the Web: The Case of an Internet Mother Site.” (27:7) Sociology of Health and Illness.
Drentea, Patricia. 2005. “Work and Activity Characteristics Across the Life Course.” Advances in Life Course Research. 9:303-329.
Drentea, Patricia, Suzanne Durham, Mercie Mwaria, Emily Norman, Juan Xi. 2004 “Daycare Hopping: Stabilizing Day Care Options for Low-Income Mothers through Subsidies.” 10(4): Child Care in Practice. 381-393.
Willis, Leigh, David Coombs, Patricia Drentea, William Cockerham. 2003. “Uncovering the Mystery: Factors of African-American Suicide.” Journal of Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. 33: 412-429.
Drentea, Patricia. “Retirement and Mental Health.” 2002. Journal of Aging and Health. 14(2):167-194.
Van Willigen, Marieke and Patricia Drentea. 2001.“The Benefits of Equitable Relationships: The Impact of Sense of Fairness, Household Division of Labor and Decision-Making Responsibility on Perceptions of Social Support.” Sex Roles. 44(9/10) May: 571-597.
Drentea, Patricia. “Age, Debt and Anxiety.” 2000. The Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 41:437-450.
Drentea, Patricia and Paul J. Lavrakas. 2000 “Over the Limit: The Association among Health, Race and Debt” Social Science & Medicine. 50:517-529.
Ross, Catherine, E. and Patricia Drentea. 1998. “Consequences of Retirement Activities for Distress and the Sense of Personal Control” The Journal of Health and Social Behavior 39(4):317-334.
Drentea, Patricia. 1998. “Consequences of Women's Formal and Informal Job Search Methods for Employment in Female-Dominated Jobs.” Gender & Society 12(3):321-338.
