Papers by Laurie Cooper Stoll
Violence against women, 2017
The purpose of this article is to explore whether gender-blind sexism, as an extension of Bonilla... more The purpose of this article is to explore whether gender-blind sexism, as an extension of Bonilla-Silva's racialized social system theory, is an appropriate theoretical framework for understanding the creation and continued prevalence of rape myth acceptance. Specifically, we hypothesize that individuals who hold attitudes consistent with the frames of gender-blind sexism are more likely to accept common rape myths. Data for this article come from an online survey administered to the entire undergraduate student body at a large Midwestern institution (N = 1,401). Regression analysis showed strong support for the effects of gender-blind sexism on rape myth acceptance.
Review of Religious Research, 2008
A major concern of scholars who have applied rationed choice theory to the study of religion has ... more A major concern of scholars who have applied rationed choice theory to the study of religion has been to understand church growth and decline. According to some versions of this theory, churches that are in higher tension wilh society produce more committed members than those in lower tension. More committed members provide their churches with more time and money resources which can be used to attract, recruit, and retain members. Therefore, higher-tension churches are more likely to grow than are lower-tension churches. Using data from a stratified random sample of churches in Shelby County^ Tennessee, this study tests these ideas by inserting time and money resources, recruitment activit}\ and extensiveness of programs as intervening variables between church type (high-tension vs. low-tension) and church growth. The findings provide partial support for the theoretical ideas. I n the United States, it is well documented that conservative or high-tension churches are growing and that mainline or low-tension churches are declining (
Gender and Education, 2014
Journal of Latinos and Education, 2015
Data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey-Birth Cohort are used to analyze the factors th... more Data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey-Birth Cohort are used to analyze the factors that lead to the reading readiness of children who participate in nonparental care the year prior to kindergarten (N = 4,550), with a specific focus on Latino children (N = 800). Stepwise multiple linear regression analysis demonstrates that reading scores are significantly influenced by the type of care provided the year prior to kindergarten, the caregiver's education and beliefs about kindergarten readiness, as well as access to books and a computer in the home. Furthermore, mother's level of education and marital status are important predictors of reading aptitude.
Review of Religious Research, 2008
Page 1. CHURCH GROWTH AND DECLINE: A TEST OF THE MARKET-BASED APPROACH LAURIE COOPER STOLL LOYOLA... more Page 1. CHURCH GROWTH AND DECLINE: A TEST OF THE MARKET-BASED APPROACH LAURIE COOPER STOLL LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO ... Gathering data for this study required that each church's pastor complete a survey. ...
Your article is protected by copyright and all rights are held exclusively by Springer Science+Bu... more Your article is protected by copyright and all rights are held exclusively by Springer Science+Business Media, LLC. This e-offprint is for personal use only and shall not be selfarchived in electronic repositories. If you wish to self-archive your work, please use the accepted author's version for posting to your own website or your institution's repository. You may further deposit the accepted author's version on a funder's repository at a funder's request, provided it is not made publicly available until 12 months after publication.
Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change, 2008
Race Ethnicity and Education, 2014
Qualitative Sociology, 2012
Emerging research suggests that existing culture, including religious culture, serves to constrai... more Emerging research suggests that existing culture, including religious culture, serves to constrain and enable the rhetoric and claims of social actors in situations of conflict and change. Given that religious institutions continue to have significant authority in framing moral debates in the United States, we hypothesize that groups connected to each other through a religious tradition will share similar orientations towards the moral order, shaping the kinds of rhetoric they use and the kinds of claims they can make. To test this, we compare the official rhetoric of the 25 largest religious denominations on gay and lesbian issues, as well as their orientation towards the moral order more broadly, with the rhetoric of each denomination's respective movement for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender inclusion, affirmation, or rights. We use Kniss' heuristic map of the moral order to analyze and theorize about the patterns that emerge from these comparisons. Ultimately, we find that the existing rhetoric of the parent denomination on gay and lesbian issues, along with the broader moral stances they take, do appear to shape the rhetoric and ideologies of associated pro-LGBT organizations. This provides support for the notion that existing culture, belief, and rhetoric shape the trajectories of conflict and change.
Computers in Human Behavior, Jun 23, 2015
Cyberbullying has been the focus of much empirical research in the past ten years. Several schol... more Cyberbullying has been the focus of much empirical research in the past ten years. Several scholars have examined the effects of gender on cyberbullying with mixed results. Little research has considered the effects of race and sexuality, and analyzing these demographic characteristics individually (i.e., non-interactively) provides a limited view of the influences of race, gender, and sexuality on cybervictimization. Accordingly, we employ an intersectional approach that captures more fully the nuances between cyberbullying and social location. For example, given the centrality of race in American society, it is surprising that the research on cyberbullying among adolescents finds little evidence of a “race effect.” We hypothesize that racial identity moderates the degree to which cybervictimization rates vary by gender and sexuality. Evidence from an original survey of students in a Midwestern High School (N = 752) lends qualified support to our conditional hypotheses: the relationship between gender and victimization is stronger for white students than it is for students of color, but there are no racial differences in the impact of a student’s sexuality and his or her experiences with cyberbullying.
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Papers by Laurie Cooper Stoll