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Negative Social Ties: Prevalence and Consequences by Offer, Shira

“…Recent decades have seen a surge of interest in negative ties and the negative aspects of social relationships. Researchers in different fields have studied…”
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They Drive Me Crazy: Difficult Social Ties and Subjective Well-Being by Offer, Shira

“…Using egocentric network data from the University of California Social Networks Study (1,136 respondents; 11,536 alters), this study examines how difficult…”
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Family Time Activities and Adolescents' Emotional Well-being by Offer, Shira

“…The literature is divided on the issue of what matters for adolescents' well-being, with one approach focusing on quality and the other on routine family time…”
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The burden of reciprocity: Processes of exclusion and withdrawal from personal networks among low-income families by Offer, Shira

“…Reciprocity has been traditionally treated in sociological and anthropological theory as a force of integration that keeps network members tied together…”
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Difficult People: Who Is Perceived to Be Demanding in Personal Networks and Why Are They There? by Offer, Shira, Fischer, Claude S.

“…Why do people maintain ties with individuals whom they find difficult? Standard network theories imply that such alters are avoided or dropped. Drawing on a…”
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Assessing the relationship between family mealtime communication and adolescent emotional well-being using the experience sampling method by Offer, Shira

“…Abstract While most prior research has focused on the frequency of family meals the issue of which elements of family mealtime are most salient for…”
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“Going-With-The-Flow” or “Getting-Things-Done”: A Folk Model of Intensive Parenting Among Middle-Class Parents by Klimor Maman, Shira, Kaplan, Danny, Offer, Shira

“…Research on intensive parenting norms still lacks a systematic framework to account for the ways these translate into everyday childcare practices and…”
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Single by chance or by choice? The social meanings of singlehood and narratives of choice among unpartnered adults in Israel by Bear, Libby, Offer, Shira

“…Researchers have proposed various explanations for the increase in singlehood in post-industrialized countries, but the questions of how singles interpret…”
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Revisiting the gender gap in time-use patterns: Multitasking and well-being among mothers and fathers in dual-earner families by Offer, Shira, Schneider, Barbara

“…"This study suggests that multitasking constitutes an important source of gender inequality, which can help explain previous findings that mothers feel more…”
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The Costs of Thinking About Work and Family: Mental Labor, Work-Family Spillover, and Gender Inequality Among Parents in Dual-Earner Families by Offer, Shira

“…One of the aspects unaccounted for in previous assessments of employed parents 'distribution of time is the mental dimension of tasks and demands. This aspect,…”
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The “New Father” Between Ideals and Practices: New Masculinity Ideology, Gender Role Attitudes, and Fathers’ Involvement in Childcare by Offer, Shira, Kaplan, Danny

“…Abstract Current research demonstrates a gap between widely shared ideals of new fatherhood and men’s limited participation in childcare. Previous studies…”
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FREE TIME AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING: Do Dual-Earner Mothers and Fathers Differ? by OFFER, SHIRA

“…Previous research suggests that there are important gender disparities in the experience of leisure, but the issue of how mothers and fathers experience free…”
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Time with children and employed parents’ emotional well-being by Offer, Shira

“…•The experience sampling method is used to estimate childcare time and parents’ well-being.•Shared meals and leisure activities are beneficial to parents’…”
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Masculinity Ideologies, Sensitivity to Masculinity Threats, and Fathers' Involvement in Housework and Childcare Among U.S. Employed Fathers by Kaplan, Danny, Offer, Shira

“…Although research on precarious manhood has mushroomed in recent years, the implications of masculinity threats for father involvement at home have rarely been…”
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Mothers Unite! Organizing for Workplace Flexibility and the Transformation of Family Life . By Jocelyn Elise Crowley. Ithaca, N.Y.: ILR Press, 2013. Pp. xii+227. $29.95 by Offer, Shira

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Who is dropped and why? Methodological and substantive accounts for network loss by Fischer, Claude S., Offer, Shira

“…•Addresses common finding that half of network alters are dropped from t1 to t2.•Uses UCNets, a survey of diverse adults in two cohorts: 21-to-30 and…”
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The Ethiopian community in Israel: Segregation and the creation of a racial cleavage by Offer, Shira

“…This study examines the processes that led to the creation of a segregated Ethiopian community in Israel and its implications for the development of a…”
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Family Time Activities and Adolescents' Emotional Well-Being by Offer, Shira

“…The literature is divided on the issue of what matters for adolescents' well-being, with one approach focusing on quality and the other on routine family time…”
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How new is “New”? Who gets added in a panel study of personal networks? by Offer, Shira, Fischer, Claude S.

“…Using longitudinal data from UCNets, we examined newly-listed alters and distinguished between truly new ties who were recently met (typically coworkers and…”
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Agency-Based Support: A "Last-Resort" Strategy for Low-Income Families? by Offer, Shira

“…Agency-based support, defined as material assistance received from charities and private social service agencies, can constitute an important source of help…”
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