Resources & Cultural Values
Many of the values people adopt from their culture can be traced to the availability of resources in the region of that culture's development. I focus primarily on the stability of those resources as an important factor that fosters values such as time perspective, individualism/collectivism, and tightness/looseness.
My research up to this point has focused primarily on the adoption of individualistic and collectivistic values within Appalachia, and the outcomes of fitting within one's culture. More recently, I have focused on the stability of resources (rather than the amount of resources) as an important determinant of cultural values.
Future research will examine how resource stability may affect political and religious ideologies (or lack thereof), and how resource stability affects the transmission of values across generations.
PUBLICATIONS
Adkins, E., & Gore, J. S. (in preparation). Testing the Culture-Fit Hypothesis on religious orientation and remembering the content of a sermon.
Gore, J. S., P’Pool, D., & Varakin, D. A. (under review). Standing on shaky ground and living in the now: How resource amount and stability are linked to time orientation.
Whitt, C., Jiang, T., Gore, J. S., & Lindsay, B. (under review). Culture of origin moderates the association between social dominance orientation and psychological well-being.
Wilson, S., Gore, J. S., Renfro, A., Blake, M., Muncie, E., & Treadway, J. (in press). The tether to home, university connectedness, and the Appalachian student. Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice.
Leach, E., & Gore, J. S. (2017). The link between time orientation and religious orientation. Mental Health, Religion, & Culture, 20, 154-161.
Gore, J. S., Sheppard, A., Waters, M., Jackson, J., & Brubaker, R. (2016). Cultural differences in seeking mental health counseling: The role of symptom severity and type in Appalachian Kentucky. Journal of Rural Mental Health, 40, 63-76.
Gore, J. S. (2015). Testing the Culture-Fit Hypothesis on religious orientation and well-being: A multilevel approach. Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 18, 753-764.
Wilson, S. P., & Gore, J. S. (2013). An attachment model of university connectedness. Journal of Experimental Education, 81, 178-198.
Gore, J. S., Wilburn, K. R., Treadway, J. R., & Plaut, V. C. (2011). Regional collectivism in Appalachia and academic attitudes. Cross-Cultural Research, 45, 376-398.
Gore, J. S., & Wilburn, K. R. (2010). A regional culture model of academic achievement: Comparing Appalachian and non-Appalachian students in Kentucky. Journal of Social, Evolutionary and Cultural Psychology, 4, 156-173.
Wilson, S., & Gore, J. S. (2010). Appalachian origin moderates the association between school connectedness and GPA. Journal of Appalachian Studies, 15, 70-86.
PRESENTATIONS
Gore, J. S. (March, 2018). Standing on shaky ground and living in the now: How resource stability influences time perspectives. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Atlanta, GA.
Gore, J. S. (November, 2017). Standing on shaky ground and living in the now: How resource stability influences time perspectives. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists, Atlantic Beach, FL.
Wilson, S., & Gore, J. S. (May, 2011). College student individual differences and connectedness to the university. Symposium presented at the Kentucky Converging Trends Conference, Erlanger, KY.
Leach, E., & Gore, J. S. (January, 2017). A link between time orientation and religious orientation. Poster presented at the 18th annual conference of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.
Wilson, S. P., Gore, J., Blake, M. E., Renfro, A. G., Treadway, J., Muncie, E., & Duarte, C. (May, 2016). Tethering negatively affects college student success. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Association for Psychology Science, Chicago, IL.
Gore, J. S. (February, 2015). Testing the Culture Fit Hypothesis for religious orientations. Presented at the 16th annual conference of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Long Beach, CA.
Wilson, S., & Gore, J. (May, 2010). Appalachian origin moderates the association between school connectedness and GPA. Presented at the 22nd annual convention of the American Psychological Society, Boston, MA.
Treadway, J. R., Plaut, V. C., Gore, J. S., & Wilburn, K. R. (January 2010). United we stand, divided we fall: Collectivism and its consequences for Kentucky Appalachian college students. Presented at the 11th annual conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV.
Treadway, J., Plaut, V. C., & Gore, J. S. (February, 2009). Climbing mountains in the mountains: Examining cultural models of success among Appalachian and rural college students. Presented at the 10th annual conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, FL.
Gore, J. S., & Wilburn, K. R. (October, 2008). Regional culture and academics: The association between cultural values and GPA. Presented at the 31st annual conference of the Society for Southeastern Social Psychologists, Greenville, SC.
Treadway, J., Plaut, V. C., & Gore, J. S. (October, 2008). Cultural success models among rural and Appalachian college students. Presented at the 31st annual conference of the Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists, Greenville, SC.
Denny, M. J., Trew, S. E., & Gore, J. S. (September, 2007). Develop better study habits! The role of gender and attachment style in academic goal pursuit. Presented at the annual conference of the Kentucky Association for Psychology in the Schools, Lexington, KY.