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Children's Exposure To Domestic Violence And Aggressive Behavior, Mariah Deidra Kafka Jan 2010

Children's Exposure To Domestic Violence And Aggressive Behavior, Mariah Deidra Kafka

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project is to examine the effects of "The Children's Exposure to Domestic Violence Scale" (CEDV) on an adolescent's own externalizing behaviors. Although internalizing behaviors such as depression are prevalent among children exposed to violence, this study will only focus on externalizing behaviors including their own risks for aggressive behavior.


Addressing The Disproportionate Representation Of African American Children In The Child Welfare System, Cecilia Elizabeth Roman Jan 2010

Addressing The Disproportionate Representation Of African American Children In The Child Welfare System, Cecilia Elizabeth Roman

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study is to examine social workers' perceptions on the disproportionate representation of African American children in the child welfare system and social workers views on their training and education on cultural competence. Eight face-to-face interviews were carried out with masters' level social workers at San Bernardino County's Gifford office of Children and Family Services. Qualitative method was used to analyze the findings.


Barriers To Hiv Couples Testing: The African American Woman's Perspective, Frederick Scott Smith Jan 2010

Barriers To Hiv Couples Testing: The African American Woman's Perspective, Frederick Scott Smith

Theses Digitization Project

African American Women continue to contract HIV/AIDS at an alarming rate. Of all the women living with Aids in the United States, 64% were African American and two out of three African American women got HIV from having unprotected sex with a man. The purposes of the study are to identify perceived barriers to HIV testing of the intimate partners of African American Women and subsequently identify an effective couples of HIV testing strategy. The research study investigated the primary causes for low HIV testing rates of African American couples. This study uttilized a quantitatve method using self-administered questionaires. The …


Does Child Sexual Abuse Affect Long-Term Intimacy Development And Functioning, Michelle Debra Kelley Jan 2010

Does Child Sexual Abuse Affect Long-Term Intimacy Development And Functioning, Michelle Debra Kelley

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study was to examine practitioners' views of the long-term effects of child sexual abuse on intimacy development and to determine if child sexual abuse leads to an underdeveloped sense of intimacy in the adult. Problems with intimacy development are defined as trouble forming close interpersonal relationships, not being able to trust others, being sexually promiscuous, and avoiding emotion.


Images Of Sub-Saharan Africa And Africans In Western Media, Cherice Joyann Estes Jan 2010

Images Of Sub-Saharan Africa And Africans In Western Media, Cherice Joyann Estes

Theses Digitization Project

This study will show that news coverage of Africa is very limited and not proportional to either the continent's population or the number of African countries. Popular culture tends to portray Africa and Africans as primitive and uncivilized. This thesis will show how these representations have severe political consequences in a case study of the Rwandan Genocide. The Western media's portrayal of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide was mischaracterized by the use of old colonial tropes that facilitated western countries' failure to act.


Awareness Of Parental Infidelity In Childhood: Attitudes Toward Infidelity As Adults, Nicole Marie Paredes Jan 2010

Awareness Of Parental Infidelity In Childhood: Attitudes Toward Infidelity As Adults, Nicole Marie Paredes

Theses Digitization Project

This study explores the attitudes of adults who became aware of their parents infidelity as children in comparison to the attitudes of adults who are unaware of the presence of infidelity within their parents' relationship.


Benefits And Attitudes Of The Latino Population Toward Support Groups, Monica Patricia Noutfia Jan 2010

Benefits And Attitudes Of The Latino Population Toward Support Groups, Monica Patricia Noutfia

Theses Digitization Project

The goal of this research was to provide information to social work professionals about the benefits of self-help mutual aid and psycho-educational support groups in the community, and to examine the Latino attitudes toward support groups. The research examines some Latino cultural values such as familism, social network, and spirituality. The various Spanish and Spanish/English speaking support groups that participated in this study were from San Bernardino, Los Angeles, and Riverside counties. The sample size in this research was 30 Latino individuals from four Spanish, or Spanish/English self-help mutual aid, and psycho-educational support groupsavailable in the Inland Empire.


The African American Male: Examining Resiliency, Success, And Family, Takenya Chimene Mcmihelk Jan 2010

The African American Male: Examining Resiliency, Success, And Family, Takenya Chimene Mcmihelk

Theses Digitization Project

This study is an examination of resiliency, success and family among African American Males. It is purposed to empower the individual that it affects and soften the hearts of the individuals who continue to consciously and unconsciously oppress these men. The purpose was not to restate what was already known but to create a system to eliminate the re-occurrence of the problem.


Domestic Violence: Treatment Barriers In The Gay And Lesbian Community, Susan Crane Jan 2010

Domestic Violence: Treatment Barriers In The Gay And Lesbian Community, Susan Crane

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study is to investigate barriers to seeking services pertaining to domestic violence among the gay and lesbian population. The treatment barriers to seeking support and services for Same Sex Domestic Violence (SSDV) is related to fear, not feeling safe, judgmental attitudes, lack of education, and law enforcement discrimination.


Exploring Acculturation Stress On Mexican Americans, Daniel Anthony Lopez Jan 2010

Exploring Acculturation Stress On Mexican Americans, Daniel Anthony Lopez

Theses Digitization Project

The focus of this study was how common acculturation stress is among Mexican Americans, what the demographics of this demonstrate, and how this is related to mental health services. Acculturation is the process of adapting to the social norms, customs, and values of another culture. When a Mexican American reaches his limit of what he is able to cope with, then that person is in danger of being afflicted with acculturtion stress. Even when faced with this prospect, few Mexican Americans seek out mental health services.


Multicultural Issues In Autism Spectrum Disorder, Martha Eufracio Jan 2010

Multicultural Issues In Autism Spectrum Disorder, Martha Eufracio

Theses Digitization Project

This study focused on the experiences and perceptions of parents/caregivers of children diagnosed with autism. Specifically, this project explored various themes surrounding autism and multiculturalism.


Factors Associated With Intimate Partner Violence Among College Students, Shareela Marie Allen, Danielle Diane Moore Jan 2010

Factors Associated With Intimate Partner Violence Among College Students, Shareela Marie Allen, Danielle Diane Moore

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study is to explore what individual factors are associated with intimate partner violence (IPV) experiences among college students. Intimate partner violence is a huge problem among college students both male and female of all ethnicities, socio-economic classes, sexual orientation, and social class. This study focused on alcohol consumption and attitudes and beliefs of students to see it those two variables played a role in contributing to the rate of IPV occurring among college students.


The Effect Of Ethnic-Identity Salience And Negative Performance Feedback On African Americans' Explicit And Implicit Self-Evaluations, Delisa Nicole Young Jan 2010

The Effect Of Ethnic-Identity Salience And Negative Performance Feedback On African Americans' Explicit And Implicit Self-Evaluations, Delisa Nicole Young

Theses Digitization Project

The processes that underlie African Americans explicit versus implicit self-evaluations are examined by using the Associative Propositional Evaluative model (APE).


Social Workers And Human Sexuality Knowledge And Comfort, Larann Rene Henderson Jan 2010

Social Workers And Human Sexuality Knowledge And Comfort, Larann Rene Henderson

Theses Digitization Project

Human sexuality is a major aspect of everyone's existence. Social workers need to have access to information enabling them to be knowledgeable, unbiased, and effective in their professional dealings with individual clients, families, groups, communities, and society at large. The premise of this research is that social workers would be more effective in practice when provided with sufficient human sexuality training and education.


Social Workers' Attitudes And Perceptions On Cultural Competence In Child Welfare, Monica Elaine Hicks Jan 2010

Social Workers' Attitudes And Perceptions On Cultural Competence In Child Welfare, Monica Elaine Hicks

Theses Digitization Project

This study examined social workers' view on cultural competence and the disproportionate rates of African American children in foster care. This study seeks to explain how cultural biases affecting social workers' decisions contribute to the removal of children from their families based on social worker's inability to understand or recognize cultural differences in child rearing practices.


Reunification Outcomes Of Hispanic Families In Riverside County Child Protective Services, Christy Quniterol Sabsook Jan 2010

Reunification Outcomes Of Hispanic Families In Riverside County Child Protective Services, Christy Quniterol Sabsook

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study was to examine the reunification outcomes of hispanic families within Riverside County Child Protective Services. It has been found that for this population, the reunification takes longer than other ethnic groups. Social worker's need to be provided valuable information about the Hispanic population and to increase social worker's cultural sensitivity related to the special needs of Hispanic families.


The Impact Of Body Dissatisfaction On Depression And Sexual Attitudes Among College Age Women, Alesha Ianthe Marshall, Liliana Enriquetta. Llamas Jan 2010

The Impact Of Body Dissatisfaction On Depression And Sexual Attitudes Among College Age Women, Alesha Ianthe Marshall, Liliana Enriquetta. Llamas

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of the study was to assess the correlations between a young female's body image, the corresponding levels of depression, and the impact on her feelings about the experiences of intimate relationships. This research study examined the link between body image dissatisfaction, depression, and sexual attitudes among college women. This study hypothesized that various factors such as age, religion, and ethnicity may affect body image dissatisfaction. College women are a vulnerable population. This study utilized quantitative research methods through surveys that were administered to 120 college women between 18 and 30, with 83 women actually responding.


Barriers To Accessing Mental Health Services Among Latinos, Patricia Guadalupe Pasillas Jan 2010

Barriers To Accessing Mental Health Services Among Latinos, Patricia Guadalupe Pasillas

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study is to examine the barriers in accessing mental health services among the Latino population in Ventura County, California. The Latino population in the United States seeks mental health services at a lower rate. This is due to barriers in accessing the services they encountered. This study was done qualitatively by conducting nine focus groups with staff personnel of mental health providers.


The Continuation Of Social Work Outreach With The Purhé́Pecha People, Carlos Luis Lamadrid Jan 2010

The Continuation Of Social Work Outreach With The Purhé́Pecha People, Carlos Luis Lamadrid

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project was to continue with the action research done by Bernice Aguirre in 2008 with the Purépecha indigenous population, living in the Eastern Coachella Valley Community, as a direct call to action to better serve the needs of a people who have been severely challenged by language, cultural barriers, poverty, and underrepresented service delivery systems.


Levels Of Attachments And Childhood Abuse Among Mexican-Americans, Christina Shinn Jan 2010

Levels Of Attachments And Childhood Abuse Among Mexican-Americans, Christina Shinn

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study to investigate the relationship between mother-child attachment and childhood abuse trama. It will examine levels of attachment and their relationship to different types of abuse including physical, emotional, sexual and negligence. Instruments utilized were the Parental Attachment Questionaire, Childhood Trauma Questionaire, and Parental Bonding Instrument.


Men's Subjective Distress To A Partner's Imagined Indifelity: Testing Evolutionary And Social-Cogntive Hypotheses, Tanner Michael Carollo Jan 2010

Men's Subjective Distress To A Partner's Imagined Indifelity: Testing Evolutionary And Social-Cogntive Hypotheses, Tanner Michael Carollo

Theses Digitization Project

Despite the ability of evolutionary psychology to account of sex differences in infidelity distress, it is challenged to explain the repeated finding that a large number of men do not select sexual infidelity as more distressing than emotional infidelity. The research goal of this thesis was to examine theoretically relevant individual difference variables in men that could possibly account for their reported distress to imagining a romantic partner's sexual and emotional infidelity.


Educational Paraprofessionals' Knowledge About And Barriers To Reporting Child Abuse, Randi Sherrill Furman, Audrey Anne Lipskey Jan 2010

Educational Paraprofessionals' Knowledge About And Barriers To Reporting Child Abuse, Randi Sherrill Furman, Audrey Anne Lipskey

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project was to evaluate mandated reporters' knowledge about the reporting process, attitudes, and beliefs towards the mandated reporting laws, and their resistances and barriers to reporting suspected child abuse.


The Effects Of Language On The Reunification Of Mexican Families, Luisana Sanchez-Ramirez Jan 2010

The Effects Of Language On The Reunification Of Mexican Families, Luisana Sanchez-Ramirez

Theses Digitization Project

The study examined the effects of language commonalities between Riverside County Children Services Division (CSD) social workers and parents in their reunification process. The study focused on gathering data to depict whether or not having a social worker that speaks the same language as the parents speak influences reunification success. This study strived to gather data from Mexican parents, as this seems to be a fast growing population that CSD serves. Data were extracted from 93 cases tht opened in the year 2008 to determine the impact of having a common language between the parents and the family reunification worker …


An Examination Of Observed Disparities Between Felony Murder And Manslaughter Rates Across California, Michael Christopher Fuhr Jan 2010

An Examination Of Observed Disparities Between Felony Murder And Manslaughter Rates Across California, Michael Christopher Fuhr

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study is to examine felony murder and manslaughter data at the county level, in context with supplementary factors such as; population turnover, ethnic heterogeneity, poverty, and infant mortality rates.


Exploring Social Workers Beliefs And Practices When Working With Gay And Lesbian Youth, Ethan Brian Michaels Jan 2010

Exploring Social Workers Beliefs And Practices When Working With Gay And Lesbian Youth, Ethan Brian Michaels

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study was to examine child welfare workers' beliefs and practices while working with gay and lesbian youth. This study surveyed forty-one children's social workers and their supervisors in Los Angeles County's Department of Children and Family Services.