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Results Of A Practitioner Survey And Comparison With The Themes Of Articles Published In The Asa Footnotes: Major Issues Facing The Discipline Of Sociology, Josephine A. Ruggiero, Louise C. Weston

Clinical Sociology Review

This article reports on the results of a recent practitioner survey in which respondents were asked to identify the three most important issues facing the discipline of sociology at that time and five years into the future. Respondents were drawn primarily from the Sociological Practice Association and the Sociological Practice section of the American Sociological Association. Responses are discussed both within and across membership affiliations. The authors also compare practitioners' responses to the content of articles published in the ASA Footnotes during a comparable period of time. Implications are drawn for the discipline of sociology and for practitioners' involvement in …

Educational Policy And Training Implications Of Social Science Research: Lessons From An Inner City Elementary School, Nita L. Bryant, David W. Hartman, Dexter Taylor

Clinical Sociology Review

Participant observation research in an elementary school from 1989 to 1992 reinforces our understanding that often inner city children find a conflict between the behaviors and values that help them survive on the "street" and those that are expected in the middle-class educational system in which they are engaged on a day-to-day basis. While expecting middle-class responses, however, many teachers used archaic teaching strategies that have been abandoned in our best suburban schools. The research also makes clear the need for teachers to have high expectations for children while employing teaching methodologies that focus on individual students and their strengths …

Clinical Typifications By Wives Of Professional Athletes: The Field Researcher As Therapist, Steven M. Ortiz

Clinical Sociology Review

In addressing an often neglected aspect of qualitative research, this paper explores how our research identities are constructed by those we are studying. During my field research on wives of professional athletes, I gradually became aware of the ways in which I was typified as a "therapist." Despite my attempts to deconstruct this research identity, and the therapeutic role I was placed in, their construction of a therapist self persisted. I examine how this serendipitous process emerged in the context of "sequential interviewing" by assessing specific characteristics, and certain conditions, which shaped their typification of a therapist. The ways in …

Methodological Observations On Clinical Organization Research, J. J. Ramondt

Clinical Sociology Review

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The Integration Of Intervention And Evaluation: Avoiding Theoretical Pitfalls, Kees Mesman Schultz

Clinical Sociology Review

On behalf of the evaluation of policy outcomes, Mayer and Greenwood (1980) developed their model of causally related concepts, reflecting the entire policy process from the formulation of policy plans up to and including the outcomes of the resulting policy measures. This model was customized for the evaluation of treatment programs in the field of youth welfare (Mesman Schultz 1987). It turned out, each of these models provides a sound basis for several research projects. Yet, in trying to find an explanation for poor policy outcomes after ex-post-facto evaluation, one has to be prepared for two possible pitfalls. These occur …

Toward A Three-Dimensional Model Of Suicide, Kimberly A. Folse, Dennis L. Peck

Clinical Sociology Review

Cases collected from medical examiner's records are used to assess a three-dimensional model of failure suicide. The data are suggestive that youthful suicide can be explained in part as a reaction to perceived failure, the perception that significant others fail to provide succor, and the belief that others also view the individual as a failure. Implications of the findings are discussed in light of the proposed model.

Diversity: A Managerial Paradox, Karen Stephenson

Clinical Sociology Review

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Teaching Clinicians About Ethnic Cultures, Mary C. Sengstock

Clinical Sociology Review

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Book Review: As The Workforce Ages: Costs, Benefits And Policy Challenges, Mary C. Sengstock

Sociology Faculty Research Publications

As the Workforce Ages: Costs, Benefits and Policy Challenges (Olivia S. Mitchell) (Reviewed by Mary C. Sengstock, Wayne State University)

Some Remarks About The Dyad Observer-Observed And The Relationship Of The Observer To Power, Jacques Van Bockstaele, Maria Van Bockstaele, Martine Godard-Plasman

Clinical Sociology Review

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Interviewer Attitudes About The Mentally Ill, Rosalind J. Dworkin, Anthony Gary Dworkin

Clinical Sociology Review

Interviewer attitudes and expectations about respondents are known to influence data quality. When respondents are from deviant groups, such as the mentally ill, special problems could develop. Questionnaires were completed by 188 individuals from a potential pool of employable interviewers. Preferences for interviewing targets and locations, prior experience, and perceived dangerousness of the mentally ill were measured. The mentally ill are among the least preferred targets. Locations implying higher levels of control and cooperation were desired. Using a path analysis, preference for interviewing the mentally ill was most affected by diversity of prior contact and the perception of dangerousness.

Researching An Iraqi Community In The Midst Of The U.S.-Iraq War: The Researcher As Clinician, Mary C. Sengstock

Clinical Sociology Review

Nationality groups are always placed in a sensitive position when strained relations develop between their country of adoption and their homeland, as occurred in Iraqi and other Arab-American communities during the Gulf War. The author was directing a research project on aged members of these communities when hostilities broke out. The war had profound effects, both on the conduct of the research project and on the community itself, causing the research to be restructured and project staff to assume clinical as well as research roles. Staff members assisted community members in dealing with their concerns relative to the war and …

Evaluation Research And The Psychiatric Hospital: Blending Management And Inquiry In Clinical Sociology, George W. Dowdall, Diana M. Pinchoff

Clinical Sociology Review

This paper discusses the multiple roles sociologists play in conducting evaluation research in a large state psychiatric hospital. The key to understanding this form of clinical sociology is its blending of management and inquiry in a unique organizational context. The authors, sociologists who have both served as directors of the Buffalo Psychiatric Center's program evaluation unit since its founding in 1979, present examples of the unit's work, discussing the role sociologists play in the collection, analysis and reporting of data used by hospital administrators for strategic planning, continuous quality improvement programs, and the monitoring of patterns and trends for census …

Terminating Addiction Naturally: Post-Addict Identity And The Avoidance Of Treatment, William Cloud, Robert Granfield

Clinical Sociology Review

This paper examines the characteristics of alcoholics and drug addicts who terminate their addictions without the benefit of treatment. Using what is commonly referred to as "natural recovery" processes, respondents terminated their addictions without formal treatment or self-help group assistance. Data for this study are based on in-depth interviews with 25 alcoholics and drug addicts who were identified through snowball sampling techniques. First, we examine the postaddict identities of our respondents to see how they view themselves in relation to their addictive past. Next, we explore the reasons respondents gave for avoiding treatment and self-help groups. We then examine the …

Health And Social Services, Formal Organizations, And The Mexican American Elderly, Norma Williams

Clinical Sociology Review

Students of everyday life are making a significant contribution to understanding the manner in which persons carry out their daily activities. However, they have overlooked the impact of bureaucratic organizations on persons in various social settings. Based upon intensive in-depth interviews of sixty Mexican American elderly in Dallas, Texas, the research revealed numerous barriers to their utilization of health and social services and demonstrates why one must consider carefully how health and social service organizations affect the lives of elderly Mexican Americans. One must also recognize that the quality of life of Mexican American elders can be improved by increasing …

Field-Initiated Resarch To Predict Work-Motivation Among Navajo Vocational Rehabilitation Clients, Jennie R. Joe, Dorothy Lonewolf Miller

Clinical Sociology Review

This study presents the results of field-originated, field-based research on the Navajo reservation analyzing the motivation to succeed and the willingness to follow through of Native American clients in vocational rehabilitation (VR) programs. The study was divided into two components: 1) Socio-cultural differences between employed and unemployed Navajo reservation dwellers were analyzed and a number of statistically significant variables were found that correlated with successful employment. 2) These findings were then tested with an intensive case study of one "successful" Navajo VR client and one "unsuccessful" Navajo VR client. Interviews with these VR clients highlighted and verified the usefulness of …

Latina Immigrant Women And Paid Domestic Work: Upgrading The Occupation, Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo

Clinical Sociology Review

This article discusses sociological research and practice with Latina immigrant women who do paid domestic work. Community activism and participant observation methods were integral parts of the research process, and the study findings were later used in an innovative information and outreach campaign aimed at Latina immigrant domestic workers. Research on immigrant women and work, scholarship on paid domestic work; and the emergence of the immigrant rights movement contextualize the discussion of the research and the applied focus.

On The Development Of Reflexive Thinking, Linda Weber

Clinical Sociology Review

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Society And Self: A Symbolic Interactionist Framework For Sociological Practice, Janet Mancini Billson

Clinical Sociology Review

Interactionist concepts and explanations of human behavior prevalent among major psychological theory groups are traced in relationship to the symbolic interactionist principles of emergence, voluntarism, and process. I argue that most theory central to psychology is interactionist in nature; that central tenets of symbolic interactionism are woven throughout psychological theory; and that the same interactionist premises can equally form the foundation for clinical sociology as a form of sociological practice.

As The Workforce Ages: Costs, Benefits And Policy Challenges, Mary C. Sengstock

Clinical Sociology Review

No abstract provided.

Résumés En Français, Csr Editors

Clinical Sociology Review

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Teaching Clinicians About Ethnic Cultures, Mary C. Sengstock

Sociology Faculty Research Publications

"Clinicians are increasingly aware that a single technique for individual or family counseling is inappropriate in an ethnically complex society. All clients in counseling seek relief for their distress, but, as Mayo (1991:318) has pointed out, "The paths to that goal are many." Consequently, several works clarify the characteristics of different social and cultural groups, particularly with reference to their acceptance of professional counseling and the most effective techniques. (See McGoldrick, et al. 1982; Mindel, et al. 1988; Baca Zinn & Eitzen 1993).

At best, such works, and courses based on them, provide summaries of a broad spectrum of ethnic …

Researching An Iraqi Community In The Midst Of The U. S.-Iraq War: The Researcher As Clinician, Mary C. Sengstock

Sociology Faculty Research Publications

Nationality groups are always placed in a sensitive position when strained relations develop between their country of adoption and their homeland, as occurred in Iraqi and other Arab-American communities during the Gulf War. The author was directing a research project on aged members of these communities when hostilities broke out. The war had profound effects, both on the conduct of the research project and on the community itself, causing the research to be restructured and project staff to assume clinical as well as research roles. Staff members assisted community members in dealing with their concerns relative to the war and …