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Full-Text Articles in Social Work
Impact Of Foster Care On Hispanic/Latino Foster Mothers' Marital Relationship, Mario David Copenhaguen
Impact Of Foster Care On Hispanic/Latino Foster Mothers' Marital Relationship, Mario David Copenhaguen
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of foster care services on Hispanic/Latino foster mothers' marital relationship.
Exploring The Values, The Attitudes, And The Experiences Of Mexican-Americans Toward Education, Monica Victoria Pulido
Exploring The Values, The Attitudes, And The Experiences Of Mexican-Americans Toward Education, Monica Victoria Pulido
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of the study was to examine Mexican-Americans values and attitudes toward education and further explore some of the reasons Mexican-Americans drop out of school at such high rates.
Social Workers Attitudes And Perceptions Toward Transracial Adoption, Karla Eduviges Carranza, Nicol Alejandra Stolar
Social Workers Attitudes And Perceptions Toward Transracial Adoption, Karla Eduviges Carranza, Nicol Alejandra Stolar
Theses Digitization Project
Overall attitudes, beliefs, and values have been shown to effect how individuals evaluate and process information. This knowledge is important and relevant to the practice of social work. Social workers are expected to put their attitudes, values, and perceptions aside when working with their clients. Attitudes are effecting processing and evaluation of events, therefore, it is imortant to understand the possible implications of workers perceptions and attitudes. Highly embedded attitudes toward transracial adoption, will influenceSocial workers behavior.
The Domestic Violence Myth Acceptance Scale: Development And Psychometric Testing Of A New Instrument, John Peters
The Domestic Violence Myth Acceptance Scale: Development And Psychometric Testing Of A New Instrument, John Peters
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Since 1980, researchers and practitioners have had access to valid and reliable measures of myths about rape (Burt, 1980) and child sexual abuse (Collings, 1997). Despite the utility of such measures in research and program evaluation, no such measure of domestic violence myths currently exists. The present study was undertaken to fill this gap. In this study, domestic violence myths were defined as stereotypical attitudes and beliefs that are generally false but are widely and persistently held, and which serve to minimize, deny, or justify physical aggression against intimate partners. Based on defensive attribution and radical feminist theories, these myths …
A Qualitative Exploration Of Twelve Licensed Professional Counselors' Perspectives On The Construct Of Shame, Mary Katharine Kresser
A Qualitative Exploration Of Twelve Licensed Professional Counselors' Perspectives On The Construct Of Shame, Mary Katharine Kresser
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
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