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Protective And Risk Factors In The Placement Of Foster Children With Severe Mental Illness, Dianna Nicole England, Kendra Nicole Lutzow Jan 2012

Protective And Risk Factors In The Placement Of Foster Children With Severe Mental Illness, Dianna Nicole England, Kendra Nicole Lutzow

Theses Digitization Project

The aspiration of this study was that social workers will screen and train foster parents in order to reduce hesitation and anxiety over parenting a child with a mental illness.


Social Work Students' Perceptions Of Child Emotional Abuse, Karla Aurora Lara Jan 2012

Social Work Students' Perceptions Of Child Emotional Abuse, Karla Aurora Lara

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study is to examine graduate level social work students' perceptions of emotional abuse in order to understand the underlying thought processes that affect the response and decision-making of these future professionals who will likely be responsible for reporting, investigating, and/or treating emotional abuse of children.


Attitudes About Sexual Intimacy In The Veterans Home Of California-Barstow, Eric Efren Reyes Jan 2012

Attitudes About Sexual Intimacy In The Veterans Home Of California-Barstow, Eric Efren Reyes

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study was to measure staff attitudes about sexual intimacy in the Veterans Home of California-Barstow (VHCB). Participants were twenty-seven VHCB staff members. The data collected was used for the purpose of understanding, and then formulating suggestions for implementing better institutional interventions and policy in the VHCB.


Comparative Analysis Of Sexual Abuse Cases With And Without Substance Abuse, Courtney Kay Barzandeh Jan 2012

Comparative Analysis Of Sexual Abuse Cases With And Without Substance Abuse, Courtney Kay Barzandeh

Theses Digitization Project

This study provided a statistical analysis of reunifications rates and treatments offered for sexually abused children and their parents. This study consisted of computer case files in Riverside Child Protective Services of foster children who had been sexually abused and will help in further research studies conducted in Riverside County and in various surrounding counties to understand the impact of child sexual abuse. Data was collected from fifty case files using computer databases and a data extraction tool.


Ex-Prisoners' Reintegration Into Society: A Look At How Employment Affects Reintegration, Cynthia Beatriz Urrutia Jan 2012

Ex-Prisoners' Reintegration Into Society: A Look At How Employment Affects Reintegration, Cynthia Beatriz Urrutia

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study is to find out if having employment deters ex-prisoner's involvement in illegal economic activities. The number of adults in the correctional population has been increasing at a fast pace and so have recidivism rates. Employment has been recongnized to deter recidivism.


Social Workers' Perceptions Of Self-Determination In The Mentally Ill, Tristin Dawn Alfred Jan 2012

Social Workers' Perceptions Of Self-Determination In The Mentally Ill, Tristin Dawn Alfred

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study was to add to existing literature regarding social worker's perceptions of and attitudes about self-determination in the mentally ill population. In addition, the study looked at how these biases affect the mentally ill population. A total of 51 social workers were asked to participate in this study.


The Impact Of Treatment On Parental Substance Misuse And Parenting Capacity, Dommonique Juanita Nichol Knox, Jennifer Leah Miller Jan 2012

The Impact Of Treatment On Parental Substance Misuse And Parenting Capacity, Dommonique Juanita Nichol Knox, Jennifer Leah Miller

Theses Digitization Project

This study assessed the parenting capacity of parents who have received various forms of substance abuse treatment and interventions throughout San Bernardino County. The study hoped to attain useful data on how these services have contributed to the parents' parenting capacity now that they are free from substance abuse and/or misuse.


Child Welfare Workers' Perspectives On Father-Daughter Attachments And Teenage Pregnancy, Ruby Aceves, Dawn Denise Vetro Jan 2012

Child Welfare Workers' Perspectives On Father-Daughter Attachments And Teenage Pregnancy, Ruby Aceves, Dawn Denise Vetro

Theses Digitization Project

The study investigated Children and Family Services (CFS) workers' awareness of the importance of father-daughter attachments and the associated risks of teenage pregnancy as well as the use of such knowledge in their intake assessment process. A quantitative, cross-sectional, survey design was utilized to study 113 child welfare workers who were employed with San Bernardino County Children and Family Services in California.


Decision Making In Child Welfare: The Relationship Between Social Worker Characteristics And The Perception Of Detaining Children In Child Abuse Investigations, Elizabeth Ann Donth Jan 2012

Decision Making In Child Welfare: The Relationship Between Social Worker Characteristics And The Perception Of Detaining Children In Child Abuse Investigations, Elizabeth Ann Donth

Theses Digitization Project

The intent of this research is to determine the relationship, if any, between social worker characteristics such as age, gender, parental status, years of experience as a social worker, education level and the perception of safety and risk factors in child abuse investigations. The research study will focus on the public sector of child welfare, specifically the initial investigation period (Investigative Services program) within Riverside County Department of Public Social Services in Riverside, California. A quantitative questionnaire was provided to social workers currently assigned within Investigative Services (IS) programs.


Juvenile Offenders' Self-Perceptions Of Resilience During An Intervention Program, Erik Gerald Roth Jan 2012

Juvenile Offenders' Self-Perceptions Of Resilience During An Intervention Program, Erik Gerald Roth

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study is to gain understanding into the effects that juvenile offender treatment facilities have on the nurturance of protective factors leading to resilience in juvenile offenders. This research study looks into juvenile offenders self-perceptions of factors associated with resilience during an intervention program. It breaks resilience into two categories, traits shown to be associated with resilience, known as internal traits, and protective factors shown to lead to resilience, known as external traits. Data on these two categories were obtained through offender self-report. In order to collect information on the resilience levels of those within their programs, …


Knowledge And Perceptions Of The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Community Among Master Of Social Work Students, Allison Marie Hixon Jan 2012

Knowledge And Perceptions Of The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Community Among Master Of Social Work Students, Allison Marie Hixon

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study was to explore knowledge and perception of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community among Master of Social Work students (MSW) at California State University San Bernardino (CSUSB). This study is necessary because the LGBT community remains a vulnerable and discriminated group that utilizes both social and mental health services.


The Effects Of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder On Family Relationships, Melissa Leigh Weissmiller Jan 2012

The Effects Of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder On Family Relationships, Melissa Leigh Weissmiller

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study is to explore the impacts that a loved one's Post Traumatic Stress Disorder has on family relationships. With the majority of resources focused on the afflicted, the impacts on the family member and the relationship have implications for further programs and resources that should be focused on the family.


The Influence Of Social Support On Depression Among Seniors Over 65 Living In Their Homes, Marilene Reed Jan 2012

The Influence Of Social Support On Depression Among Seniors Over 65 Living In Their Homes, Marilene Reed

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of social support on depression among seniors over 65 years of age living in their homes. As part of the aging process, most elderly will face many losses and stresses such as the loss of income, family and friends, and the decline of health and mental capacities.


Tri-Level Assisted Living For The Elderly And Its Correlation With Depression And Quality Of Life, Stephanie Jean Berberich Jan 2012

Tri-Level Assisted Living For The Elderly And Its Correlation With Depression And Quality Of Life, Stephanie Jean Berberich

Theses Digitization Project

This study tried to see if there is a correlation with the level of care an elderly person receives in a tri-level assisted living home and the quality of life they perceive and the level of depression they experience. Quantitative and qualitative methods were used. 18 participants were individually interviewed and were verbally administered the tests and questionnaire from a local tri-level assisted living facility in San Bernardino County which has 103 residents.


Encouraging Foster Youth To Pursue Their Spiritual Journey, Jessica Andrea Huitrado-Manio Jan 2012

Encouraging Foster Youth To Pursue Their Spiritual Journey, Jessica Andrea Huitrado-Manio

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study was to find out if former foster youth ages 18-21 participating in the Independent Living Program at Riverside Community College incorporated spirituality into their daily lives. The study also identified what spiritual activities they participated in while in foster care and whether or not they feel their spiritual journey was supported by child welfare workers and/or foster parents.


Work And Family Conflict In The Military, Anne Kathryn Patten Jan 2012

Work And Family Conflict In The Military, Anne Kathryn Patten

Theses Digitization Project

The United States military has set up a unique platform in which to research organizational policies that help balance their employees' work and family lives. The goal of this study was to research the indirect effects of work-family conflict (both work-to-family and family-to-work conflict) with the predictors family organization fit, family supportive organization perceptions, and perceptions of organization benefits offered on the outcomes of organizational commitment, turnover intention, and marital tension.


Does Night Care Affect Development? A Five-Year Follow-Up, Tokie Anme, Emiko Tanaka, Ryoji Shinohara, Yuka Sugisawa, Taeko Watanabe, Etsuko Tomisaki, Uma Segal Jan 2012

Does Night Care Affect Development? A Five-Year Follow-Up, Tokie Anme, Emiko Tanaka, Ryoji Shinohara, Yuka Sugisawa, Taeko Watanabe, Etsuko Tomisaki, Uma Segal

Social Work Faculty Works

Japanese regulations have aimed to monitor night care for children since 1981, when a tragic accident took the life of a child in an unauthorized child care center. Nevertheless, concerns persist about the efficacy of the care of children outside the home during the nighttime hours. This longitudinal project assessed the development and adaptation of children who had been in night care for a period of five years. Parents and child care professionals completed surveys: The former about the home environment and their own perceptions of their experience of childrearing, and the latter about the children’s development. The results suggest …


Improving Community Adaptation Outcomes For Youth Graduating From Residential Mental Health Programs: A Synthesis Review (Executive Summary), Gary Cameron, T. Smit-Quosai, Karen Frensch Jan 2012

Improving Community Adaptation Outcomes For Youth Graduating From Residential Mental Health Programs: A Synthesis Review (Executive Summary), Gary Cameron, T. Smit-Quosai, Karen Frensch

Partnerships for Children and Families Project

Based on results from a synthesis review, this Executive Summary highlights elements of a proposed integrated program configuration that shows a demonstrated capacity to foster successful community adaptation for children and youth graduating from children's residential mental health programs. An expanded discussion of the synthesis review findings is available in both a full length synthesis report and summary version.


A Few Thoughts On Evidence In Social Work, Gary Holden, Ellen Tuchman, Kathleen Barker, Gary Rosenberg, May, Sofie Kuppens, Katie Watson Jan 2012

A Few Thoughts On Evidence In Social Work, Gary Holden, Ellen Tuchman, Kathleen Barker, Gary Rosenberg, May, Sofie Kuppens, Katie Watson

Publications and Research

Social work practitioners must act every working day in the face of uncertainty. This uncertainty arises in part because knowledge is often difficult to locate or sometimes lacking regarding: the systems context the population being served; the particular client system; the set of problems the client system is experiencing; as well as the various interventions that could be selected. It seems reasonable to explore ways to reduce the experience of uncertainty, and narrow, if not eliminate, the knowledge gaps that arise in such situations. The generic idea of evidence based practice has been advanced for some time as an approach …


Alcohol Availability And Neighborhood Poverty And Their Relationship To Binge Drinking And Related Problems Among Drinkers In Committed Relationships, Christy M. Mckinney, Karen G. Chartier, Raul Caetano, T. Robert Harris Jan 2012

Alcohol Availability And Neighborhood Poverty And Their Relationship To Binge Drinking And Related Problems Among Drinkers In Committed Relationships, Christy M. Mckinney, Karen G. Chartier, Raul Caetano, T. Robert Harris

Social Work Publications

The authors examined the relationship of alcohol outlet density (AOD) and neighborhood poverty with binge drinking and alcohol-related problems among drinkers in married and cohabitating relationships and assessed whether these associations differed across sex. A U.S. national population couples survey was linked to U.S. Census data on AOD and neighborhood poverty. The 1,784 current drinkers in the survey reported on their binge drinking, alcohol-related problems, and other covariates. AOD was defined as the number of alcohol outlets per 10,000 persons and was obtained at the zip code level. Neighborhood poverty was as having a low (<20%) or high (≥20%) proportion of residents living in poverty at the census tract level. We used logistic regression for survey data to estimate odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals and tested for differences of associations by sex. Associations of neighborhood poverty with binge drinking were stronger for male than for female drinkers. The association of neighborhood poverty with alcohol-related problems was also stronger for men than for women. We observed no relationships between AOD and binge drinking or alcohol-related problems in this couples survey. Efforts to reduce binge drinking or alcohol-related problems among partners in committed relationships may have the greatest impact if targeted to male drinkers living in high-poverty neighborhoods. Binge drinking and alcohol-related problems, as well as residence in an impoverished neighborhood are risk factors for intimate partner violence (IPV) and other relationship conflicts.


The Polarities Of Democracy: A Theoretical Framework For Building A Healthy, Sustainable, And Just World. Chapter Seven, William J. Benet Jan 2012

The Polarities Of Democracy: A Theoretical Framework For Building A Healthy, Sustainable, And Just World. Chapter Seven, William J. Benet

Polarities of Democracy Collection

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The Chore Curriculum, David F. Lancy Jan 2012

The Chore Curriculum, David F. Lancy

Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology Faculty Publications

The term “curriculum” in chore curriculum conveys the idea that there is a discernible regularity to the process whereby children attempt to learn, then master and finally, carry out their chores. While the academic or “core” curriculum (of Math, English, Science) found in schools is formal and imposed on students in a top–down process, the chore curriculum is informal and emerges in the interaction of children’s need to fit in and emulate those older, their developing cognitive and sensorimotor capacity, the division of labor within the family and the nature of the tasks (chores) themselves. The primary theme of this …


Caregivers' Perspectives On Self-Discipline, Honor, Obedience, Character And Knowledge (S.H.O.C.K.) Program, Marlene Carrillo Lopez Jan 2012

Caregivers' Perspectives On Self-Discipline, Honor, Obedience, Character And Knowledge (S.H.O.C.K.) Program, Marlene Carrillo Lopez

Theses Digitization Project

The youth population is vulnerable to the constant changes that they are encountering. The stressors of school, their changing bodies, and coping with the stressors of home all play an important role in the way that they develop themselves as responsible citizens. The purpose of this study is to add new information to the field of social work and enhance the current practices that are implemented in the criminal justice system to help juvenile dilinquents. The study examines the caregiver's perspective on the effectiveness of a scared straight program known as Self-Discipline, Honor, Obedience, Character and Knowledge (S.H.O.C.K).


Risk Factors For The Commercial Sexual Explotation Of Children, Melinda Ann Anderson, Daniel Gregory Fletcher Jan 2012

Risk Factors For The Commercial Sexual Explotation Of Children, Melinda Ann Anderson, Daniel Gregory Fletcher

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study is to compare known risk factors for sexual exploitation among young adults in transitional housing, such as young adults having recently aged out of the foster care system.


What Effect Does Information Technology Have On The Elderly And Their Family (S), Tom Allen Harrell Jan 2012

What Effect Does Information Technology Have On The Elderly And Their Family (S), Tom Allen Harrell

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study is to find definitive changes within the dynamics of friendships and families in relation to the questions of information and communication technology (ICT) use and how it affects social capital of the elderly and their families and friends. What is now considered ordinary operations such as dialing, texting, photographing, gaming, email and voice mail, downloading, etc., is not viewed as ordinary forms of communication by some people and particularly, not by portions of the elderly population.


Child Sexual Abuse And Adult Attachment Styles, Carey Anne Soares Jan 2012

Child Sexual Abuse And Adult Attachment Styles, Carey Anne Soares

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study is to explore the association between child sexual abuse and the effects on adult attachment style to romantic partners. Because the effects of abuse can be carried into adulthood, this study evaluates whether or not being sexually abused as a child has long lasting effects on attachment styles in adulthood. Participants in this study included male and female students from California State University, San Bernardino. Questionaires related to child sexual abuse and adult attachment style to a romantic partner were administered.


Evaluating Integrated Treatment Of Co-Occurring Disorders Throughout San Bernardino And Riverside County, Joseph Hugo Bermudez Jan 2012

Evaluating Integrated Treatment Of Co-Occurring Disorders Throughout San Bernardino And Riverside County, Joseph Hugo Bermudez

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study is to explore the effectiveness of integrated treatment of co-occurring disorders by examing the dual diagnosis programs currently available throughout San Bernardino and Riverside County.


High School Gay-Straight Alliances And Adult Lesbian, Gay, Bisxual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning And Intersex Resilence, Monique Quitoriano Manriquez Jan 2012

High School Gay-Straight Alliances And Adult Lesbian, Gay, Bisxual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning And Intersex Resilence, Monique Quitoriano Manriquez

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study is to determine whether there is a correlation between being part of a Gay- Straight Alliance during high school and a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, Queer, Questioning, and Intersex (LGBTQQI) individual's resilience. The results of this research can benefit not only members of the LGBTQQI community but also schools, the students themselves who may suffer, organizations and supporters of this community.


Perceptions Of Self-Care Among Mental Health Professionals: A Needs Assessment, Perla Del Rosario Lang Jan 2012

Perceptions Of Self-Care Among Mental Health Professionals: A Needs Assessment, Perla Del Rosario Lang

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study is to collect and analyze data obtained frommental health professionals in order to gain a comprehensive understanding of self-care among mental health professionals, across various organizations. It will benefit administrators, social workers and consumers.


Family Caregivers Of Adults With Brain Trauma And Long-Term Disability: A Legal Risk For Caregivers, La Shunda Zajuana West Jan 2012

Family Caregivers Of Adults With Brain Trauma And Long-Term Disability: A Legal Risk For Caregivers, La Shunda Zajuana West

Theses Digitization Project

This research studied the various demands on caregivers of adult family members diagnosed with traumatic brain injury, (TBI), including behavioral issues that interfere with in-home care. The aim was to study caregivers' experiences and behaviors associated with quality in-home care on both a positive and negative dimension.