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Constructing A Tool For Measuring Common Social Work Activities, Patricia M. Armstrong

Dissertations and Theses

This thesis is one in a series of studies concerned with the interrelationship of General Systems Theory and social work knowledge. The purpose of this particular study was to develop a questionnaire to test the generic quality of the actions performed among the three traditional specialties of social work -- casework, group work and community organization.

The universe from which the sample of concepts was obtained were the acts performed by people in behalf of others. Specifically, the 421 concepts in the sample were obtained from literature in the fields of social work, sociology, psychology, and counseling and guidance. These …

Unmet Social Work Needs In An Inmate Population Of A County Correctional Institution, Jerry M. Harkins

Dissertations and Theses

This descriptive study was designed to elicit the kinds, extensity and intensity of needs of the inmate population of Multnomah County Correctional Institution, a minimum security jail for misdemeanants.

A guiding hypothesis asserted that there were unmet needs of prisoners which could be met through social work services both within and outside the institution.

Almost the entire population of the institution was interviewed. Open-end and structured responses were recorded on schedules. Five broad areas of need were defined. These were 1) physical needs -- including food, clothing, shelter, and medical care; 2) social needs -- including interpersonal ties, group membership, …

Marital Interaction Theory: Some Implications For Research, Lucille S. Pugh

Dissertations and Theses

This project examines specific basic areas of marital interaction theory. Individual chapters are developed around the following themes: historical development of the theory of interaction; a theoretical discussion of selected concepts; personality as a determinant of interaction; communication in marriage; marital interaction patterns; methodology pertaining to research findings; and finally some implications for research which became apparent as this project developed.

The project lays the conceptual groundwork for a series of empirical studies that will use the interactional approach as a theoretical base. The immediate purpose of this project therefore is to describe the important dimensions of the interactional approach …

A Study Of Sexual Behavior, Sex Information And Self-Concept In Adolescent Venereal Disease Patients, Joan Allen, Ralph H. Childers, Hubert Crawford, Evelyn J. Mckissick, Olin Gentry Jr., Carol Hill, Ralph Hollon

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A Research Report Presented to the Faculty of the Raymond A. Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Social Work by Joan Allen, Ralph H. Childers, Hubert Crawford, Olin Gentry, Jr., Ralph Hollon, Carol Hill and Evelyn J. McKissick in June of 1965.

Development Of A Tool To Measure Applicability Of The General Systems Theory To Generic Social Work, Richard L. Decristoforo

Dissertations and Theses

The goal of this project was to test the applicability of the General Systems Theory to the traditionally held concept of generic social work. If an applicability existed, a direct survey of the field would be feasible. This could lead to the development of a general or a core conceptualization of social work practice.

General Systems Theory was extended to include the properties of the open organismic human group system. There were twenty-one categories at this level of abstraction. Internal consistency of the General Systems Theory model was tested and related to social work treatment concepts. To do this, 427 …

Christie School: The Evolution Of A Social Institution, Bertha A. Roth

Dissertations and Theses

The first of a series of studies of social agencies in Oregon. aimed at collecting and presenting data through the use of a sociological model, this project represents a beginning effort to assess the social welfare resources of the State.

Christie School, a small nucleated institution, was examined in terms of its evolution from an orphanage to a treatment-oriented care facility . Particular attention was given to the impact of historical events and analysis of these in terms of the institution’s life cycle. Impetus was given to the study by the crisis of impending closure of the school and events …

Some Factors Influencing Case Classification In A Public Welfare Agency, Miriam Berry

Dissertations and Theses

This group project represented an attempt to study some factors pertaining to the formation of a system of case classification in a county public welfare agency, Multnomah County Public Welfare Commission, Portland, Oregon. The classification tool was a Case Planning Schedule intended to encourage diagnostic thinking on the part of the caseworker and to enhance planning and service for the client.

The focus of the study was limited to two areas: (1) whether or not the use of the Schedule resulted in agreement among caseworkers in classification and in consistency on prognoses, (2) the attitudes of the caseworkers in various …

Use Of The Depth Interview In Examining Attitudes Of Delinquent Boys: An Exploratory Study, Alice Allen

Dissertations and Theses

This exploratory study designed to disclose new directions for further research and practice in the field of juvenile delinquency.

By exploring through limited depth interview the attitudinal areas of authority, fear, aspirations for the future, obstacles to be overcome, capabilities, societal ideals and therapy the project attempted: (1) to elicit, from adjudged juvenile delinquents, information different from that usually sought by public societal agencies and (2) to evaluate the depth interview as a means of eliciting such material.

Specific criteria were established for choosing fifteen interviewees, selected from three methods of dealing with juvenile delinquency: probation, institutionalization and parole. Depth …

Psychology: Art Or Science?, Richard H. Dana

Regional Research Institute for Human Services

This article explores psychology through the lens of science and art and discusses the history and impact.

A Historical Survey Of The Lutheran Charities Of Chicago, Ralph Gerald Cathcart

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Some Aspects Of Child Care In The Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics, Joseph Lemson

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Closed Cases Of Cerebral Palsied Patients Known To Mercy Cerebral Palsy Clinic, Rheta M. Collins

Master's Theses

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Some Aspects Of Social Work Education In Belgium And In France, Ann Phan Thi Ngoc-Quoi

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Iranian Student In Logan, An Exploratory Study Of Foreign Student Social Experience And Adjustment, Ruth C. Busch

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The study to be reported in the following pages is an exploratory investigation of the social experiences, adjustments, and attitudes of Iranian students at the Utah State Agricultural College. It was devised as a preliminary, not a terminal, investigation. Two possible avenues of further research were considered when the scope of the study was delimited.

1. A study of the social experience and adjustment of all foreign students in Logan, irrespective of nationality.
2. A study of the social experience and adjustment of Iranian students--in the United States and after their return home--irrespective of school attended in the United States.

Both types …

Obligations Of Higher Education To The Social Order, Ernest A. Jacobsen

Faculty Honor Lectures

Search for truth is not limited to the discovery of facts. If wisdom is to result from such discovery, there must be parallel study in the realm of values. Lack of balance in these two aspects of research has tended to result in an enormous mass of information and in a marvelous productive power in our society with a lack of worthy ends toward which to direct and apply them. Wisdom is the product of information and values skillfully integrated.

When values are involved the principal data become the ideas and ideals of man. These must be extensively gathered, classified, …

A Psychosocial Study Of Fifty Recidivist Boys Recommitted To The Illinois Youth Commission, April 30, 1954 Through October 22, 1954, Robert Duddleston Geigner

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Intellectual Development And Educability Of Cerebral Palsied Children As Revealed By Psychological Evaluation, Loo O'Donnell

Master's Theses

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An Analysis Of Seventy-Nine Adoptive Applications Accepted For Study During The Years 1952-1953 By The Catholic Charities Of The Diocese Of Rockford, Louis J. Shannon

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Children Known To The Family Court Of Cook County Recommended For Placement By The Illinois Institute For Juvenile Research, William B. Meyer

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Principle Of Individualization In Social Casework, Raymond Purcell Ganey

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Comparison Of The Laws And Standards Pertaining To The Licensing Of Foster Homes In Eight Eastern States, Kathleen Winter

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Patients Known To Social Service And Discharged Against Medical Advice From Veterans Administration Hospital, Hines, Illinois, From April 1, 1953 Through October 31, 1954, Mary Frances Powers

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Employed Children In Families Receiving Aid To Dependent Children, Willa Elizabeth Randle

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Comparative Study Of Laws And Standards Pertaining To The Licensing Of Foster Homes In Eight Western And Midwestern Foster Homes, Patricia Ann Condon

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Comparative Analysis Of Causative Factors In Referral Of Fifty Foster Children From Lutheran Home Finding Society To Lutheran Charities Child Guidance Clinic, Evelyn E. Klyve

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

An Exploratory Study Of 18 Returned Veterans Who Went On Trial Visit From Downey, Illinois Veterans Hospital Between July 1, 1953 And December 31, 1953, Elaine B. Bannick

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Comparative Study To Determine The Influence Of The Father's Presence Or Absence From The Family On The Behavior Symptoms Of One Hundred And Twenty Children Known To The Institute For Juvenile Research, Ralph John Baur

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Comparative Study Of Laws And Standards Pertaining To The Licensing Of Foster Homes In Eight Pacific Coast States, Louis Eva Black

Master's Theses

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Child Guidance Services In Rural Areas, Norman Booth

Master's Theses

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A Study Of Male Neuropsychiatric Patients Who Went Out On Trial Visit Between July 1st And December 31st, 1953, From Downey Veteran's Administration Hospital And Were Later Discharged, Priscilla Williams Dymally

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.