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Societal Factors Impacting Child Welfare: Re-Validating The Perceptions Of Child Welfare Scale, Charles Auerbach, Wendy Zeitlin, Astraea Augsberger, Catherine K. Lawrence, Nancy Claiborne
Societal Factors Impacting Child Welfare: Re-Validating The Perceptions Of Child Welfare Scale, Charles Auerbach, Wendy Zeitlin, Astraea Augsberger, Catherine K. Lawrence, Nancy Claiborne
Department of Social Work and Child Advocacy Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
Objective: This research examines the psychometric properties of the Perceptions of Child Welfare Scale (PCWS) by seeking to understand the differences between workers' perceptions of how society views them based upon job title by revalidating the PCWS with a sample of administrators and clinicians. Methods: Confirmatory factor analysis was utilized to analyze data on 165 administrators and 153 clinical child welfare workers. Results: The final model consisted of three latent variables with ten indicators related to stigma, value, and respect ([X2]=167.6, [p]=0.00; [RMSEA]=0.07; 90% [CI]: 0.06-0.09; [CFI]=0.95; [TLI]=0.95). Discussion: The factors found in the previous study were confirmed using an …
Validating The Psychological Climate Scale In Voluntary Child Welfare, Wendy Zeitlin, Nancy Claiborne, Catherine K. Lawrence, Charles Auerbach
Validating The Psychological Climate Scale In Voluntary Child Welfare, Wendy Zeitlin, Nancy Claiborne, Catherine K. Lawrence, Charles Auerbach
Department of Social Work and Child Advocacy Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
Objective: Organizational climate has emerged as an important factor in understanding and addressing the complexities of providing services in child welfare. This research examines the psychometric properties of each of the dimensions of Parker and colleagues’ Psychological Climate Survey in a sample of voluntary child welfare workers. Methods: Confirmatory factor analysis was utilized to analyze data on 640 child welfare workers providing services directly to children and families. Results: Strong models were developed for each dimension. Each validated model was more parsimonious than in the original instrument but supported the theoretical underpinnings of each. Discussion and Applications to Social Work: …
A Critical Analysis Of Foster Youth Advisory Boards In The United States, Bradley Forenza, Robin G. Happonen
A Critical Analysis Of Foster Youth Advisory Boards In The United States, Bradley Forenza, Robin G. Happonen
Department of Social Work and Child Advocacy Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
Background: The enactment of the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Act brought welcome attention to young people aging out of foster care, and sought to include them in both case planning and policy dialog. Foster Youth Advisory Boards help to promote such inclusion, though the implementation of those boards has not been formally analyzed. Objective: This critical analysis of foster youth advisory boards in the United States answers the following questions: (1) What/where are each of the Youth Advisory Boards in the United States? (2) How is each board implemented? (3) How would a young person aging out of …
Functional Outcomes Among Sexual Minority Youth Emancipating From The Child Welfare System, Svetlana Shpiegel, Cassandra Simmel
Functional Outcomes Among Sexual Minority Youth Emancipating From The Child Welfare System, Svetlana Shpiegel, Cassandra Simmel
Department of Social Work and Child Advocacy Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
The heterogeneity of youth emancipating from the foster care system makes it difficult to establish the extent to which their functional outcomes are equivalent across different subgroups. In the present study, we use secondary data from the Multi Site Evaluation of Foster Youth Programs (MSEYP) to explore the challenges faced by sexual minority youths in comparison to their heterosexual peers. We focus on measurements of key independent living outcomes at age 19 to obtain a broad picture of how sexual minority youth fare during the period of transition to adulthood. Bivariate results indicate that the deficits for sexual minority youth …