Pathways To Seeking Help From A Partner Abuse Intervention Program: A Qualitative Study Of Voluntary And Non-Court Mandated Latino Men's Experiences,
2019
University of Texas at Arlington
Pathways To Seeking Help From A Partner Abuse Intervention Program: A Qualitative Study Of Voluntary And Non-Court Mandated Latino Men's Experiences, Maxine Davis, Bruno Fernandez, Melissa Jonson-Reid, Stavroula Kyriakakis
Social Work Faculty Publications & Presentations-Archive
Involvement in treatment for intimate partner violence and abuse (IPV/A) perpetration is often limited to those who are arrested and convicted of domestic violence offenses. Consequently, the majority of research into partner abuse intervention programs (PAIP; also known as batterer intervention programs) has utilized data from court-mandated participants despite the existence of voluntary programs. Therefore, little is known about the experiences of voluntary and non-court mandated PAIP participants. Methods: Using an interpretive phenomenological analysis, this study sought to understand how participants perceived their lived experience in seeking help from a voluntary PAIP serving Latino men. Men volunteering for this study …
Brief Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration Screening Tools: A Scoping Review,
2019
University of Texas at Arlington
Brief Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration Screening Tools: A Scoping Review, Maxine Davis, D. Padilla Medina
Social Work Faculty Publications & Presentations-Archive
The establishment of the 18 Community Psychology Practice Competencies created the opportunity for faculty and students at Wichita State University to review the well-established curriculum that had served our doctoral program in community psychology. Further, the development and discussion around the 18 competencies within the field energized us and created curiosity about what our program could be. In a participatory manner involving students, faculty, and alumni, a town hall meeting and a survey were conducted within Wichita State University’s Community Psychology Doctoral Program to assess the current coverage of the 18 competencies and the desired level of coverage of the …
Burnout Among Child Welfare Social Workers In Louisiana,
2019
Walden University
Burnout Among Child Welfare Social Workers In Louisiana, Kimberly Marie Bainguel
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Burnout among child welfare social workers negatively affects social workers and the social welfare system. The purpose of this action research study was to explore what child welfare social workers do to alleviate burnout. The practice-focused research questions for this study center on two elements: (a) the experiences of burnout among child welfare social workers employed by the Department of Family and Children services in the southeastern region of the United States and (b) the social work practices used to alleviate burnout. The conceptual framework for this study was the Maslach theory on burnout. Action research study procedures were used …
Predictive Factors Of Drug Court Completion For Female Participants,
2019
Walden University
Predictive Factors Of Drug Court Completion For Female Participants, Shannon Jordan
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Women comprise one of the fastest growing populations of the criminal justice system, yet little research exists concerning the success of these women completing a coed pretrial drug court diversion program. Trauma theory was applied to inform the variables in this quantitative correlational study. The predictive nature of age, educational level, marital status, violent criminal history, and mental health problems for women were examined in relation to completion of a coed pretrial drug court diversion program. A convenience sample from secondary, archival data was obtained from a criminal justice agency in Washington, DC. The dataset included women who participated in …
The Role Of Online Support For Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer Patients And Survivors,
2019
Walden University
The Role Of Online Support For Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer Patients And Survivors, Bevin J. Nixon
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The rate of thyroid cancer diagnosis has risen, and researchers' findings point to improved diagnostic testing and overdiagnosis as well as increases in actual incidences as the reasons behind this rise. With improved treatments and testing methods, the number of thyroid cancer survivors has also increased. Thyroid cancer presents challenges to coping and can cause significant stress in an individual's life. More specifically, anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) creates complicated challenges for patients and survivors. The problem is patients need support during diagnosis and treatment when adjusting to their 'new normal' and may be reaching to Internet based social support groups …
Exploring How Emdr Social Workers In Eastern Canada Experience Vicarious Trauma,
2019
Walden University
Exploring How Emdr Social Workers In Eastern Canada Experience Vicarious Trauma, Ashley Amara Spinney
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Social workers are increasingly using eye movement, desensitization, and reprocessing (EMDR) to help clients recover from trauma. Little is known about how social workers who work with traumatic client material while using EMDR as their main psychotherapeutic modality experience vicarious trauma. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the experience of vicarious trauma among social workers in Eastern Canada who used EMDR in their practice with clients. Constructivist self-development theory was the framework that informed this study. Data were collected using semistructured interviews with 7 EMDR social work participants who were selected using purposive sampling. Participants were required …
Do Social Workers Support Nasw's Political Activism? Evidence From Texas,
2019
University of Texas at Arlington
Do Social Workers Support Nasw's Political Activism? Evidence From Texas, Richard Hoefer, Brandi Jean Felderhoff, Larry Watson
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
According to the NASW Code of Ethics, social workers are called to engage in political activity at the micro, mezzo and macro levels for the advancement of social justice and human rights. NASW has mechanisms in place to aggregate the voices of individual social workers through political activity. Drawing on a model of civic voluntarism, the aim of this study was to examine the impact of political activity on decisions by Texas social workers to join or re-join NASW, as well as their opinions on the political engagement of NASW/Texas. This study employs a non-experimental, exploratory, cross-sectional survey design to …
Journal Of Sociology And Social Welfare Vol. 46 No. 1,
2019
Western Michigan University
Journal Of Sociology And Social Welfare Vol. 46 No. 1
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
No abstract provided.
Review Of Child Welfare: An Integrative Perspective. Cathleen A. Lewandowski,
2019
Michigan State University
Review Of Child Welfare: An Integrative Perspective. Cathleen A. Lewandowski, Yemo Duan
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Cathleen A. Lewandowski, Child Welfare: An Integrative Perspective. Oxford University Press (2019), 320 pages, $65 (paperback).
Back To Addams And Richmond: Was Social Work Really A Divided House In The Beginning?,
2019
St. Ambrose University, Department of Social Work, Davenport, Iowa
Back To Addams And Richmond: Was Social Work Really A Divided House In The Beginning?, John B. Thompson, Richard Spano, Terry L. Koenig
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Social work has experienced unique tensions related to its professional identity and dual purpose of social reform and individualized treatment. Scholars have represented this dual purpose, epitomized by Jane Addams and Mary Richmond, as indicating irreconcilable differences. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the writings and speeches of Mary Richmond and Jane Addams, and, based on this inquiry, to assert that their respective approaches to social work are much more unified than often suggested. Specific themes examined include: acceptance and need for each other’s perspectives; compatibility and unity of perspectives; and their collaboration as critical for effecting social …
Measurement Of Childhood Poverty In The United States And Its Enduring Influences,
2019
Suffolk University
Measurement Of Childhood Poverty In The United States And Its Enduring Influences, Zi Yang
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
This paper measures childhood poverty in the United States and classifies it into three degrees based on different durations – persistent poverty, chronic transient poverty, and non-chronic transient poverty – using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) data and actual poverty thresholds in the United States. Then I examine the enduring influences of different types of childhood poverty on future performance, including academic achievement, income, and criminal behavior, utilizing OLS and logistic models as well as Mincer wage functions. The regression results show that childhood poverty has a negative impact on schooling years and earnings. Living in poverty increases …
Integrating Sociological And Psychological Perspectives On Collective Efficacy,
2019
University of Missouri-St. Louis
Integrating Sociological And Psychological Perspectives On Collective Efficacy, Michael Gearhart
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Collective efficacy is rooted in both psychology, and sociology. Discussions of the differences between the sociological and psychological conceptualization and operationalization of collective efficacy is limited. In psychology, collective efficacy reflects a group’s belief that collective action can be successful. In sociology, collective efficacy is a theory that describes the process by which social cohesion is activated as informal social control. Mutual efficacy was designed to incorporate the psychological concept of efficacy into collective efficacy theory. In this study, I conduct a multilevel confirmatory factor analysis to study the factor structure of social cohesion, mutual efficacy, and informal social control …
Review Of Hunger In The Land Of Plenty: A Critical Look At Food Insecurity. James D. Wright, Amy Donley, And Sara Strickhouser Vega,
2019
Texas State University
Review Of Hunger In The Land Of Plenty: A Critical Look At Food Insecurity. James D. Wright, Amy Donley, And Sara Strickhouser Vega, Kaipeng Wang
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
James D. Wright, Amy Donley, and Sara Strickhouser Vega, Hunger in the Land of Plenty: A Critical Look at Food Insecurity. Lynne Rienner Publishers (2019), 183 pages, $65.00 (hardcover).
Don’T “Just Call The Social Worker”: Training In Structural Competency To Enhance Collaboration Between Healthcare Social Work And Medicine,
2019
University of California, Berkeley
Don’T “Just Call The Social Worker”: Training In Structural Competency To Enhance Collaboration Between Healthcare Social Work And Medicine, Margaret Mary Downey, Joshua Neff, Kate Dube
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
In this short paper, we argue that providing in-depth structural competency training to both social workers and physicians has the potential to promote a deeper collaboration between these two fields—to the benefit of patients as well as providers. We describe structural competency’s evolution as a pedagogical and practical framework in medicine and social work, then discuss three overlapping ways in which structural competency can enhance collaboration between physician and social work practitioners and educators. First, training in structural competency can fill gaps in both medical and social work education and training—namely a lack of curricula that consistently attend to the …
Review Of Social Work Practice And Social Welfare Policy In The United States: A History By Philip R. Popple,
2019
California State University Davis
Review Of Social Work Practice And Social Welfare Policy In The United States: A History By Philip R. Popple, Ethan J. Evans
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Book review of Philip R. Popple, Social Work Practice and Social Welfare Policy in the United States: A History. Oxford University Press (2018), 392 pages,
Positive Youth Development: Developing, Implementing, And Sustaining Music-Based Services For Emerging Adults Experiencing Homelessness,
2019
Loyola University Chicago
Positive Youth Development: Developing, Implementing, And Sustaining Music-Based Services For Emerging Adults Experiencing Homelessness, Brian Kelly
Social Work: School of Social Work Faculty Publications and Other Works
Research suggests that comprehensive services that consider the complex and interconnected needs of emerging adults experiencing homelessness may be more effective than interventions with a singular focus. There is little research that demonstrates how agencies that implement programs for individuals experiencing homelessness develop and sustain meaningful services for emerging adults, especially under conditions of increasing austerity. This study targets this gap in the literature by investigating how one transitional living program for emerging adults experiencing homelessness developed a music studio. Specifically, this study examines the factors and processes that were involved in developing, implementing, and sustaining the music studio. Findings …
Research Knowledge Of Advanced Standing And Traditional Students: Implications For Bsw Education,
2019
The Catholic University of America
Research Knowledge Of Advanced Standing And Traditional Students: Implications For Bsw Education, Jennifer L. K. Charles, Nathan H. Perkins, Christopher J. Ward, Melissa L. Stewart, Mary C. Secret
Social Work: School of Social Work Faculty Publications and Other Works
The advanced standing model of social work education, which affords graduate credit to qualified BSW students who pursue their MSW, has not been without issue or controversy, including questions of potential differences in performance on various educational outcomes. Specifically related to research curriculum, the importance of which is often not wholly embraced by students, this article reports the results of a secondary data analysis comparing research knowledge among advanced standing and traditional MSW students as well as among the various undergraduate majors (i.e., BSW, psychology, and sociology). Results suggest that research knowledge is similar and low across student subgroups. Important …
Sexual Mutilation Of Muslim Girls, Today In The United States,
2019
Brooklyn College CUNY
Sexual Mutilation Of Muslim Girls, Today In The United States, Robert Brannon
Dignity: A Journal of Analysis of Exploitation and Violence
No abstract provided.
Understanding The Experiences Of School Social Workers In The Upper And Lower Peninsulas Of Michigan: Adolescent Mental Health And Suicidality,
2019
Eastern Michigan University
Understanding The Experiences Of School Social Workers In The Upper And Lower Peninsulas Of Michigan: Adolescent Mental Health And Suicidality, Paige Lancour
Senior Honors Theses and Projects
Bullying and suicide is one of the most important contemporary issues among school-aged youth in America today. Chronic rates of mental health issues have stimulated increased focus on the role that school social workers have in tackling these issues. This thesis highlights the interconnections between school social worker roles, funding allocations, resource availability, and the prevalence of bullying and suicidality within schools. It does this by comparing the experiences of five school social workers in the rural Upper Peninsula and urban Lower Peninsula of Michigan. It does this through the analysis of interviews with these social workers and the identification …
The Drugs/Violence Nexus: Theory Testing And Behavioral Health Factors Among Justice-Involved Appalachian Women,
2019
University of Kentucky
The Drugs/Violence Nexus: Theory Testing And Behavioral Health Factors Among Justice-Involved Appalachian Women, Grant Victor
Theses and Dissertations--Social Work
This study examined the relationship between drug use and violence among justiceinvolved women in Appalachian Kentucky. Goldstein’s (1985) conceptual framework was used as a theoretical guide in formulating the drugs and violence relationships. Therefore, three types of drug use and violence relationships were explored, including: 1) psychopharmacological violence; economic-compulsive violence; and 3) systemic violence. Although these drug-related violence typologies have been investigated, little research has been devoted to rural justice-involved women. Moreover, to date no studies have examined how these drug/violence relationships might be associated with behavioral health factors. Ergo, there were three aims of the current study. First, to …
