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Visitation and policy: implications for incarcerated individuals and their families Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2023-10-27 Eman Tadros
The United States has the highest-incarcerated population in the world. The U.S. houses 25% of the world’s incarcerated individuals. Interpretations of incarcerated visitation differ and focus on t...
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Preface Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2023-07-28 Michael E. Woolley
Published in Journal of Family Social Work (Vol. 26, No. 2, 2023)
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Elopement and its implications to a family system: a sociocultural perspective Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2023-07-25 Nur Atikah Mohamed Hussin
ABSTRACT Elopement is described as an act that is against the religion, culture and social values of a society. Elopement can cause negative impacts to the individual, the family and society. This issue is commonly discussed from legal and religious perspectives, but not from sociocultural perspectives. This study employed an open-ended question on the perception of elopement among Malay couples. A
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Parenthood and family in the opinions of adult offenders: qualitative study Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2023-07-17 Justyna Siemionow
ABSTRACT The main purpose of this article is to analyze the results of a survey carried out in 2019 among a group of men serving prison sentences. The main research question was how prisoners see themselves as fathers and how they relate it to their own childhood experience. Additionally, the study draws attention to the possibility of empowering imprisoned fathers, as the key factor in bringing them
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Measuring family outcomes in parenting programs for children with neurodisabilities: a scoping review Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2023-07-09 Jeffrey McCrossin, Lucyna M. Lach
ABSTRACT Background Parenting programs for families of children with neurodisabilities are recommended as standard care because they often target child behavior problems that are tied to both child and parent well-being. Despite the family environment being the context in which skills learned through parenting programs are implemented, study outcomes typically focus on child and parent factors without
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Family meeting Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2023-06-05 Awu Isaac Oben
Published in Journal of Family Social Work (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Preface Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2023-05-07 Michael E. Woolley
Published in Journal of Family Social Work (Vol. 26, No. 1, 2023)
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Connecting to birth culture: a phenomenological approach to understanding how transracial adoptive parents address cultural depth Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Xian Zhang, Ellen E. Pinderhughes, Jessica A.K. Matthews, Jiayi Liu
ABSTRACT Adult adoptees and adoption professionals encourage transracial adoptive parents to provide cultural socialization (CS)—learning about and facilitating a sense of connectedness to children’s birth culture. Research showed that CS is related to positive developmental outcomes. However, recent studies suggested that there were varying degrees of cultural depth in CS (Quiroz, 2012 Quiroz, P.
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The conflict between maintaining confidentiality in social work and protecting a minor from harm Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2023-04-20 Michal Segal
ABSTRACT Social workers often face dilemmas involving their duty of confidentiality when dealing with multiple members of a family, school or other system. These dilemmasare challenging for social workers worldwide given their need to overcome the tense relationship between representatives of the legal and social welfare systems and their lack of training in the relevant law. I illustrate this dilemma
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Preface Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2023-04-10 Michael E. Woolley
Published in Journal of Family Social Work (Vol. 25, No. 4-5, 2022)
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The helping relationship in the foster care context: perspectives from parent-caseworker dyads Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2023-04-05 Stacy Dunkerley, Ashley Palmer, Becci Akin, Jody Brook
ABSTRACT While the helping relationship is often viewed as a core element of child welfare practice, there is limited research on how birth parents and caseworkers describe the helping relationship in the foster care context. We interviewed six parent-worker dyads individually (N = 12) to explore how parents and caseworkers describe their helping relationship and perspectives on the role of the helping
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An examination of parents’ online activities and links to demographic characteristics among parents in Sweden Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2023-04-03 Terese Glatz, Jenny Alsarve, Kristian Daneback, Emma Sorbring
ABSTRACT In this study, we examined parents’ online activities and whether engagement in specific activities attracts certain parents. Additionally, we examined sub-groups of parents regarding their difficulties to interpret and deal with online information. We used a sample of 401 parents of children below the age of five living in Sweden. The results showed that most parents used the Internet frequently
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Blending family therapy modalities: creating structure through play Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2023-03-30 Anita Mehta, Sarah Burley
ABSTRACT The success of family therapy is contingent on a thorough family assessment. Even more critical is the determination of an appropriate treatment plan. There are many differing treatment modalities, a therapist can explore and integrate to form the most effective interventions. This article will use a case study to describe the family of a little girl with ADHD, being raised in two homes by
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Preface Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2023-03-08 Michael E. Woolley
Published in Journal of Family Social Work (Vol. 25, No. 2-3, 2022)
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Families transition, too! Military families transition out of service: a scoping review of research from the Five Eyes nations Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2023-03-01 Jessica Dodge, Caroline Kale, Mary Keeling, Rachael Gribble, Sean Taylor-Beirne, Stephen Maher, Carl Castro, Nicola T Fear, Kathrine Sullivan
ABSTRACT There is minimal research about the military-to-civilian transition (MCT) from the perspective of the family. The goal of this scoping review was to identify what is known about military families across the Five Eyes Nations (FVEY) (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States) during this phase as well as identify gaps in the evidence base. Scoping review methods
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Effects of adult ADHD on intimate partnerships Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2023-02-09 Anh-Luu T. Huynh-Hohnbaum, S. M. Benowitz
ABSTRACT Although research on adult ADHD has become more prevalent since the condition’s recognition in the 1990s, information remains scarce about if and how it impacts functionality in relationships. Adults with ADHD can experience interpersonal relationship difficulties due to the disorder’s signature symptoms of hyperactivity, impulsivity, and inattentiveness, as well as due to adult ADHD’s oft-observed
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Family Fight (Poetry) Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2023-02-07 Awu Isaac Oben
Published in Journal of Family Social Work (Vol. 25, No. 2-3, 2022)
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Predictors of quality of life for aging family caregivers of adults with autism Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2023-01-19 Christina N. Marsack-Topolewski
ABSTRACT Family caregivers provide the predominance of care for loved ones requiring caregiving support in the United States. Quality of life and caregiver burden are impacted as caregivers age and their health declines. The purpose of this study was to determine if the domains of caregiver burden (time dependence, developmental, emotional, and impact of finances on caregiving) and informal social
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Preface Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2022-05-12 Michael E. Woolley
(2022). Preface. Journal of Family Social Work: Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 1-2.
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Immigrant Latinx men’s perspectives on domestic violence Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2022-05-08 Susan Fineran, Hermeet K. Kohli, Larry W. Bennett
ABSTRACT Historically, most practice-informed research and research-informed practice have focused on domestic violence (DV) victimization. These explanations are often preferred by practitioners, advocates, and policymakers due to their straightforwardness and simplicity. However, an understanding of DV perpetration is enhanced when we look through the multiple lenses of culture and society, relationship
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Barriers to pathways to care for family members of persons with severe mental illness in a family-centered service Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2022-05-08 Ron Shor, Amit Nahoum Shaty, Anat Shalev
ABSTRACT Research aimed at understanding the barriers that family members of persons with mental illness may encounter in seeking supportive and preventative services from social workers during the hospitalization of their family member is scarce. Therefore, a cross-sectional survey study was implemented among 120 family members of persons with mental illness in family-centered services in two psychiatric
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Bridging the sexual health gap for black adolescent females: why social work practitioners should consider father–daughter relationships Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2022-05-11 Marquitta S. Dorsey
ABSTRACT Current sexual health outcomes disproportionately represent Black adolescent and young adult females. The significance of this conceptual review is to first highlight reduced access to traditional forms of sexual health resources and the urgency for innovative social work intervention. Secondly, I present an overview of fatherhood literature that points to the value of Black father–daughter
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Storytelling: a method for enabling a child to become an active participant in child protection assessment in the example of substitute care Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2022-02-10 Karmen Toros, Ingrid Sindi
ABSTRACT This paper examines and reflects on a storytelling method that enables children to share their life stories in the intervention and decision-making process associated with child protection evaluations. The child is granted an active role in this process by directly participating in telling their life experiences. The example described herein centers on the case of a 14-year-old girl from SOS
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Preface Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2021-12-11
(2021). Preface. Journal of Family Social Work: Vol. 24, No. 5, pp. 339-340.
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Secondary traumatic stress among parent advocates in child welfare Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2021-11-15 Marina Lalayants
ABSTRACT Parent advocates are peers with lived experience who were formerly involved with the child welfare system and who interact with child welfare-involved parents and families to provide varying types of needed supports. Understanding the role of the secondary traumatic stress among parent advocates is crucial as secondary traumatic stress can not only hamper the quality of services provided to
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Perspectives of low-income mothers about their intimate partner relationships Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2021-10-11 Donna M. Aguiniga, Kathi R. Trawver
ABSTRACT To help fill the gaps in their support system and meet the needs of their families, low income mothers may develop or maintain intimate partner relationships (IPRs). This study employs the voices of 22 low-income mothers to examine the factors that influence how low-income mothers’ perceive their intimate partner relationships. Researchers employed a semi-structured interview guide to encourage
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The impact of incarceration on coparenting: A review of the literature Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2021-11-16 Eman Tadros
ABSTRACT Incarceration effects various facets of family structure and the system as a whole. Relationships may suffer immensely due to the consequences of incarceration, particularly the coparenting relationship. The purpose of this literature review is to compile and analyze scholarly works in order to examine incarceration and its multiple layers that contribute to parenting, coparenting, and the
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Preface Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2021-10-11 Michael E. Woolley, MSW, DCSW, PhD
(2021). Preface. Journal of Family Social Work: Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 261-262.
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Screening for parental intellectual disability: a first step in planning and delivering equitable support services? Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2021-10-11 David McConnell, Marjorie Aunos, Laura Pacheco, Amber Savage, Lyndsay Hahn, Maurice Feldman
ABSTRACT Parents with intellectual disability, like all parents, need support with childrearing. Early identification of parental intellectual disability may be key to the planning and delivery of appropriately adapted, inclusive family supports and services. The purpose of this study was to investigate the performance of a brief screener for parental intellectual disability. A total of 185 parents
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Evidence-based social work outreach to military leaders to facilitate intimate partner violence and child maltreatment identification and referral: an evaluation Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2021-10-07 Danielle M. Mitnick, Richard E. Heyman, Amy M. Smith Slep, Michael L. Lorber, Ashley L. Dills
ABSTRACT The effects of family maltreatment on the military are far-reaching and well documented, with implications that include the deterioration of mission readiness and an increase in distractibility for all involved. Congress has mandated each service agency to take steps in preventing partner and child maltreatment, including outreach – enlisting military leaders to identify, respond to, and mitigate
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Enhancing supports for parents with disabilities: a qualitative inquiry into parent centered planning Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2021-07-22 Sharyn DeZelar, Elizabeth Lightfoot
ABSTRACT There is a dearth of available supports and services aimed specifically at parents with disabilities. The Parent-Centered Planning (PCP) intervention was developed to fill this gap, aiming to enhance supports for parenting for parents with disabilities. This brief approach was modeled after person-centered planning, with a focus specifically on parenting. This qualitative paper explores the
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Substance use disorder: a model of atmosphere within families living with SUD Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2021-06-19 J. Ólafsdóttir, T. Orjasniemi, S. Hrafnsdóttir
ABSTRACT This study shares the experiences of 16 family members who have lived with a close relative with substance use disorder (SUD). Primarily, the study asks, what are the experiences of family members living with an individual with SUD? In particular, what are their experiences of affection and emotional bonds? Moreover, it asks, what are the experiences of each family member regarding cohesion
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Preface Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2021-06-18 Michael E. Woolley
(2021). Preface. Journal of Family Social Work: Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 175-176.
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Assessing values within collaborative interventions for families with parental substance use and child welfare involvement Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2021-04-12 Ruth A. Huebner, Yueqi Yan, Janelle Sanders, Dara Nix, Ken DeCerchio, Nancy Hansen, Nancy K. Young
ABSTRACT Effective intervention for families with parental substance use disorders (SUD) and child maltreatment requires multiple agencies to collaborate on system changes to deliver family-centered services. The Collaborative Values Inventory (CVI) was designed for use in multi-system interventions to facilitate understanding of differences in beliefs among professionals. This study reports on significant
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Preface Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2021-04-09 Michael E. Woolley
(2021). Preface. Journal of Family Social Work: Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 79-80.
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Social communication supports and services for adults with ASD: parents’ perceptions of barriers and needs Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2021-03-04 Kaitlyn P. Wilson, Alexis Kaminski-Mainardi, Julia Tenbus, Christina N. Marsack-Topolewski
ABSTRACT Adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience significant social communication challenges that impact key areas of life, including relationship and employment success. Evidence points to great potential for social communication growth in adults with ASD; however, families’ access to supports and services is limited by lack of funding and accessibility. Scant research has been dedicated
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Preface Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2021-03-08 Michael E. Woolley
(2021). Preface. Journal of Family Social Work: Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 1-2.
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The challenges experienced by parents when parenting a child with hearing loss within a South African context Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2021-01-13 Ronel Davids, Nicolette Roman, Catherina Schenck
ABSTRACT The purpose of the current study was to explore the challenges experienced by hearing parents when parenting a child with hearing loss. Using a qualitative purposive sampling design, interviews were conducted with 13 parents (9 mothers, 4 fathers) residing in Cape Town, South Africa. Four salient themes emerged, namely: 1) communication is difficult, hard, and frustrating; 2) lack of knowledge
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Natural supports: the impact on people with intellectual and developmental disabilities’ quality of life and service expenditures Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2021-01-11 Carli Friedman
ABSTRACT Natural supports are informal (unpaid) relationships that support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in their natural environments and communities. A wide range of people can serve as natural supports for people with IDD, such as family (both biological and chosen), friends, neighbors, community members, etc. Natural supports can positively impact people’s relationships
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Relationship between caregiver burden and basic and instrumental activities of daily living among compound and noncompound caregivers Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2021-01-08 Christina N. Marsack-Topolewski
ABSTRACT Parental caregivers can expect to support their children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) across the lifespan. Providing ongoing support for adult children with ASD who have difficulty performing activities of daily living (ADLs) independently can increase caregiver burden. This may be particularly challenging for compound caregivers (caring for at least one adult child with ASD and another
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Low-income mothers’ participation in the Understanding DadsTM intervention and changes in self-reported coparenting Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2021-01-08 Jay Fagan, Abbie Henson, Jessica Pearson
ABSTRACT This study presents findings of a mother-only coparenting intervention conducted in conjunction with fathers’ participation in a fatherhood program. Specifically, this study sets out to determine whether there is an association between mothers’ participation (N = 127) in the group-based intervention, Understanding Dads™, and changes in mothers’ reports of the coparenting relationship and mothers’
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The centrality of resourcefulness in explaining wellbeing among financially challenged single mothers Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2020-11-09 Liat Kulik
ABSTRACT The present study presents a multivariable model for explaining the contribution of daily hardships on the one hand, and social and personal resources on the other hand, to explaining wellbeing among financially-challenged single mothers in Israel. The research sample included 203 single mothers whose monthly income is lower than the mean income in Israel. Data were collected by structured
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Preface 23(5) Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2020-11-08 Judith P. Siegel
(2020). Preface 23(5) Journal of Family Social Work: Vol. 23, No. 5, pp. 409-410.
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Association between caregiver depression and child after-school program participation Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2020-11-05 Nora J. Daly, Michael Parsons, Courtney Blondino, James S. Clifford, Elizabeth Prom-Wormley
ABSTRACT Depressive symptoms in parents and caregivers to children are associated with adverse biopsychosocial outcomes for caregivers themselves and the children in their custody. Higher overall and parenting-related stress, including stress over children’s unsupervised after-school time, is associated with increased caregiver depression risk. Child after-school program participation is a form of
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“I do not want to cause additional pain …”–child protection workers’ perspectives on child participation in child protection practice Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2020-11-04 Karmen Toros, Asgeir Falch-Eriksen
ABSTRACT This paper examines the perspectives of child protection workers (CPWs) (n = 106) on the participation of children in child protection practice in Estonia. The findings indicated that child participation was most related to the term “asking a child’s opinion.” On a theoretical level, CPWs considered the asking of a child’s opinion to be significant in child protection practice in order to
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Justifying a dedicated role for family therapy in pediatric neurorehabilitation Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2020-11-04 Jeffrey McCrossin
ABSTRACT Traumatic brain injury (TBI) in pediatric populations affects the entire family yet neurorehabilitation is often centered on the individual needs of the child. This article provides an overview of select theory, models of family assessment and health care, and family interventions relevant to the family social worker in the field of pediatric rehabilitation. The intention of the author is
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The role of siblings in the development of externalizing behaviors during childhood and adolescence: a scoping review Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2020-08-07 Jeffrey D. Waid,Michael J. Tanana,Mindy J. Vanderloo,Rachel Voit,Brianne H. Kothari
ABSTRACT Siblings play a critical role in children’s behavioral development; yet sibling-focused assessment and intervention for youth behavior concerns are uncommon in social work practice settings. To address this research-to-practice gap a scoping review of research focused on siblings and the development of externalizing behaviors in childhood and adolescence was conducted. Forty-three empirical
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Measuring adult sibling communication comfort about sensitive issues Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2020-08-07 Michael E. Woolley,Geoffrey L. Greif
ABSTRACT The current study examined the relation between two sets of survey scale measures of adult sibling relationships. The first set of three scales assesses what adult siblings feel about, think about, and how they behave toward their siblings. These three subscales of the Lifespan Sibling Relationship Scales have established validity and reliability, with those psychometric properties confirmed
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The impact of a cancer diagnosis on sibling relationships from childhood through young adulthood: a systematic review Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2020-08-07 Christabel K. Cheung,Chiara Acquati,Everett Smith,Thuli Katerere-Virima,Laura Helbling,Gail Betz
ABSTRACT Cancer is a serious, life-threatening illness that impacts the entire family system, with implications for patients themselves, their siblings, parents, and extended family. Given increasing identification of siblings as uniquely important and enduring fixtures in each other’s lives, investigation into the influence of cancer on sibling relationships is warranted. The current systematic review
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Special issue: Siblings across the life course Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2020-08-07 Michael E. Woolley
Welcome to this special issue of JFSW on Siblings Across the Life Course. Special issues can be motivated by divergent rationales, such as catching a wave of new, expanding, or interesting research...
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The manifestation of physical and emotional sibling abuse across the lifespan and the need for social work intervention Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2020-08-07 Nathan H. Perkins,Amy Meyers
ABSTRACT Despite physically and emotionally violent behaviors being the most common form of violence in families, little is known about the manifestation of physical and emotional sibling abuse across the lifespan. Furthermore, given the normalization and dismissal of sibling abuse by many families as well as society, it is likely that social work practitioners do not recognize this form of violence
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Psychometric evaluation of the child attitude toward illness scale—sibling version Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2020-08-07 Melissa H. Bellin,Rachel H.F. Margolis,Joan Austin,Paul Sacco,Anna Thompson,Jaclyn R. MacFarlane Bookman,Kathleen J. Sawin
ABSTRACT The Child Attitude Toward Illness Scale (CATIS) is an established measure of how CSHCN perceive the impact of chronic conditions on their lives. We tested the psychometric properties of the CATIS adapted for use with siblings (CATIS-S) of youths with spina bifida (SB), a complex congenital birth defect. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) tested the factor structure of the CATIS-S in a sample
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Parental caregivers’ use of support networks for adults with autism by educational status Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2020-07-07 Christina N. Marsack-Topolewski
ABSTRACT The predominance of literature on autism spectrum disorder (ASD) focuses on the diagnosis and needs of young children with ASD and their parental caregivers. Research that compares adults with ASD who were in extended public school programs and those who had either aged out of the programs or were not attending these programs and their service needs is lacking. The purpose of this study was
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Development of a Malaysian Family Functioning Scale (MFFS) Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2020-07-02 Melati Sumari, Norfaezah Md Khalid, Hutkemri Zulnaidi, Nor Hasniah Ibrahim, Dini Farhana Baharudin, Ida Hartina Ahmed Tharbe
ABSTRACT The study reported here explains the development of a Malaysian Family Functioning Scale (MFFS) that can be used by researchers and practitioners in the field of marriage and family therapy. Results show that the MFFS validly measures the functioning of Malaysian families. Items used in the instrument were developed based on data gathered from Focus Group interviews with family experts and
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Preface Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2020-05-26 Judith Siegel
One facet of Covid-19 that will have long-standing consequences is massive job loss and unemployment. While the virus has been devastating for all Americans, those who are now facing financial hardship are doubly impacted. Economic hardship has translated into family stress, increased rates of family violence and exacerbated mental health problems. The papers in this issue highlight vulnerable youth
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Peer support services in family reunification process in child welfare: perceptions of parents and family coaches Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2020-05-04 Marina Lalayants
ABSTRACT Despite the fact that family reunification remains the foremost permanency-planning goal for children in the child welfare system, reunification is not always successful and reentry into foster care after reunification is hardly a rare event due to parental unaddressed needs, stress, and lack of supports. This study explored a peer-delivered pre- and post-reunification support program for
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“It’s just easier”: Reflections on the intersections of kinship, race, and ethnicity in Asian American adoptive families Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2020-04-13 Kathleen Ja Sook Bergquist
ABSTRACT This paper reports Phase II findings of an exploratory study of 26 families who have adopted children with Asian heritage, where at least one parent is Asian American. In-depth interviews provided a rich exploration of parents’ motivations to kin through adoption, the ways in which race and ethnicity factored into their child-selection preferences (if at all), their assumptions about their
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Muslim refugee women’s perspectives on intimate partner violence Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2020-03-21 Susan Fineran, Hermeet K. Kohli
ABSTRACT Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a recognized public health problem, and despite clear practice recommendations from service providers to recognize diverse cultural perspectives when addressing IPV, the narratives of Muslim refugee women are missing in our professional literature. The objectives of this qualitative exploratory research project are to (a) document the narratives of Muslim
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Fidelity and sustainability in evidence-based treatments for children: An investigation of implementation determinants Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2020-03-14 Jessica Eslinger, Ginny Sprang, Sarah Ascienzo, Miriam Silman
ABSTRACT In order to improve access to and utilization of high-quality children’s mental health services, there have been considerable efforts to disseminate evidence-based treatments (EBTs) into community-based settings. However, these efforts have not always led to successful use of interventions overtime, and further understanding of how organizational and individual factors may serve as barriers
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Integrating evidence-based practices into early childhood mental health clinics: A dynamic approach to strengthening the resilience of children birth to five and families Journal of Family Social Work Pub Date : 2020-03-14 Fatima Zahra Kadik, Jaimie Shaff, Janice Okeke, Shirley Berger
ABSTRACT This paper describes a dynamic process of workforce development, implementation, and evaluation of evidence-based practices (EBPs) within an early childhood mental health (ECMH) network serving children birth to five and their families. The key feature of an effective structure and multi-year process to train clinical service providers in evidence-based practices is the capacity building cycle: