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Editorial Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Kenta Asakura
Published in Studies in Clinical Social Work: Transforming Practice, Education and Research (Vol. 94, No. 1, 2024)
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Supports and Barriers: Social Work Educators Addressing Student Wellness Needs Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Katherine M. McCarthy, David C. Kondrat, Nina C. Johnson
While the years spent in college or graduate school have traditionally been viewed as demanding, current students face financial, emotional, and mental health stressors that interfere with their su...
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“The Attitude Is Essential” The Experience of Two Mothers with Differing Educational Backgrounds Receiving Post-Discharge Intervention after Very Preterm Delivery Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2023-12-17 Edith Raap, Katie Lee Weille, Monique Flierman, Martine Jeukens-Visser
While the importance of professional support following very preterm delivery (VP) is established, the parental experience of support still warrants deeper understanding. Evaluation of a Dutch one-y...
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Features of Pathogenic Beliefs in the Context of Childhood Maltreatment: Implications for Therapeutic Empathy Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2023-12-10 Jay Reid, David Kealy
One reason why patients may seek therapy is to address constricting beliefs about themselves, others and the world that diminish the quality of their lives. These pathogenic beliefs interfere with ...
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Narratives of Uprooting Anti-Black Racism in Higher Education: Developing a Power, Race, Oppression, and Privilege Framework in Social Work Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Noel Altaha, Ama Konadu Amoafo-Yeboah, Courtney D. Cogburn, Sydnee R. Corriders, Sarah Dillard, Alisa Graham, Elise Jaykar, Ife Lenard, Marion Riedel, McKay Sharpe, Catherine Shugrue dos Santos, Ashley Stewart, Ovita F. Williams, Susan S. Witte
Social work is in a crucial position to reshape its current teachings centering dominant culture’s practices focused on white supremacist theoretical frameworks. Rethinking the social work curricul...
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Decolonizing Social Work Education and Practice with Students and Community Stakeholders: A Case Example from University of Calgary Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Régine Uwibereyeho King, Liza Lorenzetti, Jeff Halvorsen, Maimuna S. Khan, Lemlem Haile
Social work education in Canada has struggled to identify and disrupt systems of oppression and marginalization, rooted in a history of colonialism and slavery, that continues to reverberate throug...
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Wade in the Water: Suggestions for Centering Reproductive Justice in Social Work Education, Practice, and Organizing Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Brandyn-Dior McKinley, Loren Cahill, Shveta Kumaria
In this article, we grapple with how social work educators and practitioners should hold and respond to the Supreme Court’s ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade. We begin by outlining what is at stake fo...
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Decolonizing School Social Work Practice: The Delicate Dance Around Power, Privilege and Oppression Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Carolyn Mak
School social work is a specialized area of clinical social work practice. Like any aspect of social work, it can be: at its best, used to support and uplift students, families and communities; and...
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Toward “Decolonizing” Clinical Social Work Practice and Education Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Kenta Asakura, Joshua Miller, Ora Nakash, Peggy O’Neill
Published in Smith College Studies in Social Work (Vol. 93, No. 2-4, 2023)
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From the Margins to the Center: Cultivating Collective Healing with Soulcial Work Praxis Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Alexis Jemal, Diana Melendez, Olivia Hunte, Diana Ballesteros, Gita R. Mehrotra
Black, Indigenous, and Women of Color (BIWOC) educators working in predominantly White institutions (PWIs) disproportionately experience violence rooted in historical, structural, and interpersonal...
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Towards a Black Love and Care Ethic: Reimagining Social Work Through Black Technologies Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Keshia (Kay) Williams
The insidious impact of anti-Black racism on Black peoples remain obscured by even the most well-meaning Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programming and curricula. The following inquiries gu...
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Toward Decolonizing Social Work Practicum: From a Practicum Director’s Perspective Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2023-09-12 Kanako Okuda
The social work practicum, also called field education, is the signature pedagogy of social work education and is deeply rooted in the profession’s history. Unfortunately, the practicum reflects he...
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Two Sides of the Same Coin: Adopting a Decolonial Stance in Teaching Clinical Social Work Students to Intervene on Anti-Black Racism Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2023-09-05 LaTasha Smith, Carolyn Mak
As the social work landscape rapidly changes to more directly address the effects of racism, colonialism and all areas of oppression on individuals, communities and systems, the delivery of respons...
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Decolonizing Mental Health/Social Work Practice in Uganda: Reconstructing an African-Centric Framework Through Traditional Values and Beliefs Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2023-09-01 Hugo Kamya
Decolonization is an ongoing process of addressing power imbalances and knowledge hierarchies. The role of social work is to serve the wellbeing of people and communities. However, social work in U...
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The Importance of Organizational Justice on Job Burnout Among Midwestern U.S. Social Workers Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2023-08-23 Sudershan Pasupuleti, Eric G. Lambert, Susheelabai R. Srinivasa, Terry Cluse-Tolar, Shanhe Jiang
The current research study examined the effects of organizational justice on burnout among U.S. social workers in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. Specifically, the effects of perce...
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Colorism and Historical Trauma: Barriers and Stepping Stones for Healing within Clinical Social Work Education Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2023-07-29 Anna Ortega-Williams, Jandel Crutchfield, J. Camille Hall, Aundraea Brown
Colorism and historical trauma are part of the lived experiences of many racialized and marginalized groups. However, few studies have examined the meaning and function of colorism and historical t...
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Liberating Social Work Education Through Decoloniality Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2023-07-02 Lisa Werkmeister Rozas
Within Social Work education, there has been a rising call for decoloniality. Among the areas most frequently targeted for transformation are the privileging of Christian Euro-centric sources of kn...
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Translating Critical Social Work into Clinical Practice: A Pilot Simulation-Based Study from Canada Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2023-06-18 Kenta Asakura, Ruxandra M. Gheorghe, Sarah Tarshis, Katherine Occhiuto
Focused primarily on addressing racial and social injustices through theoretical and critical analysis, critical social work is a well-established paradigm in Canadian social work education. This p...
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Examining Psychological Outcomes of Social Inequality for Black South Africans Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2023-06-16 Tosin Tunrayo Olonisakin, Adekunle Adedeji, Erhabor Sunday Idemudia
South Africa remains an unequal society even nearly three decades post-apartheid. This puts the country in the limelight of the discourse on racism and its enduring effects. This article contribute...
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Creating Spaces for Decolonization and Indigenization Among Mental Health Professionals in Higher Education Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2023-06-16 L. D. McCubbin, M. A. Town, A. Burns-Glover, E. M. Butay
As Indigenous mental health professionals, we need to articulate and differentiate between uncolonizing spaces, and moving toward decolonization and indigenization in the training of mental health ...
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Editorial –Forging a New Chapter: Message from the New Editor-In-Chief Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2023-06-10 Kenta Asakura
Published in Smith College Studies in Social Work (Vol. 93, No. 1, 2023)
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Towards Ethical and Competent Equine-Assisted Social Work: A Qualitative Study Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2023-06-10 Dana Spett
Equine-assisted services have emerged as an effective complementary or alternative modality in many helping professions. Equine-assisted social work has not been studied carefully. This qualitative...
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Clinical Considerations in Facilitating Closed and Open Group Treatment for Persons with Histories of Perpetrating Sexual Offenses Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2023-05-25 Gadi Rozenberg, David Potik
Research has demonstrated the effectiveness of group treatment for persons with sexual offense histories as well as patient preference for group therapy over individual therapy. However, the litera...
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Relational Work Through Technology: Understanding the Impact of Telemental Health on the Therapeutic Alliance Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2023-05-17 Matt Meurer-Lynn
ABSTRACT The rapid shift to telemental health (TMH) during the COVID-19 pandemic left mental health providers scrambling to adapt, raising concerns about the effect on the quality of the therapeutic alliance. This article explores the impact of TMH on the therapeutic alliance and how relational psychotherapists can support their patients and engage best practices in a way that helps all participants
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Ambiguously (E)raced: An Intersubjective Exploration of Multiracial Microaggressions and Monoracism Within a Clinical Consultation Relationship Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2023-05-16 Sarah Yang Mumma
ABSTRACT Racial microaggressions, or slights and insults against a person’s race, are a common experience for people who identify as multiracial. Mistaken identity, excluding, pathologizing, and exoticizing multiracial existence are examples of multiracial microaggressions. Various multiracial social theories provide a framework for understanding multiracial microaggressions as situated within a society
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No Soy De Aquí, Ni Soy De Allá: Second-Generation Latinx Youth Belonging Everywhere and Nowhere Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2023-05-16 Maria Ximena Maldonado-Morales
ABSTRACT Belonging is a human need, one that is particularly difficult for children of immigrants to achieve. The Second-generation youth hangs in a balance between the culture of their parents and that of their friends and peers. Often these youth feel that they are not heard or seen by those around them, enhancing the feeling of not belonging in their communities, or even in their country. Therapeutic
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Navigating Older Adults Service Provision during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study of Bicultural and Bilingual Asian Human Service Workers Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2023-04-24 Sangeun Lee, Ryan Rose, Cindy Sousa
ABSTRACT The pandemic has spotlighted multiple long-standing inequities among marginalized populations. Of particular concern is the population of older Asian adults with limited English proficiency, who rely heavily on bicultural and bilingual Asian human service workers for culturally and linguistically appropriate service provision. With ever-evolving public health measures implemented during the
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Military Children: Unique Risks for Mental Health and Wellbeing and Implications for School-Based Social Work Support Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2023-03-27 John Frederick, Philip Siebler
ABSTRACT Children in military families experience a unique combination of stressors associated with military life that may affect every stage of their lives, including their mental health, as well as disrupt their schooling and consequent social, emotional, and academic development. A review of the key issues faced by children is presented including the challenges in providing school-based social work
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Arrest Risks for Women with Substance Use Disorders Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2023-03-15 Jennifer L. Kenney, Denise Hien
Abstract There is well-established evidence that women in the criminal justice system are disproportionately affected by a variety of emotional and economic struggles. Most research involves only women who are under criminal justice supervision. Instead of focusing on women who were involved in the criminal legal system at the time of the study, this secondary analysis used generalized estimating equations
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Parents in Interracial and Interethnic Marriages Raising Children 11- to 18-Years-Old Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2022-11-30 Geoffrey L. Greif, Jamie Rosen, Sierra Gholson, Christopher Trotman
ABSTRACT To better serve the growing population of interracial and interethnic parents raising children and adolescents, social workers must strive to understand their unique experiences. The authors analyzed 15 qualitative interviews with parents in interracial and interethnic marriages raising at least one child 11- to 18-years-old to understand their parenting practices and what they are confronting
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Environmental Reproductive Justice and Social Work Praxis Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2022-09-20 Christine Marie Velez, Yolanda Machado-Escudero, Christa Gilliam, Lacey Sloan
ABSTRACT This paper highlights the value of an Environmental Reproductive Justice framework in social work and argues that environmental justice and reproductive justice should not be approached as two distinct issues. Because social work is a human right and social justice focused profession, it is uniquely poised to simultaneously address environmental justice issues impacting reproductive health
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Gender Differences in the Experience of Sexual Harassment and Assault, and Attitudes toward the #metoo Campaign Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2022-08-21 Hagit Bonny-Noach, Osnat Roth-Cohen, Vered Ne'eman-Haviv
ABSTRACT The goal of the current study was to examine gender differences in the experiences of sexual harassment and assaults, and attitudes toward sexual harassment and toward the #MeToo campaign. We conducted a cross-sectional study of 364 women and 253 men. Although the study revealed high percentages of women and men who experienced sexual harassment and assault victimization, significant gender
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Trauma-Informed Clinical Practice with Clients with Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2022-07-27 Rebecca G. Mirick, Joanna Bridger, James McCauley
ABSTRACT In 2020, almost 46,000 individuals in the United States died from suicide, 1.2 million adults made a suicide attempt, and 12.2 million had serious suicidal thoughts. Clinicians in diverse practice settings will work with clients experiencing suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Due to a strong association between trauma and suicidality, suicidology experts have recommended the use of trauma-informed
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Understanding and Working with the Effects of Parental Pathological Projective Identification Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2022-05-24 Jay Reid, David Kealy
ABSTRACT The present paper outlines parental pathological projective identification as a form of childhood adversity that some patients attempt to address in psychotherapy. This phenomenon involves a parent’s unconscious relocation of an unbearable state of mind, combined with the interpersonal evocation of such in the child. A child’s effort to deal with this experience may involve the development
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Developing a Roadmap for Harnessing Technology in Social Work: Training the Next Generation of Social Workers Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2022-02-15 Kelly Lynn Clary, Erica Nason, Katherine Selber, Kenneth Scott Smith
ABSTRACT Our manuscript discusses the importance of the Social Work Grand Challenge of Technology. We believe it is the most cross-cutting of the 12 original challenges and reflects the wave of technology that has already changed our daily lives and many practices and clinical fields including social work. Specifically, the goal of this challenge is to positively change the profession by using technology
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Addressing Anti-Black Racism: The Roles of Social Work Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2021-12-28 Virgil L. Gregory Jr., Kelly Lynn Clary
ABSTRACT Anti-Black Racism (A-BR) has led to recent and highly publicized killings of African Americans (AA). Still absent from the professional and scientific social work (SWK) literature are multilevel descriptions of recommendations for advancing AA racial justice (AARJ). First, the manuscript provides a brief summary of historical forms of American structural, interpersonal, and intrapersonal racism
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Conversations about Race and Racism: A Qualitative Study of the Classroom Experiences of Recently Graduated MSW Alumni Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2022-01-17 Bryan Warde, Jessica M. Kahn, Joy P. Greenberg
ABSTRACT Discussing race and racism in classroom settings presents challenges for instructors and students alike. Although studies have shown that these conversations are difficult, the literature on higher education classrooms in general and social work education is sparse. This qualitative study used focus groups to explore the perceptions and experiences of 28 recent MSW graduates discussing race
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Speaking the Unspoken: Understanding Internalized Racial Oppression from the Perspective of Black Women Psychotherapists Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2022-01-19 LaTasha L. Smith
ABSTRACT This article focuses on internalized racial oppression, a less understood yet detrimental aspect of racism. This article is based on a qualitative grounded theory study that explored how Black women psychotherapists understand the phenomenon. Literature and findings reveal that there is no existing shared understanding of how Black women experience IRO. Findings support how systemic racism
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Experiences of Personal and Vicarious Victimization for Black Adults with Serious Mental Illnesses: Implications for Treating Socially-engineered Trauma Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2022-02-08 Melissa Edmondson Smith, Rohini Pahwa, Geoffrey Harrison, Wendy E. Shaia, Tanya L. Sharpe
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to explore experiences of violence and victimization among Black adults with serious mental illnesses (SMIs) in mental health services. Fourteen Black individuals with SMIs participated in semi-structured interviews exploring their experiences and definitions of community. Thematic analysis revealed that participants experienced personal and vicarious criminal/violent
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An Exploration of Yoga’s Potential to Incite Feelings of Aliveness and Authenticity in Women Recovering from Anorexia Nervosa Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2021-09-28 Heather C. Pizzanello
(2021). An Exploration of Yoga’s Potential to Incite Feelings of Aliveness and Authenticity in Women Recovering from Anorexia Nervosa. Smith College Studies in Social Work: Vol. 91, No. 4, pp. 324-363.
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Locus of Control and Purpose in Life as Protective Factors against the Risk for Suicide in Older Adults Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2021-09-05 Yael Aviad, Keren Cohen-Louck
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to identify factors that can be used as protective factors against the risk for suicide in older adults, based on locus of control (LC), the belief whether life events are the result of one’s own actions or of external factors, and purpose in life or a sense that one’s life is worth living. Purpose in life (PIL) was defined as a mediating variable between locus
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Investigation of COVID-19 Risk Perception and Psychological Well-being in Syrian Refugees Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2021-08-29 Fatih Budak, Özlem Özer, Okan Özkan
ABSTRACT This study aims to examine the effect of perceived COVID-19 risk of Syrian refugees on psychological well-being and reveal whether refugees’ scores from the emotional and cognitive sub-dimensions of COVID-19 risk and psychological well-being scale vary according to various socio-demographic characteristics. The Syrian refugees living in the Elbeyli Temporary Accommodation Center (TAC) in Kilis
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Early Social Workers’ Experiences during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2021-08-21 Evan Senreich, Amanda Sisselman-Borgia, Jessica M. Kahn
ABSTRACT This study reports the findings of a qualitative focus group study of 16 recently graduated MSW social workers in the New York City area regarding their experiences working during the devastating initial wave of the COVID-19 pandemic from March to June 2020. Each respondent participated in one of two 90-minute focus groups in October of that year. Themes delineated were: Varying levels of
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Telemental Health during a Pandemic: Third Space Conversations Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2021-06-03 Joan G. Lesser
ABSTRACT This article presents Intersubjectivity and Intersectionality, theoretical frameworks used to guide telemental health during a pandemic that has underscored issues of power and privilege. Intersubjectivity is a meta-theory of psychoanalytic psychotherapy that examines the interplay between subjectivities in the clinician/client relationship. Intersectionality addresses the importance of an
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Managing Countertransference in Therapeutic Interactions with Traumatized Youth: Creating a Pathway to Making Discomfort Comfortable Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2021-05-31 Bonnie Alger, Melinda Gushwa
ABSTRACT Practitioners can find themselves experiencing counter transference without having the tools to adequately respond. As the need for the facility in working with trauma grows, the importance of acknowledging countertransference cannot be underscored enough. Via an overview of a single-case study in which an MSW student evaluated her practice utilizing aspects of a model for operationalizing
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Coaching MSW Students on Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) Using Simulation-Based Learning (SBL): Developing Competencies in Clinical Social Work Practice Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2021-05-03 Eunjung Lee, Kathryn Bowles, Toula Kourgiantakis
ABSTRACT In training clinical social workers, it is critical for students to practice implementing their skills and knowledge about treatment approaches while being closely coached by instructors. This paper illustrates how this type of learning was accomplished in an MSW course through simulation-based learning in a flipped classroom. Using Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), one of the core modalities
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After Five Years: Adverse Childhood Experiences and Response to Surviving Illness Contribute to Shorter Life Expectancy Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2021-03-17 Liz B. Johnston
ABSTRACT Initial research in 2012 described the psychological responses of 32 older adult survivors of critical illness. At the five year follow up in 2017, 15 participants were deceased. Only 2 of these 15 participants achieved their expected life span. Quantitative and qualitative analysis comparing deceased vs. surviving participants yielded significant results. The deceased participants who died
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Afghan unaccompanied refugee minors’ understandings of integration. An interpretative phenomenological analysis Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2021-03-03 Mostafa Hosseini, Elisabeth Punzi
ABSTRACT There is a lack of knowledge concerning how unaccompanied refugee minors (UMs) perceive integration. This study concerns how Afghan UMs in Sweden understand integration. Seven young men, age 18–23, who came to Sweden as UMs, participated in semi-structured interviews, analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. The results showed that integration was understood as a process in
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Thriving in the New Normal: How COVID-19 has Affected Alternative Learners and Their Families and Implementing Effective, Creative Therapeutic Interventions Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2021-01-03 Sharon Saline
ABSTRACT COVID shelter-in-place directives have increased stress families of kids who are alternative learners–those with ADHD, ASD and LD. Already struggling to manage emotions, to begin and finish home and school tasks and maintain social connections, these kids have lost critical in-person academic, therapeutic and peer support systems. Meanwhile, tension at home has increased as parents, untrained
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Theorizing Black Trans Survivance and Care in the Context of COVID 19: A Clinical Case Study Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2021-01-03 Rory Crath, Hannah Karpman, J. J. Mull, Leigh-Anne Francis
ABSTRACT Although Trans women of color experience unique stressors to their physical and mental health and bring distinctive survival and resistance strategies to a therapeutic relationship, they are widely underrepresented in the clinical literature. This paper presents a case of a Black transfeminine youth in an urban area, offering questions brought forward to a clinical consultation during the
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Sense of Belonging, Racial Microaggressions, and Depressive Symptoms among Students of Asian Descent in the United States Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2021-03-01 Shinwoo Choi, Suzie Weng, Hyejoon Park, Jioni Lewis, Stacy A. Harwood, Ruby Mendenhall, Margaret Browne Huntt
ABSTRACT This study explored the moderating role of sense of belonging on the relations between racial microaggressions and depressive symptoms. Using survey data from students of Asian descent in the United States (N = 553) at a predominantly White university, we found that racial microaggressions and sense of belonging significantly predicted depressive symptoms. In addition, sense of belonging moderated
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Challenges in Providing Care for Parents of Transgender Youth during the Coronavirus Pandemic Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2021-02-25 Nathalie Szilagyi, Christy L. Olezeski
ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic has been stressful for many, increasing levels of anxiety, depression and other mental health concerns worldwide. With the spread of the virus, many youth found themselves physically isolated from their peers and confined to their homes, and medical and mental health services previously provided in person had to adapt by providing virtual sessions. The transition to virtual
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Adverse Childhood Experiences and Career-Related Issues among Licensed Social Workers: A Qualitative Study Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2021-02-25 Jeffrey Thomas Steen, Shulamith Lala A. Straussner, Evan Senreich
ABSTRACT Studies of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) have found that childhood maltreatment can have a negative impact during adulthood. Little is known about ACEs among social workers and how these experiences impact their work. This paper presents qualitative data collected from a convenience sample of 1,828 licensed social workers from 13 states exploring the ways in which their ACEs, as reflected
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Are Clients Being Improperly Denied Coverage for an Eating Disorder When in a Residential Treatment Center? Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2021-01-19 Temimah Zucker, Daniel Pollack
ABSTRACT Individuals struggling with eating disorder diagnoses purse higher levels of care to treat the medical, behavioral, and psychiatric aspects of their disorders. The criteria for coverage at a higher level of care often overlooks the holistic nature of treatment required for long-lasting recovery. The following piece will explore clinical information related to the true nature of an eating disorder
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Mentalizing as Mechanism: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis of Workplace Social Support in Intimate Partner Violence Practice Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2020-12-08 Denise Michelle Brend, Heather Beth MacIntosh
Abstract Intimate partner violence (IPV) social workers are at elevated risk of developing post-traumatic stress resulting from ongoing exposure to potentially distressing client disclosures. Workplace social support (WSS) may play a role in moderating that risk. This study used the interpretive phenomenological analysis approach to gain understanding about the phenomenon of WSS from the perspective
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The Four Pandemics Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2020-10-01 Joshua Miller
ABSTRACT COVID 19 interacts with white supremacy, economic insecurity and politcal terrorism, adversely affecting many people and populations. This article considers the consequences of these four interacting pandemics and suggests that social work, particularly clinical social work, requires radical revisioning and decolonizing to be able to ethically and adequately serve affected people.
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Surviving Being Black and a Clinician During a Dual Pandemic:Personal and Professional Challenges in a Disease and Racial Crisis Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2020-10-01 Allen E. Lipscomb, Wendy Ashley
ABSTRACT I CAN’T BREATHE! Social distance! I CAN’T BREATHE! Stay six feet apart! I CAN’T BREATHE! Make sure you wash your hands! I CAN’T BREATHEEEE! When can I schedule a session? The duality of being Black in America and a mental health professional during a global pandemic is stressful enough; however, coupled with a simultaneous racial pandemic, the intrapsychic, interpersonal and professional responsibilities
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The Nexus of Social Progress and Economic Inequality: Implications for the Grand Challenges for Social Work Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2020-10-01 Christopher G. Hudson
ABSTRACT In its extended history, social progress has become a metanarrative of the western world, one that has been both extolled and more recently pervasively dismissed. This review examines this history, including efforts to resurrect the concept, both through global research and within social work. Specifically, the advancement of social progress is incorporated as a central rationale of the Grand
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Readiness to Break the Law among Ideological Young Adults in Contested Israeli Settlements Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2020-10-01 Mally Shechory-Bitton, Odelia Gimani
ABSTRACT Evacuation of Jewish settlements was and still is a controversial issue within Israeli society and elsewhere. The dispute is between those who support it and those who call for their continued establishment and annexation to the State of Israel. The purpose of this study is to explore the factors related to the readiness of Jewish young adults to participate in acts of protest, as well as
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Laughter Yoga as a Social Work Intervention Smith College Studies in Social Work Pub Date : 2020-10-01 Monit Cheung, Carol A. Leung
ABSTRACT Using simulated laughter, clients follow laughing patterns without using memory recalls or associating with any thinking or feeling. This practice update describes laughter yoga as a social work intervention. It demonstrates the functions, principles, and procedures of laughter yoga to help clients alleviate stress and at the same time enable social workers to practice with the clients as