Social Work Research Methods
Building Knowledge for Practice
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Stuart A. Kirk
Part One: Summarizing What We Already Know
Chapter 1: Stress, Coping, and Resilience in Children and Youth
Carolyn A. Smith and Bonnie E. Carlson
Chapter 2: Effectiveness of Family Preservation Services
Mark W. Fraser, Kristine E. Nelson, and Jeanne C. Rivard
Chapter 3: Evaluating the Dodo’s Verdict: Do All Interventions Have Equivalent Outcomes?
William J. Reid
Part Two A: Structures of Inquiry
Part Two B: Experiments: In Search of Effectiveness
Chapter 4: Establishing School-Based, Collaborative Teams to Coordinate Resources: A Case Study
Cynthia Lim and Howard S. Adelman
Chapter 5: Social Skills Training in Groups with Developmentally Disabled Adults
James A. Hall, David J. Schlesinger, and John P. Dineen
Chapter 6: A Support Group Intervention to Facilitate Young Adults’ Adjustment to Cancer
Cleora S. Roberts, Lori Piper, John Denny, and Gary Steven Cuddeback
Chapter 7: Site-Based Services for Residents of Single-Room Occupancy Hotels
Melanie Shepard
Chapter 8: Family Support as an Intervention with Female Long-Term AFDC Recipients
Catherine F. Alter
Chapter 9: Cognitive–Behavioral Group Counseling to Prevent HIV Transmission in Gay and Bisexual Men: Factors Contributing to Successful Risk Reduction
Roger A. Roffman, Lois Downey, Blair Beadnell, Judith R. Gordon, Jay N. Craver, and Robert S. Stephens
Chapter 10: Comparing the Effectiveness of Gender-Specific and Couples Groups in a Court-Mandated Spouse Abuse Treatment Program
Stephen J. Brannen and Allen Rubin
Chapter 11: Differential Effects of Racial Composition on Male and Female Groups: Implications for Group Work Practice
Larry E. Davis, Li Chen Cheng, and Michael J. Strube
Part Two C: Surveys: In Search of Generalizability
Chapter 12: Social Support and Depression among Older Adults Living Alone: The Importance of Friends within and outside of a Retirement Community
Marilyn K. Potts
Chapter 13: Factors Associated with Early Sexual Activity among Urban Adolescents
Carolyn A. Smith
Chapter 14: Childhood Welfare Receipt and the Implications of Welfare Reform
Patricia K. Smith and W. Jean Yeung
Chapter 15: The Use of Social Science Sources in Social Work Practice Journals: An Application of Citation Analysis
Irene R. Bush, Irwin Epstein, and Anthony Sainz
Part Two D: Qualitative Studies: In Search of Meaning
Chapter 16: Psychological and Spiritual Growth in Women Living with HIV
Heather T. Dunbar, Charles W. Mueller, Cynthia Medina, and Tamra Wolf
Chapter 17: The Labor Force Participation of Young Black Men: A Qualitative Examination
Robert L. Laseter
Chapter 18: Concepts of Health and National Health Care Policy: A View from American History
Mary Ann Jimenez
Chapter 19: Quick Attachments to the Workforce: An Ethnographic Analysis of a Transition from Welfare to Low-Wage Jobs
Frances J. Riemer
Chapter 20: Game Plans, Buzzes, and Sheer Luck: Doing Well in Social Work
Ian Shaw and Alison Shaw
Part Three A: Gathering Data: What Information?
Chapter 21: Agreeing to Disagree: A Study of the Reliability of Manuscript Reviews
Stuart A. Kirk and Todd Michael Franke
Chapter 22: The Index of Drug Involvement: A Partial Validation
Anna C. Faul and Walter W. Hudson
Chapter 23: Measuring Quality of Life: A New and Practical Survey Instrument
James R. Greenley, Jan Steven Greenberg, and Roger Brown
Part Three B: Gathering Data: From Whom?
Chapter 24: Advanced Practitioners in Clinical Social Work: A Profile
Elizabeth M. Timberlake, Christine A. Sabatino, and James A. Martin
Chapter 25: Caregiving and Social Support in Two Illness Groups
Deborah J. Monahan and Karen Hooker
Part Three C: Gathering Data: How?
Chapter 26: Social Work Professional Standards: An Exploratory Study
Srinika Jayaratne, Tom Croxton, and Debra Mattison
Chapter 27: Gender Differences in Attitudes toward Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
Stephen E. Kauffman, Paula Silver, and John Poulin
Chapter 28: Case Management Practices, Participants’ Responses, and Compliance in Welfare-to-Work Programs
Dale Weaver and Yeheskel Hasenfeld
Chapter 29: Two-Year Placement Outcomes of Children Removed at Birth from Drug-Using and Non-Drug-Using Mothers in Los Angeles
Mary Ann Lewis, Jeanne M. Giovannoni, and Barbara Leake
Chapter 30: Methodological Considerations in Surveying Latina AIDS Caregivers: Issues in Sampling and Measurement
Helen Land and Sharon Hudson
Part Four: Analyzing Information
Index
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