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Older Adults’ Perceived Benefits of Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy: Implications for Social Work
(SAGE Publications, 2019-11-28)**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to explore participants’ perceived benefits of equine-assisted psychotherapy and to understand if older adults with functional or ... -
Optimism Associations With Well-being Indicators Among Older People In The U.S.
(Social Work, 2008-04-22)Introduction This study is an analysis of associations between optimism and other psychological well-being indicators among people over age 65 in the U.S. The analysis is based on a stratified random sample collected in ... -
PARENT ENGAGEMENT IN AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES: PRE-COVID AND PERI-COVID PERSPECTIVES OF SCHOOL EFFORTS
(2021-08-10)African American youth perform lower in main subjects and are suspended at higher rates compared to their peers. In Fort Worth ISD only three out of ten 3rd graders read on grade level, and 62% of African American female ... -
Participation in community activities through Naturally Occurring Retirement Community (NORC) Supportive Service Programs
(2016)**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: Naturally Occurring Retirement Community Supportive Service Programs (NORC Programs) constitute a national model in the United States of America that aims to ... -
Pathways to Seeking Help from a Partner Abuse Intervention Program: A Qualitative Study of Voluntary and Non-Court Mandated Latino Men's Experiences
(SAGE Publications, 2019)**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: 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 ... -
Payday Lending: A Value-Critical Analysis of Three State Solutions
(2016-05-05)Payday lending has been a topic of great debate in the US and other developed countries. While some argue that lenders prey on low income and minority populations and trap them in a cycle of debt, others maintain that ... -
Perception of Need and Receipt of Mental Health Treatment: A Three-Group Comparison of Young Adults With Psychological Distress
(American Psychiatric Publishing, 2016-03)**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: Objective: The study examined use of mental health services among three groups of young adults with assessed need – those who did not perceive a need for treatment, ... -
Perceptions of Non-governmental Organizations and Socio-economic Progress: The Case of Four Latin American Countries
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Perceptions Of Professional And Financial Worth Among Master Of Social Work Students
The purpose of this study is to explore professional perceptions (intraprofessional, interprofessional, and societal) among UT Arlington (UTA) second-year and advanced-standing master of social work (MSW) students and ... -
Personal And Organizational Factors That Influence The Likelihood That Adult Protective Services Workers Will Remain On the Job Long-Term
(Social Work, 2012-04-11)A secondary data analysis will be used to examine data that was originally collected as part of a cross-sectional survey of adult protective service workers from May 2005 to June 2007. The purpose of this study to gain a ... -
Phenomenological Psychological Autopsies: A Survivor Driven Model For Understanding Suicide
(Social Work, 2010-03-03)Over a million people worldwide die by suicide each year. 32,000 of these deaths occur in the United States. Strikingly, that number is miniscule in comparison to the 300,000 additionally recorded and 775,000 estimated non ... -
Phenomenological Qualitative Program Evaluation of Goat Yoga for Cultivating Joy and Positively Shifting Perspective
(2023-05-12)There is increasing evidence that animal-assisted interventions are helpful for mental wellbeing in reducing anxiety and depression. There is also a large body of research supporting the benefits of yoga for symptoms of ... -
Piloting an Index of Segregation at the Census Tract Level: Associations with Place and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Life Expectancies
(2022-08-11)This study considers residential segregation as a critical driver of racial/ethnic health disparities and introduces an index of segregation, the Representation Index, that measures segregation degree at the neighborhood ... -
A Planning Model For Disaster Relief Agencies
(Social Work, 2011-03-03)Rather than identify nongovernmental organizations (NGO) with traditional service delivery systems, NGOs should be viewed as a unique system with specific outcomes pertinent to resource distribution. Grounded theory was ... -
Police Charging Decisions in Child Maltreatment Investigations: Findings from the 2008 Ontario Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect
(RoutledgeSchool of Social Work, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2016)The objective of this study is to use logistic regression to examine factors that influence charging decisions by the police during child maltreatment investigations. An estimated 4,808 substantiated 10 child maltreatment ... -
Positive Ageing and Death or Dying: A Scoping Review
(2022-08-03)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 8/2/2024** ABSTRACT: This scoping review aims to examine the extent and how research that utilizes successful, active, productive, and healthy ageing framework(s) include ... -
Positive Parenting Intervention: As Prevention To Child Maltreatment
(Social Work, 2013-03-20)One of the biggest social problems in the United States today is child maltreatment. Extensive literature has been written about the problem and many researchers, child welfare workers, and policy makers believe that the ... -
Postpartum Depression and COVID-19: A Special Emphasis on Military Women
(2022-12-20)The purpose of this study is to explore the possible factors that contribute to postpartum depression in military women during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study had a total of 10 participants who were recruited by snowball ... -
Postpartum Depression, Risk Factors, and Child’s Home Environment Among Mothers in a Home Visiting Program
(2017)**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: This paper provides an in-depth description of predictors of elevated postpartum depression (PPD) symptoms among mothers identified as high risk for committing child ...