Browsing SSW Faculty Publications by Type "Article"
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Ecological correlates of bullying and peer victimization among urban African American adolescents
(Routledge, 2021-06-17)Adolescent bullying is a concern for adolescents, parents, teachers, school officials, and the general public. The purpose of the study is to apply Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems perspective and explore factors that ... -
Effect of lifetime limits and differences between TANF leavers who had reached their lifetime limits and those who had exited voluntarily
(Wiley, 2010-10)This study explored different sociodemographic characteristics and differences of employment and income between TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program) leavers who reached their lifetime limits and those who ... -
Effects of work incentive policies and determinants of the socioeconomic status of welfare leavers in an economically disadvantaged area
(Taylor & Francis, 2004-12)This study explores how work incentive policies influence the socioeconomic status of welfare leavers. Logistic and ordinal regression methods were used to analyze 1999 statewide survey data on West Virginia WORKS leavers. ... -
Experimental study: Deep learning-based fall monitoring among older adults with skin-wearable electronics
(MDPI, 2023-04-14)Older adults are more vulnerable to falling due to normal changes due to aging, and their falls are a serious medical risk with high healthcare and societal costs. However, there is a lack of automatic fall detection systems ... -
Factors for formal help-seeking among female survivors of intimate partner violence
(Springer US, 2019-12-02)Intimate partner violence (IPV) results in numerous negative physical and mental health consequences. Research shows that many factors affect survivors’ help-seeking decisions. Previous studies were limited by small samples, ... -
Factors influencing the general well-being of low-income Korean immigrant elders
(National Association of Social Workers, 2011-07)This study explores factors that influence the general well-being (anxiety, depression, positive well-being, self-control, vitality, and general health) of low-income Korean immigrant elders by interviewing 206 older adults ... -
Federal government interventions and state welfare policy choices: Work requirements, sanctions, and lifetime limits
(Taylor & Francis, 2009-09)This study explored how work-performance bonuses and caseload reduction credits of the federal government influenced state work attachment provision choices such as mandatory work requirements, sanctions, and lifetime ... -
Female genital mutilation: a systematic review of research on its economic and social impacts across four decades
(Taylor & Francis LTD, 2016)Background: Global efforts to end female genital mutilation (FGM) have intensified in recent decades because of the rising awareness that such a practice is an act of extreme violence against women and girls. Articles on ... -
Friends, depressive symptoms, and life satisfaction among older Korean Americans
(Springer International Publishing AG, 2015-08)This study examined the interactive effects of social network support and depressive symptoms on life satisfaction among older Korean Americans (KAs). Using data from a sample of 200 elders in a large metropolitan area (M ... -
From lived experience: Listening to stories of healing from Middle Eastern immigrant IPV survivors
(SAGE Publications Inc, 2023-02-14)Intimate partner violence (IPV) affects all communities, but immigrant communities can be distinctively more vulnerable. This study explores the coping strategies of 10 immigrant Middle Eastern Immigrant Survivors of IPV ... -
Gender differences in the relationship between the nature of intimate partner violence and the survivor’s help-seeking
(SAGE Publications, 2019-04-15)This study used the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey to examine how gender interacts with the nature of intimate partner violence (IPV) in the survivor’s help-seeking. A total of 3,878 IPV survivors ... -
Gender-based violence: risk and protective factors for depressive symptoms among couples in the Kavango region, Northern Namibia
(Taylor & Francis, 2019-08-07)Gender-based violence (GBV) has been associated with many negative mental health outcomes, including depression. This study sought to explore the relationship between protective factors (social support, self-esteem, income, ... -
General well-being of Korean immigrant elders: the significance of religiousness/spirituality and social support
(Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2013-07-01)This study examined how religiousness/spirituality (values/beliefs, private religious practice, religious/spiritual coping, and religious support) and social support are related to the general well-being (positive well-being, ... -
Grief, social support, spirituality, and depressive symptoms among older adults in assisted living in Kansas
(Routledge, 2023-05-09)Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the roles of grief, social support, as well as spirituality on the depressive symptoms of older adults in assisted living in Kansas. This study tested three hypotheses: a ... -
Guardians: Masculine honour beliefs and perceptions of men’s roles in preventing sexual violence
(Routledge, 2022-06-06)Across two studies, we examined how individual differences in masculine honour beliefs (MHB) related to perceptions of men’s responsibilities in preventing sexual assaults committed against women. Higher levels of MHB were ... -
HIV stigma, resilience and depressive symptoms among older adults living with HIV in rural Namibia
(Routledge, 2020-09-05)In sub-Saharan Africa, HIV-positive older adults aged 50 years and older experience complex psychosocial issues in addition to dealing with their HIV status and the ageing process. This study focused on the association ... -
Human rights attitude and civic engagement behavior among university students
(Springer, 2020-06-23)Although civic engagement and human rights are critical values in social work education, few empirical studies have explored the association between civic engagement and human rights exposure and attitudes. This study aims ... -
Identifying risk and protective factors related to depressive symptoms among Northern Plains American Indian women cancer survivors
(Routledge Journals, 2018-11-27)Cancer is the leading cause of death among American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) women, and depressive symptoms have been linked to higher mortality, but research on depressive symptoms among AIAN cancer patients has ... -
Impact of research orientation on attitudes toward research of social work students
(Council on Social Work Education, 2012-06)This study explored the relationship between orientation to research and attitudes toward research among social work students. Orientation included the students' beliefs regarding the importance of research, the usefulness ... -
Incidence and correlates of diarrhea, fever, Malaria and weight loss among elderly and non-elderly internally displaced parents in Cibombo Cimuangi in the eastern Kasai Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
(Springer Netherlands, 2012-03)Socio-demographic and medical information about internally displaced persons in all parts of the world is lacking. One area where many of these persons reside is the Democratic Republic of Congo. A cross-sectional survey ...