Social work research methods : building knowledge for practice / edited by Stuart A. Kirk.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kirk, Stuart A., 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social service--Research--Methodology.

Social service.

Physical Description:

xix, 505 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : NASW Press, 1999.

Contents:

Part 1 Summarizing What We Already Know 1

Chapter 1 Stress, Coping, and Resilience in Children and Youth / Carolyn A. Smith, Bonnie E. Carlson 5

Chapter 2 Effectiveness of Family Preservation Services / Mark W. Fraser, Kristine E. Nelson, Jeanne C. Rivard 30

Chapter 3 Evaluating the Dodo's Verdict: Do All Interventions Have Equivalent Outcomes? / William J. Reid 54

Part 2A Structures of Inquiry 71

Part 2B Experiments: In Search of Effectiveness 73

Chapter 4 Establishing School-Based, Collaborative Teams to Coordinate Resources: A Case Study / Cynthia Lim, Howard S. Adelman 77

Chapter 5 Social Skills Training in Groups with Developmentally Disabled Adults / James A. Hall, David J. Schlesinger, John P. Dineen 88

Chapter 6 A Support Group Intervention to Facilitate Young Adults' Adjustment to Cancer / Cleora S. Roberts, Lori Piper, John Denny, Gary Steven Cuddeback 100

Chapter 7 Site-Based Services for Residents of Single-Room Occupancy Hotels / Melanie Shepard 112

Chapter 8 Family Support as an Intervention with Female Long-Term AFDC Recipients / Catherine F. Alter 121

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, Robert S. Stephens 141

Chapter 10 Comparing the Effectiveness of Gender-Specific and Couples Groups in a Court-Mandated Spouse Abuse Treatment Program / Stephen J. Brannen, Allen Rubin 159

Chapter 11 Differential Effects of Racial Composition on Male and Female Groups: Implications for Group Work Practice / Larry E. Davis, Li Chen Cheng, Michael J. Strube 175

Part 2C Surveys: In Search of Generalizability 191

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 194

Chapter 13 Factors Associated with Early Sexual Activity among Urban Adolescents / Carolyn A. Smith 213

Chapter 14 Childhood Welfare Receipt and the Implications of Welfare Reform / Patricia K. Smith, W. Jean Yeung 229

Chapter 15 The Use of Social Science Sources in Social Work Practice Journals: An Application of Citation Analysis / Irene R. Bush, Irwin Epstein, Anthony Sainz 242

Part 2D Qualitative Studies: In Search of Meaning 259

Chapter 16 Psychological and Spiritual Growth in Women Living with HIV / Heather T. Dunbar, Charles W. Mueller, Cynthia Medina, Tamra Wolf 262

Chapter 17 The Labor Force Participation of Young Black Men: A Qualitative Examination / Robert L. Laseter 276

Chapter 18 Concepts of Health and National Health Care Policy: A View from American History / Mary Ann Jimenez 290

Chapter 19 Quick Attachments to the Workforce: An Ethnographic Analysis of a Transition from Welfare to Low-Wage Jobs / Frances J. Riemer 305

Chapter 20 Game Plans, Buzzes, and Sheer Luck: Doing Well in Social Work / Ian Shaw, Alison Shaw 316

Part 3A Gathering Data: What Information? 333

Chapter 21 Agreeing to Disagree: A Study of the Reliability of Manuscript Reviews / Stuart A. Kirk, Todd Michael Franke 336

Chapter 22 The Index of Drug Involvement: A Partial Validation / Anna C. Faul, Walter W. Hudson 344

Chapter 23 Measuring Quality of Life: A New and Practical Survey Instrument / James R. Greenley, Jan Steven Greenberg, Roger Brown 354

Part 3B Gathering Data: From Whom? 367

Chapter 24 Advanced Practitioners in Clinical Social Work: A Profile / Elizabeth M. Timberlake, Christine A. Sabatino, James A. Martin 370

Chapter 25 Caregiving and Social Support in Two Illness Groups / Deborah J. Monahan, Karen Hooker 384

Part 3C Gathering Data: How? 397

Chapter 26 Social Work Professional Standards: An Exploratory Study / Srinika Jayaratne, Tom Croxton, Debra Mattison 400

Chapter 27 Gender Differences in Attitudes toward Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs / Stephen E. Kauffman, Paula Silver, John Poulin 416

Chapter 28 Case Management Practices, Participants' Responses, and Compliance in Welfare-to-Work Programs / Dale Weaver, Yeheskel Hasenfeld 429

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, Barbara Leake 442

Chapter 30 Methodological Considerations in Surveying Latina AIDS Caregivers: Issues in Sampling and Measurement / Helen Land, Sharon Hudson 456

Part 4 Analyzing Information 477.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0871013002

OCLC:

39982198