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The Elizabeth Wisner Social Welfare Research Center for Families and Children at Tulane University
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Moon, Katie Lauve; Buttell, Frederick – Research on Social Work Practice, 2015
The Elizabeth Wisner Social Welfare Center for Families and Children is a community-based research center within the School of Social Work at the Tulane University. The Wisner Center primarily supports research projects that examine the causes and consequences of intimate partner violence, promote the development of new frameworks for…
Descriptors: Research and Development Centers, Universities, Social Work, Well Being
The Case for the Perceived Social Competence Scale II
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Anderson-Butcher, Dawn; Amorose, Anthony J.; Lower, Leeann M.; Riley, Allison; Gibson, Allison; Ruch, Donna – Research on Social Work Practice, 2016
Objective: This study examines the psychometric properties of the revised Perceived Social Competence Scale (PSCS), a brief, user-friendly tool used to assess social competence among youth. Method: Confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) examined the factor structure and invariance of an enhanced scale (PSCS-II), among a sample of 420 youth.…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Children, Youth, Summer Programs
Renata Adler Memorial Research Center for Child Welfare and Protection, Tel-Aviv University
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Ronen, Tammie – Research on Social Work Practice, 2011
The Renata Adler Memorial Research Center for Child Welfare and Protection operates within the Bob Shapell School of Social Work at Tel-Aviv University in Israel. The main aims of this research center are to facilitate study and knowledge about the welfare of children experiencing abuse or neglect or children at risk and to link such knowledge to…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Foreign Countries, Social Work, Child Abuse
Translational Science at the National Institute of Mental Health: Can Social Work Take Its Rightful Place?
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Brekke, John S.; Ell, Kathleen; Palinkas, Lawrence A. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2007
Several recent national reports have noted that there is a 20-year gap between knowledge generated from our best clinical research and the utilization of that knowledge in our health and mental health care sectors. One solution to this dilemma has been the emergence of translational science. Translational science has become a top priority of the…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Social Work, Theory Practice Relationship, Research and Development