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Testing a New Intervention with Incarcerated Women Serving Life Sentences
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Fedock, Gina; Kubiak, Sheryl; Bybee, Deborah – Research on Social Work Practice, 2019
Purpose: Incarcerated women serving life sentences are a growing subpopulation with multiple mental health needs. However, no existing interventions have been designed for or tested with this population. Method: This study tested a gender-responsive, trauma-informed intervention ("Beyond Violence") and examined changes in incarcerated…
Descriptors: Intervention, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Females
Gender and Batterer Intervention: Implications of a Program Evaluation for Policy and Treatment
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Hamel, John; Ferreira, Regardt J.; Buttell, Fred – Research on Social Work Practice, 2017
Objective: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the impact of gender and other variables commonly associated with intimate partner abuse perpetration on program completion and pretreatment abusiveness profiles among a sample of men and women ordered into a 52-week batterer intervention program (BIP). Method: The study employed a…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Social Work, Regression (Statistics), Profiles
Independent Children's Social Work Practice Pilots: Evaluating Practitioners' Job Control and Burnout
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Hussein, Shereen; Manthorpe, Jill; Ridley, Julie; Austerberry, Helen; Farrelly, Nicola; Larkins, Cath; Bilson, Andy; Stanley, Nicky – Research on Social Work Practice, 2014
Objectives: To investigate whether a new model that delegates some out-of-home care services from the public to the private and not-for-profit sectors in England enhances practitioners' job control and stress levels. Methods: A 3-year longitudinal matched-control evaluation examined changes in Karasek demand-control model and Maslach burnout…
Descriptors: Social Work, Burnout, Models, Foreign Countries
Social Information-Processing Skills and Aggression: A Quasi-Experimental Trial of the Making Choices and Making Choices Plus Programs
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Terzian, Mary A.; Li, Jilan; Fraser, Mark W.; Day, Steven H.; Rose, Roderick A. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2015
This article describes the findings from an efficacy trial of a school-based, universal prevention program designed to reduce aggressive behavior of by strengthening emotion regulation and social information-processing (SIP) skills. Three cohorts of third graders (N = 479) participated in this study. The first cohort participated in the Making…
Descriptors: Aggression, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Behavior Modification
A Randomized Trial of the "Self-Management Training and Regulation Strategy" for Disruptive Students
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Thompson, Aaron M. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2014
Objectives: The study examined the effects of the Self-Management Training and Regulation Strategy (STARS) on disruptive behavior, authority acceptance, social competency, and student-teacher relations. Method: All fourth- and fifth-grade students (N = 762) in seven schools and 42 classrooms were screened for disruptive behaviors. Using a cluster…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Elementary School Students, Student Behavior, Experimental Groups
Understanding Foster Youth Outcomes: Is Propensity Scoring Better than Traditional Methods?
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Berzin, Stephanie Cosner – Research on Social Work Practice, 2010
Objectives: This study seeks to examine the relationship between foster care and outcomes using multiple comparison methods to account for factors that put foster youth at risk independent of care. Methods: Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, matching, propensity scoring, and comparisons to the general population are used to…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Matched Groups, Foster Care, At Risk Persons