Browsing Wurzweiler School of Social Work: Dissertations by Title
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Educational options of adjudicated youth: An exploration of the benefits of a transitional school setting
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2008)This study examined the impact of a transitional school program, Community Preparatory High School (CPHS), on the academic and justice related outcomes of youth returning to their communities following their release from ... -
Effects of remediation on high-stakes standardized testing
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2013)This dissertation examined the impact of an intervention aimed at improving the standardized test scores for students on the mathematics portions of a high-stakes high school examination. Research shows that the achievement ... -
Enhancing the cultural competence of social workers
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2005)The social work profession continues to be challenged by the need for opportunities to develop cultural competence. This cross-sectional study has examined how social worker participation in experiential learning contributes ... -
Envisioning possibilities for the future of local policing: Suggestions on law enforcement policy by two vulnerable groups
(Yeshiva University, 2023)While there is much research in the social science fields regarding perceptions of police involvement, lacking is research that focuses on what participants in impoverished Black and Undocumented Central and Mexican American ... -
Ethical dilemmas facing hospital social workers: Implications
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1991)The hospital social worker is confronted with a range of ethical dilemmas stemming from conflicting obligations, cost-containment measures, medical advances and interdisiciplinary team work.;The present study investigated ... -
Ethical dilemmas of New York City social workers
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2001)The purpose of the research study was to explore how social workers make ethical decisions by examining the impact of their education in ethics, with whom and what they consult, and the decisions they make to resolve ethical ... -
Ethnicity and time -to -degree: Experiences of women social work doctorates
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2005)The purpose of this study was to examine the educational experiences of White women and women of color who completed their social work doctoral studies between 1990 and 2003. This study followed an exploratory and explanatory ... -
Ethnicity as a factor affecting adjustment of elderly to a nursing home
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1998)This study examines the impact of ethnicity upon the adjustment of nursing home residents to one multi-cultural nursing facility. A sample of convenience was used to select 71 Jewish and 21 African American alert residents ... -
EVELINE M. BURNS AND THE AMERICAN SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM, 1935-1960: A MODEL OF PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1985)The study examines the work and professional leadership of Eveline M. Burns on Social Security old age retirement issues from 1935 to 1960. The enactment of the Social Security Act in 1935 represented a landmark for social ... -
Examining life satisfaction of adults with visual impairments: A social and ecological perspective of disability
(Yeshiva University, 2023-05-02)This dissertation is quantitative and explores the Satisfaction with Life of individuals with visual impairments. The societal (macro) and personal (micro) aspects of disability are explored with an emphasis on the disparities ... -
Executive leadership styles and Jewish Family Services effectiveness
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1998)In a descriptive/exploratory study of 96 Jewish Family Service executive directors, and 125 JFS associates, 3 instruments were used to determine what predominant leadership style, transactional or transformational leadership, ... -
Experiences of Jewish American mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder
(Yeshiva University, 2023-02-22)This study examined the experiences of Jewish American mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and the extent to which they experienced affiliate stigma. The overall research question was: What are the ... -
Factors affecting elderly Chinese completion of living wills and health care proxies
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2005)This study sought to understand the problem of the low completion rate of living wills and health care proxies among the elderly Chinese Americans living in metropolitan communities. Grounded in the framework of acculturation ... -
FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH HOSTILITY AND PUNITIVENESS AMONG MOTHERS OF RETARDED CHILDREN (ANGER)
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1984)This is a descriptive study whose purpose is to identify the factors associated with hostility and a tendency towards punitiveness in a group of mothers of retarded children.;The two major hypotheses of the study are: that ... -
Factors associated with special needs adoption disruption
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2005)This explanatory study is retrospective in design and examined 23 independent variables relevant to why some special needs adoptions succeed (remain intact) and why others fail (disrupt). Three groups of children known to ... -
Factors enhancing the success of adolescent mothers
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1999)This study identifies and explores factors that enable adolescent mothers to become successful in education employment, and as parents. Qualitative and quantitative analyses are employed in an attempt to examine various ... -
Factors Impacting Voluntary Child Welfare Workers' Perceptions of Organizational Cultural Competence
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2012)While cultural competence is important for all clients, it is particularly relevant to the field of child welfare as disproportionality and disparities have been a long-standing problem. Efforts to remediate these have ... -
Factors in patient satisfaction: A study of short term nursing home patients
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1996)The quality and cost-effectiveness of nursing home care and services are fundamental concerns for the elderly and their families, even as they have come to define major policy debates at the state and federal levels. ... -
Factors that may influence level of activity in the oldest old
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1991)In this study, factors that may influence behavior in activities of those 85 years or older were investigated. Level of activity was the dependent variable, physical and psychological health were qualifying variables, ... -
Factors which influence social workers' participation in continuing education
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2001)The purpose of this study was to examine factors which influenced the participation of social workers in continuing education. This study followed an explanatory-descriptive research design. Data were gathered by the use ...
