The understanding of the factors impacting MSW students' interests and motivation to learn child welfare competencies, and how they affect learning transfer of the subject is important for the development of a knowledgeable, ...

This doctoral dissertation examines the relationship between leisure functioning and the rehabilitation status of 281 prisoners approaching their reentry to society after incarceration in the State of Oregon Department of ...

The study examined the overarching question of what were the childhood experiences of adults who were left-behind in Jamaica while their mothers emigrated to the U.S. during their developmental years (0 to 18 years old). ...

This study examined whether Locus of Control, a personality variable measured by using Julian Rotter's Internal-External scale, was able to predict treatment outcome for 220 heroin users attending an out patient methadone ...

This cross-sectional explanatory study examined the impact of managed care organizations (MCOs) and how they affect the administration of services in outpatient substance abuse treatment centers. It identifies the impact ...

This study of marginality is aimed towards achievement of an understanding of the phenomenon, as it is experienced by Orthodox Jewish social work students at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work of Yeshiva University in ...

This study addresses the question: Is social justice a Jewish value? Evidence was presented of a widespread belief that the answer to the question is positive.;However, some recent studies have questioned this long-standing ...

The goal of this study was to increase our knowledge of the violence which occurs between intimates and of a group of men who are its perpetrators. Specifically, the subjects of the study were men who acknowledged being ...

First- and second- generation immigrant veterans (target population) constitute 13% of veterans at large; however, this population’s mental treatment seeking behavior is relatively unknown. Current literature on ...

Previous research has noted that there are a variety of barriers and hesitations associated with being a mandated reporter for suspected child abuse or neglect across healthcare professionals and what role interdisciplinary ...