Browsing Wurzweiler School of Social Work: Dissertations by Title
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A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE SOCIAL WORK CURRICULA IN SELECTED COMMUNITY AND FOUR-YEAR COLLEGES IN NEW YORK STATE
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A Comparison Group Study on the Factors that Contribute to Divorce in Orthodox Judaism
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2017)A Comparison Group Study on the Factors that Contribute to Divorce in Orthodox Judaism The purpose of this study was to determine the factors that contribute to divorce in the Orthodox Jewish community. This quantitative ... -
A modified TC for homeless MICAs in a shelter: An outcome study
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2002)This study sought to compare outcomes of a modified therapeutic community (TC) in a shelter for homeless mentally ill chemical abusers (MICA) clients, with a general shelter for veterans, with a subgroup of MICA clients. ... -
A skills-building approach to AIDS education with minority female addicts
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1989)The methadone maintenance treatment patient is at high risk of contracting or transmitting the AIDS virus, because of past and current high-risk sexual and drug-taking behavior. The female patient is of particular concern ... -
A SOCIAL AGENCY RESPONSE TO MAJOR EVENTS IN A PERIOD OF RADICAL CHANGE
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A study of 40 years of news coverage of community mental health policies
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1997)How does the public learn about mental health policy? This question was investigated by looking at the coverage of one state's public policies concerning deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill in one newspaper for four ... -
A study of attitudes toward employees with disabilities
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2000)The study examines the attitudes of the non-disabled employees toward coworkers with disabilities in competitive employment settings. The study seeks to determine if the attitudes of co-workers toward employees with ... -
A STUDY OF CASEWORKERS' VALUES AND ATTITUDES IN RELATION TO THEIR ACTIVITY WITH BIOLOGICAL PARENTS (FOSTER CARE)
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1984)An exploratory formulative study was conducted into the relationship between caseworkers' values and attitudes toward biological parents and their activity with biological parents. The primary hypothesis was that positive ... -
A study of immigrant Hispanic alcoholics in a treatment program
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1990)This study focuses on the effects of immigration and acculturation on the alcoholism problems of Hispanics, and on the relationship between cultural attitudes about drinking and involvement in treatment for alcoholism. The ... -
A study of job satisfaction and turnover among hospital social workers
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1994)A major concern for social work directors of hospital social work departments is the ability to recruit and retain qualified staff. The reasons for job turnover are varied and include job satisfaction. Turnover in social ... -
A STUDY OF STYLES OF LEARNING FOR DIRECT SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE
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A STUDY OF TEACHING BEHAVIORS FOR PERCEIVED RELEVANCE
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1980)An exploratory formulative study was conducted into the relationship between teaching methods characterized by a high level of feeling, experience, and interactionism and teacher effectiveness as measured by the student's ... -
A study of the differences in parenting styles between substance abusers and non-substance abusers
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2006)The study examined the differences in parenting styles between substance abusing parents and non-substance abusing parents. This quantitative study determined if there was a significant difference in styles of parenting ... -
A study of the sexual abuse of adolescents and their subsequent behavior
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1996)The study was designed to ascertain the long-term effects of sexual abuse on adolescents. There was at least a three-year interval between the diagnosis of sexual abuse and the follow-up study.;The type of design chosen ... -
Adaptions of Parents of Children with a Serious Disorder and a Delayed Diagnosis
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2013)This study examined experiences of parents of children with a serious medical disorder and a delayed diagnosis. This was a mixed-methods variable-oriented descriptive study of interrelations among variables. Data were ... -
Addressing the Opioid Crisis: A Qualitative Study of Black and Latinx Opioid Overdose Survivors
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global, 2022-05)The three-paper dissertation illustrates a phenomenological qualitative study conducted with 11 (n=11) New York City Black and Latinx opioid overdose survivors. In all of the analyses, a phenomenological approach was used ... -
Adolescent attachment and decision-making styles
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1997)This study focused on issues concerning attachment and decision making styles in three adolescent groupings in the State of New Jersey. Two of these groups are 16-l8 year old students who are currently in placement with ... -
Agency social workers: Views of their profession
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2000)Social work, as we enter the 21st century, is a very different profession from what it was at its beginning one hundred years ago. Social work's initial emphasis was work with the poor and many vulnerable populations, ... -
ALFRED ADLER'S INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOLOGY AND THEORY OF DEPRESSION: A SYNTHESIS IN RETROSPECT
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1984)Three contemporary theorists, Sylvano Arieti (Cognitive-Volitional-Interpersonal), Aaron T. Beck (Cognitive), and Walter Bonime (Culturalist-Interpersonal) emphasize the role of cognitive, volitional, interpersonal and ... -
Alienation and immigration experiences: Soviet Jews in the United States
(ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2000)This study examined the alienation and immigration experiences of Russian Jewish immigrants. While they have achieved remarkable professional and economic success, Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union also ...
