Cynthia Franklin

ORCID: 0000-0003-3777-3077
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Research Areas
  • Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics
  • Educational and Psychological Assessments
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Work Education and Practice
  • Psychiatric care and mental health services
  • Education Discipline and Inequality
  • Child Therapy and Development
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Youth Development and Social Support
  • Race, History, and American Society
  • Diverse Education Studies and Reforms
  • Asian American and Pacific Histories
  • Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
  • Behavioral and Psychological Studies
  • Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
  • Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
  • Parental Involvement in Education
  • Latin American and Latino Studies
  • Child Welfare and Adoption
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Mentoring and Academic Development
  • Family Support in Illness

The University of Texas at Austin
2016-2025

University of Hawaii–West Oahu
1997-2025

University of Minnesota
2022

Shanghai Children's Medical Center
2017

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
1996-2017

University of Hawaii System
2001

Western Michigan University
1997-1999

University of California, Berkeley
1997

Louisiana State University
1997

University of Michigan
1997

This article reviews the literature on social support and presents theoretical foundations basic concepts of support. A framework is presented for assessing measures support, eight are reviewed using framework. The focuses conceptualizations psychometric characteristics measures, their clinical utility. Suggestions made both improving existing in work practices.

10.1177/104973159200200107 article EN Research on Social Work Practice 1992-01-01

Objective: This systematic review examined the effectiveness of school social work practices using meta-analytic techniques. Method: Hierarchical linear modeling software was used to calculate overall effect size estimates as well test for between-study variability. Results: A total 21 studies were included in final analysis. Unconditional random effects model shows an weighted mean estimate .23 externalizing problem outcomes and .40 internalizing outcomes; both categories statistically...

10.1177/1049731508330224 article EN Research on Social Work Practice 2009-04-14

Recent trends in education have drawn attention to students at risk of school failure and dropout the United States. Alternative schools are one method for preventing severe long-lasting consequences underachievement dropout. Few research studies sought opinions perceptions at-risk who attend alternative through qualitative methods. This study used interviews explore students' perspectives about their current former traditional schools. Results indicate that lacking personal relationships...

10.1080/10459880903472843 article EN Preventing School Failure Alternative Education for Children and Youth 2011-04-21

The primary aim of this study was to assess the overall effectiveness solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) among Chinese populations with mental and behavioral health issues. A random effects meta-analysis nine eligible studies conducted on SFBT outcomes in China. effective reducing internalizing problems, effect sizes ranging from g = 0.49 3.22. Results pooled size estimates favoring (g 1.26) were large. These results highlight positive impact has clients health-related problems....

10.1080/15313204.2014.991983 article EN Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work 2015-07-03

Nearly ten years ago, Families in Society published an article (Kim, Smock, Trepper, McCollum, & Franklin, 2010) that discussed the empirical status of solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) and its progress toward being accepted as evidence-based intervention United States. In last decade, new growth experimental design studies using SFBT with diverse populations has occurred. The current provides update on evidence-base SFBT, showing favorable results emotional, behavioral,...

10.1177/1044389419841688 article EN Families in Society The Journal of Contemporary Social Services 2019-04-01
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