- 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.
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...
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...
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....
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,...