The following papers have been accepted to be given at The Eighth Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research. Due to the extensive list of presentations at the conference only the lead authors names appear in this listing. Click on the title to view the abstract.

TITLE	LAST	FIRST
Dissertation Research: Reflecting or Setting Trends?	Abbott	Ann
An Evaluation of a Multiple Family Group (MFG) Weekend Retreat for At-risk Families	Abell	Melissa L.
The Paradoxical Role of Social Work in Juvenile Corrections	Abrams	Laura
Predictors of Physical Abuse among Adolescent Arab Females in Israel	Abu-Bader	Soleman H.
Many Ways of Telling: Complex Typologies of Child Sexual Abuse Disclosure	Alaggia	Ramona
Collaborative Partnerships in Schools: A Case for Youth Development	Anderson-Butcher	Dawn
Development and Testing of a Measure to Assess Coercion in Mental Health Treatment	Angell	Beth
Ethical Issues Related to Authorship Credit: A Study of Social Work Educators’	Apgar	Dawn Hall
Evaluation of an innovative dual diagnosis program: Skyland Trail's Operation Prevention	Arnold	Tara
Incidence of Postpartum Depression in a Native American Community	Baker	Lisa
What are the Integral Components of Supervision: Using Consensus Analysis to Improve the Supervisory Process	Baldwin	Joshua
Community-Based Services: Mental Health Programs for Kansas Children and Families	Barfield	Sharon T.
Assessing the Efficacy of a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program	Barker	Krista
Access to Health Care for Haitian Americans Living with HIV or AIDS	Barsky	Allan
Relevance of Spirituality for People Recovering from a Serious Mental Illness.	Bellamy	Chyrell D.
Violence in the Family of Origin: Impact on Student Perpetration of Peer Violence.	Bennett	Larry
Resistance as Agency: Battered Women’s Experiences of DCFS Intervention	Bhattacharya	Himika
Measuring Fidelity to the Integrated Dual Disorders Treatment (IDDT) Model	Biegel	David
Readiness for Adherence with Peer Support Components: A Model to Improve Adherence to Anti Retroviral Therapy	Biswas	Bipasha
Accountability in a Male Batterers' Group: Do Members and Therapists Agree?	Black	Beverly
Statistical Procedures for Determining the Validity and Reliability of a Multidimensional Survey Instrument: The School Success Profile	Bowen	Gary
Biosocial Pathways to Functional Outcome in Schizophrenia: A Path Analytic Model	Brekke	John S.
Cross-Ethnic Differences in Perception of Emotion in Schizophrenia	Brekke.	John
Cost- effectiveness and Cost- benefit Research Across the Generations	Briar-Lawson	Katharine
Prevalence and Correlates of Secondary Traumatic Stress in Child Protective Services Case Managers and Supervisors	Bride	Brian
Evaluation of Relocation Services, Current Housing, and Living Conditions of Residents In A Hope VI Program	Brooks	Fred
Sexual Assault and Substance Abuse: Results of a Statewide Prevalence Survey	Busch	Noëch
Measuring Caregiving Experiences of Families Coping with Serious Mental Illness: Testing the factor structure of the Caregiving Appraisal Scale	Cabassa	Leopoldo J.
Religiousness Effects on Parenting Stress and Practices in the African-American Family	Cain	Daphne
An examination of strengths and evidence-based research in child welfare journals	Chance	Toni
Classification of Problems for Social Work Practice and Research: for Knowledge Building.	Chandrasekhar-Rao	M.
Acculturation, Communication Patterns, and Self-Esteem among Asian and Caucasian American Adolescents: A Cross-Cultural Study	Chang	Janet
Diversity, Inclusion and Job Performance among Korean Employees	Cho	Sangmi
Practitioners' Perspectives on Barriers and Contributors to Service Retention among Geriatric Mental Health Clients: A Qualitative Study	Choi	Namkee
Engagement in Substance Abuse Treatment: Experimenting with Recovery Coaches in Child Welfare	Choi	Sam
Using a stage-based model to assess readiness to receive treatment for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI)	Colson	Paul
Assessing Recent MSW's Knowledge of Research Ethics and Informed Consent: A National Outcome Survey	Corbin	Joanne
Follow-up Attrition: Recommendations for location of Substance Abusing Offenders	Cosentino	Abby
Promoting Kinship Placement through Team Decisionmaking	Crampton	David
Continuing Education in End-of-Life Care for Social Workers: From an Educational Needs Assessment to Curriculum Delivery and Evaluation.	Csikai	Ellen
Longitudinal Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms and Life Satisfaction in Adult Daughter Caregivers	Curl	Angela L.
A Comparative Analysis of the experiences of Rural and Urban participants in Individual Development Account	Curley	Jami
Breast cancer screening among African American women: Reasons for non-compliance	Davis	Cindy
Depression among Latinas in the United States	DeForge	Bruce
Service Strategies for Bridging the Gap between Incarceration and Community for Mentally Ill Offenders	Draine	Jeffrey
African-American, community violence, CBCL, child distress symptoms	Dulmus	Catherine
Female Graduate Social Work Students and Role Strain	Egan	Susan
Staying Connected: Examining the Role of Social Capital in Adjusting to a Residential Dislocation	Ersing	Robin L.
Childhood Trauma in a Sample of Mothers Living in the Community	Farkas	Kathleen
Working with Suicidal Clients: Predictors of Social Workers' Perceived Competence	Freedenthal	Stacey
Building Child Welfare Knowledge through Diverse Methods: From the Advisory Team to the On-line Survey	Folaron	Gail
Use of Assessment Information in Decision-Making by Child Protective Service Workers	Fong	Rowena
Social Support and Spirituality as Culturally Relevant Factors in Coping With Partner Abuse Among African American Women Survivors	Fowler	Dawnovise
Working with Suicidal Clients: Predictors of Social Workers' Perceived Competence	Freedenthal	Stacey
The Role of Social Disorganization and Drug and Alcohol Availability in Neighborhood Rates of Child Maltreatment	Freisthler	Bridget
Technology in Social Work Education, Integrating Technology in Social Work Curriculum, Use of Technology	Frost	Abbie
Managed Care and Mental Health: Personal Realities	Galambos	Colleen
Sex Dysfunction Explains Maintenance of Risky Sexual Behavior Among Drug Using Men and Women in Clinical Intervention Studies: A Qualitative Study	Gant	Larry
Pathways to School Engagement among Latino Youth in an Urban Middle School Context: The Influence of Social Support, Sense of Ethnic Pride, and Perception of Discrimination	Garcia-Reid	Pauline
Using Diverse Methods to Understand Informal Kinship Care	Gleeson	James
Stability and Change: Work and Love in Low-Income Families	Glikman	Helen
Older Latinos, Service Utilization, Mental Health, Access to Mental Health Services	Gonzalez	John
Does Social Support Effect Coping Strategies and Improve Well-being for Victims of Crime?	Green	Diane L.
Individual Development Account as a Tool for Housing Policy for Low Income	Grinstein-Weiss	Michal
The Inner-City African-American Family and the Serious and Persistently Mental Ill Family Member: Strengths or Deficits?	Guada	Joseph
Walking the Tightrope Between Cultural Competence and Ethical Practice: The Dilemma of the Rural Practitioner	Gumpert	Joanne
Everyday Resilience in Japanese Youth: Individual and Ecological Protective Factors and Risk Factors	Haddow	Julie
Invariance of the Brief Symptom Inventory in Schizophrenia	Hoe	Maanse
Validation of the Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Identification Scale	Hohman	Melinda
Acculturation and Substance Abuse Prevention with High Risk Youth	Holleran	Lori
Impacts of Welfare-to-Work on the Well-being of Families and Children	Hollister	David
Too Busy to Hold Assailants Accountable? Domestic Violence Caseload Pressures in a Rural Prosecutor’	Hovmand	Peter S.
When Does Increasing Assailant Accountability and Managing Prosecution Caseloads Conflict? A System Dynamics Approach Using Analysis of Feedback Loop Dominance	Hovmand	Peter S.
Building a New Knowledge about Asian American Social Workers: Perceptions of Glass Ceiling, Organizational Fairness, and Career Prospects	Hwang	Myung
Social Workers’ Reactions to Client Suicide Attempts and Completions	Jacobson	Jodi
Duty, Obligation or Responsibility: A Qualitative Analysis of Adult Children’Glass Ceiling, Organizational Fairness, and Career Prospects	Jennings	Lisa
Effects of Sexual Orientation Matching on the Psychotherapeutic Experience of Lesbian, Gay, and Bissexual Clients	Jones	Mary Ann
Quantitative and Qualitative Perspectives on School Dropout: The Role of Social Workers and Implications for Social Work Research.	Jozefowicz-Simbeni	Debra
Factors Influencing Self-Esteem Among Individuals with Severe Mental Illness: Implications for Social Work Practice	Kahng	Sang Kyoung
The Risk Less Known: Female-To-Male Transgender Persons' Vulnerability to HIV Infection	Kenagy	Gretchen
Women as Primary Aggressors in Domestic Violence	Kernsmith	Poco
Stressful Life Events Among Substance Abusing Homeless Men	Kim	Mimi M.
Increasing Aging Content in Social Work Curriculum: Perceptions of Key Constituents	Kolomer	Stacey
Mental Illness Beliefs Inventory (MIBI): A Validation of a Measure of the Level of Belief in the Medical Model of Mental Illness	Lacasse	Jeffrey
Adaptive Coping among Second Generation Vietnamese American Adolescents: a Structural Model of Bicultural Identity and Psychological Distress	Lam	Brian
Features of Organizational Climate within Community Mental Health Agencies that are Predictive of Successful Treatment Outcomes for Adult African American Clients	Larrison	Christopher
Non-parental Child-Only Cases within Temporary Assistance for Needy Families: Using Economic Interventions to Support Informal Kinship Care.	Larrison	Christopher
Incarcerated Mothers, Girls and Delinquency	Lawrence-Wills	Shonda
Learning activities, perceptions, skills, Social Work education	Lee	Mingun
Evaluating the effects of welfare reform on AFDC/TANF participation transitions	Lee	Sangeun
Applications of Structural Equation Modeling in Social Work Research	LEE	CHUNG-KWON
Social Support and Parental HIV Disclosure to Children	Letteney	Susan
Alcohol Use Prevention and Vehicle Safety Skills: Impact of the "Protecting You/Protecting Me" Curriculum	Lewis	Carol
Relationship between custodial status and psychosocial problems among parents initiating substance abuse treatment	Lewis	Marilyn Weaver
Transportation and Earnings Inequality	Lichtenwalter	Sara
Social Capital and Capacity of Organizations in Surviving Nature Disasters: Lessons from the 9-21 Earthquake of Taiwan	Liu	Li-Wen
Practicing youth development: Differences in the approach and implementation of youth development programs	Lock	Eric
Implementation of Student Assistance Programs: Counseling-Based Prevention for High School Students	Loneck	Barry
Process and Outcomes of Family Group Decision Making	Loring	Jones
Client Violence Among Social Work Supervisors in Mental Health Service Settings: A National Study	Lowe	Tony
Is the Child Welfare System Aware of Evidence Based Substance Abuse Treatment Practices: The Example of Methadone Maintenance	Lundgren	Lena
Implementing a Workforce Development Program for Welfare Recipients in Detroit: Maintaining Goal Congruence Among Myriad Stakeholders	Mallon	Anthony
Culture And Spiritual Influences On Perceptions Of Time During End Of Life Events	Maramaldi	Peter
Adolescent Aggression Internvention: A Comparison of Male and Female Particpants	Martsch	Martin
Using Education Incentives to Professionalize and Maintain a Child Welfare Workforce	Mason	Susan
Examining race-based bias in a nonverbal screening measure of emotional and behavioral disturbance in children	Matto	Holly C.
Ethical Dilemmas in Narrative Research: Issues and Resolutions	McCoyd	Judie L.M.
Mental Health Needs of Urban Minority Children	Mennen	Ferol
Psychosocial Problems in Primary Care: Patient and Provider Perceptions	Moga	Karra Bikson
Drug Treatment Effects on Social Work Practice With Youth	Moses	Tally
Health-related Quality of Life Assessments: A Comparison between Asian American Elders and the U.S. Norms	Mui	Ada
Social Services and Poor Men: Can We Do Better?	Nakagami	Eri
Gender Differences in Perception of Emotion in Schizophrenia	Nakagami	Eri
Successful Transition of Runaway/Homeless Youth from Shelter Care	Nebbitt	Von E.
An Exploratory Study in Hanoi, Viet Nam: Service Issues Related to Immunization, Support, and HIV/AIDS among Intravenous Drug Users	Nguyen	France
The Protective Effects of Religiosity and Religious Affiliation Among Acculturated and Unacculturated Mexican American Youth	Nieri	Tanya
Predictors of Severity of Suicidal Ideation in a Sample of Young Women Terminating Pregnancy	Nugent	William R.
Does a Client's Failure to Provide Requested Information Predict Severity of Suicidal Thinking?: Two Criterion Validity Studies of Missing Information	Nugent	William R.
The Relationship between Community Participation and Community Empowerment	Ohmer	Mary
Supporting Families During Military Separations: The Value of Formal and Informal Support	Orthner	Dennis
Bosnians in upstate New York: Adaptation and cross-cultural transitions	Owens-Manley	Judith
Economic implications of caregiving at midlife: Comparing parents of children with disabilities to other parents	Parish	Susan
Predictors of Marital Satisfaction among Korean Spouses	Park	Tai-Young
1920's And 1930's Movies: Gender Models for Seniors Impact on Care Provider and Care Receiver Roles	Pastore	Phyllis
Rape and Associated Risk Behaviors among Females Adolescents Attending Us Schools	Pena	Juan
Cardiovascular Disease: Knowledge and Risk among Urban Minorities	Perry-Burney	Gwendolyn
The Beliefs and Attitudes of Child Welfare Supervisors about Domestic Violence	Postmus	Judy L.
Evaluating Child Welfare Service Needs Provided by Private Agencies in an Urban Setting	Power	Peter
Impact of Tribal Development Programmes : a Study of Katkari Primitive Tribe in India	Puri	Chandrakant
Using Multiple Research Methods to Guide Curriculum Change: Moving from Diversity to Social Justice	Reed	Beth Glover
From Empowerment to Self-Efficacy: Toward a Social Work Intervention Model for Individuals with HIV/AIDS	Reeves	Patricia
Fathers' Participation in Infant Care and Displays of Affection	Renkert	Lauren E.
Evaluation of the Early Childhood Education Professional Recruitment Program	Resko	Stella
Use of the Child Behavior Checklist as a Diagnostic Screening Tool in Community Mental Health	Rishel	Carrie
Is it Type of Treatment, Treatment Completion or Both? An Outcome Study of African American Substance Abusing Women	Roberts	Amelia C.
Examining the Influence of Family Context on Educational Attainment: a Pattern-Oriented Approach	Robertson	Dylan
Implementing the Multiple Family Group Psychoeducation Model in an Integrated Managed Care Environment	Ruffolo	Mary
Differential Rates of Mental Health Diagnoses Among Minority Adoptees	Ryan	Scott
Preparing Undergraduate Social Work Majors for Confronting End of Life Issues in the Field: What Knowledge Do They Need to Have?	Sanders	Sara
Motivation as a Mediator of Relationships Between Symptoms and Functional Outcomes in Schizophrenia	Seaborg	Patricia
Twice the Trauma- Twice the Impact? A Comparison of the Effects of Intrafamilial Child Sexual Abuse on Non-Offending Mothers Who Were Sexually Abused in Childhood and Those Who Were Not.	Sela-Amit	Michal
Symptomatology of Maltreatment Urban Minority Children:Can Child-Mother Relationships and Maternal Symptomathology Serve as Good Predictors?	Sela-Amit	Michal
Severity of Violence and Perpetrator Drug/Alcohol Use	Shannon	Lisa
Effects of Therapeutic Community (TC) Treatment on Korean Substance Abusers in Prison	Shin	Sun-Kyung
Understanding Child Abuse and Neglect: 10 Years After the National Research Council Recommendations for Research, A Content Analysis	Simmons	Alicia
Child Welfare Practice in Organizational Context	Smith	Brenda
Model Analyses of Factors Affecting The Neighboring Activities of Youth Who Reside in a Revitalizing Community	Snively	Carol A.
Correlates of Homophobia Among Social Work Students and Non-Students	Snively	Carol A.
Social Services for Hire: Assessing the Causes and Consequences of Increased Business Activity within Social Service Industries	Sommerfeld	David
Integrating Savings into Microenterprise Programs for the Poor: Lessons from the American Dream Policy Demonstration	Ssewamala	Fred Melch
Narratives of Successful Runaways	Staller	Karen
The Relationship Between Spirituality and Post-release Drug Use and Criminal Activity among a Sample Male Prisoners	Staton	Michele
Gender and Dependency Predict Health Care Access Among Drug Users	Striley	Catherine
Social Workers and Involuntary Treatment in Mental Health	Taylor	Melissa Floyd
Identifying Characteristics and Core Issues of Evidence Based Interventions for High Risk Populations: Implications for Social Work Research and Practice	Thomlison	Barbara
Multivariate Predictors of Service Non-completion among a National Sample of Runaway Youth	Thompson	Sanna
The Relationship between Attachment Style, Psychopathology and Abusive Behaviors Among a Sample of Male Batterers	Ting	Laura
The Reporting of Maltreatment of Children in Foster Care	Tittle	Gail
Parental Perspectives About the Adequacy of Services for School-age Children with Attention-defict/Hyperactivity Disorder	Underwood	Donna
Assessing Ethics and Values in Qualifying Social Work Programmes	Watson	Florence
Progress on Deinstitutionalization: Focus Group on Romanian Child Welfare Reform Efforts	Wehrmann	Kathryn
Batterers' Treatment: How Group Leaders Assess the Progress of Participants	Weisz	Arlene
Associations between PTSD Symptoms and Substance Use in Women	Wiechelt	Shelly
Assessing the Nature of Domestic Violence Across Different Age Cohorts: Results from the National Violence Against Women Survey	Wilke	Dina
The Effect of Psychosocial Rehabilitation on the Subjective Quality of  Life and Social Skills of Older Persons with Mental Illness	Williams	Lynda K.
Improving the Content Validity of the Group/Organizational Membership Scale for Use with Persons with Serious Mental Illness	Wong	Yin-Ling Irene
Firearm Suicide: Preliminary Results of the Sociological Autopsy Model	Yoder	Greta
Predicting Out-of-Home Placements in Children and Adolescents with Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED)	Yoo	Seo-Koo
Religiousness/Spirituality, Social Support, and Psychological Well-Being among People with Disabilities in Rural Areas	Yoon	Dong
The Link Between Intimate Partner Violence and Childhood Exposure to Violence: a Population-based Study in Japan	Yoshihama	Mieko