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Social Work articles from July 1998
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Social Work archives from July 1998
Chronicity and invisibility. (social work)(Editorial)
July 1, 1998... The dark space underneath the bed is currently becoming rather crowded.
- Schwartz, 1997, p. 113
The pages of Social Work are testimony to our profession's commitment to people who are disadvantaged or occupy a marginal status. For example,...
Preventing and reducing alcohol and other drug use among high-risk youths by increasing family resilience.
July 1, 1998... In recent years program designers have increased attention on comprehensive prevention strategies that target family factors in reducing the onset and frequency of adolescent substance use (Barnes, 1990; Bry, McGreene, Schutte, & Fishman, 1991)....
Social support for adolescents at risk of school failure.
July 1, 1998... The positive relationship between social support and an individual's physical and mental well-being (Ganster & Victor, 1988; Hardy, Richman, & Rosenfeld, 1991) has provided the impetus for a great deal of research on the clinical utility of...
Youth crime, public policy, and practice in the juvenile justice system: recent trends and needed reforms.
July 1, 1998... Juvenile justice policy has moved to the center of public attention and political debate in recent years. Increases in youth crime, stories of frustrated parents seeking help for their troubled children, and criticisms of juvenile justice...
Young people as competent community builders: a challenge to social work.
July 1, 1998... What would happen if society viewed young people as competent community builders? This question is not trivial, for the dominant view of youths in any society will affect the beliefs and behaviors of adults and of youths themselves. Because...
Murals in Latino communities: social indicators of community strengths.
July 1, 1998... The professional literature on Latinos has generally focused on the socioeconomic challenges facing this community. Latinos consistently have a disproportionate number of families in poverty; high rates of school dropout; alcohol, tobacco, and...
New directions in systems theory: chaos and complexity.
July 1, 1998... At least since the 1940s, attempts have been made to construct a theory that would address the way in which ordered systems arise and behave. Social work practitioners have adopted such popular theoretical models as "general systems theory,"...
Does the glove really fit? Qualitative research and clinical social work practice.
July 1, 1998... The rapid growth of qualitative methods as a preferred mode of inquiry among many in social work has been marked by the recent appearance of a number of works (Riessman, 1994; Sherman & Reid, 1994; Tutty, Rothery, & Grinnell, 1996). Although...