Research on Social Work Practice

Papers
(The median citation count of Research on Social Work Practice is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Book Review: Program Development Grantwriting & Implementation: From Advocacy to Outcomes50
Using Twins to Assess What Might Have Been: The Co-twin Control Design25
A Culturally Adapted Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Group: A Randomized Controlled Trial22
Social Work Research: A 40-Year Perspective and a Response to Feldman20
Medicaid, Race, Utilization of Crisis Services at Community Mental Health Agencies19
Impact of Moderating Demographic Variables on a Health Intervention for People with Serious Mental Illness19
Outcomes of a Design Thinking Program on Social Workers: An Evaluation Study18
Evaluating the Psychometric Properties of a Proposed Farsi Version of the Interpersonal Reactivity Index Using Item Response Theory16
The End of Quantitative Research in Social Work? The Threat Posed by Postmodern/Critical Theory's Increasing Colonization of Academia16
Book Review: Decolonising and reimagining social work in Africa: Alternative epistemologies and practice models by Sharlotte Tusasiirwe16
Book Review: Autism and Inclusive Education: A Guide for Teachers, Practitioners, and Parents by Chandra Lebenhagen16
Grand Challenge of Social Work's Harness Technology for Social Good: Scoping Review15
Poverty or Racism? A Re-Analysis of Briggs et al. 202215
Synchronous Online Cognitive-Behavioral Group Intervention: 12-month Evaluation for Substance Use Mandated Clients15
Social Work as Mediocracy: A Response to Gambrill, Esptein, Cabin, and Teasley, Dettlaff, and Abrams15
Ethnic Minority and Majority Social Workers Working with Ethnic Minority Clients: Culture-Bound Professional Interventions and Burnout among Arab and Jewish Israeli Social Workers14
The Mechanisms of Implementation Support - Findings from a Systematic Integrative Review14
Preschool-Based Program on Parenting and Child Behavior for Working Parents: Cluster RCT13
Factors That Influence MSW Students’ Referral Decisions for Depression: A Factorial Survey11
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression Among Chinese Diabetes Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis11
Book Review: Fieldwork in Social Work: A Practical Guide by M. Rezaul Islam11
Validation of a Multi-Dimensional Social Support Measure for Individuals Who Are Incarcerated11
Still Further Challenges to Advancing Social Work Research: Response to Feldman11
Exploring Adherence to Client Treatment Recommendations in the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics10
A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of a Multicomponent Positive Psychological Intervention: The Potential Mechanism of Altruism9
Transforming Impossible into Possible (TIP) for Financial Capability: Application of Practice-Based Program Theory and Measures in Intervention Design9
Book Review: Toward a livable life: A 21st century agenda for social work9
A Parent Education Program for Single Fathers’ Parent-Child Relationship in Rural China: A Pretest–Posttest-Follow-Up Study9
Efficacy of a Combined Aerobic Exercise and Mindfulness Intervention on Depressive Symptoms: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial8
Preventing Harm to Vulnerable Older Adults: A Social Justice Perspective8
Psychometric Properties of the Arabic Flourishing Scale8
Book Review: Social work in the frame of a professional competencies approach by Ana, Opačić8
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of First Step Next for Preschoolers with Social-Emotional Needs7
Social Work Licensure and Regulation in the United States: Current Trends and Recommendations for the Future7
The Teaching and Learning of Communication Skills in Social Work Education7
Book Review: Social Work Education and the Grand Challenges; Approaches to Curricula and Field Education by R. Paul Maiden and Eugenia L. Weiss7
Book Review: Evidence-based practice process in social work: Critical thinking for clinical practice by Garcia, Antonio R., and Corcoran, Jacqueline7
Students’ Perceived Attributes and Benefits of a Leadership Course: Subjective Outcome Evaluation7
Effects of Design-Thinking Intergenerational Service-Learning Model on College Students: A Pilot Study in Taiwan7
Obituary—Rosemary Sarri7
Strengthening Social Work Research Education in Pursuit of Social Justice6
Book Review: Practice Research in the Human Services: A University Agency Practice Model6
When Research Learns From Practice: Synthesized Action Research on the BIKVA Model6
Licensed Clinical Social Workers’ Perceptions of Complementary and Alternative Interventions6
Psychosocial Interventions Preventing Gang-Related Crime Among Young People: A Systematic Review6
Book Review: Police Social Work: Social Work Practice in Law Enforcement Agencies by George T. Patterson6
Advancing Social Intervention Research Through Program Theory Reconstruction6
Unlocking the Potential of the Regression Discontinuity Design for Social Work Research6
A Feasibility Study of Parenting for Lifelong Health for Adolescents in China6
The Perceived Informal Support Questionnaire: Validation and Clinical Correlates in People with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms6
Father Involvement in the First Year After Prison: Considerations for Social Work6
Reliability and Validity of a Novel Measure of Nonviolent Communication Behaviors6
Adventure-Based Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Hong Kong University Students: A Randomized Controlled Study5
Peer Support and Community Engagement Interventions for Chinese Shidu Parents: A Meta-Analysis5
Assessing for Firearm Risks: A Rapid Review of Clinical Assessment Measures5
Review of  “A Country Called Prison: Mass Incarceration and the Making of a New Nation” CarlJohnLoomanMary. A Country Called Prison: Mass Incarceration and the Making of a New Nation. Oxford Universit5
Pedagogical Methods of Teaching Social Justice in Social Work: A Scoping Review5
Social Work Core Competencies in Disaster Management Practice: An Integrative Review5
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy in Community-Based Services: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Studies5
Implementation of a Dyad-Based Intervention to Improve Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Among HIV-Positive People Who Inject Drugs in Kazakhstan: A Randomized Trial5
Comparative Efficacy of Online vs. Face-to-Face Group Interventions: A Systematic Review5
Book Review: The politics of migrant labour: Exit, Voice, and social reproduction4
The Online Strength-Informed Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Among COVID-19-Affected Adolescents4
Center for Mental Health Research and Innovation in Treatment Engagement and Service (MH-RITES Center) at the University of Houston4
Animal-Assisted Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Groups for Those who are Incarcerated: A Pre-Post-test Study4
Systematic Review of Research on Special Education Needs in Greater China4
Characteristics of Social Work License Examinees: Contextualizing Exam Outcome Within Educational Inequalities4
Implementing Legislative Policy Intervention Into Long-Term Care Practice Settings4
Community-Based Group Psychoeducation for Informal Caregivers of Individuals with Mental Illness: A Single-Arm Pilot Study of Feasibility and Preliminary Effectiveness4
Book Review: Understanding the Mental Health Problems of Children and Adolescents: A Guide for Social Workers4
Predictors of Maternal Participation in Fatherhood Intervention Research With African American Nonresident Fathers4
Youth Receiving Child Welfare Services and their Preferred Relationships With Their Service Providers4
One Last Fandango Professor Por Favor? The Potential Contribution of Clinical Data-Mining to Randomized Clinical Trials4
Book Review: The Practice of Clinical Social Work in Healthcare by Meredith Hemphill and Abigail Nathanson4
Behavioral Health Interventions for Incarcerated Adults With Histories of Trauma: A Scoping Review4
Situating the Efficacy of Certificate Course in Social Work: A Case of First-Ever Course in Bhutan4
Clinical Social Work Practice in Canada: A Critical Examination of Regulation4
Book Review: I have been buried underneath years of dust: A memoir of autism and hope4
Book Review: The psychology of trauma3
My Time as President of NADD: Lessons Learned in Leadership3
Poverty Indicators in the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System Child File: Challenges and Opportunities3
Validation for Multidimensional Measure of Reentry Well-Being Among Individuals Who Are Incarcerated3
Child Welfare and/or Legal System Involved Pregnant/Parenting Youth Intervention: A Pretest–Posttest Study3
Evolution of the Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) Program Through the Application of a Social Work Lens3
A Meta-Analysis of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy for School-Related Problems in Adolescents3
Intervention Adaptation and Implementation Method for Real-World Constraints and Using New Technologies3
Racial Bias and ASWB Exams: A Failure of Data Equity3
Benchmarks for Group Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Tools for Social Work Professionals3
Research to Consider while Effectively Re-Designing Child Welfare Services: A Response to Commentaries3
Book Review: The children of looked after children: Outcomes, experiences, and ensuring meaningful support to young parents in and leaving care3
A Scoping Review to Guide Social Work Policy-Practice for Pandemic Recovery3
Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Social Worker Satisfaction Scale3
Moving Forward: Reply to Feldman3
Book Review: Understanding the mental health problems of children and adolescents: A guide for social workers3
Development and Validation of a Chinese Standardized Client Satisfaction Scale3
Mental Health Family Carer Coresearchers: Coproduction Principles to Elevate Lived-Expertise in Research3
The Challenge of Social Integration: Enhancing Employability in Work Integration Social Enterprises in Spain3
Self-Recognition, Self-Efficacy, and Confidence Intervention of Kunjing Children Without Sufficient Parental Care3
Book Review: Global Challenges: Social, Economic, Environmental, Political and Ethical by Katarzyna, Podhorodecka, & Tomasz, Wites3
Feasibility of Self-Guided Online Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for University Students During COVID-193
Structural Family Therapy with Chinese Families in After-Violence Context3
Racial Disparities in Social Workers’ Licensing Rates3
Jane Crow and the Abolition of Family Policing3
Book Review: Adverse and protective childhood experiences: A developmental perspective3
Interventions for Adolescent Suicide Ideation and Suicide Attempts in Latin America and Spain: A Systematic Review3
The Status of Social Work Research Infrastructure: A Commentary on an Analysis by Ronald Feldman2
Don’t Waste Your Time Doing Social Work Research!2
Multicomponent Intervention on Improving Cognitive Impairment: Randomized Control Trial with 6-Month Follow-Up2
Cost–Benefit of Treatment Foster Care Oregon (TFCO) Versus Residential Care in Illinois2
Parallel Parent–Child Mindfulness Intervention Among Chinese Migrant Families: A Mixed-Methods Feasibility Study2
Black Youth and African-Centered Interventions: A Systematic Review2
What Counts as Evidence in Child Welfare Research?2
Comparing an In-Person and Online Continuing Education Intervention to Improve Professional Decision-Making: A Mixed Methods Study2
Book Review: Enlightening professional supervision in social work; voices and virtues of supervisors by Manohar Pawar & A. W. (Bill) Anscombe2
Evaluating Professional Misconduct: The Effects of Licensure State and Board Membership2
Skills for Future Work (H2030): Multigroup Analysis in Professional and Baccalaureate Training2
Sample Size Planning in the Design of Two-Level Randomized Cost-Effectiveness Trials2
Psychometric Properties of a European French Version of the PTGI2
The Effectiveness of School-Based Programs on Aggressive Behaviors among Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis2
The Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral and Adlerian Play Therapies in Children Aged 3–12 Years: A Systematic Literature Review2
Book Review: Mindfulness for Children, Adolescents and Families: Integrating Research into Practice by Herman Hay Ming Lo2
Poverty or Racism?: Determinants of Disproportionality and Disparity for African American/Black Children in Child Welfare2
Are the Average Effects of Foster Care Placement Really Close to Zero?2
Professional Education or Certificate: The Factors Influencing Child Maltreatment Recognition in China2
Taiwan's Medical Social Work Development and the Impact of Social Work Regulation2
Validation of the Revised Chen Internet Addition Scale for Chinese Older Adults2
The Melbourne Statement on Practice Research in Social Work: Practice Meets Research2
The Preference to Avoid Self-Experiences Scale: Validation and Association With Complex PTSD and Dissociation2
“Why Don’t You Reach Out to Dad?”: Involving Fathers in Therapy2
Book Review: Promoting the behavioral health of children and adolescents: Evidence-based prevention strategies in schools, families, and communities2
Systematic Review of Narrative Therapy Publications in Hong Kong2
Facilitating Personal Recovery Through Mindfulness-Based Intervention Among People With Mental Illness2
Knowledge Test Development for Use in Social Work Student Outcomes Assessment2
Enhancing Social Workers’ Capacity Building for Career and Life Development Services: A Quasi-Experimental Outcome Study2
Introduction: Special Issue on Experimental Social Work Outcome Studies From China2
Assessing the Fidelity of an Affirmative Cognitive Behavioral Group Intervention2
Book Review: Police Social Work: Social Work Practice in Law Enforcement Agencies2
The DSW to the Rescue? A Response to Feldman2
Measurement Tools of Child Neglect from 2003 to 2023: A Systematic Review2
Capacity-Building Program for Parents of Children with SEN: A Randomized Controlled Trial2
A Mixed-Methods Investigation of Licensed Masters-Level Social Worker’s Engagement in Outcome Evaluation2
Quasi-Experimental Study Comparing CBT, MBCT, Activity-Based Supportive Counselling for Hong Kong Delinquent Youth2
Book Review: Social Work, Mental Health, and Public Policy in Diverse Contexts: Chinese and Cross-Cultural Perspectives by Sheying Chen2
Assessing Shared Trauma Among Master of Social Work Students: A Validation Study1
Social Work Regulation in the United Arab Emirates1
Book Review: Social Work Leadership and Management: Current Approaches and Concepts for Social and Human Service Organisations by Maik Arnold1
Evaluation of an Electronic Service-Learning Course Utilizing Regular and Intensive Delivery Modes: The Hong Kong Experience1
Client Outcomes in Graduate Trainee-Provided Psychotherapies: A Mixed Model and Exploratory Analysis1
Combination Microfinance and HIV Risk Reduction Among Women Engaged in Sex Work1
Independent Living Coordinators’ Effects on Intangible Domains in an Independent Living Program1
Development of a Measure of Child Welfare Practice Excellence1
The Effectiveness of Personalisation on Health Outcomes of Older People: A Systematic Review1
Reflections on the Use of Evidence in Child Welfare: A Commentary on Barth et al.1
Book Review: Aging behind prison walls: Studies in trauma and resilience1
Feasibility and Acceptability of Parenting for Lifelong Health Program in Mainland China1
Book Review: Key Debates in Social Work and Philosophy1
Book Review: The Routledge handbook of the political economy of health and healthcare by David Primrose, Rodney Loeppky, and Robin Chang1
A Systematic Review of the Use of the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) to Assess Implicit Biases Held by Professionals Toward Client Populations1
The Effects of Service Coordination on Disadvantaged Parents’ Participation in Activation Programs and Employment: A Randomized Controlled Trial1
The Financial Well-Being Scale: Reliability, Validity, and Clinical Correlates Among Childhood Trauma Survivors1
From “What Works” to “Why it Works” – From a Humean to an Aristotelian Understanding of Causality1
Rino Patti, 85, USC Social Work Dean and Professor Emeritus1
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing to Reduce Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Related Symptoms among Forcibly Displaced People: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis1
Family-Based Intervention for Substance Using Parents: Experiences and Resource Use1
Randomized Controlled Trial of Expanded Coming Out Group on Reducing Self-Stigma of Schizophrenia People1
CBT Peer Groups Prevent Smartphone Dependence Among Migrant Children: A Quasi-Experimental Study1
Creating a Standardized Instrument to Assess ADEI Efforts in Social Work Programs1
An Age Simulation Program Promoting Positive Attitudes Toward Older People in Hong Kong: Further Evidence of Integration of Natural Social Network Effects1
Transforming Impossible into Possible (TIP) for Fatherhood: An Empowerment-Based Social Work Intervention1
Extended Case Management Services Among Resettled Refugees in the United States1
Book Review: Empowerment Evaluation and Social Justice: Confronting the Culture of Silence by Fetterman, David M.1
Review of “Experimental Research Designs in Social Work: Theory and Applications”1
Book Review: Who Cares: The Social Safety Net in America1
Telephone-Supported Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for People With Depression: Users’ Perspective1
Book Review: The other side of suffering: Finding a path to peace after tragedy1
Effectiveness of School-Based Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Programs in China: A Meta-Analysis1
Technology-Based Cancer Survivorship Care Interventions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis1
A Case Study for the Interrater Reliability of Journal Referees1
Reducing College Student's Stigma Toward People With Schizophrenia: A Pilot Trial1
Critical Time in Regulation of Social Work Practice: Forging a Path Forward1
Start Where the Social Worker Is: Social Workers’ Perceptions of Clinical Licensure in Nebraska1
Qualitative System Dynamics Modeling to Support Community Planning in Opioid Overdose Prevention1
Interventions with Fathers: Effective Social Work Practice for Enhancing Individual and Family Well-Being1
Book Review: Ethics for behavior analysts1
Exploring the Psychosocial Needs of People Living in Extreme Poverty and Introducing Brief Interventions: The Case of Crete Region in Greece1
Book Review: Research Methods in Social Work1
Gaps between Supply and Utilization of Social Work Evidence in Mainland of China1
Linking Social Work Licensing Exam Content to Educational Competencies: Poor Reliability Challenges the Path to Licensure1
The Effects of Child Support Payment Factors on Satisfaction With Levels of Parental Involvement by Noncustodial Fathers1
Blueprint for Social Work Blended Learning Curriculum in the Chinese Context1
Corrigendum to Evolution of the Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) Program Through the Application of a Social Work Lens1
Corrigendum to Pedagogical Methods of Teaching Social Justice in Social Work: A Scoping Review1
Corrigendum to Evaluating the Effectiveness of Mental Health First Aid Program for Chinese People in Hong Kong1
Effectiveness of Adolescent School-Based Digital Mental Health Interventions: A Systematic Review1
Corrigendum to Blueprint for Social Work Blended Learning Curriculum in the Chinese Context1
Black Girl Well-Being: A Scoping Review of Culturally and Gender Responsive Interventions1
A Comparative Analysis of the Strengths Perspective With the Theory Evaluation Scale1
Co-authorship Networks in Left-Behind Children Research in China: A Social Network Analysis1
Validation of Chinese Version Social Work Cultural Competencies Self-Assessment Instrument in Mainland China0
Book Review: Transnational Mobility and Externalization of EU Borders: Social Work, Migration Management, and Resistance by Petra Daňková, Robel Afeworki Abay, Nikos Xypolytas, Tanja Kleibl0
Book Review: Child sexual abuse in black and minoritized communities: Improving legal, policy and practical responses0
Effectiveness of Solution-Focused Group Counseling on Depression and Cognition Among Chinese Older Adults: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial0
Touching the Other’s Life in Turkey: Empathy-Focused Group Work as a Randomized Controlled Trial0
Practice Research in Social Work: Themes, Opportunities and Impact: Special Edition for Research on Social Work Practice0
Centering Social Justice in Mental Health Practice: Epistemic Justice and Social Work Practice0
Effectiveness of an Adventure-based Cognitive Behavioral Program for Hong Kong University Students0
Individual, Relationship, and Family Structure Predictors of African American Noncustodial Father Involvement Satisfaction0
Trauma-Informed Parenting Education Support Groups for Mothers in Substance Abuse Recovery0
Book Review: Cynical Therapies – Perspectives on the Antitherapeutic Nature of Critical Social Justice by V. Thomas0
Adult Depression and Anxiety Outcomes at a Student-Staffed Mental Health Clinic0
Book Review: The Routledge Handbook on Financial Social Work; Direct Practice with Vulnerable Populations by Christine Callahan, Jodi Jacobson Frey, and Rachel Imboden. (Eds.)0
Statistics in Social Work; An Introduction to Practical Applications0
Book Review: Teaching in Social Work: An Educator’s Guide to Theory and Practice by Jeane Anastas0
Solution-Focused Cognitive Group Intervention in Facilitating Benefit Finding of Petitioners0
A Response to Barth et al. From the Perspective of a Child Protective Services Worker0
Smaller System Predictors of Satisfaction with Low-Income Paternal Involvement of Noncustodial African American Fathers0
Leveraging Randomized Controlled Trial Design: HIV and Wellness Interventions with Marginalized Populations0
Response to the Respondents: The NIMH Task Force Report on Social Work Research0
Response to Feldman: Minimal Penetration of Practice Relevant Research—Challenge Remains0
The Efficacy of an SFBT-Based Positive Psychology Intervention in Promoting University Students’ Post-Traumatic Growth and Psychological Resilience After the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Quasi-Experiment0
Social Work at the Crossroads: The Empirical Highway or the Postmodern/Critical Off-Ramp?0
A Spirituality-Based Group Work Intervention Reduces the Sense of Alienation Among Female Turkish Social Work Students: A Randomized Trial0
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy for Depression Among Adolescents and Young Adults Diagnosed With Cancer: An Open Pilot Trial0
Newly Released Data on Examination Pass Rates Supports Need for Widespread Reform0
Evaluation of Horticultural Therapy for Enhancing Women's Well-Being: A Randomized Waitlist-Controlled Trial0
A Feasibility Study of the SAFE Pilot Program: A University–School Board Partnership in Ontario0
Victim–Survivors Accounts of Men's Change: Findings From a Combined Alcohol and Other Drug Use and Domestic Violence Intervention0
Organizational Supports for Practice Research: Illustrations from an International Practice Research Collaborative0
Evaluating Narrative Group Therapy on Self-Efficacy and Social Anxiety for Students with Dyslexia: A Randomized Controlled Trial0
Book Review: Addressing Anti-Asian Racism With Social Work, Advocacy, and Action by M. Liu and K. T. Chan0
Effects of Medical–Financial Partnerships on Financial and Medical Outcomes: A Systematic Review0
Condom Decision Making Among Latino and Black Adolescent Males: Social Neurobiological and Paternal Influences0
Book Review: Public health, public trust, and American fragility in a pandemic era0
The Adapted DUKE-UNC Functional Social Support Questionnaire in a Community Sample of Portuguese Parents0
Book Review: Welfare State 3.0: Social Policy After the Pandemic0
Transnational Mobility and Externalization of EU Borders0
Book Review: Challenging parental alienation: New directions for professionals and parents0
Effectiveness of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Among Maltreated Children: A Meta-Analysis0
Twiddeling and Twaddeling in the Weeptime of Clients: Avoidable Injustice0
Developing an Intervention to Enhance Parental Monitoring in Family Foster Care0
A Systematic Review of Measures of Child Neglect0
Effectiveness of an LGBTQ+ E-Learning Module for Social Workers: A Randomized Controlled Trial0
Book Review: Sustainable Food Procurement Legal, Social and Organisational Challenges by Mark, Stein, Maurizio, Mariani, Roberto, Caranta, and Yiannis, Polychronakis0
Interventions Designed to Improve Financial Capability: A Systematic Review0
Book Review: Addiction Treatment: A Strengths Perspective by Katherine Van Wormer and Diane Rae Davis0
Integrating Policy into School Safety Theory and Research0
Impact of Social Work Services on the Resilience of Migrant Children0
Validity and Reliability of the Chinese Version of Digital Hoarding Scale0
Feasibility of Supported Education for Youth with Mental Illness in Hong Kong0
A Meta-Analysis of Group Interventions for Trauma and Depression Among Immigrant and Refugee Children0
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