Research on Social Work Practice

Article	Citations
Social Work Research: A 40-Year Perspective and a Response to Feldman	132
Preschool-Based Program on Parenting and Child Behavior for Working Parents: Cluster RCT	30
Book Review: Evidence-based practice process in social work: Critical thinking for clinical practice GarciaAntonio R.CorcoranJacqueline. Evidence-based practice process in social work:	29
Impact of Nonviolent Communication Parenting Group on Modifying Parenting Styles	28
Book Review: Dimensions of Human Behavior: The Changing Life Course by E. D. Hutchison and L. W. Charlesworth 11 HutchisonE. D.Charles	21
The End of Quantitative Research in Social Work? The Threat Posed by Postmodern/Critical Theory's Increasing Colonization of Academia	16
Enhancing the Organizational Evaluation Capacity of NGOs: Results of a Quasi-Experimental Study	16
Community-Based Recovery in Persons with Suicide Attempts from a Latin American Population	16
Psychosocial Interventions Preventing Gang-Related Crime Among Young People: A Systematic Review	15
Impact of Socially Assistive Robots on Geriatric Depression: A Comparative Study of Pre- and During-Pandemic Cohorts	14
Peer Support and Community Engagement Interventions for Chinese Shidu Parents: A Meta-Analysis	12
Impact of a Leadership Program on University Students: Do Learning Modes Matter?	12
A Feasibility Study of Parenting for Lifelong Health for Adolescents in China	11
Adventure-Based Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Hong Kong University Students: A Randomized Controlled Study	11
Evaluation of a School-Based Group Counseling Program for Adolescent Internet Gaming Disorder	11
A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of Social Workers in Schools (SWIS) in England	10
Sample Size Planning in the Design of Two-Level Randomized Cost-Effectiveness Trials	10
Child Welfare and/or Legal System Involved Pregnant/Parenting Youth Intervention: A Pretest–Posttest Study	10
Self-Recognition, Self-Efficacy, and Confidence Intervention of Kunjing Children Without Sufficient Parental Care	10
Book Review: The psychology of trauma	10
A Scoping Review to Guide Social Work Policy-Practice for Pandemic Recovery	10
Jane Crow and the Abolition of Family Policing	10
Structural Family Therapy with Chinese Families in After-Violence Context	9
Universality Lost: Antisemitism and the Teleological Crisis of Social Work	9
Book Review: Mindfulness for Children, Adolescents and Families: Integrating Research into Practice LoHerman Hay Ming, Mindfulness for Children, Adolescents and Families: Integr	9

Taiwan's Medical Social Work Development and the Impact of Social Work Regulation	8
Interventions for Adolescent Suicide Ideation and Suicide Attempts in Latin America and Spain: A Systematic Review	8
Research to Consider while Effectively Re-Designing Child Welfare Services: A Response to Commentaries	8
Capacity-Building Program for Parents of Children with SEN: A Randomized Controlled Trial	8
A Scale to Measure the Effectiveness of Casework (CES-10)	8
Book Review: Social Work Leadership and Management: Current Approaches and Concepts for Social and Human Service Organisations by Maik Arnold	8
Poverty Indicators in the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System Child File: Challenges and Opportunities	8
Book Review: Enlightening professional supervision in social work; voices and virtues of supervisors Manohar Pawar & A. W. (Bill) Anscombe. Enlightening professional supervi	8
Combination Microfinance and HIV Risk Reduction Among Women Engaged in Sex Work	8
A Comparative Analysis of the Strengths Perspective With the Theory Evaluation Scale	7
Book Review: Social Work Practice in Health: An Introduction to Contexts, Theories and Skills	7
Blueprint for Social Work Blended Learning Curriculum in the Chinese Context	7
The Odd Year: Experiences of Care Leavers in the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic	7
Randomized Trial of Self-Guided Parenting Intervention on Parent Competency and Child Behavior	7
Group Work Intervention Enhancing Resilience of Kunjing Children Without Sufficient Parental Care: A Randomized Controlled Trial	7
The Licensed Social Work Workforce From the 2024 Social Work Workforce Survey	7
Randomized Controlled Trial of Expanded Coming Out Group on Reducing Self-Stigma of Schizophrenia People	6
Development and Validation of the Resilience Scale for Immigrant Youth	6
The Aftermath of Covid and Cyclones Idai and Kenneth: A Naturalistic Experiment Examining Empowerment and Resiliency in Rural Mozambique	6
Comparison of Two Controlled Trials Designed to Reduce Aggressive Behavior in China	6
Financial Coaching Effects on Financial and Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review	6
Exploring Accumulative Risk and Protective Factors for Young People: An Agent-Based Model	6
Black Girl Well-Being: A Scoping Review of Culturally and Gender Responsive Interventions	6
Solution-Focused Therapy for Self-Handicapping Behaviors Among Turkish High School Students	6
Evaluation of an Electronic Service-Learning Course Utilizing Regular and Intensive Delivery Modes: The Hong Kong Experience	6
Role of Competencies and Attitudes in Training for Family Prevention Programme Facilitators	5
Effectiveness and Feasibility of a Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy-Based Brief Psychoeducational Group Intervention for Social Anxiety in University Students	5
Book Review: Challenging parental alienation: New directions for professionals and parents	5
Newly Released Data on Examination Pass Rates Supports Need for Widespread Reform	5
Book Review: Scripture and scrubs: A Christian calling to healthcare by M. E. Sherr, J. K. Lee, and A. M. Mickle SherrM. E.LeeJ. K.MickleA. M.. Scripture and scrubs: A C	5
Evaluation of a Parenting Program for Disadvantaged Families in the Czech Republic	5
Book Review: Social Work Practice During Times of Disaster: A Transformative Green Social Work Model for Theory, Education and Practice in Disaster Interventions	5
Grandparenting as Primary Care and Early Childhood Development: Evidence From a Coastal Region of China	5
Efficacy of Internet-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Hong Kong University Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial	5
Poverty, Neglect, and Child Protection Reform: An Invited Editorial	5
Methodological Approaches to Measuring Self-Efficacy Among Social Work Students in Online Education	5
Domestic Violence and Alcohol and Other Drug Use: Australian Pilot Intervention Findings	4
Book Review: Social Work for Women Poverty-Alleviation by Cuie Zhang and Yunsu Du ZhangCuieDuYunsu. Social Work for Women Poverty-Alleviation	4
Perspectives on Technology Use in Social Work: Scale Development and Validation	4
Book Review: Racial trauma in Black clients: Effective practice for clinicians by Jones-Damis, J. R., & Moore, K. N. Jones-DamisJ. R.MooreK. N. (2025). Racial trauma	4
Solution-Focused Cognitive Group Intervention on Left-Behind Children's Safety-Seeking Behaviors: A Randomized Controlled Trial	4
Psychometric Evaluation of Six DASS-21 Short Forms for Male Survivors	4
Book Review: Research on Community-Centered Poverty-Alleviation Social Work	4
Are Chinese Social Workers Humble? Validating Cultural Humility Scales with Older Adults	4
Integrating Policy into School Safety Theory and Research	4
Social Rehabilitation to Strengthen the Autonomy and Self-Sufficiency of Disabled People: Pre–Post Study	4
Book Review: Transnational Mobility and Externalization of EU Borders: Social Work, Migration Management, and Resistance Petra Daňková, Robel Afeworki Abay, Nikos Xypolytas, Tanja Kleibl (Eds.).	4
Framing Family Risk in Child Protection: A Randomized Vignette Study	4
When Research Learns From Practice: Synthesized Action Research on the BIKVA Model	4
Book Review: Cynical Therapies – Perspectives on the Antitherapeutic Nature of Critical Social Justice V.Thomas, Cynical Therapies – Perspectives on the Antitherapeutic Nature of Critic	4

Teaching an Evidence-Based Practice Process to Undergraduate Social Work Students in China	4
Our Clients Navigate Complexity—Our Research Methods Can Too	4
Effectiveness of the Forgiveness Interventions Among Left-Behind Junior High School Students in China	4
Staying With the Trouble of Practice Research Knowledge Production in Social Work	4
Validation of the Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory-Short-Form (PTGI-SF) in Diverse Trauma-Exposed Samples	4
Transforming Impossible into Possible (TIP) for Financial Capability: Application of Practice-Based Program Theory and Measures in Intervention Design	3
Book Review: Social work in the frame of a professional competencies approach AnaOpačić (Ed). Social work in the frame of a professional competencies approach . Springer	3
Assessing the Fidelity of an Affirmative Cognitive Behavioral Group Intervention	3
The Perceived Informal Support Questionnaire: Validation and Clinical Correlates in People with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms	3
Psychometric Properties of a European French Version of the PTGI	3
Advancing Social Intervention Research Through Program Theory Reconstruction	3
Theoretical and Methodological Shifts in Social Work Research: An AI-Driven Analysis of Postmodern and Critical Theory at the SSWR Annual Conference	3
Book Review: Fieldwork in Social Work: A Practical Guide M. Rezaul Islam. Fieldwork in Social Work: A Practical Guide , Springer, 2024, 277 pp. EUR 85.59, ISBN 978-3-031	3
Comparative Efficacy of Online vs. Face-to-Face Group Interventions: A Systematic Review	3
One Last Fandango Professor Por Favor? The Potential Contribution of Clinical Data-Mining to Randomized Clinical Trials	3
Behavioral Health Interventions for Incarcerated Adults With Histories of Trauma: A Scoping Review	3
Validation of the Revised Chen Internet Addition Scale for Chinese Older Adults	3
Assessing the Effectiveness of TSL Program for Runaway and Homeless Youth	3
The Effect of Counseling on Depression Among Young Adults in a Public Support Program	3
Book Review: Global Challenges: Social, Economic, Environmental, Political and Ethical KatarzynaPodhorodeckaTomaszWites. Global Challenges: Social, Economic, Environmental, Political an	3
Group-Based Intervention Enhancing Interpersonal Competence among Chinese Social Work Undergraduate Students: A Pilot Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial	3
Online Single-Session Intervention to Foster Connection in Older Adults: Pilot Trial	3
Validation of a Multi-Dimensional Social Support Measure for Individuals Who Are Incarcerated	3
Improving Students’ Well-Being Through Horticultural Therapy: A Systematic Review	3
Poverty or Racism? A Re-Analysis of Briggs et al. 2022	3
Clarity is Charity in the Advances of Causal Inquiry	3
Equipping Social Work Faculty to Document Scholarly Impact: New Bibliometric Benchmarks for Tenure, Promotion and Other Professional Evaluations	3
Factors That Influence MSW Students’ Referral Decisions for Depression: A Factorial Survey	3
Development and Validation of a Chinese Standardized Client Satisfaction Scale	3
Outcomes of a Design Thinking Program on Social Workers: An Evaluation Study	3
Vulnerability Scale for Families: Spanish Validation of a Social Work Assessment Tool	3
Strengthening Adaptive Leadership for Organizational Resilience in Hong Kong	3
Evaluating Client Outcomes and Experiences in a Student-Led Clinic: A Pretest–Posttest Study	3
Effects of an Online Psychoeducational Program for People With Dissociative Symptoms: A Randomized Controlled Trial	3
Book Review: Human rights in this age of uncertainty: Social work approaches and practices from Southeast Europe by Krasniqi, Vjollca & and McPherson, Jane KrasniqiV	3
Book Review: Uncommon Cause: Living for Environmental Justice in Kerala by John Mathias MathiasJohn. Uncommon Cause: Living for Environmental Justice in Kerala, Universi	3
Don’t Waste Your Time Doing Social Work Research!	3
Enhancing Social Workers’ Capacity Building for Career and Life Development Services: A Quasi-Experimental Outcome Study	3
Preliminary Outcomes of a Hybrid-Digital Parenting Intervention in Routine Services in Malaysia	2
Test Performance of Artificial Intelligence in the Chinese Social Work Certification Examination	2
Book Review: The Routledge Handbook of Social Work Field Education in the Global South by Baikady R., S.M., S., Nadesan, V., & Islam, M.R. BaikadyR.S.M.S.NadesanV.Is	2
Qualitative System Dynamics Modeling to Support Community Planning in Opioid Overdose Prevention	2
Two Studies Assessing Early Intervention Fit of Independent Living Services in Sweden	2
Innovation of Social Workers Under Different Leadership Styles: An Experimental Vignette Study	2
Heterodox Social Work: Advancing Viewpoint Diversity, Constructive Disagreement, and Open Inquiry	2
Effectiveness of an LGBTQ+ E-Learning Module for Social Workers: A Randomized Controlled Trial	2
School-Based Intervention for Preventing Problematic Internet Use in Adolescents: A Scoping Review	2
Using Brief Habit Reversal to Decrease Speech Disfluencies in Public Speaking. A Systematic Replication	2
Book Review: Multidimensional human behavior in the Complex social environment: Decolonizing theories for social work practice	2
Book Review: The Routledge International Handbook of Social Work and Disaster Practice by Adamson, C., Alston, M., Bennett, B., Boddy, J., Boetto, H., Harms, L., and Tud	2
School-based Child Sexual Abuse Interventions: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis	2
A Guest Editorial: Turning Your Research into a Best-Seller—An Innovative Approach to Knowledge Mobilization and Becoming Newsworthy	2
Community-Based Social Work and Collective Norms for Sustainable Environmental Behavior Change	2
Efficacy of a Mentalization-Based Group Intervention for High-Reactance Adolescents: A Randomized Trial	2
Assessing Foster/Adoptive Parent Training Curriculum's Improvement of Resource Parent Knowledge and Skills	2
Social Work Regulation in the United Arab Emirates	2
Is Self-Care Sustainable Without Structural Support? A Systematic Review of Self-Care Interventions	2
The 5 + 1 Practice Research Model in Health Social Work: The “Eye of the Storm”	2
Adult Depression and Anxiety Outcomes at a Student-Staffed Mental Health Clinic	2
Book Review: Addiction Treatment: A Strengths Perspective Katherine Van Wormer and Diane Rae Davis. Addiction Treatment: A Strengths Perspective . 5th ed.Cengage, 2025,	2
Effects of a Customized Chatbot Intervention on Social Work Students’ Counseling Self-Efficacy	2
Impact of Substance Use Terminology on MSW Students: A Randomized Vignette Study	2
The Effects of Tax-Time Interventions on Savings Rate and Amount: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	2
Adapted, Adopted, and Novel Interventions: A Whole-Population Meta-Analytic Replication of Intervention Effects	2
Impact of Community Service on Latent Deprivation of Social Assistance Recipients	2
Human Rights Engagement in Social Work: Validating an Eight-Item Spanish-Language Scale	2
Book Review: Care in Social Work With Children and Families; Theory, Everyday Practices and Possibilities for Social Change by Maria Appel Nissen, Mie Engen and Andreas	2
Feasibility of Supported Education for Youth with Mental Illness in Hong Kong	2
Corrigendum to Evaluating the Effectiveness of Mental Health First Aid Program for Chinese People in Hong Kong	2
Book Review: Empowerment Evaluation and Social Justice: Confronting the Culture of Silence by Fetterman, David M.	2
Solution-focused Brief Therapy for Adolescent Cybervictimization: A Randomized Controlled Trial	2
Competency-Based Training for Young Men with Suicide Risk: A Randomized Waitlist-Controlled Trial	2
Feasibility of a Social Worker–Teacher Model for Chinese Children with Anxiety Symptoms	2
A Feasibility Study of the SAFE Pilot Program: A University–School Board Partnership in Ontario	2
Transformative Mental Health Social Work Practice: What, When, and with Whom Do We Learn?	2
Some Comments on the Notion of Social Work as a Human Service Cartel	2
Assessing Social Workers’ Perception of Professional Values in a Chinese Representative Sample	2
Book Review: Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Those Who Say They Can’t by Cohen, Elliot CohenElliot. Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Those Who Say They Can’t. New York, NY:	2
Preventing Depressive Symptoms in Chinese Adolescents: A Pilot Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial	2
Mental Health Symptom Reduction in US Adults Postincarceration	2

Book Review: The evidence-based practice process in social work: Critical thinking for clinical practice AntonioR. GarciaJacquelineCorcoran, The evidence-based practice process

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