Research on Social Work Practice

Papers
(The TQCC of Research on Social Work Practice is 2. 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
Impact of Moderating Demographic Variables on a Health Intervention for People with Serious Mental Illness19
Medicaid, Race, Utilization of Crisis Services at Community Mental Health Agencies19
Outcomes of a Design Thinking Program on Social Workers: An Evaluation Study18
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
Evaluating the Psychometric Properties of a Proposed Farsi Version of the Interpersonal Reactivity Index Using Item Response Theory16
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
Grand Challenge of Social Work's Harness Technology for Social Good: Scoping Review15
Poverty or Racism? A Re-Analysis of Briggs et al. 202215
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
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
Factors That Influence MSW Students’ Referral Decisions for Depression: A Factorial Survey11
Exploring Adherence to Client Treatment Recommendations in the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics10
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
A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of a Multicomponent Positive Psychological Intervention: The Potential Mechanism of Altruism9
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
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
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of First Step Next for Preschoolers with Social-Emotional Needs7
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
Feasibility of Self-Guided Online Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for University Students During COVID-193
Book Review: The children of looked after children: Outcomes, experiences, and ensuring meaningful support to young parents in and leaving care3
Racial Disparities in Social Workers’ Licensing Rates3
Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Social Worker Satisfaction Scale3
Book Review: Understanding the mental health problems of children and adolescents: A guide for social workers3
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
Book Review: The psychology of trauma3
Poverty Indicators in the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System Child File: Challenges and Opportunities3
Child Welfare and/or Legal System Involved Pregnant/Parenting Youth Intervention: A Pretest–Posttest Study3
Book Review: Global Challenges: Social, Economic, Environmental, Political and Ethical by Katarzyna, Podhorodecka, & Tomasz, Wites3
A Meta-Analysis of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy for School-Related Problems in Adolescents3
Structural Family Therapy with Chinese Families in After-Violence Context3
Jane Crow and the Abolition of Family Policing3
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
A Scoping Review to Guide Social Work Policy-Practice for Pandemic Recovery3
My Time as President of NADD: Lessons Learned in Leadership3
Moving Forward: Reply to Feldman3
Validation for Multidimensional Measure of Reentry Well-Being Among Individuals Who Are Incarcerated3
Development and Validation of a Chinese Standardized Client Satisfaction Scale3
Evolution of the Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) Program Through the Application of a Social Work Lens3
Intervention Adaptation and Implementation Method for Real-World Constraints and Using New Technologies3
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
Measurement Tools of Child Neglect from 2003 to 2023: A Systematic Review2
The DSW to the Rescue? A Response to Feldman2
A Mixed-Methods Investigation of Licensed Masters-Level Social Worker’s Engagement in Outcome Evaluation2
Capacity-Building Program for Parents of Children with SEN: A Randomized Controlled Trial2
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
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
Book Review: Enlightening professional supervision in social work; voices and virtues of supervisors by Manohar Pawar & A. W. (Bill) Anscombe2
Comparing an In-Person and Online Continuing Education Intervention to Improve Professional Decision-Making: A Mixed Methods Study2
Skills for Future Work (H2030): Multigroup Analysis in Professional and Baccalaureate Training2
Evaluating Professional Misconduct: The Effects of Licensure State and Board Membership2
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
The Melbourne Statement on Practice Research in Social Work: Practice Meets Research2
Validation of the Revised Chen Internet Addition Scale for Chinese Older Adults2
“Why Don’t You Reach Out to Dad?”: Involving Fathers in Therapy2
The Preference to Avoid Self-Experiences Scale: Validation and Association With Complex PTSD and Dissociation2
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