Publications of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Social Work faculty.
Submissions from 2022
Pathways From Food and Housing Insecurity to Adolescent Behavior Problems: The Mediating Role of Parenting Stress, Katherine Marcal
Informal Supports, Housing Insecurity, and Adolescent Outcomes: Implications for Promoting Resilience, Katherine E. Marçal and Kathryn Maguire-Jack
Submissions from 2021
Understanding Moral Injury From a Character Domain Perspective, Hazel R. Atuel, Nicholas Barr, Edgar Jones, Neil Greenberg, Victoria Williamson, Matthew R. Schumacher, Eric Vermetten, Rakesh Jetly, and Carl A. Castro
MYPATH: A Novel Mindfulness and Yoga-Based Peer Leader Intervention To Prevent Violence Among Youth Experiencing Homelessness, Nicholas Barr, Robin Petering, Laura Onasch-Vera, Nicole Thompson, and Ryan Polsky
Caregiver Influences on Resilience Development Among Children with Maltreatment Experience: Practitioner Perspectives, Brieanne Beaujolais, Xiafei Wang, Karla Shockley McCarthy, Rebecca Logue Dillard, Fei Pei, and Susan Yoon
Factors That Inhibit and Promote Resilience Following Childhood Maltreatment: A Qualitative Exploration of Practitioner Perspectives, Rebecca Dillard, Brieanne Beaujolais, Susan Yoon, Xiafei Wang, Karla Shockley McCarthy, and Fei Pei
Intimate Partner Violence Exposure and Adolescent Mental Health Outcomes: The Mediating Role of Housing Insecurity, Katherine E. Marcal
Pathways to Adolescent Emotional and Behavioral Problems: An Examination of Maternal Depression and Harsh Parenting, Katherine E. Marçal
Perceived Instrumental Support as a Mediator between Maternal Mental Health and Housing Insecurity, Katherine E. Marçal
Housing Insecurity and Adolescent Well-Being: Relationships With Child Welfare and Criminal Justice Involvement, Katherine E. Marçal and Kathryn Maguire-Jack
Examining Impacts of a Peer-Based Mindfulness and Yoga Intervention to Reduce Interpersonal Violence Among Young Adults Experiencing Homelessness, Robin Petering, Nicholas Barr, Ajitesh Srivastava, Laura Onasch-Vera, Nicole Thompson, and Eric Rice
On the Basis of Gender: A Medical-Legal Review of Barriers to Healthcare for Transgender and Gender-Expansive Patients, Alex Redcay, Kathleen Bergquist, and Wade Luquet
The IPV-WDA: Developing an Abusive Workplace Disruptions Assessment Using Item Response Theory, Kathryn Showalter and Rebecca Bosetti
Preliminary Exploration of the Relationship between Veteran Family Membership, School Climate, and Adverse Outcomes among School-Aged Youth, Kathrine Sullivan, Jessica Dodge, Victoria Williamson, Filipa Alves-Costa, Nicholas Barr, Sara Kintzle, Nicola T. Fear, and Carl Castro
A Phenomenological Qualitative Approach to Examining Developmental Differences in Resilience Among Maltreated Children., Susan Yoon, Rebecca Dillard, Brieanne Beaujolais, and Kathryn Howell
Submissions from 2020
Spatial Analyses of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families: Its Responsiveness to Labor Market Performance and Policies during the 2008 Recession, Vicky Albert and Jaewon Lim
Mindfulness, Self-Efficacy and Stigma: A Latent Profile Approach to Understanding Risk and Protective Factors in Post 9/11 Era Combat Veterans, Nicholas Barr PhD, MSW
Effectiveness of a Mindfulness-Based Social Network Intervention to Reduce Violence in Young Adults Experiencing Homelessness, Nicholas Barr PhD, MSW; Robin Petering PhD, MSW; and Ajitesh Srivastava
Court-Affiliated Diversion Programs for Prostitution-Related Crimes: A Comprehensive Review of Program Components and Impact, Brieanne Beaujolais MA, MSW and Rebecca L. Dillard MSW, PhD
“It’s Just Easier”: Reflections on the Intersections of Kinship, Race, and Ethnicity in Asian American Adoptive Families, Kathleen Ja Sook Bergquist
The Decision to Substantiate Allegations of Child Maltreatment, Sarah A. Font, Kathryn Maguire-Jack, and Rebecca Dillard
Symptom Severity, Self-efficacy and Treatment-Seeking for Mental Health Among US Iraq/Afghanistan Military Veterans, Mary Keeling, Nicholas Barr, Hazel Atuel, and Carl A. Castro
Caregiver Depression and Child Behaviour Problems: A Longitudinal Mixed Effects Approach, Katherine Marçal
Demographic and Socioeconomic Predictors of Behavioral Trajectories from Age 3 to 15: A Longitudinal Mixed Effects Approach, Katherine E. Marcal
Understanding Mechanisms Driving Family Homeless Shelter Use and Child Mental Health, Katherine E. Marçal, Patrick J. Fowler, Peter S. Hovmand, and Jessica Cohen
Youth Identity Formation: (Mis)Alignment Between Urban Male Youth and Sport Coaches, Tarkington J. Newman, Benjamin Jefka, Leeann M. Lower-Hoppe, Carlyn Kimiecik, Shea Brgoch, Rebecca Dillard, Kathryn Dwyer, Carter Rockhill, and Donta Ingram
Positive Caregiving Styles Attenuating Effects of Cumulative Trauma Among Youth Who Commit Sexual Crimes, Jamie Yoder, Adam Brown, Melissa Grady, Rebecca Dillard, and Natalie Kennedy
The Type and Timing of Child Maltreatment as Predictors of Adolescent Cigarette Smoking Trajectories, Susan Yoon, Rebecca Dillard, Julia Kobulsky, Julianna Nemeth, Yang Shi, and Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan
Defining Resilience in Maltreated Children From the Practitioners’ Perspectives: A Qualitative Study, Susan Yoon, Rebecca Dillard, Fei Pei, Karla S. McCarthy, Brieanne Beaujolais, Xiafei Wang, Kathryn Maguire-Jack, Kathryn Wolf, and Sarah Cochey
Submissions from 2019
Direct and Indirect Effects of Mindfulness, PTSD, and Depression on Self-Stigma of Mental Illness in OEF/OIF Veterans, Nicholas Barr, Jordan P. Davis, Graham Diguiseppi, Mary Keeling, and Carl Castro
Associations Between Mindfulness PTSD, and Depression in Combat Deployed Post-9/11 Military Veterans, Nicholas Barr, Mary Keeling, and Carl Castro
Can Mindfulness Help to Predict Veterans’ Mental Health Service Utilization?, Nicholas Barr and Sara Kintzle
Defining Homelessness in the Transition to Adulthood for Policy and Prevention, Patrick J. Fowler, Katherine E. Marcal, Jinjin Zhang, Orin Day, and John Landsverk
Morality, Justice, and Peace: Insights From Henry David Thoreau, Satish Sharma
Neighborhood Characteristics of Registered Sex Offender Residential Locations: Evidence From the State of Ohio, Xiafei Wang, Fei Pei, Shiyou Wu, and Rebecca Dillard
Criminogenic Needs as Intervening Factors in the Relation Between Insecure Attachments and Youth Sexual Violence, Jamie Yoder, Melissa D. Grady, Adam Brown, and Rebecca Dillard
Submissions from 2018
Spatial Analyses of the Impact of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families on Child Neglect Caseloads During the Great Recession, Vicky Albert and Jaewon Lim
What's Race Got to do with it? Exploring the In-Race Adoption of Asian Children, Kathleen Leilani Ja Sook Bergquist and Irang Kim
PTSD in U.S. Veterans: The Role of Social Connectedness, Combat Experiences and Discharge, Sara Kintzle, Nicholas Barr, Gisele Corletto, and Carl A. Castro
Examination of a Complementary Set of Spiritual Assessment Tools for LDS Clients, Gordon Earl Limb, David Hodge, Peter Ward, Richard Alboroto, and Zachary Larkin
Treating Addictions: The Four Components, An-Pyng Sun
Submissions from 2017
The impact of short lifetime limits on child neglect during the Great Recession: The case of Arizona, Vicky N. Albert and William C. King
Kindle Edition From Child Abuse to Permanency Planning: Child Welfare Services Pathways and Placements (Modern Applications of Social Work), Richard Barth, Mark Courtney, Jill Duerr-Berrick, and Vicky Albert
Timing and deformation conditions of the Tallulah Falls dome, NE Georgia: Implications for the Alleghanian orogeny, G Casale, J S.F. Levine, T D. Craig, and C Stewart
The Masses are the Ruling Classes: Policy Romanticism, Democratic Populism, and American Social Welfare, William M. Epstein
The Romantic Retreat Is Not Club Med, W M. Epstein
Peace Issues in the 21st Century Global Context, Shreesh Juyal, John Duncan, Rose Dyson, Noemi Gal-Or, and Satish Sharma
Bibliometrics of social media research: A co-citation and co-word analysis, X Y. Leung, J Sun, and B Bai
Quakerism, Its Legacy, and the Legacy for Gandhian Research, Satish Sharma
A Fictitious Domain Method with Distributed Lagrange Multiplier for Parabolic Problems With Moving Interfaces, C Wang and P Sun
Combined MPM-DEM for Simulating the Interaction between Solid Elements and Fluid Particles, Y Yang, P Sun, and Z Chen
Submissions from 2016
State Policy Choices and Responsiveness of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program During the Great Recession, Vicky Albert
Promoting well-being through relationship building: The role of smartphone technology in foster care, Ramona W. Denby, Efren Gomez, and Keith A. Alford
Strict Slaves of Slogans: Response to “The Social Work Cartel”, William Epstein
Review: The Importance of Being Civil: The Struggle for Political Decency, William M. Epstein
Socioeconomic Factors Associated With Posthospitalization Hospice Care Settings: A 5-Year Perspective, Abbie M Kirkendall, Jeffrey Shen, J Greenway, and W Bai
Teaching outside the rubric: Qualitative student insights about creativity, Anjala S. Krishen and Abbie Kirkendall
Coercion and child harm: A response to Sarah Font, Leroy H Pelton
Separating Coercion from Provision in Child Welfare, Leroy H. Pelton
Social reform by quaker women: A case study of Lucretia Mott, Satish Sharma
The functional human C-terminome, Satish Sharma, O Toledo, M Hedden, K F. Lyon, S B. Brooks, R P. David, J Limtong, J M. Newsome, N Novakovic, S Rajasekaran, V Thapar, S R. Williams, and M R. Schiller
Trauma and Chinese heroin users, An-Pyng Sun, Y C. Chen, and F Marsiglia
Submissions from 2015
International Korean Adoption: A Fifty-year History of Policy and Practice (Korean edition), Kathleen Ja Sook Bergquist
Culture and Coping: Kinship caregivers' experiences with stress and strain and there relationship to child well-being, Ramona W. Denby, Jesse A. Brinson, Chad Cross, and Allison Bowmer
Encouraging Creativity in the Social Work Classroom: Insights from a Qualitative Exploration, Abbie Kirkendall and Anjala S. Krishen
Dating and Sexuality among Minority Adolescents with Disabilities: An Application of Sociocultural Theory, Kristen F. Linton and Heidi A. Rueda
Hillary Clinton’s Family Values, Leroy H. Pelton
The Continuing Role of Material Factors in Child Maltreatment and Placement, Leroy H. Pelton
Gandhi and His Teachers: Peace, Pacifism, and Welfare, Satish Sharma
Indian Immigrants in the United States: Challenges and Dilemmas, Satish Sharma
Submissions from 2014
Managing Child Welfare: A Response to Loc Nguyen, Leroy H. Pelton
Submissions from 2013
Family Caregiving, Sandra D. Owens and L. A. Chadiha
Have Child Maltreatment and Child Placement Rates Declined?, Leroy H. Pelton
Submissions from 2012
Love and Justice, Leroy H. Pelton
Submissions from 2011
Interest, Necessity, and Justice, Leroy H. Pelton
Concluding Commentary: Varied Perspectives on Child Welfare, Leroy H. Pelton
Submissions from 2010
Scaling Up Housing Services Within the Child Welfare System: Policy Insights from Simulation Modeling, Patrick J. Fowler, Katherine E. Marcal, Saras Chung, Derek S. Brown, Melissa Jonson-Reid, and Peter S. Hovmand
Introduction: Race, Class, and the Child Welfare System, Leroy H. Pelton
Submissions from 2009
A Note Contesting Mark Testa’s Version of National Foster Care Population Trends, Leroy H. Pelton
A Reply to Mark Testa’s Rejoinder Concerning National Foster Care Population Trends, Leroy H. Pelton
Submissions from 2008
Family Caregiving, Sandra D. Owens and L. A. Chadiha
Informing Child Welfare: The Promise and Llimits of Empirical Research, Leroy H. Pelton
An Examination of the Reasons For Child Removal in Clark County, Nevada, Leroy H. Pelton
Submissions from 2007
Mosaic of Difference: Enhancing Culturally Competent Aging-Related Knowledge Among Social Workers, Sandra D. Owens-Kane
Respite Care Outcomes for Kinship and Non-Kinship Caregivers, Sandra D. Owens
Submissions from 2006
Getting What We Deserve, Leroy H. Pelton
The Role of Material Factors in Child Abuse and Neglect, Leroy H. Pelton
Submissions from 2005
Transfer of Child Welfare Research Findings to the Field: An Internet-based Training Series, Sandra D. Owens-Kane, L. Smith, and Ramona W. Denby
Submissions from 2003
Biblical Justice, Leroy H. Pelton
Going Below the Tip of the Iceberg: Social Work, Religion, and Spirituality, G. M. Svare, S. Harrison-Jay, E. Bruce, and Sandra D. Owens-Kane
Submissions from 2002
Reply to Richard Holody, Leroy H. Pelton
Submissions from 2001
Response to William M. Epstein, Leroy H. Pelton
Social Justice and Social Work, Leroy H. Pelton
Submissions from 2000
Misinforming Public Policy: The Illiberal Uses of Social Science, Leroy H. Pelton
Submissions from 1999
Community Obligations and the Categorization of Children, Leroy H. Pelton
Soziale Gerechtigkeit und Erfolgreiche Soziale Arbeit (Social Justice and Successful Social Work), Leroy H. Pelton
Welfare Discrimination and Child Welfare, Leroy H. Pelton
Submissions from 1998
Four Commentaries: How We Can Better Protect Children From Abuse and Neglect, Leroy H. Pelton
Traps Seen in Measures Taken for Child Abuse and Neglect in the U.S.A.: Ignored Economic Reasons, K Ueno, Leroy H. Pelton, and David G. Gill