An Introduction to Using Multidimensional Item Response Theory to Assess Latent Factor Structures
In: Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research: JSSWR, Band 1, Heft 2, S. 66-82
ISSN: 1948-822X
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In: Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research: JSSWR, Band 1, Heft 2, S. 66-82
ISSN: 1948-822X
In: Research on social work practice, Band 28, Heft 7, S. 848-856
ISSN: 1552-7581
Objective: Suicide is a significant public and mental health crisis in the United States. Training providers in suicide assessment and response is designated as one of the primary strategies for reducing deaths by suicide. Research has established that suicide intervention training is effective, but little work has been published on potential mediators of skill development and use. Method: Secondary data analysis of a randomized trial of the Question, Persuade, and Refer gatekeeper training with master of social work students. Path analysis was used to estimate mediated effects of knowledge, attitudes, reluctance, and self-efficacy on behavior outcomes. Results: Results suggest improvements in posttraining measures for knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy, reluctance, and the use of gatekeeper behaviors, but there was no supporting evidence for the presence of mediated effects on behavior. Only self-efficacy demonstrated a strong direct relationship with gatekeeper behaviors. Conclusions: Ongoing evaluation is needed with an added interest in self-efficacy and how it can be enhanced through training.
In: Journal of social work education: JSWE, Band 47, Heft 3, S. 423-444
ISSN: 2163-5811
In: Children and youth services review: an international multidisciplinary review of the welfare of young people, Band 33, Heft 11, S. 2146-2151
ISSN: 0190-7409
In: Social policy and administration, Band 56, Heft 7, S. 977-989
ISSN: 1467-9515
AbstractThis paper reports on the development and validation of a scale to measure supervision practice in human service agencies. Supervision in human services is designed to provide management, mediation, professional development, and personal support to workers. The Supervision Practices in Human Services scale (SPHS) captures a range of supervisory practices from productive to abusive behaviours. The SPHS had strong psychometric properties. It includes 23 items with four subscales (Leadership, Inattention, Unprofessional Modelling, Unethical Practice). The SPHS can be used to identify training needs for supervisors or identify where interventions are needed to stop harmful behaviour.
In: Journal of social work education: JSWE, Band 52, Heft 3, S. 311-324
ISSN: 2163-5811
In: Journal of social service research, Band 45, Heft 5, S. 696-700
ISSN: 1540-7314
In: Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research: JSSWR, Band 7, Heft 1, S. 23-41
ISSN: 1948-822X
In: Journal of social work education: JSWE, Band 50, Heft 2, S. 349-364
ISSN: 2163-5811
In: Journal of social work education: JSWE, Band 59, Heft 1, S. 66-77
ISSN: 2163-5811
In: Social work in mental health: the journal of behavioral and psychiatric social work, Band 12, Heft 2, S. 117-131
ISSN: 1533-2993
In: Human services organizations management, leadership & governance, Band 38, Heft 1, S. 29-43
ISSN: 2330-314X
In: Child & family social work, Band 16, Heft 3, S. 310-324
ISSN: 1365-2206
In: Research on social work practice, Band 29, Heft 3, S. 291-302
ISSN: 1552-7581
Purpose: Adolescent mental health is a public health priority. Considered an early intervention approach, Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) trains adults to provide initial assistance to adolescents experiencing a mental health problem or crisis. This study evaluated the effectiveness of the U.S. version of YMHFA (YMHFA-USA) among graduate social work students. Method: A quasi-experimental design ( N = 73; intervention, n = 39; comparison, n = 34), using the Mental Health Beliefs and Literacy Scale, assessed the effectiveness of YMHFA-USA. Outcomes were measured at pretest, posttest, and 5 months in the intervention group. Differences between groups were compared at 5 months. Results: Statistically significant improvements in attitudes, beliefs, self-confidence, and knowledge were observed among intervention group students. At 5 months, these students had significantly better attitudes and greater knowledge and self-confidence than the comparison group. Conclusion: Results indicate YMHFA-USA may improve factors related to master's level social work students' abilities to engage with youth experiencing mental health problems.
In: Journal of social work education: JSWE, Band 53, Heft 1, S. 118-131
ISSN: 2163-5811