Elizabeth W Lindsey
Biographic Data
| ID | 3804602 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elizabeth W Lindsey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elizabeth W |
| FAMILY NAME | Lindsey |
| SIGNATURE | LINDSEY E W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Promising research and methodological approaches for health behavior research with homeless persons
High-risk health behaviors have high prevalence among homeless persons prompting substantial research on health behavior and behavior change strategies within the population. Previously, much of this research focused solely on the target behavior without consideration of contextual factors that may contribute to the behavior or that may inhibit behavior change. We describe three overlapping trends in homeless health behavior research – longitudin…
Spirituality and Religion in the Lives of Runaway and Homeless Youth
This qualitative study, part of a larger study of resiliency, explores the impact of spirituality on runaway and/or homeless youth. Interviews with 19 former runaway and homeless youth were analyzed to explore their experience of spirituality as they coped with the adversity in their lives. Five themes related to spirituality emerged: a belief in divine intervention; having a personal relationship with a nonjudgmental higher power; use of prayer;…
Intergenerational Effects of Parental Personality and Relationship Traits on Mate Choice Among Gay Male and Lesbian Offspring
Data from 33 lesbian and 54 gay male cohabiting couples were used to examine the relation between parental identification and mate selection. Theories of mate selection and parental identification are reviewed. Effects of gender and sexual orientation as they relate to parental identification and mate selection in gay male and lesbian couples also are reviewed. The results demonstrate significant associations between the similarity of perceived p…
Home-Based Care in Botswana
In this exploratory and descriptive study we investigated the experiences of and impact on young girls and older women caring for family members living with HIV/AIDS and other chronic and terminal illnesses at home in three districts of Botswana. Using qualitative research methods, we conducted 70 interviews with family caregivers and key informants such as community home-based care (CHBC) team members and government officials. Older women report…
From Trauma to Resiliency
This exploratory study presents findings on resiliency development in five former runaway and homeless youth. Subjected to chronic trauma, this unique population lacked the protective factors other studies have associated with resiliency development. Five young women were compared and contrasted in relation to the following questions: what factors promote resiliency in runaway and homeless youth and how are resilient youth differentiated from the…
The North Carolina independent living program
Feminist Issues in Qualitative Research With Formerly Homeless Mothers
This article describes the author's attempts to incorporate feminist principles into a qualitative study of the process of successful restabilization among formerly homeless mother-headed families. It discusses methods for dealing with such issues as the research agenda, epistemology, and ethics, so the credibility and agenda of feminist qualitative research is not compromised, and presents case examples from the author's field journals and trans…
Training Public Assistance Workers in Policy and Interpersonal Helping Skills
Although social work has traditionally been concerned with economically disadvantaged populations, separation of income maintenance and public social services functions in the 1970s resulted in a decrease in social work influence and involvement in public assistance programs. In an effort to incorporate certain social work principles and practices into the public assistance function, a school of social work and a state agency collaborated to deve…
Evaluation of a School—Juvenile Court team approach to delinquency prevention
Evaluating Interpersonal Skills Training for Public Welfare Staff
A week-long in-service training session focused on improving interpersonal helping skills for 116 public welfare staff. The program was evaluated to assess changes in participants' knowledge, skill mastery, and self-perceptions. Results indicate statistically significant gains on use of attending behaviors, reflections, and a global rating of empathy, respect, and genuineness. Discussion centers on the practical significance of the small gains no…
Assessing Social Agency Functions
The assessment of general agency functions is the focus of this manuscript. Initially inventories that may be utilized in the assessment of the relevance and quality of services provided are reviewed. Next, cost benefit analysis is addressed in terms of helping social workers estimate the cost of services provided. The manuscript concludes with a discussion of the issues involved in general agency assessment
Reagan's AFDC Policy Changes
The authors present a study of 207 employed AFDC recipients whose benefits were terminated or reduced by 1981 federal policy changes. Findings report respondents' source of income, household characteristics, employment history, expense patterns, child care, coping and social support strategies, health and health care, and psychosocial outlook on life. The article concludes with the implications of the data on past and for future policy decisions …
The North Carolina independent living program
From Trauma to Resiliency
This exploratory study presents findings on resiliency development in five former runaway and homeless youth. Subjected to chronic trauma, this unique population lacked the protective factors other studies have associated with resiliency development. Five young women were compared and contrasted in relation to the following questions: what factors promote resiliency in runaway and homeless youth and how are resilient youth differentiated from the…
Feminist Issues in Qualitative Research With Formerly Homeless Mothers
This article describes the author's attempts to incorporate feminist principles into a qualitative study of the process of successful restabilization among formerly homeless mother-headed families. It discusses methods for dealing with such issues as the research agenda, epistemology, and ethics, so the credibility and agenda of feminist qualitative research is not compromised, and presents case examples from the author's field journals and trans…
Evaluating Interpersonal Skills Training for Public Welfare Staff
A week-long in-service training session focused on improving interpersonal helping skills for 116 public welfare staff. The program was evaluated to assess changes in participants' knowledge, skill mastery, and self-perceptions. Results indicate statistically significant gains on use of attending behaviors, reflections, and a global rating of empathy, respect, and genuineness. Discussion centers on the practical significance of the small gains no…
Reagan's AFDC Policy Changes
The authors present a study of 207 employed AFDC recipients whose benefits were terminated or reduced by 1981 federal policy changes. Findings report respondents' source of income, household characteristics, employment history, expense patterns, child care, coping and social support strategies, health and health care, and psychosocial outlook on life. The article concludes with the implications of the data on past and for future policy decisions …
Intergenerational Effects of Parental Personality and Relationship Traits on Mate Choice Among Gay Male and Lesbian Offspring
Data from 33 lesbian and 54 gay male cohabiting couples were used to examine the relation between parental identification and mate selection. Theories of mate selection and parental identification are reviewed. Effects of gender and sexual orientation as they relate to parental identification and mate selection in gay male and lesbian couples also are reviewed. The results demonstrate significant associations between the similarity of perceived p…
Training Public Assistance Workers in Policy and Interpersonal Helping Skills
Although social work has traditionally been concerned with economically disadvantaged populations, separation of income maintenance and public social services functions in the 1970s resulted in a decrease in social work influence and involvement in public assistance programs. In an effort to incorporate certain social work principles and practices into the public assistance function, a school of social work and a state agency collaborated to deve…
Assessing Social Agency Functions
The assessment of general agency functions is the focus of this manuscript. Initially inventories that may be utilized in the assessment of the relevance and quality of services provided are reviewed. Next, cost benefit analysis is addressed in terms of helping social workers estimate the cost of services provided. The manuscript concludes with a discussion of the issues involved in general agency assessment
Reagan's AFDC Policy Changes
The authors present a study of 207 employed AFDC recipients whose benefits were terminated or reduced by 1981 federal policy changes. Findings report respondents' source of income, household characteristics, employment history, expense patterns, child care, coping and social support strategies, health and health care, and psychosocial outlook on life. The article concludes with the implications of the data on past and for future policy decisions …
Evaluation of a School—Juvenile Court team approach to delinquency prevention
Evaluating Interpersonal Skills Training for Public Welfare Staff
A week-long in-service training session focused on improving interpersonal helping skills for 116 public welfare staff. The program was evaluated to assess changes in participants' knowledge, skill mastery, and self-perceptions. Results indicate statistically significant gains on use of attending behaviors, reflections, and a global rating of empathy, respect, and genuineness. Discussion centers on the practical significance of the small gains no…
Training Public Assistance Workers in Policy and Interpersonal Helping Skills
Although social work has traditionally been concerned with economically disadvantaged populations, separation of income maintenance and public social services functions in the 1970s resulted in a decrease in social work influence and involvement in public assistance programs. In an effort to incorporate certain social work principles and practices into the public assistance function, a school of social work and a state agency collaborated to deve…
Feminist Issues in Qualitative Research With Formerly Homeless Mothers
This article describes the author's attempts to incorporate feminist principles into a qualitative study of the process of successful restabilization among formerly homeless mother-headed families. It discusses methods for dealing with such issues as the research agenda, epistemology, and ethics, so the credibility and agenda of feminist qualitative research is not compromised, and presents case examples from the author's field journals and trans…
The North Carolina independent living program
From Trauma to Resiliency
This exploratory study presents findings on resiliency development in five former runaway and homeless youth. Subjected to chronic trauma, this unique population lacked the protective factors other studies have associated with resiliency development. Five young women were compared and contrasted in relation to the following questions: what factors promote resiliency in runaway and homeless youth and how are resilient youth differentiated from the…
Home-Based Care in Botswana
In this exploratory and descriptive study we investigated the experiences of and impact on young girls and older women caring for family members living with HIV/AIDS and other chronic and terminal illnesses at home in three districts of Botswana. Using qualitative research methods, we conducted 70 interviews with family caregivers and key informants such as community home-based care (CHBC) team members and government officials. Older women report…
Intergenerational Effects of Parental Personality and Relationship Traits on Mate Choice Among Gay Male and Lesbian Offspring
Data from 33 lesbian and 54 gay male cohabiting couples were used to examine the relation between parental identification and mate selection. Theories of mate selection and parental identification are reviewed. Effects of gender and sexual orientation as they relate to parental identification and mate selection in gay male and lesbian couples also are reviewed. The results demonstrate significant associations between the similarity of perceived p…
Spirituality and Religion in the Lives of Runaway and Homeless Youth
This qualitative study, part of a larger study of resiliency, explores the impact of spirituality on runaway and/or homeless youth. Interviews with 19 former runaway and homeless youth were analyzed to explore their experience of spirituality as they coped with the adversity in their lives. Five themes related to spirituality emerged: a belief in divine intervention; having a personal relationship with a nonjudgmental higher power; use of prayer;…
Promising research and methodological approaches for health behavior research with homeless persons
High-risk health behaviors have high prevalence among homeless persons prompting substantial research on health behavior and behavior change strategies within the population. Previously, much of this research focused solely on the target behavior without consideration of contextual factors that may contribute to the behavior or that may inhibit behavior change. We describe three overlapping trends in homeless health behavior research – longitudin…
Psychology (10 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (5 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works)