James A Rosenthal
Biographic Data
| ID | 137973 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James A Rosenthal |
| GIVEN NAMES | James A |
| FAMILY NAME | Rosenthal |
| SIGNATURE | ROSENTHAL J A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oklahoma |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 291 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 10 |
Kinship Guardianship, Adoption, and Foster Care: Outcomes from a U.S. National Sample
Using data from a national longitudinal survey of children referred to child protective services (NSCAW II), this article compares behavioral, child/caregiver relationship, and school performance outcomes for children residing in kinship and nonkinship settings. Up to three waves of data were gathered for each child. The analysis sample comprises 4,202 children and 10,881 observations. Two sets of regressions were completed. One represents family…
Beyond (and Within) City Limits: Climate Policy in an Intergovernmental System
This analysis explores the role of city-level and state-level variables to explain why some cities make more progress on climate-related policy implementation than others. Using multilevel modeling, we find little support for the influence of state factors on local government leadership among the 812 cities in the dataset, but local government institutional and community variables are strongly associated with climate policy initiatives. We argue …
Educational outcomes for adults formerly in foster care: The role of ethnicity
Placement Stability for Children Adjudicated as Dependent: A Survival Analysis of a State Database
Using survival analysis, this article examines placement stability across a period of approximately 4 years for a sample of 3,089 Oklahoma children adjudicated as dependent in year 2000. Most children experienced few placements, but a minority experienced a large number. Kinship care was more stable than foster family care, particularly for African American children. Older children were at increased risk of subsequent placement. A higher number o…
Health outcomes for adults in family foster care as children: An analysis by ethnicity
Foster children placed with or separated from siblings: Outcomes based on a national sample
Living situation and placement change and children's behavior
Gender and ethnic differences for Hispanic children referred to child protective services
Kinship care and sibling placement: Child behavior, family relationships, and school outcomes
Modeling behavioral problems of children in the child welfare system: Caregiver, youth, and teacher perceptions
Predictors of Child Welfare Worker Retention and Performance: Focus on Title IV-E-Funded Social Work Education
Using administrative records, this paper tracks for up to four years using Cox survival methods the retention of 839 public child welfare workers who began child welfare work in 1999. It also examines, using ordinal logistic regression, supervisory performance evaluations of 382 of these workers. Participation in a IV-E-funded social work educational program predicted better retention. In particular, risk of termination decreased by 52% during th…
Gendered Discourse in the Political Behavior of Adolescents
The roots of adult civic and political participation originate in pre-adult experiences (Verba et al. 1995) and high school extracurricular activities offer students opportunities to develop interpersonal and leadership skills. In this research, we ask whether adolescents also learn gendered norms of political discourse through extracurricular activities. This project assessed gender differences in participation at the 1999 Model United Nations o…
Preparing for Elite Political Participation Simulations and the Political Socialization of Adolescents
Objective . We ask: How do socialization experiences shape adolescent perceptions of and the performance of gender in political leadership roles? We examine a political simulation, Model United Nations, which attracts academically motivated students aspiring to elite roles in politics and government. Methods . Using observational and survey data, we explore adolescent behavior in the simulation as both a learning experience and as a reflection of…
Pragmatic Concepts and Tools for Data Interpretation: A Balanced Model
This paper takes as its premise that some of the schism between practice and researchin social work derives from the failure of statistics and research courses to provide straightforward guidelines and tools for data interpretation. Particular attention is directed to the paucity of tools presented for assessing strength of association. The failure to provide appropriate tools invites misinterpretation and misunderstanding; specifically,students …
Services for families adopting children via public child welfare agencies: Use, helpfulness, and need
Qualitative Descriptors of Strength of Association and Effect Size
Cohen's (1988) work in power analysis connects values of r and d(difference in means in standard deviation units) with the qualitative descriptors small, medium, and large. This paper discusses the pros and cons of using qualitative (nonmathematical) descriptors of strength of association and effect size in data interpretation. It proposes an extension of Cohen's classification scheme through the addition of a “very large” descriptive category. T…
Reliability and social work research
The conventional practice in social work research is to recommend a level of reliability close to .80 as a minimum standard. This article contends that needed reliability varies by situation. In some situations, particularly ones in which important decisions about individuals are being made, .90 provides a better standard. In other situations, for example, in descriptive survey research with large samples, levels of reliability much lower than .8…
Outcomes of Adoption of Children with Special Needs
Prior to 1970, most children with who could not live at home would not have been considered for adoption and would therefore have grown up in out-of-home placement. The term special needs refers to barriers--older age, developmental problem, physical disability, behavioral problem, need for sibling group placement-that delay or prevent timely placement in an adoptive home. On balance, adoption outcomes for children with are distinctly positive. A…
Behavioral problems of special needs adopted children
Comparative Impacts of Alternatives to Adolescent Placement
The impacts of day treatment and family treatment as alternatives to adolescent placement are assessed in a longitudinal, quasi-experimental study. The development of the day treatment and family treatment programs greatly reduced the number of adolescent placements by a public county welfare agency. Substantial cost savings were associated with family treatment. Post-intervention delinquency rates, relative to pre-intervention rates, were lowest…
Race, Social Class, and Special Needs Adoption
Journal Article Race, Social Class, and Special Needs Adoption Get access James A. Rosenthal, James A. Rosenthal James A. Rosenthal, PhD, is Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Oklahoma, Rhyne Hall, 1005 Jenkins Avenue, Norman, OK 73019. Victor Groze, PhD, is Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Iowa, Iowa City. Herman Curiel, PhD, ACSW, is Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Oklaho…
Special-Needs Adoption: A Study of Intact Families
Seven hundred ninety-nine parents who adopted children with special needs responded to a mailed questionnaire probing child behavior, parent-child relationship, school performance, helpfulness of social work and other services, and the impact of the adoption on the family. About three-quarters of the parents reported positive impact; most were also positive in their assessments of social work services. Latency-age and adolescent adoptees, but not…
Parents' views of adoption disruption
Predictors of special needs adoption disruption: An exploratory study
Impacts of alternatives to out-of-home placement: A quasi-experimental study
Special-Needs Adoption: A Study of Intact Families
Seven hundred ninety-nine parents who adopted children with special needs responded to a mailed questionnaire probing child behavior, parent-child relationship, school performance, helpfulness of social work and other services, and the impact of the adoption on the family. About three-quarters of the parents reported positive impact; most were also positive in their assessments of social work services. Latency-age and adolescent adoptees, but not…
Outcomes of Adoption of Children with Special Needs
Prior to 1970, most children with who could not live at home would not have been considered for adoption and would therefore have grown up in out-of-home placement. The term special needs refers to barriers--older age, developmental problem, physical disability, behavioral problem, need for sibling group placement-that delay or prevent timely placement in an adoptive home. On balance, adoption outcomes for children with are distinctly positive. A…
Qualitative Descriptors of Strength of Association and Effect Size
Cohen's (1988) work in power analysis connects values of r and d(difference in means in standard deviation units) with the qualitative descriptors small, medium, and large. This paper discusses the pros and cons of using qualitative (nonmathematical) descriptors of strength of association and effect size in data interpretation. It proposes an extension of Cohen's classification scheme through the addition of a “very large” descriptive category. T…
Kinship care and sibling placement: Child behavior, family relationships, and school outcomes
Predictors of special needs adoption disruption: An exploratory study
Foster children placed with or separated from siblings: Outcomes based on a national sample
Modeling behavioral problems of children in the child welfare system: Caregiver, youth, and teacher perceptions
Race, Social Class, and Special Needs Adoption
Journal Article Race, Social Class, and Special Needs Adoption Get access James A. Rosenthal, James A. Rosenthal James A. Rosenthal, PhD, is Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Oklahoma, Rhyne Hall, 1005 Jenkins Avenue, Norman, OK 73019. Victor Groze, PhD, is Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Iowa, Iowa City. Herman Curiel, PhD, ACSW, is Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Oklaho…
Gendered Discourse in the Political Behavior of Adolescents
The roots of adult civic and political participation originate in pre-adult experiences (Verba et al. 1995) and high school extracurricular activities offer students opportunities to develop interpersonal and leadership skills. In this research, we ask whether adolescents also learn gendered norms of political discourse through extracurricular activities. This project assessed gender differences in participation at the 1999 Model United Nations o…
Predictors of Child Welfare Worker Retention and Performance: Focus on Title IV-E-Funded Social Work Education
Using administrative records, this paper tracks for up to four years using Cox survival methods the retention of 839 public child welfare workers who began child welfare work in 1999. It also examines, using ordinal logistic regression, supervisory performance evaluations of 382 of these workers. Participation in a IV-E-funded social work educational program predicted better retention. In particular, risk of termination decreased by 52% during th…
Educational outcomes for adults formerly in foster care: The role of ethnicity
Services for families adopting children via public child welfare agencies: Use, helpfulness, and need
Parents' views of adoption disruption
Gender and ethnic differences for Hispanic children referred to child protective services
Behavioral problems of special needs adopted children
Preparing for Elite Political Participation Simulations and the Political Socialization of Adolescents
Objective . We ask: How do socialization experiences shape adolescent perceptions of and the performance of gender in political leadership roles? We examine a political simulation, Model United Nations, which attracts academically motivated students aspiring to elite roles in politics and government. Methods . Using observational and survey data, we explore adolescent behavior in the simulation as both a learning experience and as a reflection of…
Health outcomes for adults in family foster care as children: An analysis by ethnicity
Beyond (and Within) City Limits: Climate Policy in an Intergovernmental System
This analysis explores the role of city-level and state-level variables to explain why some cities make more progress on climate-related policy implementation than others. Using multilevel modeling, we find little support for the influence of state factors on local government leadership among the 812 cities in the dataset, but local government institutional and community variables are strongly associated with climate policy initiatives. We argue …
Living situation and placement change and children's behavior
Reliability and social work research
The conventional practice in social work research is to recommend a level of reliability close to .80 as a minimum standard. This article contends that needed reliability varies by situation. In some situations, particularly ones in which important decisions about individuals are being made, .90 provides a better standard. In other situations, for example, in descriptive survey research with large samples, levels of reliability much lower than .8…
Impacts of Bilingual Education on Secondary School Grades, Attendance, Retentions and Drop-Out
Junior high and high school academic performance of two groups of students were compared in a quasi-experimental study. The experimental group students (N = 86) had received one or more years of bilingual instruction at the elementary level while the control group students (N = 90) had not participated in an elementary bilingual program. While differences in grade-point average (GPA) and absenteeism were small, the bilinguals were less likely to …
Impacts of alternatives to out-of-home placement: A quasi-experimental study
Impacts of Bilingual Education on Secondary School Grades, Attendance, Retentions and Drop-Out
Junior high and high school academic performance of two groups of students were compared in a quasi-experimental study. The experimental group students (N = 86) had received one or more years of bilingual instruction at the elementary level while the control group students (N = 90) had not participated in an elementary bilingual program. While differences in grade-point average (GPA) and absenteeism were small, the bilinguals were less likely to …
Parents' views of adoption disruption
Predictors of special needs adoption disruption: An exploratory study
Comparative Impacts of Alternatives to Adolescent Placement
The impacts of day treatment and family treatment as alternatives to adolescent placement are assessed in a longitudinal, quasi-experimental study. The development of the day treatment and family treatment programs greatly reduced the number of adolescent placements by a public county welfare agency. Substantial cost savings were associated with family treatment. Post-intervention delinquency rates, relative to pre-intervention rates, were lowest…
Race, Social Class, and Special Needs Adoption
Journal Article Race, Social Class, and Special Needs Adoption Get access James A. Rosenthal, James A. Rosenthal James A. Rosenthal, PhD, is Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Oklahoma, Rhyne Hall, 1005 Jenkins Avenue, Norman, OK 73019. Victor Groze, PhD, is Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Iowa, Iowa City. Herman Curiel, PhD, ACSW, is Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Oklaho…
Special-Needs Adoption: A Study of Intact Families
Seven hundred ninety-nine parents who adopted children with special needs responded to a mailed questionnaire probing child behavior, parent-child relationship, school performance, helpfulness of social work and other services, and the impact of the adoption on the family. About three-quarters of the parents reported positive impact; most were also positive in their assessments of social work services. Latency-age and adolescent adoptees, but not…
Behavioral problems of special needs adopted children
Outcomes of Adoption of Children with Special Needs
Prior to 1970, most children with who could not live at home would not have been considered for adoption and would therefore have grown up in out-of-home placement. The term special needs refers to barriers--older age, developmental problem, physical disability, behavioral problem, need for sibling group placement-that delay or prevent timely placement in an adoptive home. On balance, adoption outcomes for children with are distinctly positive. A…
Reliability and social work research
The conventional practice in social work research is to recommend a level of reliability close to .80 as a minimum standard. This article contends that needed reliability varies by situation. In some situations, particularly ones in which important decisions about individuals are being made, .90 provides a better standard. In other situations, for example, in descriptive survey research with large samples, levels of reliability much lower than .8…
Services for families adopting children via public child welfare agencies: Use, helpfulness, and need
Qualitative Descriptors of Strength of Association and Effect Size
Cohen's (1988) work in power analysis connects values of r and d(difference in means in standard deviation units) with the qualitative descriptors small, medium, and large. This paper discusses the pros and cons of using qualitative (nonmathematical) descriptors of strength of association and effect size in data interpretation. It proposes an extension of Cohen's classification scheme through the addition of a “very large” descriptive category. T…
Pragmatic Concepts and Tools for Data Interpretation: A Balanced Model
This paper takes as its premise that some of the schism between practice and researchin social work derives from the failure of statistics and research courses to provide straightforward guidelines and tools for data interpretation. Particular attention is directed to the paucity of tools presented for assessing strength of association. The failure to provide appropriate tools invites misinterpretation and misunderstanding; specifically,students …
Preparing for Elite Political Participation Simulations and the Political Socialization of Adolescents
Objective . We ask: How do socialization experiences shape adolescent perceptions of and the performance of gender in political leadership roles? We examine a political simulation, Model United Nations, which attracts academically motivated students aspiring to elite roles in politics and government. Methods . Using observational and survey data, we explore adolescent behavior in the simulation as both a learning experience and as a reflection of…
Gendered Discourse in the Political Behavior of Adolescents
The roots of adult civic and political participation originate in pre-adult experiences (Verba et al. 1995) and high school extracurricular activities offer students opportunities to develop interpersonal and leadership skills. In this research, we ask whether adolescents also learn gendered norms of political discourse through extracurricular activities. This project assessed gender differences in participation at the 1999 Model United Nations o…
Modeling behavioral problems of children in the child welfare system: Caregiver, youth, and teacher perceptions
Predictors of Child Welfare Worker Retention and Performance: Focus on Title IV-E-Funded Social Work Education
Using administrative records, this paper tracks for up to four years using Cox survival methods the retention of 839 public child welfare workers who began child welfare work in 1999. It also examines, using ordinal logistic regression, supervisory performance evaluations of 382 of these workers. Participation in a IV-E-funded social work educational program predicted better retention. In particular, risk of termination decreased by 52% during th…
Gender and ethnic differences for Hispanic children referred to child protective services
Kinship care and sibling placement: Child behavior, family relationships, and school outcomes
Living situation and placement change and children's behavior
Placement Stability for Children Adjudicated as Dependent: A Survival Analysis of a State Database
Using survival analysis, this article examines placement stability across a period of approximately 4 years for a sample of 3,089 Oklahoma children adjudicated as dependent in year 2000. Most children experienced few placements, but a minority experienced a large number. Kinship care was more stable than foster family care, particularly for African American children. Older children were at increased risk of subsequent placement. A higher number o…
Health outcomes for adults in family foster care as children: An analysis by ethnicity
Foster children placed with or separated from siblings: Outcomes based on a national sample
Educational outcomes for adults formerly in foster care: The role of ethnicity
Beyond (and Within) City Limits: Climate Policy in an Intergovernmental System
This analysis explores the role of city-level and state-level variables to explain why some cities make more progress on climate-related policy implementation than others. Using multilevel modeling, we find little support for the influence of state factors on local government leadership among the 812 cities in the dataset, but local government institutional and community variables are strongly associated with climate policy initiatives. We argue …
Psychology (25 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (18 works) · Developmental psychology (15 works) · Medicine (13 works) · Political science (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Foster care (9 works) · Nursing (9 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works)