James A Hall
Biographic Data
| ID | 3711285 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James A Hall |
| GIVEN NAMES | James A |
| FAMILY NAME | Hall |
| SIGNATURE | HALL J A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Iowa |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6903-4135 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 29 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1926 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Parenting Engagement in Foster Care Placement Stability and Permanency
Objective: Child welfare services predominately engage mothers, who typically are the primary caregivers of the children. Research on engaging fathers—or fathers and mothers together—in child welfare is limited. This study evaluates engagement of both mothers and fathers in case management services for out-of-home child welfare cases to better understand patterns and quality of parental engagement and the effect of engagement on permanency and st…
Advancing the innovation of family meeting models
Effective workload management in child welfare
A common assumption in public social service organizations is that workload may be positively associated with caseload. However, few empirical studies have examined what specific characteristics of caseload affect caseworkers' workloads in the child welfare system. This study attempts to address this gap by identifying specific individual and regional factors that influence both subjective and objective dimensions of workloads. Survey data were c…
Studying process in a Title IV-E waiver evaluation project
A Midwestern state’s child welfare agency contracted with a university to evaluate a 5-year Title IV-E Waiver Demonstration Project. As part of the process study, evaluators employed case study analysis to investigate Waiver knowledge and effects as reported by Regional and Executive Managers across 4 years of the demonstration period. Data from 78 interviews reveal enhanced levels of manager–evaluator rapport and integrated Waiver knowledge acro…
Effects of case characteristics on teamwork in family meetings
Little empirical research has examined the effects of case characteristics on high‐quality teamwork within family meetings in child welfare. We attempted to fill this gap using 497 child welfare cases in a Midwestern state in the United States. We found that overall teamwork was negatively associated with domestic violence, frequent placement moves, and a permanency plan of adoption, whereas teamwork was positively associated with the length of i…
Utilization of Concrete Services in Child Welfare
Concrete services are goods and services, such as rent, utilities, healthcare, or other tangible services, that are purchased directly by child welfare agencies to help support the short-term needs of a family. Practice wisdom in social work details the importance of meeting basic needs in order for clients to be able to concentrate on completing the case plan. Some literature has mentioned the importance of concrete services for child welfare pr…
Improving child welfare services with family team meetings
Substance Abuse Treatment Outcomes for Adolescents With Violent Behaviors
The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether substance-abusing adolescents with co-occurring violent behaviors showed reduction in these behaviors after exposure to outpatient drug treatment. Using a longitudinal research design, adolescents were classified based on 3 levels of the violence reported at intake and were assessed at 3 and 6 months following intake. The high-violence group showed significant reductions in the frequency of substa…
Stress and Traumatic Stress
The purpose of this research was to evaluate the relationship between past traumatic events and the level of current traumatic stress among mothers experiencing homelessness. The data for this study were gathered from 75 homeless mothers between May 2006 and October 2006 using a cross-sectional survey design with purposive sampling. All mothers were interviewed in a face-to-face, semistructured interview format using standardized questionnaires a…
Iowa Case Management for Rural Drug Abuse
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this research was to evaluate the effectiveness of a comprehensive, strengths-based model of case management for clients in drug abuse treatment. METHOD: 503 volunteers from residential or intensive outpatient treatment were randomly assigned to one of three conditions of Iowa Case Management (ICM) plus treatment as usual (TAU), or to a fourth condition of TAU only. All were assessed at intake and followed at 3, 6, and 1…
Parenting Style and Adolescent Clinical Severity
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between authoritative, authoritarian, indulgent, and neglectful parenting, and clinical severity of adolescent substance abuse. Data were examined from 2 substance abuse treatment outcome studies: the Cannabis Youth Treatment (CYT) study and Project Iowa SCY. In both studies, authoritative parenting was associated with less parent-reported substance problem severity compared to neglectful …
Clinical Outcomes of Traumatized Youth in Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of outpatient substance abuse treatment for youth with high traumatic stress compared to youth without high traumatic stress in substance abuse treatment centers across the United States. The data for this study were gathered using a longitudinal survey design with purposive sampling from nine drug treatment delivery systems across the United States participating in the cooperative grant…
Substance Abuse Treatment with Rural Adolescents
This study compared the characteristics and treatment outcomes of rural adolescents with urban adolescents in substance abuse treatment programs in CSAT's Strengthening Communities for Youth (SCY) initiative. Using data from ten SCY programs nationally, the authors classified adolescents as rural or urban using Rural-Urban Commuting Area (RUCA) codes. We then evaluated changes in substance use frequency and substance-related problems at three, si…
Strengths-Oriented Family Therapy for Adolescents with Substance Abuse Problems
Journal Article Strengths-Oriented Family Therapy for Adolescents with Substance Abuse Problems Get access Douglas C. Smith, PhD, LMSW, Douglas C. Smith, PhD, LMSW assistant research scientist Department of Pediatrics, Social Work, Public Health and Nursing, University of Iowa, Iowa City Address correspondence to Douglas C. Smith, Institute for Strengthening Communities, M304 Oakdale Hall, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242; e-mail: douglas…
Cost-Effectiveness of Case Management in Substance Abuse Treatment
Objective: The purpose of this study, which is part of a larger clinical trial, was to examine the cost-effectiveness of case management for individuals treated for substance abuse in a residential setting. Method: Clients who agreed to participate were randomly assigned to one of four study groups. Two groups received face-to-face case management and one telecommunication case management, and the fourth was the control group. Results: Using a ra…
Psychometric Evaluation of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Childhood Diagnoses (KID-SCID)
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reliability and validity of selected modules of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (KID-SCID, Version 1.0). The Disruptive Behavior Disorders (i.e., ADHD, ODD, CD) and Substance Related Disorders modules of the KID-SCID were administered to 50 adolescents receiving residential treatment for substance abuse and severe behavioral problems. This study examined available evidence for inter-rater…
A Comparison of Computer-Based Versus Pencil-and-Paper Assessment of Drug Use
Objective: This randomized trial explores whether client responses to a structured interview differed when the interview was administered using a paper instrument or a computer. Method: 100 clients in substance abuse treatment were randomly assigned to undergo a comprehensive clinical assessment by either standard pencil-and-paper interview or computer-assisted interview. The reported use of drugs and incidence of drug-related problems were compa…
Advanced Group Treatment for Developmentally Disabled Adults with Social Skill Deficits
Objective This social work research evaluates the effectiveness of an advanced, experimental treatment program for improving social skills with 6 developmentally disabled adults in a vocational training project. Method The effectiveness of the group treatment program was evaluated using multiple baseline designs replicated for 6 participants across six social skills. The intervention was developed in a previous study, and the skills were selected…
Social Skills Training in Groups with Developmentally Disabled Adults
This first of two social work studies with developmentally disabled adults evaluates the effectiveness of a social skills training package in a replication of Bales (1980). Two groups of four trainees from vocational training programs were organized at two sites, respectively (n = 8). Both groups received a 12-session training package designed to improve social skills in four domains. A multiple baseline design across skills was used to evaluate …
Caribbean cruise tourism
Practice with Mentally Retarded Adults as an Adjunct to Vocational Training
MENTALLY RETARDED individuals,as well as most developmentally disabled persons, have been an unattractive population to most social workers. Where-as the desired client is young, attractive, verbal, intelligent, and success oriented, the mentally retarded person may Jack several of these qualities. Thus, if a men-tally retarded person is assigned to a social worker's caseload, the worker's response is likely to be negative. In all fairness, howev…
Pseudo‐Objectivety as a Defense Mechanism
Behavior Modification
Group Training in Marital Communication
Stanley L. Witkin, Jeffrey L. Edleson, Sheldon D. Rose, James A. Hall, Group Training in Marital Communication: A Comparative Study, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 45, No. 3 (Aug., 1983), pp. 661-669
Polanyi and Jungian Psychology
Effects of case characteristics on teamwork in family meetings
Little empirical research has examined the effects of case characteristics on high‐quality teamwork within family meetings in child welfare. We attempted to fill this gap using 497 child welfare cases in a Midwestern state in the United States. We found that overall teamwork was negatively associated with domestic violence, frequent placement moves, and a permanency plan of adoption, whereas teamwork was positively associated with the length of i…
Improving child welfare services with family team meetings
Stress and Traumatic Stress
The purpose of this research was to evaluate the relationship between past traumatic events and the level of current traumatic stress among mothers experiencing homelessness. The data for this study were gathered from 75 homeless mothers between May 2006 and October 2006 using a cross-sectional survey design with purposive sampling. All mothers were interviewed in a face-to-face, semistructured interview format using standardized questionnaires a…
Advancing the innovation of family meeting models
Cost-Effectiveness of Case Management in Substance Abuse Treatment
Objective: The purpose of this study, which is part of a larger clinical trial, was to examine the cost-effectiveness of case management for individuals treated for substance abuse in a residential setting. Method: Clients who agreed to participate were randomly assigned to one of four study groups. Two groups received face-to-face case management and one telecommunication case management, and the fourth was the control group. Results: Using a ra…
Social Skills Training in Groups with Developmentally Disabled Adults
This first of two social work studies with developmentally disabled adults evaluates the effectiveness of a social skills training package in a replication of Bales (1980). Two groups of four trainees from vocational training programs were organized at two sites, respectively (n = 8). Both groups received a 12-session training package designed to improve social skills in four domains. A multiple baseline design across skills was used to evaluate …
Caribbean cruise tourism
Iowa Case Management for Rural Drug Abuse
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this research was to evaluate the effectiveness of a comprehensive, strengths-based model of case management for clients in drug abuse treatment. METHOD: 503 volunteers from residential or intensive outpatient treatment were randomly assigned to one of three conditions of Iowa Case Management (ICM) plus treatment as usual (TAU), or to a fourth condition of TAU only. All were assessed at intake and followed at 3, 6, and 1…
Parenting Engagement in Foster Care Placement Stability and Permanency
Objective: Child welfare services predominately engage mothers, who typically are the primary caregivers of the children. Research on engaging fathers—or fathers and mothers together—in child welfare is limited. This study evaluates engagement of both mothers and fathers in case management services for out-of-home child welfare cases to better understand patterns and quality of parental engagement and the effect of engagement on permanency and st…
Effective workload management in child welfare
A common assumption in public social service organizations is that workload may be positively associated with caseload. However, few empirical studies have examined what specific characteristics of caseload affect caseworkers' workloads in the child welfare system. This study attempts to address this gap by identifying specific individual and regional factors that influence both subjective and objective dimensions of workloads. Survey data were c…
Utilization of Concrete Services in Child Welfare
Concrete services are goods and services, such as rent, utilities, healthcare, or other tangible services, that are purchased directly by child welfare agencies to help support the short-term needs of a family. Practice wisdom in social work details the importance of meeting basic needs in order for clients to be able to concentrate on completing the case plan. Some literature has mentioned the importance of concrete services for child welfare pr…
Strengths-Oriented Family Therapy for Adolescents with Substance Abuse Problems
Journal Article Strengths-Oriented Family Therapy for Adolescents with Substance Abuse Problems Get access Douglas C. Smith, PhD, LMSW, Douglas C. Smith, PhD, LMSW assistant research scientist Department of Pediatrics, Social Work, Public Health and Nursing, University of Iowa, Iowa City Address correspondence to Douglas C. Smith, Institute for Strengthening Communities, M304 Oakdale Hall, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242; e-mail: douglas…
Advanced Group Treatment for Developmentally Disabled Adults with Social Skill Deficits
Objective This social work research evaluates the effectiveness of an advanced, experimental treatment program for improving social skills with 6 developmentally disabled adults in a vocational training project. Method The effectiveness of the group treatment program was evaluated using multiple baseline designs replicated for 6 participants across six social skills. The intervention was developed in a previous study, and the skills were selected…
Practice with Mentally Retarded Adults as an Adjunct to Vocational Training
MENTALLY RETARDED individuals,as well as most developmentally disabled persons, have been an unattractive population to most social workers. Where-as the desired client is young, attractive, verbal, intelligent, and success oriented, the mentally retarded person may Jack several of these qualities. Thus, if a men-tally retarded person is assigned to a social worker's caseload, the worker's response is likely to be negative. In all fairness, howev…
Industry and Civilization
Religious images in dreams
Jung in Context
Religious Symbols in Dreams of Analytical Patients
My purpose has been to call attention to the special meanings of religious images in dreams. It is neither possible nor desirable to make rigid rules as to their interpretation; some basic guidelines, however, may be helpful. For religious images that are active and meaningful in the conscious mind of the dreamer, interpretation may be unnecessary, since they may appear in such a way as to modify other contents of the psyche. If the consciously a…
Polanyi and Jungian Psychology
Group Training in Marital Communication
Stanley L. Witkin, Jeffrey L. Edleson, Sheldon D. Rose, James A. Hall, Group Training in Marital Communication: A Comparative Study, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 45, No. 3 (Aug., 1983), pp. 661-669
Pseudo‐Objectivety as a Defense Mechanism
Behavior Modification
Practice with Mentally Retarded Adults as an Adjunct to Vocational Training
MENTALLY RETARDED individuals,as well as most developmentally disabled persons, have been an unattractive population to most social workers. Where-as the desired client is young, attractive, verbal, intelligent, and success oriented, the mentally retarded person may Jack several of these qualities. Thus, if a men-tally retarded person is assigned to a social worker's caseload, the worker's response is likely to be negative. In all fairness, howev…
Caribbean cruise tourism
Social Skills Training in Groups with Developmentally Disabled Adults
This first of two social work studies with developmentally disabled adults evaluates the effectiveness of a social skills training package in a replication of Bales (1980). Two groups of four trainees from vocational training programs were organized at two sites, respectively (n = 8). Both groups received a 12-session training package designed to improve social skills in four domains. A multiple baseline design across skills was used to evaluate …
Advanced Group Treatment for Developmentally Disabled Adults with Social Skill Deficits
Objective This social work research evaluates the effectiveness of an advanced, experimental treatment program for improving social skills with 6 developmentally disabled adults in a vocational training project. Method The effectiveness of the group treatment program was evaluated using multiple baseline designs replicated for 6 participants across six social skills. The intervention was developed in a previous study, and the skills were selected…
A Comparison of Computer-Based Versus Pencil-and-Paper Assessment of Drug Use
Objective: This randomized trial explores whether client responses to a structured interview differed when the interview was administered using a paper instrument or a computer. Method: 100 clients in substance abuse treatment were randomly assigned to undergo a comprehensive clinical assessment by either standard pencil-and-paper interview or computer-assisted interview. The reported use of drugs and incidence of drug-related problems were compa…
Cost-Effectiveness of Case Management in Substance Abuse Treatment
Objective: The purpose of this study, which is part of a larger clinical trial, was to examine the cost-effectiveness of case management for individuals treated for substance abuse in a residential setting. Method: Clients who agreed to participate were randomly assigned to one of four study groups. Two groups received face-to-face case management and one telecommunication case management, and the fourth was the control group. Results: Using a ra…
Psychometric Evaluation of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Childhood Diagnoses (KID-SCID)
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reliability and validity of selected modules of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (KID-SCID, Version 1.0). The Disruptive Behavior Disorders (i.e., ADHD, ODD, CD) and Substance Related Disorders modules of the KID-SCID were administered to 50 adolescents receiving residential treatment for substance abuse and severe behavioral problems. This study examined available evidence for inter-rater…
Parenting Style and Adolescent Clinical Severity
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between authoritative, authoritarian, indulgent, and neglectful parenting, and clinical severity of adolescent substance abuse. Data were examined from 2 substance abuse treatment outcome studies: the Cannabis Youth Treatment (CYT) study and Project Iowa SCY. In both studies, authoritative parenting was associated with less parent-reported substance problem severity compared to neglectful …
Clinical Outcomes of Traumatized Youth in Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of outpatient substance abuse treatment for youth with high traumatic stress compared to youth without high traumatic stress in substance abuse treatment centers across the United States. The data for this study were gathered using a longitudinal survey design with purposive sampling from nine drug treatment delivery systems across the United States participating in the cooperative grant…
Substance Abuse Treatment with Rural Adolescents
This study compared the characteristics and treatment outcomes of rural adolescents with urban adolescents in substance abuse treatment programs in CSAT's Strengthening Communities for Youth (SCY) initiative. Using data from ten SCY programs nationally, the authors classified adolescents as rural or urban using Rural-Urban Commuting Area (RUCA) codes. We then evaluated changes in substance use frequency and substance-related problems at three, si…
Strengths-Oriented Family Therapy for Adolescents with Substance Abuse Problems
Journal Article Strengths-Oriented Family Therapy for Adolescents with Substance Abuse Problems Get access Douglas C. Smith, PhD, LMSW, Douglas C. Smith, PhD, LMSW assistant research scientist Department of Pediatrics, Social Work, Public Health and Nursing, University of Iowa, Iowa City Address correspondence to Douglas C. Smith, Institute for Strengthening Communities, M304 Oakdale Hall, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242; e-mail: douglas…
Stress and Traumatic Stress
The purpose of this research was to evaluate the relationship between past traumatic events and the level of current traumatic stress among mothers experiencing homelessness. The data for this study were gathered from 75 homeless mothers between May 2006 and October 2006 using a cross-sectional survey design with purposive sampling. All mothers were interviewed in a face-to-face, semistructured interview format using standardized questionnaires a…
Iowa Case Management for Rural Drug Abuse
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this research was to evaluate the effectiveness of a comprehensive, strengths-based model of case management for clients in drug abuse treatment. METHOD: 503 volunteers from residential or intensive outpatient treatment were randomly assigned to one of three conditions of Iowa Case Management (ICM) plus treatment as usual (TAU), or to a fourth condition of TAU only. All were assessed at intake and followed at 3, 6, and 1…
Substance Abuse Treatment Outcomes for Adolescents With Violent Behaviors
The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether substance-abusing adolescents with co-occurring violent behaviors showed reduction in these behaviors after exposure to outpatient drug treatment. Using a longitudinal research design, adolescents were classified based on 3 levels of the violence reported at intake and were assessed at 3 and 6 months following intake. The high-violence group showed significant reductions in the frequency of substa…
Improving child welfare services with family team meetings
Utilization of Concrete Services in Child Welfare
Concrete services are goods and services, such as rent, utilities, healthcare, or other tangible services, that are purchased directly by child welfare agencies to help support the short-term needs of a family. Practice wisdom in social work details the importance of meeting basic needs in order for clients to be able to concentrate on completing the case plan. Some literature has mentioned the importance of concrete services for child welfare pr…
Studying process in a Title IV-E waiver evaluation project
A Midwestern state’s child welfare agency contracted with a university to evaluate a 5-year Title IV-E Waiver Demonstration Project. As part of the process study, evaluators employed case study analysis to investigate Waiver knowledge and effects as reported by Regional and Executive Managers across 4 years of the demonstration period. Data from 78 interviews reveal enhanced levels of manager–evaluator rapport and integrated Waiver knowledge acro…
Psychology (25 works) · Medicine (15 works) · Psychiatry (11 works) · Clinical Psychology (9 works) · Developmental psychology (9 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (9 works) · Substance abuse (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works)