Roni Berger
Biographic Data
| ID | 3809717 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Roni Berger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Roni |
| FAMILY NAME | Berger |
| SIGNATURE | BERGER R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Adelphi University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7757-2216 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 402 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Social Alienation and Psychological Distress in Israeli Adolescents
The Impact of Social Determinants of Health on the Identification and Outcomes of Depression in Primary Care
Social determinants of health (SDOH) may significantly impact treatment outcomes for depression in primary care. An analysis of patients in collaborative care was conducted to explore the association between SDOH and depression baseline scores and treatment outcomes as assessed by the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ9). Although individuals’ baseline PHQ9 scores did not differ by SDOH flag, there was a direct effect of SDOH on PHQ9 reduction r…
Flourishing in Palestinian Israeli and Jewish Israeli Adolescents
Pedagogy vs. Technology
Similar to all academic disciplines, the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in social work has grown exponentially in both scope and volume during recent decades. Until the COVID 19 crisis, main driving forces were the growing demand for higher education, constant evolving of innovative technologies, cost effectiveness, and accessibility that it offers to those who are not able to benefit from traditional face to face classes b…
Margaret Aston, Tricia Hazeleger and Desley Hargreaves, Social work and disasters
Reflective Practices for Engaging in Trauma-Informed Culturally Competent Supervision
Race, ethnicity, and culture are critical components that affect and shape the supervisory relationship, yet literature about ways to acknowledge and actively engage them from a trauma-informed approach has been limited. To enhance the discussion of this issue, this article first reviews leading theoretical aspects of supervision designed to train practitioners in the field of mental health, followed by a discussion of race, ethnicity, and cultur…
Study Abroad in Social Work Education
Schools of social work are increasingly offering study abroad courses as a strategy for enhancing future practitioners’ knowledge and skills in serving individuals and families of diverse sociocultural backgrounds. Literature relative to such educational initiatives has focused on the characteristics, motivations, and outcomes for students and faculty; challenges and strategies to address them; different formats of course delivery; and, to a limi…
Challenges and Strategies in Social Work and Social Welfare PhD Education
A major task of social work doctoral programs is preparing the next generation of researchers and educators in the profession. To develop competence in generating new knowledge relevant to social work practice and disseminating it to future practitioners, doctoral candidates need to master a broad and complicated set of theoretical, empirical, and pedagogical knowledge and skills. Acquiring the relevant information and capabilities is a demanding…
Teaching cultural aspects of trauma practice in a study abroad immersion course
Advantages, phases, challenges, and strategies related to the process and procedures involved in planning, implementing, and evaluating study abroad programs, and addressing emergencies have been discussed as being issues in teaching trauma and diversity content. However, very little has been written about study abroad programs dedicated to specific topics and no studies address teaching trauma content by means of international immersion courses.…
Now I see it, now I don't
This article addresses potential effects on reflexivity of researcher's social position (e.g. gender, age, race, immigration status, sexual orientation), personal experiences, and political and professional beliefs. Because reflexivity is a major strategy for quality control in qualitative research, understanding how it may be impacted by the characteristics and experiences of the researcher is of paramount importance. Benefits and challenges to …
Immigrant Women Tell Their Stories
“I felt like an alien who fell down to earth, not understanding the rules of the game, making all the possible mistakes, saying all the wrong things.” “Your whole life is in the hands of other people who do not always mean well and there is nothing you can do about it. They can decide to send you away and you have no control.” “The moment I enter the house, I shelve my American self and become the 'little obedient wife' that my husband wants me t…
Incorporating EBP in Field Education
To effectively provide social work students with the knowledge and skills necessary for practicing from an evidence-based practice (EBP) perspective, relevant training in the field internship component of the professional education is crucial. Based on previous research, practice experience, and anecdotal information, in this article the author outlines challenges to helping students integrate what they learn about EBP in class into their field e…
Embryo Relinquishment for Family Building
This article discusses two competing conceptualisations of the relinquishment of unused cryopreserved embryos for family building, as either ‘embryo donation’ or ‘embryo adoption’. The evidence on how embryo relinquishment is conceptualised, and the views, experiences, and perceptions of fertility patients with unused cryopreserved embryos, are examined by reviewing 41 English-language research papers published between 1995 and 2010 located by me…
Field education in international social work
A critical review of current knowledge about international field education yielded four main conclusions. First, an unresolved debate exists relating to the meaning of international social work (ISW). Second, various motives drive students, faculty and professionals to participate in ISW. Third, developing a curriculum for ISW presents unique challenges. Fourth, four competing models of international field placement exist: (1) Independent/one-tim…
From Research to Practice
The Experience of Abused Women With Their Children's Law Guardians
In-depth unstructured interviews are conducted with previously abused divorced mothers about their experience with law guardians of their children. Interviews are transcribed and their content analyzed using ATLAS.ti software. Nine themes clustered in the following three groups emerge: perceived performance of law guardians; perceived shortcomings of the system, which provides a context for interaction with law guardians; and emotional effects on…
Reliability and Validity of a Spanish Version of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory
Objectives. This study was designed to adapt and validate a Spanish translation of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI) for the assessment of positive life changes following the stressful experiences of immigration. Method. A cross-cultural equivalence model was used to pursue semantic, content, conceptual, and technical equivalence. Translation teams and back translations were employed for semantic and content equivalence. Conceptual and te…
Posttraumatic Growth in Latina Immigrants
This study used a Spanish version of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory to examine the extent to which Latinas report post-traumatic growth (PTG) following the stressful experiences of immigration and explored demographic, stress-related and social context correlates of this growth (N = 100). Findings indicate a moderate level of stress and a high level of PTG but no association between stress and growth variables. Level of stressfulness was rela…
Special Reviewers
Immigrant Women Tell Their Stories
Stepfamilies in Cultural Context
The article presents a cross-cultural comparison of stepfamilies. Israeli and American stepfamilies were compared. The samples were similar in socio-demographic characteristics. Using translations of the same instruments, Israeli and American samples were compared for past orientation, acceptance/rejection of difference from non-stepfamilies, focal sub-system, satisfaction and functioning. Similarities and differences between American and Israeli…
When Remarriage and Immigration Coincide
A combined qualitative-quantitative method was used to study twenty immigrant stepfamilies from the former Soviet Union to explore the effects of co-experiencing the transitions of relocation and remarriage simultaneously. Immigrant stepfamilies from the former Soviet Union tended to focus on the present, see themselves as similar to non-stepfamilies, have a parental focal sub-system, and report low levels of satisfaction and functioning. Results…
Therapeutizing” research
The therapeutic potential of family‐oriented research has hardly been examined or conceptualized. This paper addresses seven aspects of the research process which may have therapeutic effects on participants. Examples from published research are used to provide empirical evidence of the therapeutic‐like responses of research participants. A perspective on the ethical responsibilities of doing family‐oriented research is offered, as are cautions a…
The Experience and Issues of Gay Stepfamilies
Gay stepfamilies are a small, albeit growing, type of family that has been neglected in professional literature. A group interview was used with six mothers and stepmothers in gay stepfamilies to study unique aspects of such families. This article describes characteristics and discusses common issues of these families that were revealed in the interview in an effort to open up this topic for exploration. Implications for research and clinical pra…
Immigrant Stepfamilies
Now I see it, now I don't
This article addresses potential effects on reflexivity of researcher's social position (e.g. gender, age, race, immigration status, sexual orientation), personal experiences, and political and professional beliefs. Because reflexivity is a major strategy for quality control in qualitative research, understanding how it may be impacted by the characteristics and experiences of the researcher is of paramount importance. Benefits and challenges to …
Field education in international social work
A critical review of current knowledge about international field education yielded four main conclusions. First, an unresolved debate exists relating to the meaning of international social work (ISW). Second, various motives drive students, faculty and professionals to participate in ISW. Third, developing a curriculum for ISW presents unique challenges. Fourth, four competing models of international field placement exist: (1) Independent/one-tim…
Therapeutizing” research
The therapeutic potential of family‐oriented research has hardly been examined or conceptualized. This paper addresses seven aspects of the research process which may have therapeutic effects on participants. Examples from published research are used to provide empirical evidence of the therapeutic‐like responses of research participants. A perspective on the ethical responsibilities of doing family‐oriented research is offered, as are cautions a…
Posttraumatic Growth in Latina Immigrants
This study used a Spanish version of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory to examine the extent to which Latinas report post-traumatic growth (PTG) following the stressful experiences of immigration and explored demographic, stress-related and social context correlates of this growth (N = 100). Findings indicate a moderate level of stress and a high level of PTG but no association between stress and growth variables. Level of stressfulness was rela…
Embryo Relinquishment for Family Building
This article discusses two competing conceptualisations of the relinquishment of unused cryopreserved embryos for family building, as either ‘embryo donation’ or ‘embryo adoption’. The evidence on how embryo relinquishment is conceptualised, and the views, experiences, and perceptions of fertility patients with unused cryopreserved embryos, are examined by reviewing 41 English-language research papers published between 1995 and 2010 located by me…
Reliability and Validity of a Spanish Version of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory
Objectives. This study was designed to adapt and validate a Spanish translation of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI) for the assessment of positive life changes following the stressful experiences of immigration. Method. A cross-cultural equivalence model was used to pursue semantic, content, conceptual, and technical equivalence. Translation teams and back translations were employed for semantic and content equivalence. Conceptual and te…
Incorporating EBP in Field Education
To effectively provide social work students with the knowledge and skills necessary for practicing from an evidence-based practice (EBP) perspective, relevant training in the field internship component of the professional education is crucial. Based on previous research, practice experience, and anecdotal information, in this article the author outlines challenges to helping students integrate what they learn about EBP in class into their field e…
Pedagogy vs. Technology
Similar to all academic disciplines, the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in social work has grown exponentially in both scope and volume during recent decades. Until the COVID 19 crisis, main driving forces were the growing demand for higher education, constant evolving of innovative technologies, cost effectiveness, and accessibility that it offers to those who are not able to benefit from traditional face to face classes b…
Reflective Practices for Engaging in Trauma-Informed Culturally Competent Supervision
Race, ethnicity, and culture are critical components that affect and shape the supervisory relationship, yet literature about ways to acknowledge and actively engage them from a trauma-informed approach has been limited. To enhance the discussion of this issue, this article first reviews leading theoretical aspects of supervision designed to train practitioners in the field of mental health, followed by a discussion of race, ethnicity, and cultur…
Teaching cultural aspects of trauma practice in a study abroad immersion course
Advantages, phases, challenges, and strategies related to the process and procedures involved in planning, implementing, and evaluating study abroad programs, and addressing emergencies have been discussed as being issues in teaching trauma and diversity content. However, very little has been written about study abroad programs dedicated to specific topics and no studies address teaching trauma content by means of international immersion courses.…
The Experience of Abused Women With Their Children's Law Guardians
In-depth unstructured interviews are conducted with previously abused divorced mothers about their experience with law guardians of their children. Interviews are transcribed and their content analyzed using ATLAS.ti software. Nine themes clustered in the following three groups emerge: perceived performance of law guardians; perceived shortcomings of the system, which provides a context for interaction with law guardians; and emotional effects on…
Study Abroad in Social Work Education
Schools of social work are increasingly offering study abroad courses as a strategy for enhancing future practitioners’ knowledge and skills in serving individuals and families of diverse sociocultural backgrounds. Literature relative to such educational initiatives has focused on the characteristics, motivations, and outcomes for students and faculty; challenges and strategies to address them; different formats of course delivery; and, to a limi…
Immigrant Stepfamilies
Three Types of Stepfamilies
A multidimensional typology of nonclinical stepfami- lies was developed on the basis of indepth interviews with a non-sarn- ple group of remarried couples. Competitive Learning Analysis of the data, yielded three types of stepfamilies, based on three psychosocial and four sociodemographic features: Integrated families, Invented fam- ilies and Imported families. Profiles of these types are portrayed and demonstrated. No difference in levels. of fu…
Immigrant Stepfamilies
The Experience and Issues of Gay Stepfamilies
Gay stepfamilies are a small, albeit growing, type of family that has been neglected in professional literature. A group interview was used with six mothers and stepmothers in gay stepfamilies to study unique aspects of such families. This article describes characteristics and discusses common issues of these families that were revealed in the interview in an effort to open up this topic for exploration. Implications for research and clinical pra…
Stepfamilies in Cultural Context
The article presents a cross-cultural comparison of stepfamilies. Israeli and American stepfamilies were compared. The samples were similar in socio-demographic characteristics. Using translations of the same instruments, Israeli and American samples were compared for past orientation, acceptance/rejection of difference from non-stepfamilies, focal sub-system, satisfaction and functioning. Similarities and differences between American and Israeli…
When Remarriage and Immigration Coincide
A combined qualitative-quantitative method was used to study twenty immigrant stepfamilies from the former Soviet Union to explore the effects of co-experiencing the transitions of relocation and remarriage simultaneously. Immigrant stepfamilies from the former Soviet Union tended to focus on the present, see themselves as similar to non-stepfamilies, have a parental focal sub-system, and report low levels of satisfaction and functioning. Results…
Therapeutizing” research
The therapeutic potential of family‐oriented research has hardly been examined or conceptualized. This paper addresses seven aspects of the research process which may have therapeutic effects on participants. Examples from published research are used to provide empirical evidence of the therapeutic‐like responses of research participants. A perspective on the ethical responsibilities of doing family‐oriented research is offered, as are cautions a…
Immigrant Women Tell Their Stories
Special Reviewers
Reliability and Validity of a Spanish Version of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory
Objectives. This study was designed to adapt and validate a Spanish translation of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI) for the assessment of positive life changes following the stressful experiences of immigration. Method. A cross-cultural equivalence model was used to pursue semantic, content, conceptual, and technical equivalence. Translation teams and back translations were employed for semantic and content equivalence. Conceptual and te…
Posttraumatic Growth in Latina Immigrants
This study used a Spanish version of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory to examine the extent to which Latinas report post-traumatic growth (PTG) following the stressful experiences of immigration and explored demographic, stress-related and social context correlates of this growth (N = 100). Findings indicate a moderate level of stress and a high level of PTG but no association between stress and growth variables. Level of stressfulness was rela…
The Experience of Abused Women With Their Children's Law Guardians
In-depth unstructured interviews are conducted with previously abused divorced mothers about their experience with law guardians of their children. Interviews are transcribed and their content analyzed using ATLAS.ti software. Nine themes clustered in the following three groups emerge: perceived performance of law guardians; perceived shortcomings of the system, which provides a context for interaction with law guardians; and emotional effects on…
From Research to Practice
Embryo Relinquishment for Family Building
This article discusses two competing conceptualisations of the relinquishment of unused cryopreserved embryos for family building, as either ‘embryo donation’ or ‘embryo adoption’. The evidence on how embryo relinquishment is conceptualised, and the views, experiences, and perceptions of fertility patients with unused cryopreserved embryos, are examined by reviewing 41 English-language research papers published between 1995 and 2010 located by me…
Field education in international social work
A critical review of current knowledge about international field education yielded four main conclusions. First, an unresolved debate exists relating to the meaning of international social work (ISW). Second, various motives drive students, faculty and professionals to participate in ISW. Third, developing a curriculum for ISW presents unique challenges. Fourth, four competing models of international field placement exist: (1) Independent/one-tim…
Immigrant Women Tell Their Stories
“I felt like an alien who fell down to earth, not understanding the rules of the game, making all the possible mistakes, saying all the wrong things.” “Your whole life is in the hands of other people who do not always mean well and there is nothing you can do about it. They can decide to send you away and you have no control.” “The moment I enter the house, I shelve my American self and become the 'little obedient wife' that my husband wants me t…
Incorporating EBP in Field Education
To effectively provide social work students with the knowledge and skills necessary for practicing from an evidence-based practice (EBP) perspective, relevant training in the field internship component of the professional education is crucial. Based on previous research, practice experience, and anecdotal information, in this article the author outlines challenges to helping students integrate what they learn about EBP in class into their field e…
Challenges and Strategies in Social Work and Social Welfare PhD Education
A major task of social work doctoral programs is preparing the next generation of researchers and educators in the profession. To develop competence in generating new knowledge relevant to social work practice and disseminating it to future practitioners, doctoral candidates need to master a broad and complicated set of theoretical, empirical, and pedagogical knowledge and skills. Acquiring the relevant information and capabilities is a demanding…
Teaching cultural aspects of trauma practice in a study abroad immersion course
Advantages, phases, challenges, and strategies related to the process and procedures involved in planning, implementing, and evaluating study abroad programs, and addressing emergencies have been discussed as being issues in teaching trauma and diversity content. However, very little has been written about study abroad programs dedicated to specific topics and no studies address teaching trauma content by means of international immersion courses.…
Now I see it, now I don't
This article addresses potential effects on reflexivity of researcher's social position (e.g. gender, age, race, immigration status, sexual orientation), personal experiences, and political and professional beliefs. Because reflexivity is a major strategy for quality control in qualitative research, understanding how it may be impacted by the characteristics and experiences of the researcher is of paramount importance. Benefits and challenges to …
Study Abroad in Social Work Education
Schools of social work are increasingly offering study abroad courses as a strategy for enhancing future practitioners’ knowledge and skills in serving individuals and families of diverse sociocultural backgrounds. Literature relative to such educational initiatives has focused on the characteristics, motivations, and outcomes for students and faculty; challenges and strategies to address them; different formats of course delivery; and, to a limi…
Reflective Practices for Engaging in Trauma-Informed Culturally Competent Supervision
Race, ethnicity, and culture are critical components that affect and shape the supervisory relationship, yet literature about ways to acknowledge and actively engage them from a trauma-informed approach has been limited. To enhance the discussion of this issue, this article first reviews leading theoretical aspects of supervision designed to train practitioners in the field of mental health, followed by a discussion of race, ethnicity, and cultur…
Margaret Aston, Tricia Hazeleger and Desley Hargreaves, Social work and disasters
Flourishing in Palestinian Israeli and Jewish Israeli Adolescents
Pedagogy vs. Technology
Similar to all academic disciplines, the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in social work has grown exponentially in both scope and volume during recent decades. Until the COVID 19 crisis, main driving forces were the growing demand for higher education, constant evolving of innovative technologies, cost effectiveness, and accessibility that it offers to those who are not able to benefit from traditional face to face classes b…
Social Alienation and Psychological Distress in Israeli Adolescents
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