M Elizabeth Vonk
Biographic Data
| ID | 4175856 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M Elizabeth Vonk |
| GIVEN NAMES | M Elizabeth |
| FAMILY NAME | Vonk |
| SIGNATURE | VONK M E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Georgia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 119 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Initial Validation of the Socialization Self-Efficacy Scale With International Transracially Adoptive Parents
This study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the 10-item Socialization Self-Efficacy Scale (SSES) using a sample of international transracially adoptive parents. This online survey design study recruited transracially adoptive parents from parenting support groups. Using a random split sample of the data, exploratory factor analysis resulted in two subfactors: cultural socialization self-efficacy and racial socialization self-effica…
A path analysis of a cultural and racial socialization model in international transracial adoption
Translating Concept into Act forMulti-Cultural Practice
Education for culturally competent practice increasingly is a responsibility for social work educators.Using data collected for an evaluation of the field education component of a large,Midwestern social work program, the purpose of this study is to shed light on students' application in the field practicum setting of classroom training in culturally competent practice. Responses were obtained from field instructors (n=76) and students (n=70). St…
Development and Initial Validation of the Transracial Adoption Parenting Scale—Revised
Purpose: The purpose of this research is to provide an initial validation of a revision of the Transracial Adoption Parenting Scale—Revised (TAPS-R) with international transracial adoptive parents. Method: This study employed a cross-sectional, online survey design to recruit transracial adoptive parents from a parent support group, Families for Chinese Children. Results: Exploratory factor analysis reveals that the 47-item TAPS-R is a valid scal…
Religion and cultural and racial socialization among international transracial adoptive parents
This study aimed to explore whether religious affiliation is related to racial awareness and cultural and racial socialization practices among international transracial adoptive parents. Both religiously affiliated and non-religiously affiliated groups were motivated and believed in their capacity for cultural and racial socialization practices. Parents in the religiously affiliated group were slightly less likely to consistently or always engage…
International Korean Adoption
Title IV-E Student Perspectives Toward Transracial Adoption
The purpose of this study was to compare Title IV-E MSW and non-Title IV-E students' perspectives on transracial adoption and to investigate students' needs for knowledge about transracial adoption. While the majority of students supported the practice of transracial adoption, Title IV-E students appeared more positive about the abilities of parents to racially socialize a child of a different culture/race. Both groups of students appeared to be …
Race and White Transracially Adoptive Mothers
Eight transracially adoptive mothers of Asian-born children were interviewed about their perceptions of their role in the racial socialization of their children. The findings suggest a possible relationship between these mothers' choices in racial socialization practices with their families and their views on race and racial differences. Findings are discussed in relation to future research and practice with transracially adoptive parents and the…
The development and initial validation of the Immigrant Parental Stress Inventory (Ipsi) in a sample of Korean immigrant parents
Development and Initial Validation of the Intimate Violence Responsibility Scale (IVRS)
The present study demonstrates the development and initial examination of psychometric properties of the Intimate Violence Responsibility Scale (IVRS) in a community-based sample (N = 527). The underlying factor structure of the IVRS was tested by the exploratory factor analysis (Principal Axis Factoring), which identifies the four factors: partner blame, distal blame, minimization, and violence recognition. The internal consistency of the four s…
White international transracial adoptive mothers' reflections on race
Through the use of qualitative data analysis of in‐depth interviews with eight white international transracial adoptive mothers, four properties emerged that describe these mothers' racial views. These properties varied in the degree that they integrated perspectives different from the white dominant culture. The mothers did not experience significant changes in their perspective on race subsequent to adoption. This paper includes a discussion of…
Cultural Socialization Practices in Domestic and International Transracial Adoption
This study explored cultural socialization practices, their relationship to demographic-, child-, and adoption-related factors, and parents’ perceptions of closeness and satisfaction with adoption among international and domestic transracially adopted children. Data from the National Survey of Adoptive Parents indicated that parents rely on socialization practices that require little to no integration with people of the children's race/ethnicity.…
The Prevalence of Childhood Traumatic Grief—A Comparison of Violent/Sudden and Expected Loss
The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of childhood traumatic grief (CTG) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in parentally bereaved children and compare scores between those who had lost a parent to a sudden/violent death and those who had lost a parent to an expected death. A sample of 158 parentally bereaved children ages 7-16 completed the Extended Grief Inventory (EGI); 127 of those also completed the UCLA PTSD…
Racial Socialization Practices of White Mothers of International Transracial Adoptees
This article reviews how eight white international transracially adoptive mothers described their actions in racially and culturally socializing their children. Using in-depth interviews, the perspectives of the mothers were captured, which strengthens the field of social work's understanding of the complex dynamics in transracial adoptive families. The mothers' actions varied in the degree that a culturally diverse family life was created. Four …
Factors Related to Transracial Adoptive Parents’ Levels of Cultural Competence
The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to examine the relationship of parents’ level of cultural competence with several factors. Exploratory regression analysis was utilized with a sample of transracial adoptive (TRA) parents of children born in Korea and China (n = 912). Results indicated that 16.2% of variance in a measure of TRA parents’ cultural competence was explained by families’ participation in postadoption support groups; parent…
Efficacy of a Camp-Based Intervention for Childhood Traumatic Grief
Objective: This study examined the efficacy of a short-term, camp-based, trauma-focused grief intervention in reducing traumatic grief and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in parentally bereaved children. Method: For this nonequivalent comparison group study, 100 children were split into two groups, with one group serving as the immediate treatment group and the second group serving as the delayed treatment group. Results: The results were …
An Exploratory Study of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms among Bereaved Children
Purpose: This study reports on the incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms among a sample ( n = 46) of bereaved children. PTSD symptoms in children who have experienced loss due to an expected death through illness have not been previously studied. Method: An exploratory cross-sectional design was used to compare Impact of Event Scale (IES) scores between two groups of bereaved children. One group experienced the sudden, unexp…
Reliability and Validity of the Transracial Adoption Parenting Scale
The present study provides information on the reliability and validity of the Transracial Adoption Parenting Scale (TAPS), a multidimensional 36-item Likert-type scale that measures cultural competence among transracial adoptive (TRA) parents. The TAPS was theoretically developed and refined through feedback from experts in TRA adoption. A cross-sectional survey design was used with a national nonprobability sample of 1,411 TRA parents. Each pare…
Training for Transracial Adoptive Parents by Public and Private Adoption Agencies
Social work literature strongly suggests that parents who adopt across race need specialized training to develop cultural competence in order to help their children develop positive racial identity and survival skills for life in a multicultural society. None-the-less, there is little documentation of agency training for transracial adoptive parents. The purpose of this study is to describe aspects of training provided to transracial adoptive par…
An Outcome Evaluation of Competency Based Training for Child Welfare
In response to the continuing need for competent child welfare professionals, a large mid-western university's College of Social Work collaborated with a public child welfare agency to design and implement a one year,Title IV-E-funded training opportunity for second-year MSW students. Student outcomes, including knowledge acquisition, attitudes about child welfare, and field of post-graduation employment, were evaluated using a quasi-experimental…
A Pilot Study of Training Adoptive Parents for Cultural Competence
As a pilot for more rigorous study, this article describes a parent training program currently in use at an adoption agency that places children transracially; describes a new instrument designed to measure parents' perception of the importance of racial awareness, multicultural planning, and survival skills; and describes the use of this instrument to evaluate the effectiveness of an agency-based training session with a small group of parents. R…
Cultural Socialization Practices in Domestic and International Transracial Adoption
This study explored cultural socialization practices, their relationship to demographic-, child-, and adoption-related factors, and parents’ perceptions of closeness and satisfaction with adoption among international and domestic transracially adopted children. Data from the National Survey of Adoptive Parents indicated that parents rely on socialization practices that require little to no integration with people of the children's race/ethnicity.…
Reliability and Validity of the Transracial Adoption Parenting Scale
The present study provides information on the reliability and validity of the Transracial Adoption Parenting Scale (TAPS), a multidimensional 36-item Likert-type scale that measures cultural competence among transracial adoptive (TRA) parents. The TAPS was theoretically developed and refined through feedback from experts in TRA adoption. A cross-sectional survey design was used with a national nonprobability sample of 1,411 TRA parents. Each pare…
Factors Related to Transracial Adoptive Parents’ Levels of Cultural Competence
The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to examine the relationship of parents’ level of cultural competence with several factors. Exploratory regression analysis was utilized with a sample of transracial adoptive (TRA) parents of children born in Korea and China (n = 912). Results indicated that 16.2% of variance in a measure of TRA parents’ cultural competence was explained by families’ participation in postadoption support groups; parent…
Racial Socialization Practices of White Mothers of International Transracial Adoptees
This article reviews how eight white international transracially adoptive mothers described their actions in racially and culturally socializing their children. Using in-depth interviews, the perspectives of the mothers were captured, which strengthens the field of social work's understanding of the complex dynamics in transracial adoptive families. The mothers' actions varied in the degree that a culturally diverse family life was created. Four …
White international transracial adoptive mothers' reflections on race
Through the use of qualitative data analysis of in‐depth interviews with eight white international transracial adoptive mothers, four properties emerged that describe these mothers' racial views. These properties varied in the degree that they integrated perspectives different from the white dominant culture. The mothers did not experience significant changes in their perspective on race subsequent to adoption. This paper includes a discussion of…
A Pilot Study of Training Adoptive Parents for Cultural Competence
As a pilot for more rigorous study, this article describes a parent training program currently in use at an adoption agency that places children transracially; describes a new instrument designed to measure parents' perception of the importance of racial awareness, multicultural planning, and survival skills; and describes the use of this instrument to evaluate the effectiveness of an agency-based training session with a small group of parents. R…
Training for Transracial Adoptive Parents by Public and Private Adoption Agencies
Social work literature strongly suggests that parents who adopt across race need specialized training to develop cultural competence in order to help their children develop positive racial identity and survival skills for life in a multicultural society. None-the-less, there is little documentation of agency training for transracial adoptive parents. The purpose of this study is to describe aspects of training provided to transracial adoptive par…
A path analysis of a cultural and racial socialization model in international transracial adoption
Development and Initial Validation of the Transracial Adoption Parenting Scale—Revised
Purpose: The purpose of this research is to provide an initial validation of a revision of the Transracial Adoption Parenting Scale—Revised (TAPS-R) with international transracial adoptive parents. Method: This study employed a cross-sectional, online survey design to recruit transracial adoptive parents from a parent support group, Families for Chinese Children. Results: Exploratory factor analysis reveals that the 47-item TAPS-R is a valid scal…
Race and White Transracially Adoptive Mothers
Eight transracially adoptive mothers of Asian-born children were interviewed about their perceptions of their role in the racial socialization of their children. The findings suggest a possible relationship between these mothers' choices in racial socialization practices with their families and their views on race and racial differences. Findings are discussed in relation to future research and practice with transracially adoptive parents and the…
Initial Validation of the Socialization Self-Efficacy Scale With International Transracially Adoptive Parents
This study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the 10-item Socialization Self-Efficacy Scale (SSES) using a sample of international transracially adoptive parents. This online survey design study recruited transracially adoptive parents from parenting support groups. Using a random split sample of the data, exploratory factor analysis resulted in two subfactors: cultural socialization self-efficacy and racial socialization self-effica…
Development and Initial Validation of the Intimate Violence Responsibility Scale (IVRS)
The present study demonstrates the development and initial examination of psychometric properties of the Intimate Violence Responsibility Scale (IVRS) in a community-based sample (N = 527). The underlying factor structure of the IVRS was tested by the exploratory factor analysis (Principal Axis Factoring), which identifies the four factors: partner blame, distal blame, minimization, and violence recognition. The internal consistency of the four s…
Efficacy of a Camp-Based Intervention for Childhood Traumatic Grief
Objective: This study examined the efficacy of a short-term, camp-based, trauma-focused grief intervention in reducing traumatic grief and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in parentally bereaved children. Method: For this nonequivalent comparison group study, 100 children were split into two groups, with one group serving as the immediate treatment group and the second group serving as the delayed treatment group. Results: The results were …
A Pilot Study of Training Adoptive Parents for Cultural Competence
As a pilot for more rigorous study, this article describes a parent training program currently in use at an adoption agency that places children transracially; describes a new instrument designed to measure parents' perception of the importance of racial awareness, multicultural planning, and survival skills; and describes the use of this instrument to evaluate the effectiveness of an agency-based training session with a small group of parents. R…
Training for Transracial Adoptive Parents by Public and Private Adoption Agencies
Social work literature strongly suggests that parents who adopt across race need specialized training to develop cultural competence in order to help their children develop positive racial identity and survival skills for life in a multicultural society. None-the-less, there is little documentation of agency training for transracial adoptive parents. The purpose of this study is to describe aspects of training provided to transracial adoptive par…
An Outcome Evaluation of Competency Based Training for Child Welfare
In response to the continuing need for competent child welfare professionals, a large mid-western university's College of Social Work collaborated with a public child welfare agency to design and implement a one year,Title IV-E-funded training opportunity for second-year MSW students. Student outcomes, including knowledge acquisition, attitudes about child welfare, and field of post-graduation employment, were evaluated using a quasi-experimental…
Reliability and Validity of the Transracial Adoption Parenting Scale
The present study provides information on the reliability and validity of the Transracial Adoption Parenting Scale (TAPS), a multidimensional 36-item Likert-type scale that measures cultural competence among transracial adoptive (TRA) parents. The TAPS was theoretically developed and refined through feedback from experts in TRA adoption. A cross-sectional survey design was used with a national nonprobability sample of 1,411 TRA parents. Each pare…
An Exploratory Study of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms among Bereaved Children
Purpose: This study reports on the incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms among a sample ( n = 46) of bereaved children. PTSD symptoms in children who have experienced loss due to an expected death through illness have not been previously studied. Method: An exploratory cross-sectional design was used to compare Impact of Event Scale (IES) scores between two groups of bereaved children. One group experienced the sudden, unexp…
Racial Socialization Practices of White Mothers of International Transracial Adoptees
This article reviews how eight white international transracially adoptive mothers described their actions in racially and culturally socializing their children. Using in-depth interviews, the perspectives of the mothers were captured, which strengthens the field of social work's understanding of the complex dynamics in transracial adoptive families. The mothers' actions varied in the degree that a culturally diverse family life was created. Four …
Factors Related to Transracial Adoptive Parents’ Levels of Cultural Competence
The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to examine the relationship of parents’ level of cultural competence with several factors. Exploratory regression analysis was utilized with a sample of transracial adoptive (TRA) parents of children born in Korea and China (n = 912). Results indicated that 16.2% of variance in a measure of TRA parents’ cultural competence was explained by families’ participation in postadoption support groups; parent…
Efficacy of a Camp-Based Intervention for Childhood Traumatic Grief
Objective: This study examined the efficacy of a short-term, camp-based, trauma-focused grief intervention in reducing traumatic grief and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in parentally bereaved children. Method: For this nonequivalent comparison group study, 100 children were split into two groups, with one group serving as the immediate treatment group and the second group serving as the delayed treatment group. Results: The results were …
The Prevalence of Childhood Traumatic Grief—A Comparison of Violent/Sudden and Expected Loss
The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of childhood traumatic grief (CTG) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in parentally bereaved children and compare scores between those who had lost a parent to a sudden/violent death and those who had lost a parent to an expected death. A sample of 158 parentally bereaved children ages 7-16 completed the Extended Grief Inventory (EGI); 127 of those also completed the UCLA PTSD…
White international transracial adoptive mothers' reflections on race
Through the use of qualitative data analysis of in‐depth interviews with eight white international transracial adoptive mothers, four properties emerged that describe these mothers' racial views. These properties varied in the degree that they integrated perspectives different from the white dominant culture. The mothers did not experience significant changes in their perspective on race subsequent to adoption. This paper includes a discussion of…
Cultural Socialization Practices in Domestic and International Transracial Adoption
This study explored cultural socialization practices, their relationship to demographic-, child-, and adoption-related factors, and parents’ perceptions of closeness and satisfaction with adoption among international and domestic transracially adopted children. Data from the National Survey of Adoptive Parents indicated that parents rely on socialization practices that require little to no integration with people of the children's race/ethnicity.…
Development and Initial Validation of the Intimate Violence Responsibility Scale (IVRS)
The present study demonstrates the development and initial examination of psychometric properties of the Intimate Violence Responsibility Scale (IVRS) in a community-based sample (N = 527). The underlying factor structure of the IVRS was tested by the exploratory factor analysis (Principal Axis Factoring), which identifies the four factors: partner blame, distal blame, minimization, and violence recognition. The internal consistency of the four s…
Race and White Transracially Adoptive Mothers
Eight transracially adoptive mothers of Asian-born children were interviewed about their perceptions of their role in the racial socialization of their children. The findings suggest a possible relationship between these mothers' choices in racial socialization practices with their families and their views on race and racial differences. Findings are discussed in relation to future research and practice with transracially adoptive parents and the…
The development and initial validation of the Immigrant Parental Stress Inventory (Ipsi) in a sample of Korean immigrant parents
International Korean Adoption
Title IV-E Student Perspectives Toward Transracial Adoption
The purpose of this study was to compare Title IV-E MSW and non-Title IV-E students' perspectives on transracial adoption and to investigate students' needs for knowledge about transracial adoption. While the majority of students supported the practice of transracial adoption, Title IV-E students appeared more positive about the abilities of parents to racially socialize a child of a different culture/race. Both groups of students appeared to be …
Religion and cultural and racial socialization among international transracial adoptive parents
This study aimed to explore whether religious affiliation is related to racial awareness and cultural and racial socialization practices among international transracial adoptive parents. Both religiously affiliated and non-religiously affiliated groups were motivated and believed in their capacity for cultural and racial socialization practices. Parents in the religiously affiliated group were slightly less likely to consistently or always engage…
Development and Initial Validation of the Transracial Adoption Parenting Scale—Revised
Purpose: The purpose of this research is to provide an initial validation of a revision of the Transracial Adoption Parenting Scale—Revised (TAPS-R) with international transracial adoptive parents. Method: This study employed a cross-sectional, online survey design to recruit transracial adoptive parents from a parent support group, Families for Chinese Children. Results: Exploratory factor analysis reveals that the 47-item TAPS-R is a valid scal…
Initial Validation of the Socialization Self-Efficacy Scale With International Transracially Adoptive Parents
This study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the 10-item Socialization Self-Efficacy Scale (SSES) using a sample of international transracially adoptive parents. This online survey design study recruited transracially adoptive parents from parenting support groups. Using a random split sample of the data, exploratory factor analysis resulted in two subfactors: cultural socialization self-efficacy and racial socialization self-effica…
A path analysis of a cultural and racial socialization model in international transracial adoption
Translating Concept into Act forMulti-Cultural Practice
Education for culturally competent practice increasingly is a responsibility for social work educators.Using data collected for an evaluation of the field education component of a large,Midwestern social work program, the purpose of this study is to shed light on students' application in the field practicum setting of classroom training in culturally competent practice. Responses were obtained from field instructors (n=76) and students (n=70). St…
Psychology (20 works) · Social Psychology (15 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (13 works) · Social Psychology (13 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Developmental psychology (10 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (9 works) · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Socialization (7 works)