Mark W Fraser
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 4223442 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Mark W Fraser |
| NOMBRES | Mark W |
| APELLIDO | Fraser |
| FIRMA | FRASER M W |
| AFILIACIONES | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6289-7798 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 63 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 416 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 62 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1984 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 10 |
Burnout in Thai EFL Teachers
The study investigates burnout in Thai EFL teachers in Thai basic education settings. Data were collected through the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Exhaustion Scale (MBI-ES) and semi-structured interviews to understand the three dimensions of burnout. The participants were 120 English teachers in primary and secondary schools in Northeastern Thailand. The findings showed that emotional exhaustion recorded the highest levels of individual burnout, fol…
Comparison of Two Controlled Trials Designed to Reduce Aggressive Behavior in China
Objective: This report describes the outcomes of two controlled trials of a social information-processing intervention, the Let's Be Friends (LBF) program, which was designed to reduce aggressive behavior in primary school children in rural China. Method: A blocked clusters design with random sampling was used in each trial. Combining the two trials and adjusting for differences between the studies, we estimated outcomes across all treated ( n = …
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Interventions to Improve Children's Social Information-Processing Skills
Purpose: We undertook a systematic review and meta-analysis of intervention research studies focused on strengthening the social information-processing (SIP) skills of children. Methods: A systematic search and review process was employed to identify, screen, and summarize research on SIP-guided interventions. Results: The search recovered 183,184 citations published from 1997 to 2022. After screening, 42 articles were retained for a full-text re…
The moderating effects of school resources on the impact of a school‐based intervention on the social information‐processing skills of third graders in rural China
Using a school‐based intervention, Let's Be Friends (LBF), designed to promote the social information‐processing (SIP) skills of third‐grade children in rural China, the specific aim of this study was to assess the moderating effects of school characteristics on program outcomes. We systematically tested the moderating effects of six school‐resource variables (i.e., student–teacher ratio, school size, number of library books per student, number o…
Propensity Score Analysis
Propensity score analysis is often used to address selection bias in program evaluation with observational data. However, a recent study suggested that propensity score matching may accomplish the opposite of its intended goal—increasing imbalance, inefficiency, model dependence, and bias. We assess common propensity score models and offer our responses to these criticisms. We used Monte Carlo methods to simulate two alternative settings of data …
Strengthening the Social Information Processing Skills of Third Graders in Rural China
Objective: The study aimed to describe findings from a matched clusters trial of a school-based intervention Let’s Be Friends designed to promote social competence and prevent maladaptive behavior by strengthening the social information processing (SIP) skills of third-grade children in rural China. Method: Using a blocked cluster design with random sampling, 13 treatment schools ( n = 355) of a total of 67 schools in the study site were randomly…
Welfare Participation in Childhood as a Predictor of Cigarette Use in Adulthood in the United States
Risk related to cigarette use in adulthood varies based on welfare dosage in childhood. The development and implementation of interventions specific to subpopulations among welfare recipient families may make programs more effective
Effortful Control in Childhood
Objective: Many school-based prevention programs seek to strengthen effortful control in students. However, the concept of effortful control has been defined and measured inconsistently in prior studies. We identified 3 theory-based, practice-relevant dimensions of children’s effortful control and developed a teacher-rated measure to evaluate effects of programs to prevent or reduce aggressive behavior in elementary school children. Method: Using…
Evaluating Family-Based Services
Integrated Primary Care and Social Work
Welfare participation and depression among youth in the United States
Assurance in Intervention Research
Objective: This article introduces Bayesian assurance as an alternative to traditional power analysis in intervention research. Bayesian assurance is defined as the unconditional probability of identifying an intervention effect. Method: Assurance can be calculated as the expected statistical power based on a prior distribution of the unknown parameters related to the effect size. Using Monte Carlo simulation methods, we demonstrate Bayesian assu…
Exploring the relationship between welfare participation in childhood and depression in adulthood in the United States
A Bayesian Perspective on Intervention Research
Objective: By presenting a simulation study that compares Bayesian and classical frequentist approaches to research design, this paper describes and demonstrates a Bayesian perspective on intervention research. Method: Using hypothetical pilot-study data where an effect size of 0.2 had been observed, we designed a 2-arm trial intended to compare an intervention with a control condition (e.g., usual services). We determined the trial sample size b…
A Bayesian Approach to Sample Size Estimation and the Decision to Continue Program Development in Intervention Research
Objective: In intervention research, the decision to continue developing a new program or treatment is dependent on both the change-inducing potential of a new strategy (i.e., its effect size) and the methods used to measure change, including the size of samples. This article describes a Bayesian approach to determining sample sizes in the sequential development of interventions. Description: Because sample sizes are related to the likelihood of …
Author Guidelines for Manuscripts Reporting on Qualitative Research
This article describes author guidelines for developing qualitative manuscripts for peer-reviewed journals. The article explains the process used in the development of qualitative guidelines for JSSWR. The Journal sought to develop a set of guidelines, not as a prescribed checklist, but as benchmarks or, perhaps, touchstones to ensure that readers have sufficient information to fully understand qualitative research procedures. Qualitative researc…
Social Workers
Social Workers: Continuing to Address the Social Determinants of Health Affiliation Lisa de Saxe Zerden PhD, MSW, Anne Jones PhD, MSW, Paul Lanier PhD, MSW, and Mark W. Fraser PhD, MSWAll of the authors are with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work, Chapel Hill.CopyRightCorrespondence should be sent to Lisa de Saxe Zerden, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School o…
Measures of Consumer Satisfaction in Social Welfare and Behavioral Health
This article reviews the origins, conceptual bases, psychometric properties, and limitations of consumer satisfaction measures in social welfare and behavioral health. Based on a systematic review of research reports published between 2003 and 2013, we identify 58 consumer satisfaction measures. On average, these measures have acceptable reliability (mean Cronbach’s α = .85). However, the research on the concurrent and predictive validity of cons…
Evaluating Dosage Effects in a Social-Emotional Skills Training Program for Children
In a study of the Making Choices social-emotional skills training program for children, generalized propensity scores (GPS) were used to estimate treatment effects by dosage. Dosage analyses provide information regarding the optimal amount of exposure to interventions. In addition to applying dosage analysis to an evaluation of the Making Choices program, this article reviews issues encountered during dosage analyses. It introduces GPS methods, a…
The effectiveness of school-based bullying prevention programs
Social Information-Processing Skills and Aggression
This article describes the findings from an efficacy trial of a school-based, universal prevention program designed to reduce aggressive behavior of by strengthening emotion regulation and social information-processing (SIP) skills. Three cohorts of third graders ( N = 479) participated in this study. The first cohort participated in the Making Choices (MC) program, a second cohort participated in the Making Choices Plus (MC+) program, and a thir…
Strengthening the Social Information–Processing Skills of Children
Objective: The study had two objectives (a) to adapt for Chinese children an intervention designed to strengthen the social information–processing (SIP) skills of children in the United States, and (b) to pilot test the adapted intervention in China. Methods: Adaptation of the Making Choices program involved reviewing Chinese literature on child development, translating and back-translating a treatment manual, modifying intervention content, and …
The American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare
Conceptualized by social work deans and actualized with the support of major social work organizations, the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare was established in 2009. This article describes the historical context and creation of the Academy, whose objectives include recognizing outstanding social work scholars and practitioners; informing social policy by serving as a signal scientific source of information for the social work pr…
A Primer for the Design of Practice Manuals
Treatment manuals are increasingly being used to guide interventions with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities. However, little is known about best practices in designing manuals. We describe a process that provides for the development of manuals and specifies the means by which manuals can be adapted for practice conditions and constraints. Manual development is conceptualized as comprising four systematic and recursive …
Preschool Social–Emotional Skills Training
Objective: The purpose of this study was to pilot test a multicomponent program designed to prevent aggressive behavior in preschool children. The first program component was comprised of social–emotional skills training. It focused on improving the social information processing and emotional-regulation skills of children. The second component was a group-based parenting education. It focused on child development and discipline. Method: Participa…
Risk, protection, and resilience
In both the academic and popular press, the related concepts of risk, protection, and resilience have emerged as constructs for conceptualizing social and health problems. The idea of “risk” is ubiquitous in social work. In everyday use, the term conveys the notion that an individual, family, group, school, neighborhood, or organization is likely to experience a negative outcome. Although the ideas of protection and resilience conjure up images o…
Intervention Research in Social Work
The purpose of this article is to review substantive and methodological advances in interventive research. Three substantive advances are discussed: (a) the growing use of a risk factor perspective, (b) the emergence of practice-relevant micro social theories, and (c) the increased acceptance of structured treatment protocols and manual. In addition, three methodological developments are discussed. They include new developments for dealing with a…
Steps in Intervention Research
This article describes a 5-step model of intervention research. From lessons learned in our work, we develop an outline of core activities in designing and developing social programs. These include (a) develop problem and program theories; (b) design program materials and measures; (c) confirm and refine program components in efficacy tests; (d) test effectiveness in a variety of practice settings; and (e) disseminate program findings and materia…
An experiment in family reunification
Effectiveness of family preservation services
Journal Article Effectiveness of family preservation services Get access Mark W. Fraser, PhD, Mark W. Fraser, PhD John A. Tate Professor for Children in Need School of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 301 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27599; e-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Kristine E. Nelson, DSW, Kristine E. Nelson, DSW professor Child Welfare Par…
The Reliability and Validity of the North Carolina Family Assessment Scale
Objective: The internal consistency and construct validity of the North Carolina Family Assessment Scale (NCFAS) are reported. The NCFAS is an instrument designed for family assessment and outcome measurement in family preservation services and child welfare. Method: Internal consistency data from 288 participants cases were analyzed. Construct validity data from 126 participants were analyzed, comparing NCFAS scores with those of the Child Well-…
A Simplified Framework for Using Multiple Imputation in Social Work Research
Journal Article A Simplified Framework for Using Multiple Imputation in Social Work Research Get access Roderick A. Rose, MS, Roderick A. Rose, MS research associate School of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Address correspondence to Roderick A. Rose, 301 Pittsboro, CB 3550, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3550; e-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Mark W. Fraser, Ph…
Childhood risk and protective factors and late adolescent adjustment in inner city minority youth
The Carolina Child Checklist of Risk and Protective Factors for Aggression
Objective: Extending the Social Health Profile and other instruments that measure problem behavior in childhood, the Carolina Child Checklist (CCC) was developed to measure risk and protective factors related to aggressive behavior in children ages 6 to 12. This study reports the psychometric properties of the CCC. Method: The measure’s dimensionality, reliability (internal consistency and test-retest), standard error of measurement, and validity…
A Primer for the Design of Practice Manuals
Treatment manuals are increasingly being used to guide interventions with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities. However, little is known about best practices in designing manuals. We describe a process that provides for the development of manuals and specifies the means by which manuals can be adapted for practice conditions and constraints. Manual development is conceptualized as comprising four systematic and recursive …
Propensity Score Analysis
Propensity score analysis is often used to address selection bias in program evaluation with observational data. However, a recent study suggested that propensity score matching may accomplish the opposite of its intended goal—increasing imbalance, inefficiency, model dependence, and bias. We assess common propensity score models and offer our responses to these criticisms. We used Monte Carlo methods to simulate two alternative settings of data …
Measures of Consumer Satisfaction in Social Welfare and Behavioral Health
This article reviews the origins, conceptual bases, psychometric properties, and limitations of consumer satisfaction measures in social welfare and behavioral health. Based on a systematic review of research reports published between 2003 and 2013, we identify 58 consumer satisfaction measures. On average, these measures have acceptable reliability (mean Cronbach’s α = .85). However, the research on the concurrent and predictive validity of cons…
Strengthening the Social Information–Processing Skills of Children
Objective: The study had two objectives (a) to adapt for Chinese children an intervention designed to strengthen the social information–processing (SIP) skills of children in the United States, and (b) to pilot test the adapted intervention in China. Methods: Adaptation of the Making Choices program involved reviewing Chinese literature on child development, translating and back-translating a treatment manual, modifying intervention content, and …
Training for Research Scholarship in Social Work Doctoral Programs
Social work doctoral programs that place greater emphasis on research training are located in schools where faculty are relatively more involved in funded research and where students are relatively more involved in research activities. Only a dozen or so programs minister rigorously to the profession's research scholarship mission. Reconsideration of fundamental assumptions regarding social work education may be warranted if doctoral programs are…
Author Guidelines for Manuscripts Reporting on Qualitative Research
This article describes author guidelines for developing qualitative manuscripts for peer-reviewed journals. The article explains the process used in the development of qualitative guidelines for JSSWR. The Journal sought to develop a set of guidelines, not as a prescribed checklist, but as benchmarks or, perhaps, touchstones to ensure that readers have sufficient information to fully understand qualitative research procedures. Qualitative researc…
Conduct Problems and Peer Rejection in Childhood
This article discusses the effectiveness of a multicomponent intervention designed to disrupt developmental processes associated with conduct problems and peer rejection in childhood. Compared with 41 children randomized to a wait list control condition, 45 children in an intervention condition received a social skills training program. At the same time, their parents participated in an in-home family intervention. Compared with control group chi…
Urban Violence among African American Males
Even though rates have declined in recent years, violence is a serious problem in many American cities. This paper reviews recent perspectives on violence among young, urban African American males. Special attention is afforded the "father absent" hypothesis, the effect of poverty, the character of neighborhoods, the roots of self-efficacy, and peer influence, particularly the influence of street codes. The latter are argued both to regulate some…
The American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare
Conceptualized by social work deans and actualized with the support of major social work organizations, the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare was established in 2009. This article describes the historical context and creation of the Academy, whose objectives include recognizing outstanding social work scholars and practitioners; informing social policy by serving as a signal scientific source of information for the social work pr…
A Controlled Trial of the Making Choices Program
Objective: Six-month follow-up outcomes from a controlled trial of a program designed to prevent aggressive behavior in childhood are described. Method: Data were collected from three sequential cohorts of third graders in two public elementary schools (N =443). The Year 1 cohort received a routine health curriculum. The Year 2 cohort received the Making Choices program. The Year 3 cohort received the Making Choices program plus enhancements to p…
Substance Abuse and Public Policy
This article assesses the American effort to control and eradicate substance abuse and drug trafficking. Five drug control strategies-foreign crop eradication, border interdiction, deterrence, treatment, and prevention-are evaluated. In each area, the basic programs and their effectiveness are described. The authors conclude that U.S. policy is misdirected, dominated by long-standing and insupportable beliefs about the effectiveness of supply-sid…
Blending informal and formal helping networks in foster care
Social Network Analysis and Drug Misuse
This paper reviews social network analysis as an approach to describing the interactions of street drug abusers and as a research method characterized by continuing controversy. An analysis of drug abusers' networks over time indicates that underlying dimensions of social interaction are stable in the face of intervening residential treatment. Implications for the rehabilitation of street drug abusers are discussed in light of the network analysi…
Strengthening the Social Information Processing Skills of Third Graders in Rural China
Objective: The study aimed to describe findings from a matched clusters trial of a school-based intervention Let’s Be Friends designed to promote social competence and prevent maladaptive behavior by strengthening the social information processing (SIP) skills of third-grade children in rural China. Method: Using a blocked cluster design with random sampling, 13 treatment schools ( n = 355) of a total of 67 schools in the study site were randomly…
A Bayesian Approach to Sample Size Estimation and the Decision to Continue Program Development in Intervention Research
Objective: In intervention research, the decision to continue developing a new program or treatment is dependent on both the change-inducing potential of a new strategy (i.e., its effect size) and the methods used to measure change, including the size of samples. This article describes a Bayesian approach to determining sample sizes in the sequential development of interventions. Description: Because sample sizes are related to the likelihood of …
Social Information-Processing Skills and Aggression
This article describes the findings from an efficacy trial of a school-based, universal prevention program designed to reduce aggressive behavior of by strengthening emotion regulation and social information-processing (SIP) skills. Three cohorts of third graders ( N = 479) participated in this study. The first cohort participated in the Making Choices (MC) program, a second cohort participated in the Making Choices Plus (MC+) program, and a thir…
Family, School, and Peer Correlates of Adolescent Drug Abuse
Despite some leveling off of the use of marijuana by America's youth since 1978, abuse of alcohol and other drugs has continued at epidemic proportions. Congress recently increased funding for drug abuse prevention, and many social workers are likely to be involved in the design of family, school, and peer-oriented prevention projects. This article reviews the social correlates of adolescent drug misuse and suggests guidelines for developing effe…
Social Network Analysis and Drug Misuse
This paper reviews social network analysis as an approach to describing the interactions of street drug abusers and as a research method characterized by continuing controversy. An analysis of drug abusers' networks over time indicates that underlying dimensions of social interaction are stable in the face of intervening residential treatment. Implications for the rehabilitation of street drug abusers are discussed in light of the network analysi…
The Social Support Networks of Indochinese Refugees
Refugee sponsors and social service staff of agencies serving Indochinese refugees in Utah were surveyed to determine the relationship between social support and economic self-sufficiency among refugees. Agency staff and refugee sponsors rated contacts by family, work, school, and sponsors who are family members as most useful, with differences emerging between the two groups regarding other sources of social support. Respondents who had been ref…
Community treatment of juvenile offenders
Reconsidering Drug Involvement among Youth and Young Adults
The purpose of this; paper is to review two dominant social perspectives on the etiology of substance abuse among youths and young adults-the stage and risk factor outlooks-and to discuss them in light of recent demographic and ecological research. The differential demography of drug abuse strongly suggests that the environmental context influences the use and abuse of substances. In an era of great public concern about substance abuse, the use o…
Staff Development
Privatization is a major trend in social welfare, and it is placing new emphasis on staff development in both public and private agencies. By permitting services that are often considered "public" to be provided under contract with non-profit and for-profit agencies, public policymakers have sought to increase the efficiency of social welfare programs. This has produced greater competition in the welfare marketplace. In a competitive environment,…
Blending informal and formal helping networks in foster care
Substance Abuse and Public Policy
This article assesses the American effort to control and eradicate substance abuse and drug trafficking. Five drug control strategies-foreign crop eradication, border interdiction, deterrence, treatment, and prevention-are evaluated. In each area, the basic programs and their effectiveness are described. The authors conclude that U.S. policy is misdirected, dominated by long-standing and insupportable beliefs about the effectiveness of supply-sid…
Religiosity among Indochinese Refugees in Utah
This study reports on religious preferences and activity among Indochinese refugees resettled in Utah between 1975 and 1983. A significant group of these refugees adopted Western Christian religions, the majority affiliating with ethnic congregations. Reasons for change of religion emphasized interpersonal considerations and the need to re-establish social support networks. Refugees tended to rate religion as being important in their lives and re…
The correlates of success/failure in brief and intensive family treatment
Involving fathers in social services
Training for Research Scholarship in Social Work Doctoral Programs
Social work doctoral programs that place greater emphasis on research training are located in schools where faculty are relatively more involved in funded research and where students are relatively more involved in research activities. Only a dozen or so programs minister rigorously to the profession's research scholarship mission. Reconsideration of fundamental assumptions regarding social work education may be warranted if doctoral programs are…
Event History Analysis
This paper demonstrates the use of event history analysis and reports on the correlates of service outcomes for the HOMEBUlLDERS model of Intensive Family Preservation Services (IPPS). The paper focuses on the use of the proportional hazards model, the assumption of proportionality, methods for dealing with violations of proportionality, and implications for collecting event data
Statistical methods for the analysis of critical life events
Problems such as family disruption, mental illness, child abuse, and juvenile delinquency are often conceptualized as episodic events that define the success or failure of social intervention. This article examines the methodological problems associated with the analysis of event data by comparing five alternative statistical specifications: (1) multiple regression, (2) discriminant analysis, (3) logistic regression, (4) tobit regression, and (5)…
Rich, relevant, and rigorous
This essay reviews two recent social work texts on qualitative methods and addresses broader issues related to both the strengths and the limitations of qualitative research. The essay lists questions for further discussion about the merits of qualitative research
Examining Family Reunification Services
This article describes the central elements of a family-based reunification service that was found to be effective in reducing foster care placements in Utah. In addition, the article assesses the relation between types of services and program outcomes
An experiment in family reunification
Effectiveness of family preservation services
Journal Article Effectiveness of family preservation services Get access Mark W. Fraser, PhD, Mark W. Fraser, PhD John A. Tate Professor for Children in Need School of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 301 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27599; e-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Kristine E. Nelson, DSW, Kristine E. Nelson, DSW professor Child Welfare Par…
Risk, protection, and resilience
In both the academic and popular press, the related concepts of risk, protection, and resilience have emerged as constructs for conceptualizing social and health problems. The idea of “risk” is ubiquitous in social work. In everyday use, the term conveys the notion that an individual, family, group, school, neighborhood, or organization is likely to experience a negative outcome. Although the ideas of protection and resilience conjure up images o…
The Context of Youth Violence
Leading scholars summarize the current research on risk, protection, and resilience in the context of youth violence and its implications for practice with children and families. It describes an emerging framework for understanding social and health problems and for developing more effective programs for interventions. This book describes resilient children by examining risk factors for violence and explores the factors that lead some children to…
Urban Violence among African American Males
Even though rates have declined in recent years, violence is a serious problem in many American cities. This paper reviews recent perspectives on violence among young, urban African American males. Special attention is afforded the "father absent" hypothesis, the effect of poverty, the character of neighborhoods, the roots of self-efficacy, and peer influence, particularly the influence of street codes. The latter are argued both to regulate some…
The Reliability and Validity of the North Carolina Family Assessment Scale
Objective: The internal consistency and construct validity of the North Carolina Family Assessment Scale (NCFAS) are reported. The NCFAS is an instrument designed for family assessment and outcome measurement in family preservation services and child welfare. Method: Internal consistency data from 288 participants cases were analyzed. Construct validity data from 126 participants were analyzed, comparing NCFAS scores with those of the Child Well-…
The Carolina Child Checklist of Risk and Protective Factors for Aggression
Objective: Extending the Social Health Profile and other instruments that measure problem behavior in childhood, the Carolina Child Checklist (CCC) was developed to measure risk and protective factors related to aggressive behavior in children ages 6 to 12. This study reports the psychometric properties of the CCC. Method: The measure’s dimensionality, reliability (internal consistency and test-retest), standard error of measurement, and validity…
Early Development and Pilot Testing of a Problem-Solving Skills-Training Program for Children
This pilot study examined the impact of a prototype problem-solving skills-training program, Making Choices, on proximal outcomes in 70 6th-grade students. Method: Students received three components of Making Choices and completed pretest and posttest measures of skills on each component. Paired-sample t tests were used to assess proximal effects. Baseline measures were used to identify four subgroups of children, and differences in skill acquisi…
School-Based Skills Training to Prevent Aggressive Behavior and Peer Rejection in Childhood
Psychology (50 obras) · Medicine (27 obras) · Political science (25 obras) · Computer Science (24 obras) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (21 obras) · Sociology (20 obras) · Developmental psychology (18 obras) · Psychiatry (18 obras) · Intervention (counseling (16 obras) · Clinical Psychology (15 obras)