Karen A Randolph
Biographic Data
| ID | 4228115 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karen A Randolph |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karen A |
| FAMILY NAME | Randolph |
| SIGNATURE | RANDOLPH K A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Florida State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8038-2560 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 71 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Preparing Social Workers to Promote Environmental Justice
To contribute to best practices in educating social work students on environmental justice, we report the results of a study evaluating a module that was incorporated into the course Human Behavior and the Social Environment (HBSE). A mixed-methods design was used to examine student attitudes toward environmental justice. Participants were 61 Master of Social Work students from three cohorts. The students provided pre- and posttest responses to t…
Information Communication Technology and the Social Worker-Client Relationship
A core value in social work is the importance of the worker-client relationship. Communication is a key factor in this relationship. The pandemic, marked by a dramatic, rapid increase in communication through information communication technology (ICT), has underscored both challenges and benefits for the worker-client relationship. Informed by communication theories, this paper provides a conceptual framework for examining ICT interactions betwee…
A Survey of Trauma Education in Social Work Programs in the United States and Canada
In the past 2 decades, social work education has increasingly advocated for inclusion of trauma-related content in educational programming. Yet, to date, little is known about the current state of trauma education and training in social work programs. The aim of this study is to describe trauma education and training in accredited, North American social work programs. The data are from an online survey of 192 social work educators from 165 univer…
Timing and Predictors of Frontline Worker Departures From Child Welfare
Objective: High caseworker turnover is a central disrupter of an efficient, effective child welfare system. Considerable literature exists about intentions to leave a child welfare agency or position. Less is known about actual departure and departure timing from the field of child welfare. Drawing from the theory of embeddedness, this study uses Cox survival analysis to examine child welfare exits, personal and support characteristics that shape…
Information and communications technology use in rural child welfare work
This study explores the impact of information and communications technology (ICT) use on rural child welfare practice using a technology‐in‐practice framework to derive the social structures that are instantiated by rural child welfare workers (CWWs) and to examine their agency as actors. ICT use was tracked, and interviews were conducted with rural CWWs who work with children and families to gain an understanding of and describe their day‐to‐day…
The subjective experience of information communication technology use among child welfare workers
Assessing the relationship between client-perpetrated violence and intentions to leave child welfare
Using a sample of 705 early-career child welfare workers, client-perpetrated violence (CPV), a form of workplace violence, was examined to determine whether CPV experiences differ by worker responsibilities and demographic characteristics and how CPV influences workers’ intent to leave their child welfare positions. Results showed that protective investigators experienced more nonphysical violence (being yelled at or cursed at), while those provi…
Youth with disabilities transitioning from foster care
Predictors of Early Departure among Recently Hired Child Welfare Workers
Child welfare workforce turnover has been well studied, although there is limited understanding of factors related to the timing of departure. This study examines predictors of early job departure among newly hired child welfare workers. Data come from the first two waves of a longitudinal study. The sample for this analysis included 1,257 respondents. Hierarchical logistical regression was used to investigate worker characteristics and organizat…
A systematic review of interventions to improve post-secondary educational outcomes among foster care alumni
Effects of parental monitoring on aggressive behavior among youth in the United States and South Korea
Validation of a McKinney-Vento Act Implementation Scale
Objective: The McKinney-Vento Act (MVA) is the primary federal policy addressing homelessness in America with specific mandates designed to ameliorate the effects homelessness has on educational attainment for school-age children. The extent to which this policy is implemented may have far-reaching effects for homeless children. The MVA Implementation Scale (MVAIS) was developed for the purpose of providing a tool for assessing school-based socia…
Development of the School Support Scale for Low-Income Mothers in College
Purpose: Student-mothers from low-income families are three times as likely to drop out of college as female students without children. Yet, the economic and social benefits of postsecondary education for low-income mothers underscore the importance of examining environmental barriers to completing college for these women. Methods: The intent of this study, therefore, is to develop and validate an instrument, the school support scale, aimed at me…
Protective Influences on the Negative Consequences of Drinking Among Youth
The prevention of underage drinking and related outcomes focuses on strengthening protective factors. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health ( N = 3,862), the authors examine the effects of protective factors from three domains of adolescents' lives (individual, familial, and extrafamilial) on experiencing negative consequences of alcohol use, while controlling for relevant risk factors, among youth who have already …
Enhancing Web‐based Courses through a Mutual Aid Framework
Students taking a class together belong to a group where members typically develop a sense of connection to each other by engaging in mutual support and assistance through shared experiences and knowledge. Some have argued that the lack of face‐to‐face interaction precludes such processes and prevents the effective teaching of social work in an online environment. When online students were asked what they liked most and least about their classes,…
Measuring Parenting Practices Among Parents of Elementary School-Age Youth
Objectives: The objective of this study is to establish the factor structure of the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (APQ), an instrument designed to measure parenting practices among parents of elementary school children. Methods: Exploratory (EFA) and confirmatory factor analytic (CFA) procedures are used to validate the APQ with 790 parents of children, ages 6—10. Results: Three subscales emerged representing parenting practices associated with…
Measuring Alcohol Expectancies in Youth
A Strategy for Assessing the Impact of Time-Varying Family Risk Factors on High School Dropout
Human behavior is dynamic, influenced by changing situations over time. Yet the impact of the dynamic nature of important explanatory variables on outcomes has only recently begun to be estimated in developmental models. Using a risk factor perspective, this article demonstrates the potential benefits of regressing time-varying outcome measures on time-varying explanatory measures in longitudinal models. The authors apply event history analysis t…
Promoting School Success Among At Risk Youth
This study examines the relationship between grade retention and completing high school in a sample of very low-income children from an urban school district. Results suggest that being retained–whether in first grade or in later grades–increases the risk of dropout. Moreover, youths who are retained in middle school are at greater risk of dropping out early in high school. Regardless of when retention occurs, youths who participate in extracurri…
Welfare reform and high school dropout patterns for children
Placement Patterns in Foster Care
The notion of “foster care drift” is ingrained in the conventional wisdom of child‐welfare policy and practice, yet the sparse literature on this topic provides little empirical support for it. This article illustrates the advantage of using longitudinal data based on cohorts of children entering out‐of‐home care for the first time. Simple frequency distributions of placement patterns effectively portray both quantitative and qualitative dimensio…
Placement Patterns in Foster Care
The notion of “foster care drift” is ingrained in the conventional wisdom of child‐welfare policy and practice, yet the sparse literature on this topic provides little empirical support for it. This article illustrates the advantage of using longitudinal data based on cohorts of children entering out‐of‐home care for the first time. Simple frequency distributions of placement patterns effectively portray both quantitative and qualitative dimensio…
Predictors of Early Departure among Recently Hired Child Welfare Workers
Child welfare workforce turnover has been well studied, although there is limited understanding of factors related to the timing of departure. This study examines predictors of early job departure among newly hired child welfare workers. Data come from the first two waves of a longitudinal study. The sample for this analysis included 1,257 respondents. Hierarchical logistical regression was used to investigate worker characteristics and organizat…
Youth with disabilities transitioning from foster care
Welfare reform and high school dropout patterns for children
Enhancing Web‐based Courses through a Mutual Aid Framework
Students taking a class together belong to a group where members typically develop a sense of connection to each other by engaging in mutual support and assistance through shared experiences and knowledge. Some have argued that the lack of face‐to‐face interaction precludes such processes and prevents the effective teaching of social work in an online environment. When online students were asked what they liked most and least about their classes,…
The subjective experience of information communication technology use among child welfare workers
Effects of parental monitoring on aggressive behavior among youth in the United States and South Korea
Promoting School Success Among At Risk Youth
This study examines the relationship between grade retention and completing high school in a sample of very low-income children from an urban school district. Results suggest that being retained–whether in first grade or in later grades–increases the risk of dropout. Moreover, youths who are retained in middle school are at greater risk of dropping out early in high school. Regardless of when retention occurs, youths who participate in extracurri…
Development of the School Support Scale for Low-Income Mothers in College
Purpose: Student-mothers from low-income families are three times as likely to drop out of college as female students without children. Yet, the economic and social benefits of postsecondary education for low-income mothers underscore the importance of examining environmental barriers to completing college for these women. Methods: The intent of this study, therefore, is to develop and validate an instrument, the school support scale, aimed at me…
Measuring Parenting Practices Among Parents of Elementary School-Age Youth
Objectives: The objective of this study is to establish the factor structure of the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (APQ), an instrument designed to measure parenting practices among parents of elementary school children. Methods: Exploratory (EFA) and confirmatory factor analytic (CFA) procedures are used to validate the APQ with 790 parents of children, ages 6—10. Results: Three subscales emerged representing parenting practices associated with…
Welfare reform and high school dropout patterns for children
Placement Patterns in Foster Care
The notion of “foster care drift” is ingrained in the conventional wisdom of child‐welfare policy and practice, yet the sparse literature on this topic provides little empirical support for it. This article illustrates the advantage of using longitudinal data based on cohorts of children entering out‐of‐home care for the first time. Simple frequency distributions of placement patterns effectively portray both quantitative and qualitative dimensio…
Promoting School Success Among At Risk Youth
This study examines the relationship between grade retention and completing high school in a sample of very low-income children from an urban school district. Results suggest that being retained–whether in first grade or in later grades–increases the risk of dropout. Moreover, youths who are retained in middle school are at greater risk of dropping out early in high school. Regardless of when retention occurs, youths who participate in extracurri…
Measuring Alcohol Expectancies in Youth
A Strategy for Assessing the Impact of Time-Varying Family Risk Factors on High School Dropout
Human behavior is dynamic, influenced by changing situations over time. Yet the impact of the dynamic nature of important explanatory variables on outcomes has only recently begun to be estimated in developmental models. Using a risk factor perspective, this article demonstrates the potential benefits of regressing time-varying outcome measures on time-varying explanatory measures in longitudinal models. The authors apply event history analysis t…
Enhancing Web‐based Courses through a Mutual Aid Framework
Students taking a class together belong to a group where members typically develop a sense of connection to each other by engaging in mutual support and assistance through shared experiences and knowledge. Some have argued that the lack of face‐to‐face interaction precludes such processes and prevents the effective teaching of social work in an online environment. When online students were asked what they liked most and least about their classes,…
Measuring Parenting Practices Among Parents of Elementary School-Age Youth
Objectives: The objective of this study is to establish the factor structure of the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (APQ), an instrument designed to measure parenting practices among parents of elementary school children. Methods: Exploratory (EFA) and confirmatory factor analytic (CFA) procedures are used to validate the APQ with 790 parents of children, ages 6—10. Results: Three subscales emerged representing parenting practices associated with…
Protective Influences on the Negative Consequences of Drinking Among Youth
The prevention of underage drinking and related outcomes focuses on strengthening protective factors. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health ( N = 3,862), the authors examine the effects of protective factors from three domains of adolescents' lives (individual, familial, and extrafamilial) on experiencing negative consequences of alcohol use, while controlling for relevant risk factors, among youth who have already …
Development of the School Support Scale for Low-Income Mothers in College
Purpose: Student-mothers from low-income families are three times as likely to drop out of college as female students without children. Yet, the economic and social benefits of postsecondary education for low-income mothers underscore the importance of examining environmental barriers to completing college for these women. Methods: The intent of this study, therefore, is to develop and validate an instrument, the school support scale, aimed at me…
Validation of a McKinney-Vento Act Implementation Scale
Objective: The McKinney-Vento Act (MVA) is the primary federal policy addressing homelessness in America with specific mandates designed to ameliorate the effects homelessness has on educational attainment for school-age children. The extent to which this policy is implemented may have far-reaching effects for homeless children. The MVA Implementation Scale (MVAIS) was developed for the purpose of providing a tool for assessing school-based socia…
Effects of parental monitoring on aggressive behavior among youth in the United States and South Korea
A systematic review of interventions to improve post-secondary educational outcomes among foster care alumni
Predictors of Early Departure among Recently Hired Child Welfare Workers
Child welfare workforce turnover has been well studied, although there is limited understanding of factors related to the timing of departure. This study examines predictors of early job departure among newly hired child welfare workers. Data come from the first two waves of a longitudinal study. The sample for this analysis included 1,257 respondents. Hierarchical logistical regression was used to investigate worker characteristics and organizat…
Assessing the relationship between client-perpetrated violence and intentions to leave child welfare
Using a sample of 705 early-career child welfare workers, client-perpetrated violence (CPV), a form of workplace violence, was examined to determine whether CPV experiences differ by worker responsibilities and demographic characteristics and how CPV influences workers’ intent to leave their child welfare positions. Results showed that protective investigators experienced more nonphysical violence (being yelled at or cursed at), while those provi…
Youth with disabilities transitioning from foster care
The subjective experience of information communication technology use among child welfare workers
A Survey of Trauma Education in Social Work Programs in the United States and Canada
In the past 2 decades, social work education has increasingly advocated for inclusion of trauma-related content in educational programming. Yet, to date, little is known about the current state of trauma education and training in social work programs. The aim of this study is to describe trauma education and training in accredited, North American social work programs. The data are from an online survey of 192 social work educators from 165 univer…
Timing and Predictors of Frontline Worker Departures From Child Welfare
Objective: High caseworker turnover is a central disrupter of an efficient, effective child welfare system. Considerable literature exists about intentions to leave a child welfare agency or position. Less is known about actual departure and departure timing from the field of child welfare. Drawing from the theory of embeddedness, this study uses Cox survival analysis to examine child welfare exits, personal and support characteristics that shape…
Information and communications technology use in rural child welfare work
This study explores the impact of information and communications technology (ICT) use on rural child welfare practice using a technology‐in‐practice framework to derive the social structures that are instantiated by rural child welfare workers (CWWs) and to examine their agency as actors. ICT use was tracked, and interviews were conducted with rural CWWs who work with children and families to gain an understanding of and describe their day‐to‐day…
Information Communication Technology and the Social Worker-Client Relationship
A core value in social work is the importance of the worker-client relationship. Communication is a key factor in this relationship. The pandemic, marked by a dramatic, rapid increase in communication through information communication technology (ICT), has underscored both challenges and benefits for the worker-client relationship. Informed by communication theories, this paper provides a conceptual framework for examining ICT interactions betwee…
Preparing Social Workers to Promote Environmental Justice
To contribute to best practices in educating social work students on environmental justice, we report the results of a study evaluating a module that was incorporated into the course Human Behavior and the Social Environment (HBSE). A mixed-methods design was used to examine student attitudes toward environmental justice. Participants were 61 Master of Social Work students from three cohorts. The students provided pre- and posttest responses to t…
Psychology (18 works) · Developmental psychology (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (8 works) · Social Work (8 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Sociology (7 works)