Rana Hong

Biographic Data

ID4369562
NAMERana Hong
GIVEN NAMESRana
FAMILY NAMEHong
SIGNATUREHONG R
AFFILIATIONSLoyola University Chicago
ORCID0000-0001-7687-2583
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS14
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • The Effectiveness of Parent–Child Interaction Therapy in Korean Families

    Open AccessRana Hong, J Lee et al.ARTICLEResearch on Social Work Practice2026References: 1

    Objectives Parent–child interaction therapy (PCIT) is an empirically supported treatment (EST) initially developed to help parents manage difficult behaviors in preschoolers aged 2–7 years. Given its proven effectiveness across diverse populations, this meta-analysis aims to evaluate its effectiveness for Koreans using studies from 1991 to 2022. Methods A total of 11 studies ( n = 201 children; 224 parents) met the criteria for this meta-analysis…

  • Examining Behavioral Variations in Disadvantaged Adolescents

    Open AccessCaleb Kim, Rana HongARTICLEYouth & Society2025References: 36

    This study explored racial differences in internalizing and externalizing problems among minority adolescents in impoverished urban communities. The study centered on a sample of 211 participants who were engaged in the 2018 Building Resilience Against Violence Engagement (BRAVE) programs. Their internalizing and externalizing problems were assessed using Youth Self-Report (YSR). The results of a one-way between-subjects Analysis of Variance (ANO…

  • Developing and validating the perceived youth barriers scale (Pybs)

    Open AccessRana Hong, Philip Young P Hong et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2025References: 3

  • Transforming Impossible into Possible (TIP) for Fatherhood

    Open AccessPhilip Young P Hong, Dara Lewis et al.ARTICLEResearch on Social Work Practice2021Cited by: 2References: 9

    The purpose of this study is to examine the psychological self-sufficiency (PSS) process among low-income men participating in the Transforming Impossible into Possible (TIP) program and explore the implications of TIP as a fatherhood intervention. Sample from 324 men participating in a community-based fatherhood initiative and four local job training programs in a large Midwestern city was used to examine the group differences in PSS as it relat…

  • Hope Is Greater than Barriers”

    Philip Young P Hong, Rana Hong et al.ARTICLEJournal of Poverty2020Cited by: 1References: 8

    This study explored a strength-based, anti-poverty program called Pathway of Hope (POH) of the Salvation Army based on the data that was collected from 11 focus groups consisting of 30 service users and 32 service providers in 2017. The results of the qualitative content analysis found four main categories for creating a pathway of hope: (a) case manager as a personal coach and spiritual accompanist; (b) goal attainment in the POH process; (c) re…

  • A Randomized Controlled Trial Study of Transforming Impossible into Possible (TIP) Policy Experiment in South Korea

    Open AccessPhilip Young P Hong, Sangmi Choi et al.ARTICLEResearch on Social Work Practice2020Cited by: 3References: 8

    Purpose: This randomized controlled trial (RCT) study examined the efficacy of the Transforming Impossible into Possible (TIP) program for low-income, low-skilled jobseekers in the Self-Sufficiency Program (SSP) in South Korea. Method: A total of 169 participants in SSP regional centers were randomly assigned to the intervention group (104 participants) and the wait-list control group (65 participants). Employment hope, perceived employment barri…

  • Validation of the Employment Hope Scale (EHS) among summer youth employment program participants

    Open AccessPhilip Young P Hong, Rana Hong et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2020Cited by: 1References: 37

  • Examining Psychological Self-Sufficiency Among Low-Income Jobseekers with Mental Health Barriers

    Open AccessPhilip Young P Hong, Rana Hong et al.ARTICLECommunity Mental Health Journal2020References: 51

  • Facilitating Transformation in Workforce Training

    Rana Hong, Terry B Northcut et al.ARTICLESmith College Studies in Social…2019Cited by: 7References: 4

    Acknowledging the scarcity of a bottom up social work practice model in facilitating the development of success in workforce development programs, this study explores Psychological self-sufficiency (PSS) as an emerging social work practice theory. Phenomenological studies of low-income jobseekers in employment training along with the empirical validation of measures of the core constructs of PSS – employment hope scale (EHS) and perceived employm…