Olga Molina
Biographic Data
| ID | 5093816 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Olga Molina |
| GIVEN NAMES | Olga |
| FAMILY NAME | Molina |
| SIGNATURE | MOLINA Ó |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Central Florida |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The importance of executive social capital for child-serving residential facilities during hurricanes
Attitudes Toward Divorce and Their Relationship With Psychosocial Factors Among Social Work Students
This study aimed to explore attitudes toward divorce and their relationship with general satisfaction with life, spiritual beliefs, parental bonding, and depressive symptomatology among a sample of 210 social work students from two different universities in Florida. Results indicated that the majority of students had favorable attitudes toward divorce overall, perceiving divorce as a solution to unhappy marriage. Participants also reported strong…
Honoring Patient Care Preferences
A growing body of evidence has pointed to the stressful experience surrounding surrogate decision-making on behalf of incapacitated patients. This study (N = 59) asked surrogates to speak about their experiences immediately after having made a life-sustaining treatment decision. Grounded theory analysis revealed four themes: (1) the emotional impact of the decision-making process on the surrogate; (2) the difficulty of watching a loved one's heal…
Abused Latina Women's Perceptions of Their Postdivorce Adjustment
This qualitative study explores the postdivorce adjustment of battered Latina immigrants. Three focus groups were conducted. Data were analyzed utilizing a grounded theory approach. Five conceptual themes were unearthed including: (a) intimate partner violence (IPV) as the precipitator for divorce; (b) motivations for leaving; (c) the impact of the Latino culture on marriage, separation, and postdivorce; (d) immigration and other legal and social…
Divorcing Abused Latina Immigrant Women's Experiences With Domestic Violence Support Groups
The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the experiences of Latina immigrants who are divorcing and in domestic violence support groups (DVSGs). To gain an understanding of the client perspective, an ex-post facto research design was utilized with the data collection taking place after the members had terminated with the DVSG services. The convenience sample consisted of 15 Latina women. A questionnaire was used to determine the wome…
Occupational Functioning of Divorced African American Working Women
This qualitative study focused on the occupational functioning of divorced African American working women. Semi-structured interviews explored the pre-divorce, divorce, and post-divorce phases of occupational functioning from the women's perspective. Most of the women (67%) reported improved post-divorce work performance
A Qualitative Study of African American Divorced Women's Parenting Experiences
This qualitative study reports the parenting experiences of African American divorced women from their perspective. Interviews were used to explore the parental functioning during the divorce process. By the postdivorce phase, seventy percent of the women reported the same or better ability able to care for their children. Most had more time to spend with their children. The children had improved school performance, were less isolated from friend…
Members' Satisfaction with Union-Based Divorce Support Groups
This paper reports on the findings of a self-administered client satisfaction questionnaire given to group members of two divorce mutual aid support groups. The total sample consisted of twenty-six men and women of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds who participated in a ten week divorce group offered in a union-based legal/social work members assistance program. The majority of the members of both groups were very satisfied with their group e…
Divorce and Domestic Violence Among African American Women
This paper reports a study of African American divorced working women who received both legal and social work services at a pre-paid labor union legal services program. Thirty women were interviewed face-to-face to explore and describe the pre-divorce, divorce and post-divorce phases from the women's perspectives. Forty percent of the women were battered wives. The abuse reported included verbal, mental, sexual, financial and physical forms of ab…
A Joint Legal/Social Work Services Program Helps Working Women Through the Divorce Process
This study examined the effect of divorce on working class women and the effects of social work services of these women's experiences. The study was based on women who were members of a New York City Labor Union
African American Women's Unique Divorce Experiences
The qualitative study explored African American working women's pre-divorce, divorce and postdivorce experiences. A total of thirty divorced women were interviewed face-to-face by a social worker in a Member's Assistance Program where the women had received free legal and social work services. The findings demonstrate that the women face emotional and financial problems as a result of low salaries, lack of child support and lack of alimony. The c…
Stresses and Strengths of Working Women in a Divorce Support Group
This paper reports an explanatory-descriptive study of a sample of eight working women seeking a divorce from a union-based legal/social work program who participated in an eight week divorce support group. Questionnaires and scales were used to uncover the family characteristics of the clients who were predominantly African American. The lack of opportunities to learn job skills for promotions, the inability to continue the desired level of educ…
The Effect of Divorce on African American Working Women
The study examined the effect of divorce on working class African American working women, 40% of whom were battered wives. Face-to-face interviews were used to explore in-depth and describe the predivorce, divorce, and post-divorce phases from the women's perspectives. The semi-structured interviews focused on the women's ability to adapt to divorce on six areas of functioning: emotional, interpersonal, financial, parental, occupational, and educ…
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The Effect of Divorce on African American Working Women
The study examined the effect of divorce on working class African American working women, 40% of whom were battered wives. Face-to-face interviews were used to explore in-depth and describe the predivorce, divorce, and post-divorce phases from the women's perspectives. The semi-structured interviews focused on the women's ability to adapt to divorce on six areas of functioning: emotional, interpersonal, financial, parental, occupational, and educ…
African American Women's Unique Divorce Experiences
The qualitative study explored African American working women's pre-divorce, divorce and postdivorce experiences. A total of thirty divorced women were interviewed face-to-face by a social worker in a Member's Assistance Program where the women had received free legal and social work services. The findings demonstrate that the women face emotional and financial problems as a result of low salaries, lack of child support and lack of alimony. The c…
Stresses and Strengths of Working Women in a Divorce Support Group
This paper reports an explanatory-descriptive study of a sample of eight working women seeking a divorce from a union-based legal/social work program who participated in an eight week divorce support group. Questionnaires and scales were used to uncover the family characteristics of the clients who were predominantly African American. The lack of opportunities to learn job skills for promotions, the inability to continue the desired level of educ…
Divorce and Domestic Violence Among African American Women
This paper reports a study of African American divorced working women who received both legal and social work services at a pre-paid labor union legal services program. Thirty women were interviewed face-to-face to explore and describe the pre-divorce, divorce and post-divorce phases from the women's perspectives. Forty percent of the women were battered wives. The abuse reported included verbal, mental, sexual, financial and physical forms of ab…
A Joint Legal/Social Work Services Program Helps Working Women Through the Divorce Process
This study examined the effect of divorce on working class women and the effects of social work services of these women's experiences. The study was based on women who were members of a New York City Labor Union
A Qualitative Study of African American Divorced Women's Parenting Experiences
This qualitative study reports the parenting experiences of African American divorced women from their perspective. Interviews were used to explore the parental functioning during the divorce process. By the postdivorce phase, seventy percent of the women reported the same or better ability able to care for their children. Most had more time to spend with their children. The children had improved school performance, were less isolated from friend…
Members' Satisfaction with Union-Based Divorce Support Groups
This paper reports on the findings of a self-administered client satisfaction questionnaire given to group members of two divorce mutual aid support groups. The total sample consisted of twenty-six men and women of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds who participated in a ten week divorce group offered in a union-based legal/social work members assistance program. The majority of the members of both groups were very satisfied with their group e…
Occupational Functioning of Divorced African American Working Women
This qualitative study focused on the occupational functioning of divorced African American working women. Semi-structured interviews explored the pre-divorce, divorce, and post-divorce phases of occupational functioning from the women's perspective. Most of the women (67%) reported improved post-divorce work performance
Divorcing Abused Latina Immigrant Women's Experiences With Domestic Violence Support Groups
The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the experiences of Latina immigrants who are divorcing and in domestic violence support groups (DVSGs). To gain an understanding of the client perspective, an ex-post facto research design was utilized with the data collection taking place after the members had terminated with the DVSG services. The convenience sample consisted of 15 Latina women. A questionnaire was used to determine the wome…
Abused Latina Women's Perceptions of Their Postdivorce Adjustment
This qualitative study explores the postdivorce adjustment of battered Latina immigrants. Three focus groups were conducted. Data were analyzed utilizing a grounded theory approach. Five conceptual themes were unearthed including: (a) intimate partner violence (IPV) as the precipitator for divorce; (b) motivations for leaving; (c) the impact of the Latino culture on marriage, separation, and postdivorce; (d) immigration and other legal and social…
Honoring Patient Care Preferences
A growing body of evidence has pointed to the stressful experience surrounding surrogate decision-making on behalf of incapacitated patients. This study (N = 59) asked surrogates to speak about their experiences immediately after having made a life-sustaining treatment decision. Grounded theory analysis revealed four themes: (1) the emotional impact of the decision-making process on the surrogate; (2) the difficulty of watching a loved one's heal…
Attitudes Toward Divorce and Their Relationship With Psychosocial Factors Among Social Work Students
This study aimed to explore attitudes toward divorce and their relationship with general satisfaction with life, spiritual beliefs, parental bonding, and depressive symptomatology among a sample of 210 social work students from two different universities in Florida. Results indicated that the majority of students had favorable attitudes toward divorce overall, perceiving divorce as a solution to unhappy marriage. Participants also reported strong…
The importance of executive social capital for child-serving residential facilities during hurricanes
Psychology (12 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (9 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (5 works) · Qualitative research (5 works) · African american (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works)