Surjit Singh Dhooper
Biographic Data
| ID | 5122403 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Surjit Singh Dhooper |
| GIVEN NAMES | Surjit Singh |
| FAMILY NAME | Dhooper |
| SIGNATURE | DHOOPER S S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Kentucky |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Social Work Response to the Needs of Biracial Americans
The number of interracial marriages is rising. The offspring of these marriages are a special group that is experiencing the complexities and frustrations of multiracial existence. Over six million Americans identified themselves as biracial in the 2000 census. These people are different from biracial Americans of the past. They do not want to disown any part of their ancestry and are resisting the societal practice of forcing them to identify wi…
Poverty Among Asian Americans
Asian Americans are not immune to poverty and its consequences. This paper has reviewed several poverty-related concepts and theories and examined their relevance for understanding and dealing with poverty among Asian Americans. Social work interventions are proposed at both macro and micro levels together with the professional skills necessary for those interventions
Evaluation of a School-Based Child Abuse Prevention Program
This article reports the results of an evaluation study of a school-based educational child abuse prevention program using a quasi-expetimental design. Seven hundred ninety-six (796) children, both male and female, at three grade levels, and from nine public and parochial schools participated in the study. Following the presentation of the educational program, an impressive increase in the posttest mean score on a child abuse questionnaire of the…
Anxiety Preceding Field Work
Data from this exploratory study suggest that both graduate and undergraduate social work students have high levels of anxiety as they prepare to enter field practicums. A survey of 255 students identified self-doubts, time and stress management concerns, as well as interviewing and counseling related concerns. Undergraduates were twice as likely to express self-doubts as graduate students and reported higher levels of anxiety. Suggestions are ma…
Childhood Trauma and Adult Life Satisfaction in a Random Adult Sample
640 randomly selected adults were surveyed about childhood traumatic events and their current life satisfaction. Respondents who had experienced traumatic childhood events rated themselves significantly less satisfied with life and were less likely to be home owners and more likely to live in families with lower incomes than respondents who had not experienced traumatic events (ns ranged from 44 to 232, depending on the items)
Toward an Effective Response to the Needs of Asian-Americans
This paper identifies the major problems of most Asian-Americans and analyzes the reasons why these problems have defied solutions. In order to deal with them effectively, a more responsive organizational arrangement for a multi-purpose agency is suggested. Such an agency is client-concerned as well as community-oriented, equipped to effectively meet the immediate and long-term needs of individuals and families, as well as organize the community …
Stress and the Life Satisfaction of Black Social Workers
T his article reports on a study of the stress, life satisfaction, and social support experienced by 84 black social workers. It was found that the younger workers with BSW degrees, who were in direct service positions had greater stress than did the older social workers, who had higher degrees and were in teaching and administrative positions. Furthermore, those with higher education and higher incomes were more satisfied with life. Although mar…
Social Work and Sexual Harassment
Ninety-seven members of the Kentucky chapter of National Association of Social Workers were surveyed about their knowledge of and experience with sexual harassment in their work places. Fifty-one percent knew of sexual harassment of female social workers and 18% knew of similar harassment of male workers. Twenty-six percent had themselves been victims of sexual harassment. Verbal harassment was the most common followed by a combination of verbal …
Undergraduate and Graduate Students’ Attitudes towards Aids
Among 219 respondents, undergraduate or graduate status did not emerge as a good predictor of empathy towards aids victims, fear of aids, or knowledge of AIDS. Knowledge about aids was a better predictor of fear than age, race, or sex. Greater knowledge was associated with greater empathy
Coronary Heart Disease and Family Functioning
Forty families of patients 60 years old and younger who had suffered from their first heart attack, drawn from five hospitals in a metropolitan area, were studied during the hospitalization, a month after discharge from hospital, and two months later. This paper explores the impact of heart disease on family functioning and examines the process of family adjustment to the crisis over a period of about four months. The impacts varied in different …
Social Work Response to the Needs of Biracial Americans
The number of interracial marriages is rising. The offspring of these marriages are a special group that is experiencing the complexities and frustrations of multiracial existence. Over six million Americans identified themselves as biracial in the 2000 census. These people are different from biracial Americans of the past. They do not want to disown any part of their ancestry and are resisting the societal practice of forcing them to identify wi…
Anxiety Preceding Field Work
Data from this exploratory study suggest that both graduate and undergraduate social work students have high levels of anxiety as they prepare to enter field practicums. A survey of 255 students identified self-doubts, time and stress management concerns, as well as interviewing and counseling related concerns. Undergraduates were twice as likely to express self-doubts as graduate students and reported higher levels of anxiety. Suggestions are ma…
Stress and the Life Satisfaction of Black Social Workers
T his article reports on a study of the stress, life satisfaction, and social support experienced by 84 black social workers. It was found that the younger workers with BSW degrees, who were in direct service positions had greater stress than did the older social workers, who had higher degrees and were in teaching and administrative positions. Furthermore, those with higher education and higher incomes were more satisfied with life. Although mar…
Evaluation of a School-Based Child Abuse Prevention Program
This article reports the results of an evaluation study of a school-based educational child abuse prevention program using a quasi-expetimental design. Seven hundred ninety-six (796) children, both male and female, at three grade levels, and from nine public and parochial schools participated in the study. Following the presentation of the educational program, an impressive increase in the posttest mean score on a child abuse questionnaire of the…
Toward an Effective Response to the Needs of Asian-Americans
This paper identifies the major problems of most Asian-Americans and analyzes the reasons why these problems have defied solutions. In order to deal with them effectively, a more responsive organizational arrangement for a multi-purpose agency is suggested. Such an agency is client-concerned as well as community-oriented, equipped to effectively meet the immediate and long-term needs of individuals and families, as well as organize the community …
Coronary Heart Disease and Family Functioning
Forty families of patients 60 years old and younger who had suffered from their first heart attack, drawn from five hospitals in a metropolitan area, were studied during the hospitalization, a month after discharge from hospital, and two months later. This paper explores the impact of heart disease on family functioning and examines the process of family adjustment to the crisis over a period of about four months. The impacts varied in different …
Undergraduate and Graduate Students’ Attitudes towards Aids
Among 219 respondents, undergraduate or graduate status did not emerge as a good predictor of empathy towards aids victims, fear of aids, or knowledge of AIDS. Knowledge about aids was a better predictor of fear than age, race, or sex. Greater knowledge was associated with greater empathy
Stress and the Life Satisfaction of Black Social Workers
T his article reports on a study of the stress, life satisfaction, and social support experienced by 84 black social workers. It was found that the younger workers with BSW degrees, who were in direct service positions had greater stress than did the older social workers, who had higher degrees and were in teaching and administrative positions. Furthermore, those with higher education and higher incomes were more satisfied with life. Although mar…
Social Work and Sexual Harassment
Ninety-seven members of the Kentucky chapter of National Association of Social Workers were surveyed about their knowledge of and experience with sexual harassment in their work places. Fifty-one percent knew of sexual harassment of female social workers and 18% knew of similar harassment of male workers. Twenty-six percent had themselves been victims of sexual harassment. Verbal harassment was the most common followed by a combination of verbal …
Childhood Trauma and Adult Life Satisfaction in a Random Adult Sample
640 randomly selected adults were surveyed about childhood traumatic events and their current life satisfaction. Respondents who had experienced traumatic childhood events rated themselves significantly less satisfied with life and were less likely to be home owners and more likely to live in families with lower incomes than respondents who had not experienced traumatic events (ns ranged from 44 to 232, depending on the items)
Toward an Effective Response to the Needs of Asian-Americans
This paper identifies the major problems of most Asian-Americans and analyzes the reasons why these problems have defied solutions. In order to deal with them effectively, a more responsive organizational arrangement for a multi-purpose agency is suggested. Such an agency is client-concerned as well as community-oriented, equipped to effectively meet the immediate and long-term needs of individuals and families, as well as organize the community …
Anxiety Preceding Field Work
Data from this exploratory study suggest that both graduate and undergraduate social work students have high levels of anxiety as they prepare to enter field practicums. A survey of 255 students identified self-doubts, time and stress management concerns, as well as interviewing and counseling related concerns. Undergraduates were twice as likely to express self-doubts as graduate students and reported higher levels of anxiety. Suggestions are ma…
Evaluation of a School-Based Child Abuse Prevention Program
This article reports the results of an evaluation study of a school-based educational child abuse prevention program using a quasi-expetimental design. Seven hundred ninety-six (796) children, both male and female, at three grade levels, and from nine public and parochial schools participated in the study. Following the presentation of the educational program, an impressive increase in the posttest mean score on a child abuse questionnaire of the…
Poverty Among Asian Americans
Asian Americans are not immune to poverty and its consequences. This paper has reviewed several poverty-related concepts and theories and examined their relevance for understanding and dealing with poverty among Asian Americans. Social work interventions are proposed at both macro and micro levels together with the professional skills necessary for those interventions
Social Work Response to the Needs of Biracial Americans
The number of interracial marriages is rising. The offspring of these marriages are a special group that is experiencing the complexities and frustrations of multiracial existence. Over six million Americans identified themselves as biracial in the 2000 census. These people are different from biracial Americans of the past. They do not want to disown any part of their ancestry and are resisting the societal practice of forcing them to identify wi…
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