Susan M Long
Biographic Data
| ID | 6086612 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Susan M Long |
| GIVEN NAMES | Susan M |
| FAMILY NAME | Long |
| SIGNATURE | LONG S M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois Chicago |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8381-6416 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Counselors Providing Care to Clients Who Self‐Diagnose via the Internet and Social Media: A Grounded Theory
Through grounded theory, the authors sought to answer how mental health counselors ( N = 20) provide counseling to clients who self‐diagnose via the Internet and social media. The data collected from participant interviews informed a theoretical model, which includes six themes: (a) origins of self‐diagnosis; (b) factors impacting treatment‐seeking; (c) counselor identity; (d) therapeutic collaboration; (e) therapeutic interventions; and (f) outc…
Workplace Sexual Harassment in a Multistate Sample of Mental Health Counselors: Prevalence and Risk Factors
Sexual harassment is a pervasive experience within the workplace. Healthcare and social service providers are at an increased risk of experiencing sexual harassment and other types of workplace violence, which includes sexual harassment. However, counselors’ experiences of workplace sexual harassment are undocumented. A cross‐sectional survey was used to investigate the prevalence of workplace sexual harassment among professional counselors ( N =…
Mental Health Counselors’ Experiences Working with Fostered Youth
There are roughly 440,000 foster youth living in the United States. Coupled with experiences of child welfare inequalities, foster youth are at an increased risk to develop mental and behavioral health issues. Mental health counselors are trained to advocate for their client’s mental and emotional well-being. However, minimal research demonstrates a counselor’s ability to work with foster youth. The current study adds to the existing body of rese…
Mothers’ spirituality and religion in the criminal justice system
The number of mothers in the criminal justice system (CJS) increased over 700% in the past 25 years. Little is known about these mothers’ spirituality and religion. Our review of quantitative (n = 1,170) and qualitative (n = 87) data from mothers’ experiences and concluded that while spiritual wellness was important to most, the participants had varied spiritual views and practices. The authors provide suggestions for counseling to improve spirit…
The Perverse Organisation and Its Deadly Sins
The Perverse Organisation and its Deadly Sins begins by examining the nature of perversity and its presence in corporate and organisational life. Then, four chapters examine the "corporate sins" of perverse pride, greed, envy and sloth, each taking case studies from major organisations suffering their effects. Finally, the book enquires into the nature of the consumer/provider pair as a centrepiece of the perverse cultural dynamics of current org…
Navigating Homelessness and Navigating Abuse: How Homeless Mothers Find Transitional Housing While Managing Intimate Partner Violence
Impoverished women who leave an abusive partner often become homeless, and many homeless women have been abused, yet these groups are frequently studied as distinctly different populations. A total of 15 current and former female participants in a transitional living program (TLP) were interviewed about how they became homeless, where they lived while homeless, the abuse and other challenges they faced, and how they handled those challenges. All …
Social Class and Belonging: Implications for College Adjustment
This study addressed the extent to which social class position structures a sense of belonging at college, and the ways in which belonging informs adjustment to college. Among 322 liberal arts college students, social class background was significantly associated with a sense of belonging at college and was marginally related to academic performance but was not related to the quality of the experience they were having at college. Sense of belongi…
Age and Educational Differences in African American Women's Sexual Assault Experiences
Although research on sexual assault and its postassault consequences has grown, information on knowledge of postassault experiences for African American women remains limited. A large sample of African American women ( N = 495) were surveyed about their sexual assault experiences, attributions of blame, disclosure, and social reactions received following assault. Age, educational attainment, and sexual assault severity were examined in relation t…
What factors predict women's disclosure of sexual assault to mental health professionals
Although many sexual assault survivors seek support from mental health sources for adverse psychological symptoms due to sexual assault, many do not. A diverse sample of adult sexual assault survivors was surveyed about their sexual assault experiences, social reactions received when disclosing assault, attributions of blame, coping strategies, and psychological symptomatology. Statistical analyses were run to identify demographic, assault, and p…
Age and Educational Differences in African American Women's Sexual Assault Experiences
Although research on sexual assault and its postassault consequences has grown, information on knowledge of postassault experiences for African American women remains limited. A large sample of African American women ( N = 495) were surveyed about their sexual assault experiences, attributions of blame, disclosure, and social reactions received following assault. Age, educational attainment, and sexual assault severity were examined in relation t…
Navigating Homelessness and Navigating Abuse: How Homeless Mothers Find Transitional Housing While Managing Intimate Partner Violence
Impoverished women who leave an abusive partner often become homeless, and many homeless women have been abused, yet these groups are frequently studied as distinctly different populations. A total of 15 current and former female participants in a transitional living program (TLP) were interviewed about how they became homeless, where they lived while homeless, the abuse and other challenges they faced, and how they handled those challenges. All …
What factors predict women's disclosure of sexual assault to mental health professionals
Although many sexual assault survivors seek support from mental health sources for adverse psychological symptoms due to sexual assault, many do not. A diverse sample of adult sexual assault survivors was surveyed about their sexual assault experiences, social reactions received when disclosing assault, attributions of blame, coping strategies, and psychological symptomatology. Statistical analyses were run to identify demographic, assault, and p…
Social Class and Belonging: Implications for College Adjustment
This study addressed the extent to which social class position structures a sense of belonging at college, and the ways in which belonging informs adjustment to college. Among 322 liberal arts college students, social class background was significantly associated with a sense of belonging at college and was marginally related to academic performance but was not related to the quality of the experience they were having at college. Sense of belongi…
Age and Educational Differences in African American Women's Sexual Assault Experiences
Although research on sexual assault and its postassault consequences has grown, information on knowledge of postassault experiences for African American women remains limited. A large sample of African American women ( N = 495) were surveyed about their sexual assault experiences, attributions of blame, disclosure, and social reactions received following assault. Age, educational attainment, and sexual assault severity were examined in relation t…
What factors predict women's disclosure of sexual assault to mental health professionals
Although many sexual assault survivors seek support from mental health sources for adverse psychological symptoms due to sexual assault, many do not. A diverse sample of adult sexual assault survivors was surveyed about their sexual assault experiences, social reactions received when disclosing assault, attributions of blame, coping strategies, and psychological symptomatology. Statistical analyses were run to identify demographic, assault, and p…
Navigating Homelessness and Navigating Abuse: How Homeless Mothers Find Transitional Housing While Managing Intimate Partner Violence
Impoverished women who leave an abusive partner often become homeless, and many homeless women have been abused, yet these groups are frequently studied as distinctly different populations. A total of 15 current and former female participants in a transitional living program (TLP) were interviewed about how they became homeless, where they lived while homeless, the abuse and other challenges they faced, and how they handled those challenges. All …
The Perverse Organisation and Its Deadly Sins
The Perverse Organisation and its Deadly Sins begins by examining the nature of perversity and its presence in corporate and organisational life. Then, four chapters examine the "corporate sins" of perverse pride, greed, envy and sloth, each taking case studies from major organisations suffering their effects. Finally, the book enquires into the nature of the consumer/provider pair as a centrepiece of the perverse cultural dynamics of current org…
Mothers’ spirituality and religion in the criminal justice system
The number of mothers in the criminal justice system (CJS) increased over 700% in the past 25 years. Little is known about these mothers’ spirituality and religion. Our review of quantitative (n = 1,170) and qualitative (n = 87) data from mothers’ experiences and concluded that while spiritual wellness was important to most, the participants had varied spiritual views and practices. The authors provide suggestions for counseling to improve spirit…
Mental Health Counselors’ Experiences Working with Fostered Youth
There are roughly 440,000 foster youth living in the United States. Coupled with experiences of child welfare inequalities, foster youth are at an increased risk to develop mental and behavioral health issues. Mental health counselors are trained to advocate for their client’s mental and emotional well-being. However, minimal research demonstrates a counselor’s ability to work with foster youth. The current study adds to the existing body of rese…
Counselors Providing Care to Clients Who Self‐Diagnose via the Internet and Social Media: A Grounded Theory
Through grounded theory, the authors sought to answer how mental health counselors ( N = 20) provide counseling to clients who self‐diagnose via the Internet and social media. The data collected from participant interviews informed a theoretical model, which includes six themes: (a) origins of self‐diagnosis; (b) factors impacting treatment‐seeking; (c) counselor identity; (d) therapeutic collaboration; (e) therapeutic interventions; and (f) outc…
Workplace Sexual Harassment in a Multistate Sample of Mental Health Counselors: Prevalence and Risk Factors
Sexual harassment is a pervasive experience within the workplace. Healthcare and social service providers are at an increased risk of experiencing sexual harassment and other types of workplace violence, which includes sexual harassment. However, counselors’ experiences of workplace sexual harassment are undocumented. A cross‐sectional survey was used to investigate the prevalence of workplace sexual harassment among professional counselors ( N =…
Psychology (6 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Poison control (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies (3 works)