Meripa T Godinet
Biographic Data
| ID | 643214 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Meripa T Godinet |
| GIVEN NAMES | Meripa T |
| FAMILY NAME | Godinet |
| SIGNATURE | GODINET M T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Children and Kinship Care
Racial disproportionality in the child welfare system is of major concern. This is particularly evident for Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) populations, who are overrepresented in foster care. To address this disparity, this study examined kinship placement stability and factors contributing to successful placements among NHPI children. The Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System 2020 dataset was used to (1) examine the…
Family support and treatment completion for unhealthy alcohol use in a SBIRT program
Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) research indicates that substance use severity is a predictor of readiness to change, which is in turn associated with positive treatment follow-through. Using a strengths-based approach, family support is hypothesized to be a protective factor related to treatment completion; yet additional research is needed to substantiate the role of this construct when considering other pre-tre…
Community Resilience and Cultural Responses in Crisis
Grandparenting Among Māoris of New Zealand
Transnational Pacific Islanders
The Pacific Islander American racial group is smaller in terms of numbers relative to other racial groups and yet one of the fastest-growing in the United States. The complexity of their lives exceeds the implications of such small numbers, yet it reflects the contribution of their transnational ties and relationships in the Pacific and increasing multiple cultural identities as Pacific Islander Americans. Although this identity provides potentia…
Efficacy or Chaos? Parent–Child Interaction Therapy in Maltreating Populations
Child abuse remains a serious and expensive social problem in the United States. Few evidence-based treatments (EBTs) exist for at-risk families and/or maltreating families where neglect or abuse has occurred, limiting the ability of social service agencies to comply with legislative mandates to use EBTs with clients. One promising intervention, parent–child interaction therapy (PCIT), has been tested in 11 separate trials with this population. T…
Juvenile perpetrators of race/ethnicity-based bias crimes
Most bias crime literature focuses on adults despite the fact that youth account for a large proportion of prejudice-motivated violence. The LA County Commission on Human Relations data for all bias crimes from 2002-2008 was used to examine similarities and differences between adult and youth suspects of bias-motivated crimes. Findings showed youth victims of racial bias crimes were 12 times more likely to be targeted by youth suspects and over f…
The impact of repeated maltreatment on behavioral trajectories from early childhood to early adolescence
Lived Experiences of Youth of Color in Secured Facilities
This article discusses the perceptions of youth of color in secured facilities regarding factors that influenced their lived experiences. Data were collected via focus groups with 101 youth and 80 staff. Results showed that factors such as youth skin color, youth attire, prejudicial attitudes of staff, stereotyping by staff, and bootstrapping contributed to the lived experiences of youth of color, with racial bias in secured facilities and simila…
Native Hawaiian Families Systemic Disparities in Hawaii's Child Welfare System
This study examined systemic and individual factors that contribute to the disproportionality of Native Hawaiian families in the child welfare system using data from the 2004–2005 Hawaii State Child Welfare Services (N = 1267). Native Hawaiians were found to be more likely to reenter the system and less likely to be re-united with their families even when the type of abuse was less serious. This distinction was identifiable in interaction terms i…
Protective factors among families with children at risk of maltreatment
Disproportionality, Ohana Conferencing, and the Hawai'i Child Welfare System
This study examined factors related to the overrepresentation of Native Hawai'ian and Pacific Islander families in Hawai'i's child welfare system and the role of Ohana conferencing in mitigating negative outcomes once a child is in the system. Findings of this study showed that the child welfare system in Hawai'i seems to respond differentially based to some degree on the ethnicity of the family. Furthermore, Ohana conferencing was found to have …
Conceptualizing Delinquency Among Samoan Adolescents
Information about various ethnic groups, particularly Samoans, that evince high rates of juvenile crimes is surprisingly sparse. The existing information regarding delinquency suggests that Samoan adolescents appear in disproportionate numbers in the justice system and other social systems in the United States. Current research on delinquency tends to incorporate 2 or more theories as a way to account for varying influences on delinquency. An ana…
Community, Neighborhood, and Peer Influence on Samoan-American Youths
This article examines the Samoan community, neighborhood, and peer groups as possible sources of risk and/or protection for delinquency among Samoan youths. Study participants include Samoan-American youths and parents living in one U.S. state. Data were collected via individual interviews of 30 Samoan adolescents, 15 of whom have been involved in the juvenile justice system. Results indicate that community involvement, neighborhood structures an…
Protective factors among families with children at risk of maltreatment
The impact of repeated maltreatment on behavioral trajectories from early childhood to early adolescence
Disproportionality, Ohana Conferencing, and the Hawai'i Child Welfare System
This study examined factors related to the overrepresentation of Native Hawai'ian and Pacific Islander families in Hawai'i's child welfare system and the role of Ohana conferencing in mitigating negative outcomes once a child is in the system. Findings of this study showed that the child welfare system in Hawai'i seems to respond differentially based to some degree on the ethnicity of the family. Furthermore, Ohana conferencing was found to have …
Transnational Pacific Islanders
The Pacific Islander American racial group is smaller in terms of numbers relative to other racial groups and yet one of the fastest-growing in the United States. The complexity of their lives exceeds the implications of such small numbers, yet it reflects the contribution of their transnational ties and relationships in the Pacific and increasing multiple cultural identities as Pacific Islander Americans. Although this identity provides potentia…
Native Hawaiian Families Systemic Disparities in Hawaii's Child Welfare System
This study examined systemic and individual factors that contribute to the disproportionality of Native Hawaiian families in the child welfare system using data from the 2004–2005 Hawaii State Child Welfare Services (N = 1267). Native Hawaiians were found to be more likely to reenter the system and less likely to be re-united with their families even when the type of abuse was less serious. This distinction was identifiable in interaction terms i…
Community Resilience and Cultural Responses in Crisis
Community, Neighborhood, and Peer Influence on Samoan-American Youths
This article examines the Samoan community, neighborhood, and peer groups as possible sources of risk and/or protection for delinquency among Samoan youths. Study participants include Samoan-American youths and parents living in one U.S. state. Data were collected via individual interviews of 30 Samoan adolescents, 15 of whom have been involved in the juvenile justice system. Results indicate that community involvement, neighborhood structures an…
Conceptualizing Delinquency Among Samoan Adolescents
Information about various ethnic groups, particularly Samoans, that evince high rates of juvenile crimes is surprisingly sparse. The existing information regarding delinquency suggests that Samoan adolescents appear in disproportionate numbers in the justice system and other social systems in the United States. Current research on delinquency tends to incorporate 2 or more theories as a way to account for varying influences on delinquency. An ana…
Disproportionality, Ohana Conferencing, and the Hawai'i Child Welfare System
This study examined factors related to the overrepresentation of Native Hawai'ian and Pacific Islander families in Hawai'i's child welfare system and the role of Ohana conferencing in mitigating negative outcomes once a child is in the system. Findings of this study showed that the child welfare system in Hawai'i seems to respond differentially based to some degree on the ethnicity of the family. Furthermore, Ohana conferencing was found to have …
Native Hawaiian Families Systemic Disparities in Hawaii's Child Welfare System
This study examined systemic and individual factors that contribute to the disproportionality of Native Hawaiian families in the child welfare system using data from the 2004–2005 Hawaii State Child Welfare Services (N = 1267). Native Hawaiians were found to be more likely to reenter the system and less likely to be re-united with their families even when the type of abuse was less serious. This distinction was identifiable in interaction terms i…
Protective factors among families with children at risk of maltreatment
Lived Experiences of Youth of Color in Secured Facilities
This article discusses the perceptions of youth of color in secured facilities regarding factors that influenced their lived experiences. Data were collected via focus groups with 101 youth and 80 staff. Results showed that factors such as youth skin color, youth attire, prejudicial attitudes of staff, stereotyping by staff, and bootstrapping contributed to the lived experiences of youth of color, with racial bias in secured facilities and simila…
The impact of repeated maltreatment on behavioral trajectories from early childhood to early adolescence
Juvenile perpetrators of race/ethnicity-based bias crimes
Most bias crime literature focuses on adults despite the fact that youth account for a large proportion of prejudice-motivated violence. The LA County Commission on Human Relations data for all bias crimes from 2002-2008 was used to examine similarities and differences between adult and youth suspects of bias-motivated crimes. Findings showed youth victims of racial bias crimes were 12 times more likely to be targeted by youth suspects and over f…
Efficacy or Chaos? Parent–Child Interaction Therapy in Maltreating Populations
Child abuse remains a serious and expensive social problem in the United States. Few evidence-based treatments (EBTs) exist for at-risk families and/or maltreating families where neglect or abuse has occurred, limiting the ability of social service agencies to comply with legislative mandates to use EBTs with clients. One promising intervention, parent–child interaction therapy (PCIT), has been tested in 11 separate trials with this population. T…
Transnational Pacific Islanders
The Pacific Islander American racial group is smaller in terms of numbers relative to other racial groups and yet one of the fastest-growing in the United States. The complexity of their lives exceeds the implications of such small numbers, yet it reflects the contribution of their transnational ties and relationships in the Pacific and increasing multiple cultural identities as Pacific Islander Americans. Although this identity provides potentia…
Grandparenting Among Māoris of New Zealand
Family support and treatment completion for unhealthy alcohol use in a SBIRT program
Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) research indicates that substance use severity is a predictor of readiness to change, which is in turn associated with positive treatment follow-through. Using a strengths-based approach, family support is hypothesized to be a protective factor related to treatment completion; yet additional research is needed to substantiate the role of this construct when considering other pre-tre…
Community Resilience and Cultural Responses in Crisis
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Children and Kinship Care
Racial disproportionality in the child welfare system is of major concern. This is particularly evident for Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) populations, who are overrepresented in foster care. To address this disparity, this study examined kinship placement stability and factors contributing to successful placements among NHPI children. The Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System 2020 dataset was used to (1) examine the…
Psychology (10 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (8 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Ethnic group (5 works) · Pacific islanders (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works)