Melissa L Abell
Biographic Data
| ID | 96798 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melissa L Abell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melissa L |
| FAMILY NAME | Abell |
| SIGNATURE | ABELL M L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Virginia Commonwealth University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Student Attitudes Toward Religious Diversity and Implications for Multicultural Competence
In this article we present the findings from a survey of Master of Social Work (MSW) students regarding their attitudes toward religion in social work practice and their feelings of competence when working with clients who are Muslim. Our findings indicated that some students are uncomfortable working with Muslim groups. Interestingly, those students who are minority and non-Christian appear to identify with other oppressed groups and expressed a…
The Mediating and Moderating Effects of Parent and Peer Influences Upon Drug Use Among African American Adolescents
This study recruited 567 African American youth (mean age = 15.27 years; 65.1% girls) to examine the role of parent and peer contexts on drug use among African American adolescents. Data were collected on demographics, drug refusal efficacy, drug use, and various psychosocial factors including family and peer factors. When controlling for age and gender, parental monitoring and peer risky behavior completely mediated the relationship between pare…
The Promise and Challenge of Practice-Research Collaborations: Guiding Principles and Strategies for Initiating, Designing, and Implementing Program Evaluation Research
The authors present a set of guiding principles and strategies to facilitate the collaborative efforts of social work researchers and practitioners as they initiate, design, and implement outcome evaluations of human service interventions and programs. Beginning with an exploration of the interpersonal barriers to practice-research collaborations, and building on their experiences in successfully completing a community-based research evaluation, …
Community Case Management Intervention for Hard-to-Place Homeless Families Leaving Emergency Shelter
The Community Case Management Intervention was designed to fill a gap in services for hard to place homeless families who leave emergency shelters. There were 51 adults and 78 children who participated in the research. Families who met the criteria and volunteered for the study were randomly assigned to an intervention or comparison condition. Intensive case management was provided to families in the intervention condition upon their exit from th…
Poverty Reduction: Government Transfer Spending vs. Macroeconomic Change
The study uses a multivariate time series approach (Vector Autoregression) to compare the relative effects of government transfer spending versus macroeconomic change on poverty reduction. The analysis disaggregates transfer spending among federal budget subcategories and poverty rates among different demographic groups. The analysis also tested for the possibility that spending on government programs is adjusted in response to changes in poverty…
One Social Worker’s Retirement
A Community-Based Multiple Family Group Intervention for Sheltered Families: Impact of the Weekend Retreat
This study evaluates the effectiveness of a multiple family group intervention developed to improve familial functioning and decrease the frequency of children's behavior problems while families are living in shelters and as they prepare to transition back into more permanent living conditions. The skill-based curriculum focuses on diminishing stress, while helping strengthen families' beliefs, cohesion and structure. Nineteen adults and thirty-f…
The Promise and Challenge of Practice-Research Collaborations: Guiding Principles and Strategies for Initiating, Designing, and Implementing Program Evaluation Research
The authors present a set of guiding principles and strategies to facilitate the collaborative efforts of social work researchers and practitioners as they initiate, design, and implement outcome evaluations of human service interventions and programs. Beginning with an exploration of the interpersonal barriers to practice-research collaborations, and building on their experiences in successfully completing a community-based research evaluation, …
The Mediating and Moderating Effects of Parent and Peer Influences Upon Drug Use Among African American Adolescents
This study recruited 567 African American youth (mean age = 15.27 years; 65.1% girls) to examine the role of parent and peer contexts on drug use among African American adolescents. Data were collected on demographics, drug refusal efficacy, drug use, and various psychosocial factors including family and peer factors. When controlling for age and gender, parental monitoring and peer risky behavior completely mediated the relationship between pare…
Poverty Reduction: Government Transfer Spending vs. Macroeconomic Change
The study uses a multivariate time series approach (Vector Autoregression) to compare the relative effects of government transfer spending versus macroeconomic change on poverty reduction. The analysis disaggregates transfer spending among federal budget subcategories and poverty rates among different demographic groups. The analysis also tested for the possibility that spending on government programs is adjusted in response to changes in poverty…
One Social Worker’s Retirement
A Community-Based Multiple Family Group Intervention for Sheltered Families: Impact of the Weekend Retreat
This study evaluates the effectiveness of a multiple family group intervention developed to improve familial functioning and decrease the frequency of children's behavior problems while families are living in shelters and as they prepare to transition back into more permanent living conditions. The skill-based curriculum focuses on diminishing stress, while helping strengthen families' beliefs, cohesion and structure. Nineteen adults and thirty-f…
Community Case Management Intervention for Hard-to-Place Homeless Families Leaving Emergency Shelter
The Community Case Management Intervention was designed to fill a gap in services for hard to place homeless families who leave emergency shelters. There were 51 adults and 78 children who participated in the research. Families who met the criteria and volunteered for the study were randomly assigned to an intervention or comparison condition. Intensive case management was provided to families in the intervention condition upon their exit from th…
The Promise and Challenge of Practice-Research Collaborations: Guiding Principles and Strategies for Initiating, Designing, and Implementing Program Evaluation Research
The authors present a set of guiding principles and strategies to facilitate the collaborative efforts of social work researchers and practitioners as they initiate, design, and implement outcome evaluations of human service interventions and programs. Beginning with an exploration of the interpersonal barriers to practice-research collaborations, and building on their experiences in successfully completing a community-based research evaluation, …
The Mediating and Moderating Effects of Parent and Peer Influences Upon Drug Use Among African American Adolescents
This study recruited 567 African American youth (mean age = 15.27 years; 65.1% girls) to examine the role of parent and peer contexts on drug use among African American adolescents. Data were collected on demographics, drug refusal efficacy, drug use, and various psychosocial factors including family and peer factors. When controlling for age and gender, parental monitoring and peer risky behavior completely mediated the relationship between pare…
Student Attitudes Toward Religious Diversity and Implications for Multicultural Competence
In this article we present the findings from a survey of Master of Social Work (MSW) students regarding their attitudes toward religion in social work practice and their feelings of competence when working with clients who are Muslim. Our findings indicated that some students are uncomfortable working with Muslim groups. Interestingly, those students who are minority and non-Christian appear to identify with other oppressed groups and expressed a…
Psychology (5 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Psychiatry (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Demographic economics (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (2 works)