Families in Society-The Journal of Contemporary Social Services

Papers
(The median citation count of Families in Society-The Journal of Contemporary Social Services is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
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Development of B.R.A.K.E. the Cycle: A Culturally Responsive Bystander Intervention for South Asian Immigrants in the United States28
Quality of Life of Family Caregivers of Adults With Autism: Role of Caregiver Burden, Health, and Social Support of Compound and Noncompound Caregivers13
Paid Placements in Social Work: Addressing Inequity and Student Well-Being (Policy Brief)12
Hidden Challenges Experienced by Families With Military-Related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder12
Solution-Focused Body-Mind-Spirit (SF-BMS) Group Therapy for Mental Health and Trauma Symptoms Among Asian American Youth: A Mixed Methods Pilot Evaluation11
How Children Influence Weight-Related Behaviors of Women With Low Incomes: A Qualitative Study10
Rebuttal from Dr. Dettlaff10
Social Work Research in the Age of Artificial Intelligence10
Economic Hardship and Adolescent Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Parenting Among Non-Resident Father Families9
Building a Primary Prevention Ecosystem in the United States: A Model for Transforming How Society Supports Children and Families9
Providing Help in Europe: Are In-Household Care and Outside-Household Support Associated With Grandparental Child care?8
Intimate Partner Violence: A Qualitative Study of Male Victims’ Experiences With Their Natal and In-Law Families8
Preventing Homelessness Among Youth Aging Out of Foster Care: Formative Evaluation Results of a Coach-Like Engagement Model7
Supervised Visitation: State of the Research7
Survivor Experiences Living in an Intimate Partner Violence Shelter in the United States in 2022: Implications for the COVID-19 Endemic and Beyond7
Public Library Patrons in Crisis: Interprofessional Perceptions and Responses6
The Impacts of Income, Region, and Reason for Placement on Reported Kinship Caregiver Challenges and Needs6
Development of a Culturally Responsive Intervention for Stronger Communities6
Parental Understanding of Cultural Difference: A Study of Transracially Adopting Couples6
Breaking the Chains: Understanding the Damaging Effects of Institutional Betrayal in Social Work6
The Power of Trauma-Informed Work to Transform Personal Relationships5
Moms & Babies Feeling Better Together: Outcomes of a Technology-Assisted, Entertaining, CBT-Based Depression Treatment for Low-Income Perinatal People Served by a Rural Michigan WIC Clinic5
Factors Contributed to Bully Victimization Among 6- to 13-Year-Old Children Cared by Parents or Relative/Nonrelative Caregivers: A Multiple Disadvantage Model5
Trajectory of Deconstruction Among Fundamentalist Exvangelical Women: Implications for Social Work5
Conspiracy Theory: The Demand for Social Work Interventions5
“I Learned to Bottle Up My Feelings From a Young Age”: A Narrative Analysis of Latina Young People’s Family Mental Health Socialization5
Importance of Community Context in Understanding Substance Use Among Adolescents With Allegations of Maltreatment5
Navigating Acculturation: Overcoming Challenges and Creating Pathways to Well-Being for Central Asian Immigrants in the United States5
Restorative Justice in Cases of Intimate Partner Violence in the United States: A Metasynthesis5
Relational Community-Based Individualized Support for Youth Who Have Experienced Homelessness: Removing Barriers to Independence5
Barriers and Facilitators for Help-Seeking Behaviors in British South Asian Women Who Have Experienced Domestic Violence: A Qualitative Study4
Faith-Based Partnerships to Provide Holistic Care for Survivors of Domestic Violence: A Practice Note4
State Supplemental Benefits for Informal Kinship Caregivers: A Comparative Policy Analysis4
Learning From Parents: Implementation of a Parent-Mediated Positive Behavior Support Program Targeting Challenging Behavior in Children With Autism4
“So as Not to Feel Alone”: Motivations and Barriers for Pregnancy Loss Support Among Displaced Syrian Refugee Families Living in Lebanon4
Family Separation Planning Among Undocumented Latina Immigrant Parents With U.S. Citizen Children4
Hope, Passion, and the Courage to Stay United in Divided Times4
The Impact of Childhood Maltreatment Timing on Adolescents’ Depression and Anxiety4
Navigating Relationships With Birth Family After Aging Out of Foster Care: Experiences of Young People4
Promoting Free Play in Families Using the Kindergarten PLAYBAG Intervention in Hong Kong: An Exploratory Study4
Community-Based Intervention for Sexual and Gender Minority Youth in Central Texas4
Spiritual Practices Among American Adults: Prevalence and Spiritual/Religious Salience as Predictors of Specific Activities4
Calling All Early Career Change Makers4
The Consequences of Childhood Emotional Abuse: A Systematic Review and Content Analysis4
Integrating Teacher Well-Being into Legislative Efforts to Curb Exclusionary Discipline in Early Care and Education Settings4
Promoting Social Visibility for Single-Father Families Created by Surrogacy3
Treating the Cycle of Social Isolation and Substance Misuse in Young Adults3
Theoretical Considerations for Engaging Black Youth and Families in Child-Serving Systems: Strengths-Based Approaches, Intersectionality, and Culturally Responsive Trauma-Informed Care3
Household Challenges and Youth Flourishing: Mediating Effects of Parental Aggravation and Physical Health3
Children’s Home Network’s Kinship Navigator Program: Connecting to Concrete Resources Through Peer-to-Peer Kinship Navigation Services3
Understanding the Needs of Immigrant Families Who Are Involved in the Public Child Welfare System: A Case for Transformation3
A Scoping Review of Acculturation Challenges of Immigrants From the Former Soviet Union in the United States From a Life Course Perspective3
Building Healthy Relationships to End Violence: Introduction to the Special Issue3
The Importance of Sibling Relationships in Buffering Against Depressive Symptoms of Youth in Foster Care3
Pursuing a Deep Ecology of Rural Volunteerism: An Extended Conceptual Framework for Sustainable Social Service Delivery and Community Development3
I Have Decided to Read Out Loud for the Rest of My Life! Cognitive Health and the StrongerMemory Program3
Parenting Styles, Savings Attitudes, and Propensity to Save Among Children in Singapore3
The Empowering Families Program: Innovative Approaches to Decolonizing and Trauma-Informed Parenting Support3
Addressing the “Broken” System of Child Welfare3
A Critical Crossroads in Child Welfare: Reform or Abolish?3
“My Hands Are Tied”: Social Services With Latinx Immigrants in Houston During the COVID-19 Pandemic3
Determinants of Family Support Among People Living With HIV Seeking Care in a Tertiary Hospital in Lagos State, Nigeria: A Cross-Sectional Study3
Ethics Risk Management in Social Work: A Primer3
Parenting Through Polarization: Patterns and Possibilities of White Racial Socialization Directionality3
An Evaluation of the Competences and Attitudes of the Providers of an Evidence-Based Family Prevention Program3
An Examination of Immigration Status and Its Implications for Transition-Age Youth in the Child Welfare System3
Instruments Measuring Father Involvement: A Scoping Review3
Decolonizing Trauma-Informed Care: Pathways to Healing Racial Trauma3
Bullying Victimization and Internalizing Symptoms of Adolescents in Chicago’s Southside: Differences by Family Structure3
Untangling the Web: A Phenomenological Analysis of Social Workers’ Critical Reflections on Racism in Social Work and Antiracism Efforts in Contemporary Practice3
The Transition-Age Youth Special Interest Group: The Establishment and Activities of a U.S.-Based Network of Child Welfare Researchers3
Unmet Needs and Perceived Challenges in Early Intervention for Psychosis: A Qualitative Study of Three Groups of Stakeholders2
Exploring the Role of Standardized Instruments and Consultation in Reducing Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Treatment for Behavioral Problems2
Routine Outcome Monitoring With Feedback2
Afrocentrism: A Spiritually Informed Framework for Engaging African Couples Experiencing Marital Distress2
Parent Engagement and the Child Welfare System: Through a Self-Determination Theory Lens2
Ambiguous Loss Experienced by Georgian Workers Living in Italy2
The Power of Language to Transform Efforts to Address Intimate Partner Violence: Tensions in the Field and Pathways Forward2
Supporting Older Caregivers of Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Perceived Effectiveness of Peer Mentors2
Domestic Violence Providers’ Reflections on Identity, Lived Experience, and Trauma-Informed Practice2
Preparing and Protecting: Black Fathers’ Racial Socialization Practices With Their Daughters2
“A Better Me for My Children”: A Call for Systemic Relational Family Work in Child and Youth Mental Health2
Uprooting Polic ing : What Police Abolitionists Teach Us About Family Policing2
Space, Place, and Time: The Family Court Experiences of Child Welfare–Involved Parents2
Adjusting Parenting Roles and Work Expectations Among Women With Children During COVID-192
Exploring Needed Resources and Supports for Parent Educators: Insights From Minnesota’s Early Childhood Family Education Program2
Engaging Hispanic Men in HIV Prevention and Care Through Father-Son Initiatives: A Pilot Study2
Initial Evidence for the Reliability and Validity of New Survey Measures to Evaluate Family Outcomes of Kinship and Adoption Navigator Programs2
Reimagining Academic Productivity: Creating Space for Innovation and Impact in Social Work Research2
Student Homelessness in High School: Prevalence, Individual Characteristics, and Profiles of Risk and Multidomain Functioning2
A Secondary Qualitative Analysis of U.S. Social Workers’ Perspectives on a Post-2020 Policing Era2
The Access to Infertility Treatment and Care Act: A Critical Step Toward Addressing Male Infertility2
Can Child Welfare Caseworkers’ Positive Attitudes Enhance Nonresident Father Engagement Practices?2
Pursuing Equitable Implementation of State Paid Family Leave Policies: A Case Study From Washington State on the Role of Tribal Engagement and Sovereignty2
Housing Plus Services in Public Housing: A Narrative Review of Approaches and Evidence2
Adherence to African-Centered Norms and Help Seeking for Emotional Distress Among Black Men2
Integrating SMART Recovery and Mental Health Services to Meet the Needs and Goals of LGBTQ Individuals Experiencing Substance Use–Related Problems2
“How to Care for Our Fragile Child With Compassion and Dignity”: Perspectives of LGBTQ+ Parents With NICU Experiences2
Beyond Reform in Youth Justice: Conceptualizing Carceral Seepage Across Youth-Serving Systems2
The Future of Behavioral Health Services for Youth With Foster Care Experience2
How Older Parents Cope With Estrangement From Adult Children: A Qualitative Study2
Associations Between Family Resilience, Child Flourishing, and School Engagement Among Children in Kinship Care2
Enhancing Supports for Novice Workers in Child Welfare: A Study of Coaching for Child Welfare Interns2
Experiences and Service Utilization of American Indian/Alaskan Native Kinship Caregivers in Kinship Navigator Programs Across Washington State2
“The Culture” Is Truly the Issue: A Preliminary Exploration of Active Duty Female Spouses’ Acculturation to Military Life2
TANF Leavers and Debt: An Exploratory Study From Georgia2
Transforming Family Communication: How LGBTQ+ Parents in South Africa Create Affirming Sexuality Dialogues2
Impact of COVID-19 on Referral Patterns and Service Delivery for an Integrated Behavioral Health Program2
Exploring Applications of a Peer-Facilitated Cognitive-Behavioral Workbook for LGBTQ People: Results From an Acceptability and Preliminary Effectiveness Trial1
“It’s A Revolving Door!”: A Qualitative Study of Family Members’ Perspectives on Opioid Use Disorder Treatment1
Stumbling Toward Independent Living: Participatory Action Research With Young Adults With Developmental Language Disorder1
Caregiving Challenges and Coping Strategies of Family Caregivers for Relatives Diagnosed With Bipolar Disorder in Ethiopia1
Theories of Relational Health in Interpersonal Violence Research: A Scoping Review1
Experiences of Parents and Caregivers With Transgender Children: A Critical Review1
Processes, Relationships, and Generativity in Stepfamilies: Contributions of an Exploratory Systematic Review1
Forgiveness and Reconciliation Rituals Practiced in North and Central Gondar Zones of Ethiopia1
Navigating Safety in Digital Spaces: Mobile Dating App Use Among MSM Communities1
Multispecies Families: Pets, Community, and Social Action1
“I Was Being Used More as a Babysitter Than a Foster Parent”: Qualitative Findings From Foster Parent Surveys in Two States1
Baby Stocks: How America’s Equities Could Heal Its Inequities1
Experiences With Physical and Emotional Sibling Violence in Childhood and Adult Attachment in a Sample of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Individuals1
The Importance of Policy Advocacy in Social Work1
“I’ve Really Let Go of the Language Thing.”: Language Learning in Transracial Adoptive Families in South Africa1
State-Sponsored Child Separation as Cultural Genocide: Implications for Children’s Rights and Child Adoption1
Comparing Caregiving Outcomes Among Male and Female Parents of Autistic Adults1
Trends in Prenatal Polysubstance Exposure1
Kinship Care and Building the Evidence of Effective Programs1
The Effects of a Kinship Caregiver Support Program: A Propensity Score Matching Approach1
Ethical Considerations in Global Mental Health Research: Lessons Learned From Binational U.S.–Mexico Collaborations1
Introducing the Paternal Prenatal Early Attachment Program: Enhancing the Role of Men in Support of Mom and Baby1
Child Flourishing Index: Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Measurement Invariance Between Youth of Color and White Youth in the United States1
Beyond Hardship: Protective Roles of Financial Security and Social Networks in Latino Father–Child Outcomes in U.S. Cities (2007–2010)1
Environmental Shifts: The Significance of Space and Place1
Working With Immigrants Who Are Child Welfare Involved: Promoting Innovative Collaborations and Systems Involvement During a Public Health Crisis1
Standards and Constructs in the Child Welfare Case File: An Anthropological Paperwork Assessment1
Seeding Resilience-Building CROPs: Understanding the Impact of Connection and Relationship-Oriented Practices on Educator Intention to Leave1
Adverse Childhood Experiences Among Social Service Majors1
What Is the Impact of Custodial Grandchildren Receiving Mental Health Care on Grandparent Caregivers?1
Community Leaders’ Perceptions of the Unique Service Barriers and Facilitators Among Immigrant Families With Young Children in the Rural U.S.–Mexico Border Region1
Re-Examining the Association Between Parental Monitoring, Parental Rearing Behaviors, and Family Risk Factors in Influencing Juvenile Delinquency Among Boys and Girls1
From Invisible Workers to Pandemic Heroes but Still Struggling: Lower-Wage Hospital Workers’ Challenges Before, During, and After COVID-191
Considerations for Unaccompanied Immigrant Children in the Child Welfare Reform Debate1
Community Accountability Boards: A Macro Intervention to Address the Disproportionate Surveillance and Separation of Black Children and Families by Child Welfare1
Motivations to Adopt: Perspectives From Young Adult Adoptees and Adoptive Parents1
Past Bullying Experiences and Depression in College Students: A Moderated-Moderation Model of Parental Monitoring and Family Support1
Social Exclusion and Inclusion: A Social Work Perspective1
Experiences of Amish and Old Order Mennonite Families in Providing Foster Care for Children1
“The Background You Create Is Really Part of the Experience”: Exploring the Practices of Trauma-Informed Therapy in Virtual Space, a Qualitative Study1
The Digital Scholar: Artificial Intelligence in Social Work Research1
“It’s Not Really Geared to Include the Father”: System-Involved Fathers’ Narratives of Penal-Welfare Hybridity1
Using Simulation to Train Service Providers in Responding to Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and Trauma1
“We Were Just Like Rats”: Exploring Experiences of Jail Incarceration Among Persons With PTSD1
Economic Strain, Family Processes, Cultural Influence, and Depressive Symptoms: A Cross-National Multilevel Analysis1
Exploring Associations Between Urban Youth’s Race and Ethnicity, Social–Emotional Well-Being, and Health-Promoting Behaviors1
Afghan Refugee Resettlement in the United States: Implications for Service Provision1
Prevalence and Forms of Bullying Perpetration Among Middle and General Secondary School Students in Ethiopia: Gender and School Type Differences1
Mastering Life Chances and Choices: A Metasynthesis of How Disadvantaged Young People Navigate Between Self-Identity and Stigma1
Extinguishing the Fire at Both Ends: The Dual Family-Caregiving Stress of the Sandwich Generation of China’s “4-2-2” Families1
Developing the Weaving Healthy Families Program to Promote Wellness and Prevent Substance Abuse and Violence: Approach, Adaptation, and Implementation1
Charting a Path: Sources of Information Among Mexican and Central American Migrants in the United States1
Developmental Cascades in Dual-System Youth: A Comparative Perspective1
Effect of Racial Discrimination Activated at Teacher–Student Interaction Context on Academic Self-Efficacy: A Latent Transition Analysis1
Barriers to and Facilitators of Paternal Engagement for Black Fathers in Fulton County, Georgia1
Beyond the Numbers: Community Advocate Perspectives on National IPV Data Among AAPI Survivors1
“It Only Reopens Old Wounds”: Lived Experiences of Amhara Genocide Survivors From the Miakadra Massacre in Ethiopia1
Preventive Legal Services for Kinship Care: Reducing the Need for Foster Care with Family First1
Parents Responding to TGNC Children: A Qualitative Metasummary1
Emotional Experience of Families With an Immigrant Background Throughout the Autism Service Trajectory in Early Childhood1
Maternal and Paternal Hostility and Adolescents’ Emotional Problems: The Moderated-Moderation Model by Gender and Age1
Finding Strength Within—Spirituality and the Journey of Mothers in Raising Children With Physical Disabilities: A Qualitative Case Study of Service Recipients at Cheshire Ethiopia1
Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Assisted Coding for Competency-Based Skill Improvement: A Case Study of Motivational Interviewing Skill Development in Behavioral Health Providers-in-Training1
Growing Stronger Together: Exploring Indigenous Caregivers’ Lived Experiences Through Poetic Inquiry1
The Effect of Paternal Economic Hardship on Nonresident Father Involvement and Co-parenting Among Racially/Ethnically Diverse Fathers1
System Failures and the Realities of “Reform”: A Practical Understanding of Decision-Making in Child Welfare1
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