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Social Work Theses and Dissertations

Theses/Dissertations from 2023 2023

A Mixed Method Study of How Teachers’ Racial Bias Relates to Student-Teacher Relationships, Tasha Marie Childs

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

Place Identity and Gentrification-Induced Social and Cultural Displacement Among Longstanding Black American Residents: Theory, Case, and Innovating Methodology, Brittany B. Davis

Where the Home Fires Burn: The Heart of Geographic Mobility in Rural Southern America, Mariah Moran

Black and Blue: An Exploratory Investigation Of Black College Students’ Experiences of Exposure to Police Killings, Betty L. Wilson

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

Younger Residents Through the Looking Glass: Perceptions of the Residential Experience of Non-Traditionally Aged Residents Living in the Long Term Care Setting, Sara J. English

Correlates of Attitudes Toward Violence and Dating Violence Perpetration Among U.S. College Students, Jeongsuk Kim

Association Between Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms in Persons with Alzheimer's Disease and Depression in Caregivers from Low Income Families, Weizhou Tang

Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018

Family And School Impact On Psychological Functioning From Childhood To Late Adolescence: A Longitudinal Study Of Rural Chinese Youth, Yang Yue

Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017

Broke but not without Hope: Exploring Exits from Housing First and Returns to Homelessness, Jennie Ann Cole

Acculturation Stress And Depression Among First-Year International Graduate Students From China And India At The University Of South Carolina, Kyunghee Ma

African American End-Stage Renal Disease And Medication Adherence: What Are The Effects Of Everyday Racism?, Tamara Estes Savage

Theses/Dissertations from 2016 2016

People Who Live Unsheltered: The Role of Trust In the Bond Component Of Their Working Alliances, Candice Morgan

On Becoming An Ecologically Conscious Social Worker: Exploring Professional Identities That Include A Response To The Environmental Crisis, Meredith C. F. Powers

Race, Place, And Access To Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention Among Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder In South Carolina, Marissa E. Yingling

Theses/Dissertations from 2015 2015

Vocational Readiness: The Effect of Pre-Prison and Incarceration-Based Trauma on Cognitive Appraisals and Self-Perceptions of Incarcerated Women, Joi Dykes Anderson

Parent To Parent Support For Parents Of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders: Perspectives Of Parents And Program Staff, Nina Nelson

Theses/Dissertations from 2013 2013

Non-offending Mothers of Sexually Abused Children: How They Decide Whom to Believe, Lynn McMillan

How Welfare Reform Act Affects Elderly Immigrants' Health and Healthcare Service Utilization: Comparisons Before and After Welfare Reform, Younsook Yeo

Theses/Dissertations from 2012 2012

Identity Journeys: Life Stories of Women Adopted Transnationally As Children, Stephanie Kripa Cooper-Lewter

Effects of Family Ses, Multiple Types of Child Abuse, and Parental Attachment On Early Sexual Activity: Analysis of the National Longitudinal Study On Adolescent Health (Add Health), Mugdha Galande

Juggling Demands and Resources: Low Wage Women Making Sense of Bill-Paying Hardships, Susan Taylor Parlier

Flying' Female Sex Workers in Kolkata, India: Using "Cultural Biography" to Understand HIV Risk Perceptions, Sunny Sinha

Theses/Dissertations from 2011 2011

Stress, Coping, Social Support, and Psychological Distress Among MSW Students, Frank Patrick Addonizio

Caught Between Two Worlds: The Experiences of Newly Arrived Mexican Immigrant High School Students, Maria Lourdes del Castillo-Gonzalez

Individual- and Unit-Level Coping Among Combat Veterans Subject to Army Force Stabilization System Personnel Policy, Ronald James Whalen

Theses/Dissertations from 2010 2010

Marital Attitudes of Never Married Black Women, Kendra Pili DeLoach

A STUDY OF OPTIMISM, COPING STRATEGY, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG WHITE, KOREAN, AND AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE OLDER ADULTS, HeeSoon Lee

Starting the Journey: From Novice to Expert Social Worker Through Cognitive Apprenticeship, Robert Jay Palmer

Summated Scale Construction: Development of the Inventory of Professional Competencies (Ipc), Melissa Catherine Reitmeier

Theses/Dissertations from 2009 2009

The University of South Carolina School of Social Work, 1934-1954, Elaine Walker Townsend