This collection includes theses and dissertations from the Kent School of Social Work and Family Science. It is not exhaustive since most paper theses and dissertations have not been digitized. Generally, paper copies of theses and dissertations published prior to 2014 can be accessed in the University of Louisville Libraries. If you would like to add your thesis or dissertation to this collection, please fill out the Electronic Theses & Dissertations form.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2023

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Exploring burnout and work engagement in the United States refugee resettlement policy-practice domain: A qualitatively driven mixed-method study., Eva X. Nyerges

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Impact of employee-supervisor attachment styles on the prevalence and symptomatic expression of secondary traumatic stress in public child welfare workers., Lisa Purdy

Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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Examining effective and realized healthcare access in the west south central division., Katherine Cameron

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Pediatric oncology social work job analysis., Alyssa Ashlyn Middleton

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Determinants of caregiver burden among informal caregivers looking after older adults with Alzheimer's disease in Saudi Arabia., Sultan Ali Shubair

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Stigma described by attempt survivors with diverse gender and sexual identities in their suicide stories: a hermeneutic phenomenological dissertation., Sara Williams

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Learning the language of America: a descriptive phenomenolgical study of black American racial conscientization., Kyee A Young

Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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The lived experience of women with head & neck cancer and the impact on close relationships., Georgia Anderson

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Exploring the promotion of youth voice and activism by youth development workers in community-based programs., Rebecka M. Bloomer

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Conceptualizing the psychosocial elements that should be assessed in candidates for hematopoietic cell transplantation: social workers' and psychologists' perspectives., Jill Randall

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Exploring service provider perspectives on facilitators and barriers to needle exchange program participation by females who inject drugs., Tammi Alvey Thomas

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Evaluation of risk and protective factors of substance use in the national association of intercollegiate athletics., Richard D Weaver Jr.

Theses/Dissertations from 2020

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Identifying protective factors against overweight and obesity within the social environment of women with low incomes., Monica M. Adams

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Development and validation of the measure of perceived safety in the college classroom: a mixed methods phenomenological research study., Jennifer Ballard-Kang

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Risks of indirect trauma among direct support professionals who work with adults with intellectual/ developmental disabilities: Impact on organizational, staff and client outcomes., Daniel A. Boamah

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Coparenting and school success: perspectives of fathers., Shannon M. Mount

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Incarceration experiences of older African American adults living with HIV - a constructivist grounded theory study., Verena Schmidt

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The development of a culturally-informed cervical cancer screening and prevention mhealth intervention for African American women., Ariel Washington

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Positive parenting as a moderator for reducing depression in inner-city children exposed to contextual risk factors? A longitudinal multilevel analysis of a family-based intervention program., Donghang Zhang

Theses/Dissertations from 2019

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Doing place : a framework for interpreting young adults' commitments to Appalachian Kentucky., Jeanelle Susanne Sears

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Opioid and stimulant use among a sample of corrections-involved drug users : seeking an understanding of high-risk drug decisions within a system of constraint., Kirsten Elin Smith

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The role of social supports on the financial toxicity of Cancer., Lisa C. Smith

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Predictors of empirically-supported interventions following structured functional assessment., Alton Nathaniel Verbist

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Comparative spending of medicaid dollars on child participants of Kentucky’s sobriety treatment and recovery teams program versus a matched comparison group., Matthew Thomas Walton

Theses/Dissertations from 2018

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Educational, financial, and social needs of families of children with multiple disabilities in Saudi Arabia., Mohammed Abdulrahman Alkohaiz

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Fostering compassionate care for persons with Alzheimer's disease in nursing facilities., Sam Gilbert Cotton

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Implementation of emergency preparedness in long term care and Rogers' diffusion of innovation theory., Elizabeth M. Shiels

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Assessing the affects of treatment services, financial assistance, race/ethnicity, and income on the criminal justice outcomes of women on probation., Jordan Wilfong

Theses/Dissertations from 2016

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A comparison of younger and older couples coping with breast cancer : examining the relationship among mutuality, dyadic coping, and quality of life of patients and partners., Chiara Acquati

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Assessing moral injury and existential well-being in returning servicemembers using the spiritual attitudes inventory - revised (2010)., LeAnn E. Armes-Bruce

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Mitigating intimate partner violence to promote safe linkage to care for South African women who test HIV+ during mobile counseling and testing., Leslie Lauren Brown

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Effects of attachment style, coping strategy, social support and spirituality on parental grief among older Chinese parents : structural equation modeling., Yongqiang Zheng

Theses/Dissertations from 2015

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The effects of cumulative victimization on psychological distress., Amanda Dishon Brown

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Standing in the intersection : using Photovoice to understand the lived experience of black gay college students attending predominantly white postsecondary institutions., Erica Caton

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Relational aggression in school settings : the efficacy of the First Step to Success intervention., Alicia Latrelle Dailey

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Predictors of father involvement : the role of early life events and stressors., Qiuli Hao

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Differences in the impact of a healthy relationship intervention on family cohesion, parent-child relationship and child well-being by intimate partner violence relationship type., Erin E. Ness Roberts

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A phenomenological study of anticipated intimacy and sexual expression needs of aging male and female baby boomers., Charles Shawn Oak

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Examining the relationship between childhood victimization, health risk behaviors, and adult physical health outcomes among women on probation and parole., Tanya R. Renn

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Modeling posttraumatic stress disorder among victimized women on probation and parole : examining the impact of childhood victimization., Katherine M. E. Winham

Theses/Dissertations from 2014

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Surviving the death of a sibling : a phenomenological study of childhood bereavement., Edith Crumb Gunter

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Completing the journey : an exploratory study of factors predicting emotional distress in recently resettled adult refugees., Susan Heffner Rhema

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Tertiary first step to success : a process evaluation of the home component., Charlos Thompson

Theses/Dissertations from 2013

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The predictors of success of Palestinian Tawjihi students in East Jerusalem : a multilevel analysis., Rhonda G. Amer

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Predictors of social vulnerability : a multilevel analysis., Regardt J. Ferreira

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Predictors of HIV risk behaviors among older adults : a multilevel analysis., Laneshia Rae' McCord

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Success on their own terms : youths' perspectives on what it means to be successful in foster care., Justin Miller

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Contextual effects on student academic achievement : a multilevel analysis., Shawnise Martin Miller

Theses/Dissertations from 2012

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Love during divorce : development of the Sorokin Psycho-Social Love Inventory (SPSLI) and testing of a predictor model., Joseph G. D'Ambrosio

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"The best interest of the child" : an exploration of the sociocultural agendas associated with the care of orphaned and vulnerable children in China., Dennis W. Feaster

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A holistic examination of the impact of child maltreatment on child behavioral outcomes : a longitudinal multilevel analysis., April L. Murphy

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Emotional distress in older adults with cancer : a multilevel longitudinal study., Tara J. Schapmire

Theses/Dissertations from 2011

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How collaborative the collaboration? : assessing the collaboration of services for juvenile offenders., James G. Dickerson

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A predictive model for MSSW student success., Angela Michele Napier

Theses/Dissertations from 2010

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Context matters : a multilevel analysis of patterns of mobility to non-poor neighborhoods for poor renter households., Stacy M. Deck

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The impact of parental risk factors on child outcomes : examining parental incarceration within a multiple-risk model., Melody Lynn Hyppolite 1976-

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Predictors of risk for child neglect among expectant first-time mothers and their partners., Bertha M. Mucherera

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Predictors of depression in African American men and their implications for community and individual focused interventions., Michael A. Robinson

Theses/Dissertations from 2009

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Neuropsychiatric predictors of occupational persistence in HIV/AIDS., Stephan L. Buckingham

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The leadership styles of social work educators., Patricia Louise Desrosiers 1969-

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Correlates of intake and disposition decisions by child protective services professionals., Lisa Michele Johnson

Theses/Dissertations from 2008

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Improving screening for externalizing behavior problems in very young children : applications of item response theory to evaluate instruments in pediatric primary care., Christina Ruth Studts 1971-

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Predictors of critical thinking as a component of an outcomes assessment in a graduate level school of social work., Tonya Michelle Tucker

Theses/Dissertations from 2007

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Development and validation of a scale to measure health-related socioeconomic well-being in persons with a cancer diagnosis., Barbara Anderson Head

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Globalization and social work education : an initial international inquiry., Elaine Rushmore Wright

Theses/Dissertations from 2006

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A proposed evolution of immigration model applied to the United States, Germany, and Russia., Amy C. Cappiccie

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Service-learning outcomes at a faith-based institution of higher education., Amy L. Doolittle

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Motivational interviewing : does it increase alcohol and other drug addicted clients' retention in outpatient treatment?, David Allen Patterson

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Factors of effectiveness in Kentucky nonprofit social welfare organizations., Peggy Proudfoot-McGuire

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International social work best practices curriculum for schools of social work., Stephen Ulrich

Theses/Dissertations from 2005

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The Alternatives to detention program : assessment of one Kentucky county's efforts to deinstitutionalize status offenders., Arthur Hayden

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Survival songs : how refugee and immigrant women experienced violence., Judith C. Heitzman

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Legacy children : whose legacy are they?, Pamela Nolley Tungate 1968-

Theses/Dissertations from 2004

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The cost of wisdom : a comparative theoretical analysis of research ethics in the United States, Germany and Hungary., Steven A. Drewry

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Child maltreatment assessment and recidivism : a study of Kentucky child protective services., Helen Katherine Mudd

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Participatory action research with adults with mental retardation : "Oh my God. Look out world.", Rita Marie Valade

Theses/Dissertations from 1949

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Who is committed to the Louisville Workhouse?, Hurston C. Burkhart; Edward Edward Ellis, 1919-1999; James H. Ewalt, 1919-1972; and Louella Mae Jones

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A study of veterans readmitted to Nichols Veterans Administration Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky from February 1, 1949 through March 5, 1949 emphasizing those factors contributing to their return., Elizabeth Ann Copeland, Ann Rose DiSalvo, Sarah Miller McCormack, and Lucille Amiotte Polmeteer

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History of the King's Daughters Home for Incurables, Louisville, Kentucky, 1909-1948., Clyde H. Van Metre Jr.

Theses/Dissertations from 1948

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A study of the social adjustment of twenty-eight children with epileptic seizures and predisposition to convulsions in the Louisville and Jefferson County Children's Home 1937-1948., Elizabeth Whitcomb Brown

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The place of rehabilitation in the Home for Incurables : a study of one hundred patients in the King's Daughters' Home for Incurables, Louisville, Kentucky, December 31, 1947., Gretna Lillian Brown

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A study of child health facilities in Kentucky., Jess L. Cusick

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A study of prematurely and routinely discharged patients from Louisville General Hospital in 1946., Ruth Coleman Davidson

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A study of fifty epileptic children., Jean M. Dockhorn

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A study of the One Family Disaster Program, Louisville Chapter, American Red Cross, 1947., Margaret Veeder Kirk

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The development of professional education for social work at the Raymond A. Kent School of Social Work of the University of Louisville, 1918-1946., Maurice L. Kohnhorst

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A study of one hundred and forty King's Daughters Home for Incurables applicants served by Family Service Organization, January 1, 1946-December 31, 1947., Elizabeth Conder Lewis

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The administration of the Lotta Fund for aiding discharged convicts at the Family Service Organization, Louisville, Kentucky, 1931-1946., Cora Graf Lucas

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A study of the social adjustment of schizophrenic patients following electroshock therapy., Lillian D. Morgan

Theses/Dissertations from 1947

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Home Service Department, Louisville Chapter, American Red Cross., Sylvia Hirschfeld

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A study of veterans readmitted to Nichols Veterans Administration Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky, after having been discharged "improved" and received "maximum hospital benefits" from April through December, 1946., Jeanne LaCourse

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A study of forty-four syphilitic patients under treatment at the Louisville Rapid Treatment Center from March 1, 1947 to April 15, 1947., Judith Torregrosa

Theses/Dissertations from 1946

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The problem of the chronically ill in Louisville, Kentucky, 1946., Dinard S. Carr

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A study in elementary schools in 1946 of twenty-six children who attended Mental Hygiene Clinic Nursery School, Louisville, Kentucky in 1939-1942., Ann Coleman

Theses/Dissertations from 1945

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A study of German-Austrian refugees in Louisville, Kentucky., Lina K. Wolff

Theses/Dissertations from 1944

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A study of forty-three patients who left Waverly Hills Sanatorium against the doctor's advice during the period September 1 through December 31, 1942., Frances Fanelli

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The history of the National Youth Administration in Kentucky., Margaret Ruth Hopper

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A follow-up study of thirty eight single unmarried mothers., Rose Migdal

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History and development of the Mental Hygiene Clinic of Louisville, Kentucky., Mary-Elizabeth O'Brien

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Changing philosophy of child care in the Louisville and Jefferson County Children's Home, 1854-1943., Helen Hardwicke Sherrill