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SOWK 470 Social Work Research: Articles

EBSCOhost Research Databases

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Sample search topics:
  • Anger management training and domestic violence (does anger management training reduce likelihood of repeat domestic violence offenses?

    Type EBSCOhost multidatabase keyword EX: 

    anger management training or domestic violence and repeat offenses
     
    (EX: Try using subject headings when possible to find more articles)
     
    Subj: domestic violence
    AND
    Keywd: "anger management" and "repeat offenders"
     
  • Organized sports and delinquent behaviors (does participation in sports reduce delinquent behaviors)

          Type in Social Services Abstracts (Proquest) EX: 

                   juvenile delinquency AND sports

     also look at "related searches" in this database underneath search bar

  • Organized sports and self esteem or self efficacy among teenage girls (does participation in sports increase self esteem?)

  • Food insecurity and kinship families

    • What factors predict food insecurity among kinship families?

    • What interventions effectively reduce food insecurity for kinship families?

  • Risk factors for homelessness among former foster youth transitioning to adulthood

     

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