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While most mental health and behavioral health professionals have encountered adoption triad members—birth parents, adoptive parents, and adopted persons—in their clinical practice, the vast majority have had no formal or informal training on ado
Autor:
George J. Warheit, Frank A. Biafora
Publikováno v:
International Review of Victimology. 14:29-55
Does being an immigrant place an individual at greater risk than non-immigrants for violent victimization? Could residence in homogeneous communities, such as ethnic enclaves, serve to protect or mediate victimization among immigrant groups from bein
Autor:
Eileen S. Pagan, James R. Walker, John J. McGinley, Jerome F.X. Carroll, John J. McGovern, Frank A. Biafora, Juan Carlos Torres
Publikováno v:
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. 18:373-386
An interagency evaluation of the treatment effectiveness of a speciality nursing home (NH) run as a therapeutic community (TC) for residents diagnosed with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and substance abuse/dependence (SA/D) was conducted.
Publikováno v:
Journal of Youth and Adolescence. 27:373-393
This study examines the effects of family structure and family environments on the initiation of illicit drug use among a sample of U.S.- and foreign-born Hispanic/Latino, African American, and White non-Hispanic adolescent boys (N = 3413). Bivariate
Publikováno v:
Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless. 6:71-87
This article reports on a study of 503 African-American, Hispanic, and White non-Hispanic adolescent girls attending public schools in Miami, Florida, The primary objectives of the study were to determine the prevalence of 13 self-reported delinquent
Publikováno v:
School Psychology International. 17:171-186
The higher rate ofjuvenile homicide among African-American males than among white males has led many to the assumption that blacks are more violent than whites and other racial/ethnic groups. The present study examines that hypothesis in the context
Autor:
Frank A. Biafora
Publikováno v:
Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless. 4:105-129
The purpose of this research is to determine the relationships among race, socioeconomic status (SES) and depressive symptomatology. Contrary to the findings of over 20 years of psychiatric epidemiology, two research teams have recently reported that
Publikováno v:
Journal of Community Psychology. 22:296-311
This paper presents a comparative analysis of the prevalence of stressful life events and of the relationships between stressful life events and alcohol, illicit drug, and cigarette use among a multi-ethnic community sample (N = 2,446) of early adole
Publikováno v:
Law and Human Behavior. 18:291-303
Using survey data from Miami, Florida, this study empirically tests whether racial mistrust is related to a willingness to engage in delinquent behaviors among a sample of African Americans, Haitians, and other Caribbean Island Black adolescent boys
Publikováno v:
Journal of Black Psychology. 19:266-281
Using survey datafrom a study of adolescents in Miami, Florida, data on cultural mistrust and racial awareness are presentedfrom a multiethnic sample of 1,328 Black adolescent boys: 946 African American Blacks, 196 Haitians, and 186 Caribbean Islande