Faculty, Staff & Center News
Alessi, E. J., & Kahn, S. (2022). Toward a trauma informed qualitative research approach: Guidelines for ensuring the safety and promoting the resilience of research participants. Qualitative Research in Psychology. http://doi.org/10.1080/14780887.2022.2107967
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The following article, co authored by Edward Alessi was chosen as Journal of Social Work Education’s best qualitative article of Wagaman,2021.M.A., Alessi, E. J., Goffnett, J., Watts, K., Iacono, G., Thomas, D., Paceley, M., & Craig, S. L (2021). Interrupting hetero and cisnormativity in social work programs: LGBTQ+ student strategies for increasing inclusion. Journal of Social Work Education, 57, 342 356.) https://doi.org/10.1080/10437797.2019.1671261
Doug Behan,BehanD.(2022). Do clients train therapists to become eclectic and use the common factors? A qualitative study listening to experienced psychotherapists. BMC psychology, 10(1), 1 13. DOI: 10.1186/s40359 022 00886 6
Alessi, E. J., Cheung, S., Sarna, V., Dentato, M. P., Eaton, A., & Craig, S. L. (2022). Experiences of COVID 19 pandemic related stress among sexual and gender minority emerging adult migrants in the United States. Stress and Health. https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.3198
Presentations:
Guest co edited an issue of the Journal of Teaching in Social Work entitled Challenging Anti Black Racism across the Social Work Curriculum
Edward Alessi
Victoria Banyard
DuWayne Battle, Laura Curran, and Samuel Jones
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Edward Alessi has been invited to present his research on LGBTQ+ migrants at a symposium focused on the understudied topic of conflict related sexual violence against men and boys. The conference is funded by the Volkswagen Foundation and will occur in October at the University of Leipzig, Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology in Hannover, Germany.
Segura, A., Henkhaus, M., Banyard, V., *Obara, L. M., & Jefferson, G. C. (2022). Rethinking dating and sexual violence prevention for youth during the pandemic: examining program feasibility and acceptability. Journal of interpersonal violence, 08862605221111421. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605221111421
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Public guarantee of child support: A key policy for improving the economic well being of lone mother families (UN Women Policy Brief Series, No. 25). Retrieved from https://www.unwomen.org/en/digital library/publications/2022/08/policy brief public guarantee of child support
Antoinette Farmer
Farmer, A.Y., *Wei, Y., Powell, K.G., Treitler, P., Killawi, A., Lardier, D., Peterson, N.A., Borys, S., & Hallcom, D.K. (2022). Knowledge of Predatory Practices within the Substance Use Disorder Treatment Industry: Development of a Measurement Instrument. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 19 (13), 7980. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19137980
Presentations:
Presentations at International Professional Meetings: Cuesta, L., & Reynolds, S. Child support policy and child poverty among custodial mother families in Chile and Colombia: A longitudinal analysis. Presented at the International Workshops on Public Policy 3rd Edition, Budapest, Hungary, June 28 30, Cuesta,2022.L.,
Laura Cuesta,CuestaL.(2022).
Dr. Duron and her colleagues were recently awarded funding from the Juvenile Justice Commission to support the Evaluation of the Restorative and Transformative Justice for Youths and Communities Pilot Program. In collaboration with the JJC, the research team will work closely with the Restorative and Transformative Justice (RTJ) Hubs and County Youth Services Commissions (YSC) to evaluate the implementation and impact of the RTJ Hubs in four municipalities to prevent youth from entering the JJC and to support those released from JJC facilities.
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was appointed to the Council on Social Work Education Commission on Accreditation (COA) for a 3 year term effective July 1, 2022−June 30, 2025.
Dr. Farmer has been appointed as a Review Editor on the Editorial Board of Educational Psychology (specialty section of Frontiers in Psychology and Frontiers in Education).
Jacquelynn Duron
Antoinette Y. Farmer, Ph.D., Professor and Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, along with, Patti O’Brien Richardson, Associate Professor of Teaching, Edward J. Bloustein School of Public Planning and Policy and Director of the Cross Cultural Competence, Honors College, and Lisa Sanon Jules, Ed. D, Senior Director of Academic Services and Assistant Dean, Honors College, lead a panel discussion at the Coventry University/National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE) Joint International Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Conference, to be held September 5 7, 2022, at Coventry University in the United Kingdom. The panel discussion is titled, “Paying the Price, Counting the Cost, and Weighing the Benefits of Student Activism.
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Hakovirta, M., Haapanen, M., & Meyer, D.R. Child support policy in middle and low income countries: Current approaches and policy dilemmas. Presented at the International Workshops on Public Policy 3rd Edition, Budapest, Hungary, June 28 30, 2022.
“Heat adds to mental health risks”, NJ Spotlight News, August 10, 2022 https://www.njspotlightnews.org/2022/08/heat heightens mental health risks more emergency department visits substance use disorders anxiety mood disorders schizophrenia self harm/
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McCoyd, J., Curran, L., Candelario, E., & Findley, P.A. (2022). There is just a different energy: Changes in the therapeutic relationship with the telehealth transition. Clinical Journal of Social Work. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10615 022 00844 0
Media:
Shen, C., Rashiwala, L., Wiener, R. C., Findley, P. A., Wang, H., & Sambamoorthi, U. (2022). The association of COVID 19 vaccine availability with mental health among adults in the United States. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.970007
Patricia Merdjanoff,FindleyA.,
Editorial: Gross, D. P., Slade, T., & Findley, P. A. (2022). Referring to Workers Within Work Disability Prevention Research: Person First or Identify First?. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 1 1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10926 022 10024 z
Abramson, D., Piltch Loeb, R., Findley, P.A., Peek, L., Beedasy, J., Park, Y.S., Sury, J., & Meltzer, G. (2021). Examining the dose response relationship: applying the disaster exposure matrix to understand the impact of Hurricane Sandy on the mental health of New Jersey residents. Clinical Journal of Social Work, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10615 021 00814 y
“Repairing the invisible damage from Tropical Storm Ida”, NJ Spotlight News, July 14, 2022 https://www.njspotlightnews.org/2022/07/tropical storm ida mental health stress anxiety manville flooding loss damage climate change nj hope and healing crisis counseling emotional impact children/
Book Chapter: Weiner, R.W., Findley, P.A., & Shen, C. (2021). Dental and oral health. In Kaye, L. W. (Ed.), Handbook of rural aging. (pp. 470 475). New York, New York: Routledge/Taylor and Francis.
Findley, P.A., Manning, S.E, Wiener, R.C., Wang, H, Shen, C., Sambamoorthi, U.S. (2022, May). A call to action: In search of standardized measures of whole health in eight nationally representative datasets in the United States. A poster presentation at the annual ISPOR conference, Washington, D.C.
McCoyd, J., Curran, L., Candelario, E., & Findley, P.A. (2022). Social service providers under COVID 19 duress: Adaptation, burnout, and resilience. Journal of Social Work. (1 18) DOI: 10.1177/14680173221109414
Alessi, E. J., Caldwell, B., Zazzarino, A. S., Greenfield, B., & Findley, P. A. (2022). ‘You just really have to assert yourself: ‘Social work, nursing, and rehabilitation counseling student experiences of providing integrated behavioral health services before and after the immediate start of COVID 19. BMC Health Services Research, 22(1), 1 14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913 022 07465 w
Presentations: Manning, S.E, Wang, H, Dwibedi, N., Shen, C., Wiener, R.C., Findley, P.A., Sambamoorthi, U.S. (2022, May). Association of multimorbidity with use of health information technology. A poster presentation at the annual ISPOR conference, Washington, D.C.
**Kim’s article with her postdoc below won the 2021 Nevile Plowman prize for the best article featured in the Economic and Labour Relations Review. This is a DEI paper that analyze labor market and economic inequality issues and inadequate employment policies and practices that harm many low wage, minoritized, and immigrant workers in the United States. The online award ceremony and interview were posted at the following site: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vP3msBHBtol3aZSHDY4bMmepTe6FK7WI/view
Joy Kim and Michael Joo have completed two statewide survey based childcare projects and submitted the final reports to the funder, NJ Department of Human services. The studies were meant to examine childcare prices and costs as well as
**Williams Butler, A. (Accepted). Intersectionality and structural gendered racism: Theoretical considerations for Black women, children, and families impacted by child protective services in the United States. Critical Social Policy.
Dr. Williams Butler has recently joined the editorial board of Children and Youth Services Review.
Kim, J. & *Allmang, S. (2021). Wage theft in the United States: Towards future research agendas. Economic and Labour Relations Review. 32(4), 534 551. https://doi.org/10.1177/10353046211025194
Joy Kim was invited to serve on the Advisory Group, Essential Jobs, Essential Care initiatives, a statewide initiative put forward by Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI) and New Jersey Advocates for Aging Well to improve direct care workers’ job qualities. Direct care workers work in the long term care industry and are one of the lowest paid and fastest growing worker groups in the country.
Presentation:
Rupa Khetarpal
Woojin Jung
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Wang, S., Kim, J., & Xu, Y. (2022). Inequality in activity participation: Multidimensional disadvantage and daily trips by trip purpose and trip day. Travel Behavior and Society. 29, 211 223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2022.06.013
licensure exemptions: Theoretical propositions, evidence, and research agendas. Research on Social Work Practice. 1 11. https://doi.org//10.1177/10497315221118106
Jung, W. (2022). Developing AI informed wealth metrics: Multimodal approach in Zambia. 2022 Proceedings of International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD).
Kim, J. & *Allmang, S. (2021). Wage theft in the United States: Towards future research agendas. Economic and Labour Relations Review. 32(4), 534 551. https://doi.org/10.1177/10353046211025194
Research Reports
Rupa M. Khetarpal, Laura Johnson & Elizabeth Stemetzki (2022) Violence Against Women and Children Certificate Program (VAWC CP) Core Competencies Development Project (CCDP), Journal of Social Work Education, DOI: Kim,Joy10.1080/10437797.2022.2045235KimJ.(2022).Effectsofsocialwork
Abigail Williams Butler
Media:
Lister,JameyHealing/LaSala/p/book/9780367820596ListerJJ,Joudrey,PJ.Ruralmistrustofpublic
Broman, M.J., Pasman, E., Brown, S., Lister, J.J., Agius, E., & Resko, S.M. (in press). Social support is associated with reduced stigma and shame in a sample of rural and small urban adults in methadone treatment. Manuscript accepted July 7, 2022 at Addiction Research & Theory
Natalie Moore Bembry
Felix Muchomba
Michael LaSala Book
changes related to the COVID 19 pandemic for the state’s childcare subsidy program. A condensed version of the two reports is available at the following site:
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Lister,https://twitter.com/AddictResTheory/status/1545019404085350401?s=20&t=vUmCaaojepYxjnPLnX6vOQJ.J.,Lee,G.,Ellis,J.D.,Pasman,E.,Agius,E.,&Resko,S.M.(2022).Comorbidaffectiveandsubstance use disorders of Medicaid/Medicare beneficiaries at an opioid treatment program serving small urban and rural communities. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13 (881821), 1 9. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9108361/
**Jaffe, M., Bembry, N., & Nicola, W. (2022). Integrated literacy instruction as anti racist pedagogy in schools of social work. Critical and Radical Social Work, (published online ahead of print 2022). https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journals/crsw/aop/article 10.1332 204986021X16554589377161/article 10.1332 204986021X16554589377161.xml
LaSala, M. C. (2022). Clinical Social Work with Individuals, Families, and Groups: The Healing Power of Relationships. Taylor & Francis. https://www.routledge.com/Clinical Social Work with Individuals Families and Groups The
Kim,Kim,https://www.childcarenj.gov/ChildCareNJ/media/media_library/FINAL_2021_NJ_Child_Care_Market_Rate_Survey.pdfJ.&Joo,M.(2022).2021NewJerseyChildCareMarketPriceStudy:FinalReport.ChildcareOperation,DivisionofFamilyDevelopment,NJDepartmentofHumanServicesJ.&Joo,M.(2022).2021NarrowCostAnalysesofChildCareinNewJersey.ChildcareOperation,DivisionofFamilyDevelopment,NJDepartmentofHumanServices
health interventions in the United States: A call for taking the long view to improve adoption. The Journal of Rural Health. 2022; 1 3. https://doi.org/10.1111/jrh.12684
Felix M Muchomba, The Effect of Schooling on Women’s Anemia and Nutritional Status: A Natural Experiment in Ethiopia, American Journal of Epidemiology, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwac111
A research project led by Joy Kim, Michael Joo, and Laura Curran was featured at the following site: ASWB (June 28, 2022). “Researchers bring much more than a lit review”. Newsletter, 32(3). https://www.aswb.org/researchers bring much more than a lit review/
Rachel Schwartz,SchwartzR.&Curran, L. (2022). Technical standards: What they are and why they matter. Advances in Social Work, 22(1), 163 177.
Effective Jan 1, 2023 Dr. Sabina will be an APA Fellow. Fellow status is awarded, in part, on the basis of evaluated evidence of outstanding contribution in the field of psychology.
from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as Senior Research Advisor: NSCAW Leadership Team, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and
Michael Park Appointments:
Dr.Cassandrahttps://doi.org/10.18060/25210SimmelSimmelwasrecentlyincludedonanaward
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Featuring: Laura Bustamente, New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice; Caitlin O’Neill, New Jersey Harm Reduction Coalition; Renaldo Chavis, Newark Community Street Team; Joe Johnson, ACLU NJ; Lenna Nepomnaschy, Rutgers School of Social Work | Moderator: Marleina Ubel, NJPP
• Selected as a 2022 Health Disparities Research Institute Scholar at the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
Chiara Sabina
• Reappointment this year: Editorial Review Board Member at Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology
Lenna **Robbins,NepomnyaschyNathan*,Maureen R. Waller, Lenna Nepomnyaschy, Daniel P. Miller. 2022. Child support debt and the well being of disadvantaged fathers of color. Journal of Marriage and Family (online first). http://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12841 *Student co author
Dr. Sabina was awarded the following grant from the National Institute of Justice. https://nij.ojp.gov/funding/awards/15pnij 22 gg 01617 reva The official name of the project is Understanding Latina Experiences with Victimization, Intersectionality, and Discrimination (LAT VIDA).
Fellowships/awards:
Dr. Sabina was selected as a 2022 Fellow of the Society for Community Research and Action, American Psychological Associations Division 27. A SCRA Fellow is someone who has made “unusual and outstanding contributions or performance in community research and/or action.”
Presentations:
New Jersey Policy Perspectives Annual Conference Progress 2022: Justice For All Panel Discussion: “Reimagining Public Safety”
• Newly appointed this semester: Editorial Review Board Member at Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Dr. Lia Nower was recently awarded the Lifetime Research Award by the National Council on Problem Gambling at their annual conference in Boston. The NCPG is the leading research, policy, and prevention organization in the U.S. for individuals affected by problem gambling. It is the biggest award in the gambling research field, and Dr. Nower is just the 8th recipient of the award in the 50 years of the organization. The award is given to a person for "exceptional long standing achievement in the field of research to assist problem gamblers and their families." It is "only bestowed in exceptional times and circumstances to individuals who exemplify at least twenty years of research on problem gambling." Lia Nower has also been appointed Senior Editor of the journal Addiction. She has also been appointed to the Independent Monitory Committee, Yale School of Medicine.
Emmy Tiderington
Joel C. Cantor, Emmy Tiderington. The Promise of Service Enriched, Hotel Based Housing as an Alternative to Congregate Shelters for High Need Persons Experiencing Homelessness. JAMA Network Open. DOI: Goodwin,10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.23895J.M.,Tiderington,E.,Kidd,S.A.,Ecker, J., & Kerman, N. (2022). Gains and losses within the homeless service, supportive housing, and harm reduction sectors during the COVID 19 pandemic: A qualitative study of what matters to the workforce. Health and Social Care in the Community http://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.14008
Human Services Preliminary Activities to Support Future Data Collection for NSCAW (National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well being). This includes a sub contract award with Research Triangle Institute (RTI), with total costs, $61,424 (2021 2024). Follow the link for more information about NSCAW: https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/project/national survey child and adolescent well being nscaw 1997 2014 and 2015 2024
Bowde, C. F., Simmel, C., **Mendez, A., **Yu, M., Neese Todd, S., & Crystal, S. (in press). Psychotropic medication prescription and treating trauma among youth in foster care: Perspectives from lived experiences. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research DOI: 10.1007/s10488 022 01203 4
Center for Gambling Studies
Greenfield, B., Zhang, L, & Simmel, C. (2022). Exploring state level factors associated with short stays in child welfare: The role of systemic risk and surveillance. Child Maltreatment. DOI: 10.1177/10775595221104826
Getz, Z., Simmel, C., Greenfield, B., Zhang, L. (2022). "Short stayers” in child welfare: Characteristics and system experiences. Children and Youth Services Review DOI:10.1016/106531.
Grant Victor Presentation: Victor, Grant, Carroll, Jennifer, Benson, Edward, Shukait, Ashley, Hedden, Bethany, Ray, Bradley (2022, 10, 13). Indianapolis is Burning: How drug interdiction drives risk and what harm reduction can do about it. Panel discussion at the National Harm Reduction Conference, Puerto Rico.
Anthony, W. L. (2022). Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary outcome of a cognitive behavioral group intervention for problematic Internet use via smartphones in Chinese university students. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 36(2), 112 128. https://doi.org/10.1891/JCPSY D 21 00001
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Steib, M. (August 22, 2022). Jake Paul bet on himself. The TikTok powered boxer enters the world of sports gambling New York Magazine.
Presentations:
Bedingfield, W. (June 12, 2022). Has the US Learned Nothing from the UK’s Gambling Woes? Wired UK.
Media: Interviews with Lia Nower: Thorsberg, C. (September 8, 2022). Sports betting a hugely popular multibillion dollar industry is poised to become an American epidemic The Grid.
Stanmyre, J. F., Mills, D., Anthony, W.L., & Nower, L. (July 2022). Exploring Differential Profiles of Mindfulness Among Gamblers. National Council on Problem Gambling: National Conference on Gambling Addiction & Responsible Gambling, Boston, MA, United States.
NPR/CPR (July 15, 2022). After a landmark court ruling, major sportsbooks are hitting the jackpot Disrupted (radio). Lam, B. (July 10, 2022). Staring at charts: people becoming addicted to crypto trading. Vietnamese Express International.
van der Maas, M. & Nower, L. (September 2022) Comparing the relationship between military service and problem gambling between men and women. European Association for the Study of Gambling Conference 2022. Oslo, Norway.
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Stanmyre, J. F. & Anthony, W.L. (September 2022). The Nuance of Mindfulness: Gambling Treatment Implications. [Accepted Presentation]. The Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey’s 40th Statewide Conference on Disordered Gambling, West Windsor, NJ, United States.
Nower, L. Anthony, W. L., Stanmyre, J. F., & Behan, D. (2022). Do you gamble? Gambling behavior, problem symptoms, and self awareness among social workers and other mental health providers. Journal of Evidence Based Social Work.
Nower,https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2022.2113581L.,Anthony,W.L.,Stanmyre,J.F.(2022).Theintergenerational
Georgiou, A. (June 28, 2022). Can People Become Addicted to Crypto? Newsweek.
transmission of gambling and other addictive behaviors: Implications of the mediating effects of cross addiction frequency and problems. Addictive Behaviors, 107460. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2022.107460
McDaniel, M. (July 22, 2022). Cracks are showing a year after Arizona legalized sports gambling Courthouse News Service.
Fitz Gerald, S. (June 15, 2022). How Sportsnet embraced sports betting ads, and how long they’ll bombard your TV. The Athletic.
Miller, A. (August 9, 2022). In New Jersey, online gamblers 7 times more likely to join self exclusion list. Here's why. Courier Post.
23 Rutgers University Bevier Dissertation Completion Fellowship, which recognizes research excellence and provides support during a PhD candidate's final year of dissertation work (including tuition and fees, $25,000 stipend, and health insurance).
Rachel Miller Miller, R. & St. Hill, L. (2022, May 1 2). Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy for the Prevention of Suicide in Military Veterans [Conference Presentation]. 2022 NASW New Jersey Annual Conference, Virtual.
Lena Winter,ObaraS.,Johnson, L., Obara, L. M., & Nair, D. (2022). Exploring Non partner Violence in Informal Settlements in Nairobi, Kenya. Journal of Interpersonal Violence https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605221097444
Barchi, F., AbiNader, M.A., Winter, S.C., Obara, L. M., Mbogo, D., Thomas, B. & Ammerman, B. (2022). Improving adult women's emotional health through community soccer and the role of social support: A mixed methods analysis. Journal of Sport for Development.
• Co Chair of the Student Planning Committee on Anti Racism (SPCA), Rutgers School of Social Work (2022 2023)
23 Rutgers University Bevier Dissertation Completion Fellowship, which recognizes research excellence and provides support during a PhD candidate's final year of dissertation work (including tuition and fees, $25,000 stipend, and health insurance).
Doctoral Student News
Jordon Goodwin,GoodwinJ.M.,Tiderington, E., Kidd, S. A., Ecker, J., & Kerman, N. (2022). Gains and losses within the homeless service, supportive housing, and harm reduction sectors during the COVID 19 pandemic: A qualitative study of what matters to the workforce. Health and Social Care in the Community DOI:10.1111/hsc.14008
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Lena received the CAS Student Enhancement Award 2022 from the Center for African Studies at Rutgers, which will support an independent study that she will be conducting in Kenya this summer
Brett AwardedGreenfielda2022
** Denotes IIDEA related research articles and dissemination efforts
• Co President of the Doctoral Student Committee (DSA) & DSA representative to the Graduate Student Association, Rutgers School of Social Work (2022 2023)
Recent appointments:
• Society for Social Work Research (SSWR) Doctoral Student Committee Mentoring Subcommittee (2022 2023)
Michael AwardedEnicha2022
Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship (PATH Intl.) conference on October 30th. Dana Spett along with co workers will be presenting the following: Partnering with the Environment in Equine Assisted Services
Dana Spett
7th International Veterinary Social Work Summit on October 14th. Dana Spett along with co workers will be presenting the following: Equine Assisted Services as a Model for Social Work in the Environment
Presentations:
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Jacqueline Soboti
Soboti, J. (2022). Building resilience: Helping emerging adults cope during the novel coronavirus pandemic. Clinical Social Work Journal, DOI: 10.1007/s10615 022 00845 z