UGA SSW 2025 SSWR Conference Presentations

Society for Social Work and Research 29th Annual Conference January 15-19, 2025 • Seattle, WA

FACULTY & STUDENT PRESENTATIONS

2025 SSWR Fellow Inductee & Presenter

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PAPER PRESENTATIONS, WORKSHOPS, & SYMPOSIA THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 2025 12:15 PM-1:30 PM; Grand Ballroom A, Level 2 Meet the Scientist Luncheon Jane McPherson, PhD, MPH, LCSW 1:30 PM-3:00 PM; Medina, Level 3 Exploring Career Advancement Perceptions and Turnover Intentions Among Underrepresented Home Care Workers Philip Hong, PhD 3:15 PM-4:45 PM; Greenwood, Level 3 Innovative Methods for Using National Violent Death Reporting System Data to Investigate Intimate Partner Violence-Related Homicides and Suicides Rachel Fusco, PhD 3:15 PM-4:45 PM; Juniper, Level 2 Recent Advances on Estimating Population Size with LinkTracing Sampling Organizer: Hui Yi, PhD; Speakers/Presenters: David Okech, PhD; Nnenne Onyioha-Clayton 3:15 PM-4:45 PM; Jefferson B, Level 4 Wealth Trajectories of Children from Immigrant and Native-Born Families: Hierarchical Linear Models of Net Worth Change from Young to Mid-Adulthood Yingying Zeng, PhD

FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2025 Medina, Level 3 Labor Trafficking Among Youth and Young Adults in Malawi and Zambia: Understanding the Scope and Context David Okech, PhD; Anna Cody, PhD; Hui Yi, PhD; Lydia Aletraris, PhD; Claire Bolton, PhD; Cassandra Eng, MA; Pedro Goulart, PhD; Megan E. Gordon, BA; Edward Chibwili, Research Fellow & National Investigator, University of Zambia; Joseph Chunga, Lecturer/ Research Fellow & National Investigator, University of Malawi 8:00 AM-9:30 AM, Redwood B, Level 2 The Longitudinal Effects of Early Adversity on BMI, Inflammation, and Depressive Symptoms: Results from a Nationally Representative Sample of the United States Jay O’Shields, MSW; Orion Mowbray, PhD; Rachel Fusco, PhD

8:00 AM-9:30 AM, Issaquah A, Level 3 • Reentry After Incarceration: Increasing Access to Holistic and Person-Centered Services •

Predictors of Problem-Focused Coping Strategies Among Criminal Justice-Involved Adults with Co-Occurring Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders Orion Mowbray, PhD; Lydia Aletraris, PhD

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Latent Class Analysis of Service Utilization Patterns Among Reentering Criminal JusticeInvolved Adults: Longitudinal Mixed Effects Model with Psychological Distress Orion Mowbray, PhD; Lydia Aletraris, PhD

9:45 AM-11:15 AM A Mixed-Methods Study of Affective, Cognitive, and Behavioral Responses Among Financially Exploited Older Adults Shannon Power, MSW, LCSW; Gaurav Sinha, PhD 9:45 AM-11:15 AM, Virginia, Level 4 Analyzing Social Media Data for Social Work Research: Sentiment Analysis and Topic Modeling Using Natural Language Processing Gaurav Sinha, PhD 2:00 PM-3:30 PM, Kirkland, Level 3 State Variations in SNAP Flexibilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic Liwei Zhang, PhD 3:45 PM-5:15 PM; Leschi, Level 3 Innovations in Technology and Pedagogy in Social Work Education Moderating: Rachel Fusco, PhD 3:45 PM-5:15 PM, Aspen, Level 2 Special Symposium: “Whose facts matter!? – Part Two: Epistemic justice & professional values in faculty recruitment, promotion, tenure, and merit processes” Philip Hong, PhD 3:45 PM-5:15 PM, Boren, Level 4 Indigenous and LGBTQ+ Coalition Formation for the Child Welfare Policy Rule-Making Process: A Thematic Analysis Using an Advocacy Coalition Policy Framework Allison Dunnigan, PhD

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5:30 PM-7:00 PM, Boren, Level 4 Analyzing Behavioral Interventions and Integrated Care Models to Address Co-Occurring Depression and Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Zach Cooper, MSW; Jay O’Shields, MSW 5:30 PM-7:00 PM, Medina, Level 3 Anxiety as a Mediator between Minority Stress and Financial Stress Among Sexual Minority Men Gaurav R. Sinha, PhD; Jeremy Gibbs, PhD 5:30 PM-7:00 PM, Virginia, Level 4 Moral Injury in Social Work: An Experiential Model to Shape Future Research Jennifer Elkins, PhD

SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 2025 Kirkland, Level 3 Factors Influencing Repeat Attempts on the Clinical Social Work Exam: The Roles of Race, Supervision, and Employment Settings Autumn Collier, MSW, LCSW; Cameron Bics, MSW; Shannon Power, MSW, LCSW; Zach Cooper, MSW Redwood A, Level 2 Financial Capabilities in Action: A Case Study of a Community-Facilitated Loan Program Mary Ager, PhD; Gaurav Sinha, PhD 8:00 AM-9:30 AM, Ravenna B, Level 3 Sibling relationships in kinship care and behavioral impact of kinship care An Examination of Sibling Co-Placement and Internalizing and Externalizing Behavior Among Youth in Foster Care Supporting Sibling Activity Planning and Problem-Solving for Youth in Foster Care: A Secondary Appraisal Post-Traumatic Stress Symptomatology and Service Use Among Youth in Foster Care Orion Mowbray, PhD 8:00 AM-9:30 AM, Columbia, Level 4 The Impact of Eviction Moratoria during COVID-19 Pandemic on Foster Care Entries and Discharges Liwei Zhang, PhD 8:00 AM-9:30 AM, Issaquah A, Level 3 Online Anxiety Disclosures and Student Loan Debt: An Exploratory Phenomenological Study Mamie Harper, MSW; Jaesung Lee, MSW; Gaurav R. Sinha, PhD

SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2025 8:00 AM-9:30 AM, Virginia, Level 4 Exploring the Mediating Role of Social Engagement in the Relationship between Information and Communication Technology Use and Mental Health Among Older Americans Jaesung Lee, MSW; Jeremy Gibbs, PhD

ePosters Grand Ballroom C, Level 2 THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 2025 PRESENTATIONS I – 1:30 PM-3:00 PM • 40P Examining Sentiments Surrounding Guaranteed Income Pilot Interventions Gaurav Sinha, PhD •

69P Second Job Holding and Extended Working Hours Among Hospital Workers: Implications for Mental Health Soobin Kim, PhD

PRESENTATIONS II – 3:15 PM-4:45 PM • 128P Importance of Culturally Competent Research & Practice Tools for LGBTQ Populations Jennie Pless, MSW

FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2025 PRESENTATIONS III – 8:00 AM-9:30 AM • 142P A Bottom-up Development and Validation of Perceived Youth Barriers Scale (PYBS) Philip Hong, PhD PRESENTATIONS IV – 9:45 AM-11:15 AM • 270P The Protective Role of Social Support: Examining the Relationship between Discrimination and Well-Being in Black LGB Individuals Miya Tate, MSW PRESENTATIONS V – 2:00 PM-3:30 PM • 318P Gender Transformative Approaches to Financial Health: A Systematic Review of Interventions in Resource Constrained Settings David Okech, PhD •

337P Which Comes First?: Depression and Sleep Disturbance Among Sexual Minority Men Yein Yoon, MSW; Rachel Fusco, PhD; Jeremy Gibbs, PhD

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350P Empowering Economic Self-Sufficiency: A Community-Based Approach to Enhancing Psychosocial Well-Being Among Low-Income Job Seekers Philip Hong, PhD 420P Long COVID-19 to Essential Healthcare Workers: Material Hardship and Mental Health Soobin Kim, PhD

PRESENTATIONS VII – 5:30 PM-7:00 PM • 434P “Kids Need Somebody to Care”: A Thematic Analysis Exploring the Impact of Black Fathers’ Youth Violence Experiences and Prevention Efforts on Their Health and Children’s Violence Involvement in Baton Rouge, Louisiana Miya Tate, MSW •

460P Navigating Together: Advancing U.S. Global Social Work Education during COVID-19 and Beyond Jane McPherson, PhD, MPH, LCSW

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472P Measuring Family Separation; A Scoping Review Jana Woodiwiss, MSW, LMSW

SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 2025 Presentations X – 4:00 PM-5:30 PM • 643P Multiraciality and Intersectionality: An Asian-Centered Exploration of out-of-Home Care Allison Dunnigan, PhD •

SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2025 Presentations XI – 8:00 AM-9:30 AM • 703P Self-Esteem and Depression’s Role in the Relationship between Discrimination and Sleep Deprivation Among Primary School-Aged Children Yein Yoon, MSW •

749P “It’s like Nobody Wants to Make the First Move”: Exploring Relationships & CommunityBuilding between Black & Asian Students at a Predominantly White Institution Joy Green, MSW; Yein Yoon, MSW; Seunghyun Moon, MSW

Presentations XIII – 11:30 AM-1:00 PM • 867P An Analysis of Change Mechanisms in the Integrating Depression and Diabetes Treatment Randomized Clinical Trial: A Longitudinal Structural Equation Model Zach Cooper, MSW; Orion Mowbray, PhD •

903P Social Stigma, Financial Hardship, PTSD As Predicators of Suicidal Ideation Among Human Trafficking Survivors Fahmida Afroz, MSW; David Okech, PhD

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907P A Systematic Review of Apprenticeship Interventions Implemented to Enhance Youth Achievement of Socioeconomic Outcomes David Okech, PhD

693P Rethinking Academic Conferences: Carbon Footprints and Sustainable Alternatives in the Climate Crisis Era Chris Weatherly, PhD

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SSWR PRESENTERS ALPHABETICALLY FACULTY Mary Ager • Financial Capabilities in Action: A Case Study of a Community-Facilitated Loan Program Lydia Aletraris • Labor Trafficking Among Youth and Young Adults in Malawi and Zambia: Understanding the Scope and Context • Latent Class Analysis of Service Utilization Patterns Among Reentering Criminal JusticeInvolved Adults: Longitudinal Mixed Effects Model with Psychological Distress • Predictors of Problem-Focused Coping Strategies Among Criminal Justice-Involved Adults with Co-Occurring Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders Anna Cody • Labor Trafficking Among Youth and Young Adults in Malawi and Zambia: Understanding the Scope and Context Allison Dunnigan • Indigenous and LGBTQ+ Coalition Formation for the Child Welfare Policy Rule-Making Process: A Thematic Analysis Using an Advocacy Coalition Policy Framework • Multiraciality and Intersectionality: An AsianCentered Exploration of out-of-Home Care Jennifer Elkins • Moral Injury in Social Work: An Experiential Model to Shape Future Research Rachel Fusco • Innovative Methods for Using National Violent Death Reporting System Data to Investigate Intimate Partner Violence-Related Homicides and Suicides • Innovations in Technology and Pedagogy in Social Work Education (Moderating) • The Longitudinal Effects of Early Adversity on BMI, Inflammation, and Depressive Symptoms: Results from a Nationally Representative Sample of the United States • Which Comes First?: Depression and Sleep Disturbance Among Sexual Minority Men

Jeremy Gibbs • Anxiety As a Mediator between Minority Stress and Financial Stress Among Sexual Minority Men • Exploring the Mediating Role of Social Engagement in the Relationship between Information and Communication Technology Use and Mental Health Among Older Americans • Which Comes First?: Depression and Sleep Disturbance Among Sexual Minority Men Philip Hong • A Bottom-up Development and Validation of Perceived Youth Barriers Scale (PYBS) • Empowering Economic Self-Sufficiency: A Community-Based Approach to Enhancing Psychosocial Well-Being Among Low-Income Job Seekers • Exploring Career Advancement Perceptions and Turnover Intentions Among Underrepresented Home Care Workers • Special Symposium: “Whose facts matter!? – Part Two: Epistemic justice & professional values in faculty recruitment, promotion, tenure, and merit processes” Jane McPherson • Meet the Scientist Luncheon • Navigating Together: Advancing U.S. Global Social Work Education during COVID-19 and Beyond Orion Mowbray • An Analysis of Change Mechanisms in the Integrating Depression and Diabetes Treatment Randomized Clinical Trial: A Longitudinal Structural Equation Model • An Examination of Sibling Co-Placement and Internalizing and Externalizing Behavior Among Youth in Foster Care • Latent Class Analysis of Service Utilization Patterns Among Reentering Criminal JusticeInvolved Adults: Longitudinal Mixed Effects Model with Psychological Distress • Post-Traumatic Stress Symptomatology and Service Use Among Youth in Foster Care • Predictors of Problem-Focused Coping Strategies Among Criminal Justice-Involved Adults with Co-Occurring Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders • Supporting Sibling Activity Planning and ProblemSolving for Youth in Foster Care: A Secondary Appraisal • The Longitudinal Effects of Early Adversity on BMI, Inflammation, and Depressive Symptoms: Results from a Nationally Representative Sample of the United States

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David Okech • A Systematic Review of Apprenticeship Interventions Implemented to Enhance Youth Achievement of Socioeconomic Outcomes • Gender Transformative Approaches to Financial Health: A Systematic Review of Interventions in Resource Constrained Settings • Labor Trafficking Among Youth and Young Adults in Malawi and Zambia: Understanding the Scope and Context • Recent Advances on Estimating Population Size with Link-Tracing Sampling • Social Stigma, Financial Hardship, PTSD As Predicators of Suicidal Ideation Among Human Trafficking Survivors Gaurav Sinha • A Mixed-Methods Study of Affective, Cognitive, and Behavioral Responses Among Financially Exploited Older Adults • Analyzing Social Media Data for Social Work Research: Sentiment Analysis and Topic Modeling Using Natural Language Processing • Anxiety As a Mediator between Minority Stress and Financial Stress Among Sexual Minority Men • Examining Sentiments Surrounding Guaranteed Income Pilot Interventions • Financial Capabilities in Action: A Case Study of a Community-Facilitated Loan Program • Online Anxiety Disclosures and Student Loan Debt: An Exploratory Phenomenological Study Chris Weatherly • Rethinking Academic Conferences: Carbon Footprints and Sustainable Alternatives in the Climate Crisis Era Hui Yi • Labor Trafficking Among Youth and Young Adults in Malawi and Zambia: Understanding the Scope and Context • Recent Advances on Estimating Population Size with Link-Tracing Sampling (organizer) Yingying Zeng • Wealth Trajectories of Children from Immigrant and Native-Born Families: Hierarchical Linear Models of Net Worth Change from Young to MidAdulthood Liwei Zhang • State Variations in SNAP Flexibilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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The Impact of Eviction Moratoria during COVID-19 Pandemic on Foster Care Entries and Discharges

POST DOC Soobin Kim • Second Job Holding and Extended Working Hours Among Hospital Workers: Implications for Mental Health • Long COVID-19 to Essential Healthcare Workers: Material Hardship and Mental Health

PHD CANDIDATES & STUDENTS Fahmida Afroz • Social Stigma, Financial Hardship, PTSD As Predicators of Suicidal Ideation Among Human Trafficking Survivors Cameron Bics • Factors Influencing Repeat Attempts on the Clinical Social Work Exam: The Roles of Race, Supervision, and Employment Settings Autumn Collier • Factors Influencing Repeat Attempts on the Clinical Social Work Exam: The Roles of Race, Supervision, and Employment Settings Zach Cooper • Analyzing Behavioral Interventions and Integrated Care Models to Address Co-Occurring Depression and Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis • An Analysis of Change Mechanisms in the Integrating Depression and Diabetes Treatment Randomized Clinical Trial: A Longitudinal Structural Equation Model • Factors Influencing Repeat Attempts on the Clinical Social Work Exam: The Roles of Race, Supervision, and Employment Settings Joy Green • “It’s like Nobody Wants to Make the First Move”: Exploring Relationships & CommunityBuilding between Black & Asian Students at a Predominantly White Institution

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Mamie Harper • Online Anxiety Disclosures and Student Loan Debt: An Exploratory Phenomenological Study Jaesung Lee • Exploring the Mediating Role of Social Engagement in the Relationship between Information and Communication Technology Use and Mental Health Among Older Americans • Online Anxiety Disclosures and Student Loan Debt: An Exploratory Phenomenological Study

Yein Yoon • “It’s like Nobody Wants to Make the First Move”: Exploring Relationships & CommunityBuilding between Black & Asian Students at a Predominantly White Institution • Self-Esteem and Depression’s Role in the Relationship between Discrimination and Sleep Deprivation Among Primary School-Aged Children • Which Comes First?: Depression and Sleep Disturbance Among Sexual Minority Men

Seunghyun Moon • “It’s like Nobody Wants to Make the First Move”: Exploring Relationships & CommunityBuilding between Black & Asian Students at a Predominantly White Institution Jennie Pless • Importance of Culturally Competent Research & Practice Tools for LGBTQ Populations Shannon Power • A Mixed-Methods Study of Affective, Cognitive, and Behavioral Responses Among Financially Exploited Older Adults • Factors Influencing Repeat Attempts on the Clinical Social Work Exam: The Roles of Race, Supervision, and Employment Settings Miya Tate • The Protective Role of Social Support: Examining the Relationship between Discrimination and Well-Being in Black LGB Individuals • “Kids Need Somebody to Care”: A Thematic Analysis Exploring the Impact of Black Fathers’ Youth Violence Experiences and Prevention Efforts on Their Health and Children’s Violence Involvement in Baton Rouge, Louisiana Jana Woodiwiss • Measuring Family Separation; A Scoping Review

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