In many instances, departments of social work in universities and community-based social services agencies have common interests in improving professional practice and advancing knowledge in the profession. Effective university-community research collaborations can help partners achieve these goals jointly, but to be effective these collaborative…

This study found that the families of schizophrenics contend with formidable emotional burdens and recommend that social supports and services be created to help minimize their distress. (Author)

This research study explored possible associations between the theoretical orientations of clinicians and their traditional or contemporary attitudes toward women's roles. Of all the variables investigated, however, only the clinicians' sex had an effect on their attitudes. (Author)

Does a task-centered approach offer a way to make casework more effective? A controlled experiment suggests that a client carries out a specific, agreed-on task more effectively when casework interviews provide guidance for this task. (Author)

Realizing that facilitative qualities on the part of the counselor are definitely related to successful therapeutic outcome, this article concentrates on structural procedures for systematic training in these facilitative qualities. (Author/HMV)

This article presents research on what social workers actually do. Results indicate that about 51 percent of the reported behavior is direct service or clinical in nature and that about 64 percent of the reported behavior requires professional training to perform. (HMV)

A random sample of 250 householders in 4 western communities were surveyed on their attitudes toward social work. Responses were analyzed according to the respondents' sex, occupation, and prior acquaintance with a social worker. The results were more positive than in earlier studies. (Author)

A study conducted at a metropolitan community center found that program planning is a pertinent variable in controlling the behavior of antisocial children. Evaluation of different activities indicated those that tended to decrease antisocial and nonsocial behavior and those that tended to increase the incidence of prosocial behavior. (Author)

Little has been written on the subject of female homosexuality, and the research that does exist is frequently biased and founded on myths that are sexist in nature. The authors present preliminary findings of a study based on a nonclinical sample group of lesbians. (Author)

This study of workers' satisfaction with their supervisors found, contrary to popular belief, that female supervisors received significantly higher scores on most of the variables considered. The article explores a number of myths about females as supervisors that are contradicted by the findings. (Author)

Recent public concern for consumer access to records motivated this study of NASW members to determine existing agency policies on this issue. The majority of respondents indicated that their agencies had a policy, written or unwritten, and that most policies allowed access. (Author)

Will social workers who have specialized in administration be able to obtain jobs in public welfare agencies? The study described here seeks to answer this question by exploring the qualifications that such agencies require for positions in management. (Author)

This study questions whether social workers reflect a middle-class bias in establishing the standards by which they judge child neglect. Results suggest that a surprising unity of opinion exists among social workers, working-class mothers, and middle-class mothers in defining adequate child care. (Author)

One of the few controlled studies of the influence of sex bias on social workers' judgments produces dramatic findings that contradict the contentions of other studies of the subject. The study finds consistent pro-female, anti-male bias among the sampled social workers. (Author)

Why would mental health clients sign release-of-information forms unless they thought a refusal to do so would jeopardize their access to service? The author believes that the practice of not advising clients of their rights to privacy has ethical implications that can compromise the value of the treatment. (Author)