Advances in Social Work

Advances in Social Work is committed to enhancing the linkage among social work practice, research, and education. Accordingly, the journal addresses current issues, challenges, and responses facing social work practice and education. The journal invites discussion and development of innovations in social work practice and their implications for social work research and education. Advances in Social Work seeks to publish empirical, conceptual, and theoretical articles that make substantial contributions to the field in all areas of social work including clinical practice, community organization, social administration, social policy, planning, and program evaluation. The journal provides a forum for scholarly exchange of research findings and ideas that advance knowledge and inform social work practice. All relevant methods of inquiry are welcome. Advances in Social Work is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes original work. Articles are accepted on the basis of appropriateness, clarity, sound methodology, and utility for social work practice, research, and education. Articles are indexed or abstracted in Social Work Abstracts and Social Service Abstracts. Editor: William H. Barton, Ph.D.

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Call for Papers: Special Issue on Service Learning
Advances in Social Work, a peer-reviewed journal which addresses current issues, challenges, and responses facing social work practice and education, is seeking submissions for a special issue on “Social Work and Service Learning in the Age of Competency-based Education.” Deadline for submissions: September 1, 2010.
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Vol 10, No 2 (2009)

Editorial

Editorial: Journal News, Issue Preview, and Acknowledgments	PDF
William H. Barton

Articles

A Social Work Model of Empathy	Abstract PDF
Karen E. Gerdes, Elizabeth A. Segal	114-127

The Effect of Statutory Regulations on Social Workers’ Decisions to Report Child Maltreatment	Abstract PDF
Vicki Ashton	128-143

Social Work in a Developing Continent: The Case of Africa	Abstract PDF
Christopher Chitereka	144-156

Modern Social Support Structures: Online Social Networks and their Implications for Social Workers	Abstract PDF
Kala Chakradhar, Victor Raj, Arabella Raj	157-175

Virtual Worlds and Social Work Education: Potentials for “Second Life”	Abstract PDF
Robert Vernon, Lisa Lewis, Darlene Lynch	176-192

Research Training, Institutional Support, and Self-Efficacy: Their Impact on Research Activity of Social Workers	Abstract PDF
Mark Thomas Lynch, Lening Zhang, Wynne S. Korr	193-210

Toward Building a Culture of Strengths in U.S. MSW Programs	Abstract PDF
Linda Plitt Donaldson, Barbara P. Early, Min-Ling Wang	211-229

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