About this journal

The Journal of Social Service Research is exclusively devoted to empirical research and its application to the design, delivery, and management of the new social services. The Journal focuses on outcomes-based research and practice, and clearly presents the different types of funded and non-funded state-of-the-art research being carried out in the field. Each issue effectively highlights both the quantitative and qualitative methodologies. Contributors from the national and international social service arenas provide an important and critical basis for management and policy decisions in a wide variety of social service settings.

Peer Review Policy: All research articles in this journal have undergone editorial screening and double-anonymous peer review by at least two reviewers.

Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106.

Jennifer Anderson, PhD, MSW, LCSW - Professor, University of Wisconsin at Whitewater, Whitewater, WI, USA

Associate Editors

Kenan Sualp, PhD, MSW - Assistant Professor and Assessment Coordinator, School of Social Work, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

Sarah R. Young, PhD, MSW - Associate Professor of Social Work Research in Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA

Editorial Board

Williams Agyemang-Duah - Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana

Jieru Bai, PhD, MSW - Associate Professor, California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA 

Yu Bai PhD - Duke University, NC, USA

Venera Bekteshi, PhD, MSW - Associate Professor, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK, USA 

Christina Bernhardt, MSW - Research Associate, Georgia State University, Georgia Health Policy Center, Atlanta, GA, USA 

Saeed Awadh Bin-Nashwan - University Utara Malaysia, Malaysia

Sarah Buchanan, PhD, LCSW - Knox County Public Defender's Community Law Office, USA

Antoinette Cardenas, DSW, MSW, LSW, ACSW - Chief Operating Officer, Aliveness Project of NWI, Inc, Hammond, IN, USA 

Haiping Chen - Peking University, China

Johnson Chun-Sing Cheung, PhD - Senior Lecturer, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong 

Songul Cinaroglu - Hacettepe University, Turkey 

Josefina De Lira, ABD, MS - Adjunct Professor, Aurora University, Aurora, IL, USA 

Tamara Dimitrijevska-Markoski, PhD - Assistant Professor, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA 

Özge Enez, PhD - Associate Professor, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Instabul, Turkey

Joan Fedota, PhD, MSW, LCSW - Professor Emerita, Aurora University, Aurora, IL, USA 

Shaakira Ford, PhD, MSW, LCSW - Assistant Professor, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA 

Shayna Forgetta, PhD, LCSW - Social Worker, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA 

Paul P. Freddolino, PhD - Michigan State University, USA

Trevor G. Gates, PhD - University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia

José Granero-Molina - University of Almería, Spain 

Virgil Gregory, Jr., PhD, MSCR, MSW, LCSW, LCAC - Associate Professor, Indiana University School of Social Work, Indianapolis, IN, USA 

Shannon Hart, PhD, MSW, LCSW - Behavioral Health Manager, Independence Health & Therapy, Woodstock, IL, USA 

Diane C. Holliman, PhD, LCSW - Valdosta State University, GA, USA

George Jacinto, PhD, LCSW - Retired, FL, USA

Nicole Jackson, PhD - Assistant Professor, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA 

Nyles Jackson, PhD, MSW, LCSW - Psychotherapist, Oakwood Clinical Associates, Ltd., Kenosha, WI, USA 

Willie Jackson, PhD, MSW, LCSW - Assistant Professor, Aurora University, Aurora, IL, USA 

Eun Young Jang, PhD, MSW - Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin at Whitewater, Whitewater, WI, USA 

Aruna Jha, PhD, MSW, LCSW - Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin at Whitewater, Whitewater, WI, USA 

Maya Kagan - Ariel University, Israel

Ali Nawaz Khan, PhD - Professor, Hubei Engineering University, Xiaogan, China 

Jeehoon Kim, PhD, MSW -   Associate Professor, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID, USA

Soobin Kim, MSW - PhD Candidate, University of Pitssburgh School of Social Work, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Yeonwoo Kim, PhD - Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA 

I-Hsuan Lin, PhD, MSW, MBA - Assistant Professor, The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY, USA 

Cara Logan, LCSW - Senior Social Worker, US Department of Veterans Affairs, Mesa, AZ, USA 

Kristi Lohmeier, PhD, MSSW - Professor, St. Ambrose University, Davenport, IA, USA 

Shelia Ann Long, MSW-TIC - New Liberty, IA, USA

Shiyu Lu, PhD - Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Blaise Lukasiewicz, MSTD -  Student, Governors State University, University Park, IL, USA

Minmin Luo, PhD - Assistant Professor, Southwest University, College of State Governance, Chongqing, China 

Caitlyn McClure, PhD, MSW, LCSW - Vice President of Clinical Services, Northern Illinois Recovery Center, Crystal Lake, IL, USA 

Eunji Nam, PhD, MA -  Assistant Professor, Incheon National University, Incheon, Republic of Korea 

Laura L. Nathans, PhD - The Pennsylvania State University, USA

Debra Nelson-Gardell, PhD, LCSW - The University of Alabama, USA

Aslihan Nisanci, PhD, MSW, MA - Associate Professor, Marmara University, Kadikoy, Istanbul, Turkiye 

Hyunjin Noh, PhD, MSW - Associate Professor, University of Alabama School of Social Work, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA 

Ronjonette O'Bannon, PhD, MSW, LCSW - Dean of Campus Wellness and Strategic Planning, Assistant Professor, University at North Alabama, Florence, AL, USA 

Tae Kyung Park, PhD, MSW - Assistant Professor, University of Colorado,  Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO, USA

Amanda Penney, PhD, MSW, LCSW - Researcher, Aurora University, Aurora, IL, USA 

Daniel W. Phillips III, PhD - Campbellsville University, KY, USA

Jason Powell, PhD - The University of Chester, England, UK

Martha G. Roditii, PhD - Retired, NM, USA

Pam Saylor, MSW, LCSW - Clinical Assistant Professor, Purdue University Northwest, Hammond, IN, USA

Wendy Seerup, PhD, MSW, LCSW - Assistant Professor, Aurora University, Aurora, IL, USA 

Lauren Smith, PhD - Professor, Women's and Gender Studies, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI, USA 

Barbra Teater, MSW, PhD - City University of New York, USA

Todd Tedrow, PhD, MSW, LCSW - Assistant Professor, Barry University, Miami Shores, FL, USA 

Hadi Tehrani, PhD - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Alexandra Thompson-Norman, MSW - The University of Memphis, TN, USA

Aviad Tur-Sinai, PhD - Professor, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel 

Arun Vija y Subbarayalu, MBA, PhD - Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, KSA

Jeffrey Waid, PhD, MSW, LISW - University of Minnesota, USA

Yang Wang, PhD, MSW, MA - Assistant Professor, Renmin University of China, School of Social Research, Department of Social Work, Beijing, China 

Izzie Weintraub, ABD, MSW, LCSW - Adjunct Instructor/Social Worker, Aurora University, Aurora, IL, USA 

James Whitworth, PhD - University of Central Florida, USA 

Loren Wilbers, PhD - Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin at Whitewater, Whitewater, WI, USA 

Ashley Wilt, PhD - Lecturer, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA 

Michael Wolf-Branigin, MSW, PhD - George Mason University, VA, USA

Jessie Wriedt, PhD, MSW, LCSW - Adjunct Professor and Clinician Psychiatric Social Worker, Aurora University, Aurora, IL, USA 

Eun-Hye Yi, PhD, MSW - Assistant Professor, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, USA 

Li Zhang - Chinese University of Political Science and Law, China

Ning Jackie Zhang, MD, PhD, MPH - Seton Hall University, NJ, USA

Guest Reviewers
Demorise Barnes, LCSW
Susanny J. Beltran, PhD, MSW
Pilar Bendolph, LMSW
Montavious Bryant, MA, CAC
Frances Carreon, LMSW
Jinger Cathey, LMSW
Maggie Celis, MSW, CSW, LMSW
Shirah Chalker, MSW, AMPH
Sabrina Clark, LAPSW, CSWM
Victoria Clark, MSW
Timothy Clouse, MSW
Margaret L. Conley, LCSW, MDiv
Dora Cook, MSW
Michele Courter
Danica Eilers, MSW, LSW
Susan Eisenhauer, JD, MSW
Mary E. Evans, MSW
Nadine Greene, MSW MA CTP HTS NIMMHP
Michelle Grochocinski, AM
Omar Benn Haman
Carolyn Hilarski, PhD, LCSW-P
Ishmus Hill, MSW
Sarah Holyoak MSW
Carly Jensen, MSW, RCSWI
Colleen Kelly-Teiken LCSW
Nancy Land, MSW
Man Wai Alice Lun, PhD
April C. McCray, MSW, LCSW
Alexandra McManus, MSW, LCSW-Ri
Gotham Menon, PhD
Haley Miller, MSW
Mohamed Saud Mira, PhD
Monica Moore, AM
Marla Morency, LCSW
Theresa Myadze, ACSW, LISW-S, PhD
Lyann Prieto, LCSW
Ameenah Rashid, AM
Deborah A. Reilly LSW, CCM
Marinelle Reynolds, LCSW
Emily Reznicek, MSW
Sharonda Ruffin, LMSW
Kendall Runnebaum, LSCSW, LCAC
Janice Sandefur, MSW, ACSW, LCSW
Mia Stancil, MSW, LMSW
Jennifer Stinson, MSSW, CSW
Alesha Thomas, MSW, EdS
China Tully, MSW
Kristen Ward, MSW, LCSW
Contrell Washington, BA
Gary “Michael” White, MSW, LCSW
Ashley C. Whiteside, MSW
Leslie Zuppardo, MSW

Editor Emerita

Sophia F. Dziegielewski, PhD 

Updated 07-03-2024