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    The intersectionality of gambling addiction recovery and mental illness: A machine learning approach 
    (Society for Social Work and Research 26th Annual Conference, 202-01-15) Hong, Saahoon; Walton, Betty A.; Kim, Hea-Won
    A machine learning algorithm identified that struggling with substance use, impulse control, education, and resourcefulness was the significant barriers to improvement from problem gambling in state-funded behavioral health services.  Interestingly, White adults were more likely to be improved from problem gambling than their peers of color. The machine learning-based gambling addiction recovery model could be a promising approach to detect the intersection of race/ethnicity, behavioral health challenges, and their improvement from problem gambling. It could eventually be a basis for developing a gambling addiction recovery model for adults with needs for gambling addiction treatment at the initial assessment. Such a relationship study will support the development of an efficient mental health and gambling recovery model. 
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    Development and Initial Validation of the Social Work Values Inventory
    (Copyright © 1996 Sage Publications, Inc. Research on Social Work Practice is found online at [LINK]http://rsw.sagepub.com/[/LINK].[BREAK]The original doi for the article is 10.1177/104973159600600305. To access the doi, open the following DOI site in your browser and cut and paste the doi name where indicated: [LINK]http://dx.doi.org[/LINK].[BREAK]Access to the original article may require subscription and authorized logon ID/password. IUPUI faculty/staff/students please check University Library resources before purchasing an article. Questions on finding the original article via our databases? Ask a librarian: [LINK] http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/research/askalibrarian[/LINK]., 1996-07) Pike, Cathy King
    This article reports the development and initial validation of the Social Work Values Inventory (SWVI). The SWVI was developed by using six tasks compiled by the author from the general literature on instrumentation. They include (a) developing a definition of values, (b) using the literature to select those values to be measured by the instrument, (c) using a theory of instrument construction, (d) relating the definition of values to the actual instrument, (e) developing unambiguous stimuli, and (f) determining scaling and scoring techniques. Preliminary reliability estimates ranged from acceptable to good across four data collections. Examinations of content, factorial, and construct validity provided excellent support of the instrument as a valid measure of social work practice values.
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    Reliability and Measurement Error in the Presence of Homogeneity
    (For the final version of the article published in the print edition of the journal as cited above, please click on the following doi link: [LINK]http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J079v24n01_07[/LINK].[BREAK]Access to the original article may require subscription and authorized logon ID/password. IUPUI faculty/staff/students please check University Library resources before purchasing an article. Questions on finding the original article via our databases? Ask a librarian: [LINK]http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/research/askalibrarian[/LINK]., 1998) Pike, Cathy King; Hudson, Walter W.
    This paper describes a limitation of using Cronbach's Alpha to estimate reliability when using a sample with homogeneous responses in the measured construct. More specifically, it describes the risk of falsely concluding that a new instrument may have poor reliability and demonstrates the use of an alternate statistic that may serve as a cushion against such errors. Data from two validation studies are used to illustrate the utility of the new statistic, referred to as R-Alpha or Relative Alpha. Included is a discussion of the limitations and appropriate use of the statistic in validating multi-item tests, assessment scales, and inventories.
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    Using Second-Order Factor Analysis in Examining Multiple Problems of Clients
    (Research on Social Work Practice is available online at [LINK]http://rsw.sagepub.com/[/LINK].[BREAK]Copyright © 1998 Sage Publications, Inc.[BREAK]The original doi for the article is 10.1177/104973159800800204. To access the doi, open the following DOI site in your browser and cut and paste the doi name where indicated: [LINK] http://dx.doi.org [/LINK]. [BREAK] Access to the original article may require subscription and authorized logon ID/password. IUPUI faculty/staff/students please check University Library resources before purchasing an article. Questions on finding the original article via our databases? Ask a librarian: [LINK] http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/research/askalibrarian[/LINK]., 1998-03) Pike, Cathy King; Hudson, Walter W.; Murphy, Douglas L.; Rathbone-McCuan, Eloise
    Data from veterans of the Persian Gulf engagement were studied to assess the potential of second-order factor analysis in examining, interpreting, and directing person-environment interventions with an array of different but related individual and environmental problems. Participants of the study were 1,532 veterans of the Persian Gulf engagement who were eligible for social services provided by the Veterans Administration. The results provided support for the use of second-order factors in examining client data and provided information about the relationships among clinically significant problems. Further research on the second-order factors of multidimensional instruments that are used in social work to measure client progress can yield information about how client populations differ and provide direction in selecting interventions that are congruent with social work's person-environment focus.
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    Investigating Predictors of Treatment Attrition Among Court-Ordered Batterers
    (The original doi for the final version of the article is 10.1300/J079v28n04_03. To access the doi, open the following DOI site in your browser and cut and paste the doi name where indicated: [LINK]http://dx.doi.org[/LINK]. [BREAK] Access to the original article may require subscription and authorized logon ID/password. IUPUI faculty/staff/students please check University Library resources before purchasing an article. Questions on finding the original article via our databases? Ask a librarian: [LINK] http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/research/askalibrarian [/LINK]., 2002) Buttell, Frederick P.; Pike, Cathy King
    Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate differences in demographic variables and psychological variables between treatment completers and drop-outs among abusive men entering a court-mandated treatment program. Method: The study gathered Domestic Violence Inventory (DVI) scores from 91 men, 66 treatment completers and 25 drop-outs, beginning court-ordered treatment for domestic violence offenses. Results: Logistic regression analyses indicated that none of the demographic variables or the psychological variables differentiated treatment completers from drop-outs. Conclusion: Implications of the findings for improving retention rates among men attending court-mandated batterer treatment programs were explored and discussed.
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    Measuring Racial Climate in Schools of Social Work: Instrument Development and Validation
    (The original doi for the as-published article is doi:10.1177/104973150201200104. To access the doi open the following DOI site in your browser and cut and paste the doi name where indicated: [LINK]http://dx.doi.org[/LINK].[BREAK] Access to the original article may require subscription and authorized logon ID/password. IUPUI faculty/staff/students, please check University Library resources before purchasing an article via the publisher. Questions on finding the original article via our databases? Ask a librarian: [LINK]http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/research/askalibrarian[/LINK]., 2002-01) Pike, Cathy King
    Objective: This article reports the initial validation of an instrument designed to measure racial climate in programs and schools of social work. Method: An unduplicated sample of students from one school of social work (N = 182) responded to a survey of racial climate. Psychometric analyses were computed to determine the reliability and validity of the instrument’s scales. Results: The scales attained high levels of internal consistency reliability, had a stable factor structure for the items as they were hypothesized, and performed well in preliminary analyses of convergent construct and known-groups validity. Conclusions: The results provided initial evidence of internal consistency reliability and content, construct, factorial, and known-groups validity.
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    Measuring Video Gambling: Instrument Development and Validation
    (The original doi for the as-published article is doi: 10.1177/1049731502012003004. To access the doi, open the following DOI site in your browser and cut and paste the doi name where indicated: [LINK] http://dx.doi.org[/LINK]. [BREAK]Access to the original article may require subscription and authorized logon ID/password. IUPUI faculty/staff/students please check University Library resources before purchasing an article. Questions on finding the original article via our databases? Ask a librarian: [LINK] http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/research/askalibrarian[/LINK].[BREAK]Copyright © 2002 Sage Publications, 2002-05) Pike, Cathy King
    Objective: This article reports the initial validation of an instrument designed to measure problem gambling on video gambling devices. Methods: Two samples were collected and included (a) individuals at random lists of playing locations for all counties in one state (n = 553) and (b) a general public sample also drawn from each county (n = 542). Results: The scales attained high levels of internal consistency reliability and had a stable factor structure. The items predicted with high accuracy pathological and nonpathological gambling, and the scales performed well in examinations of discriminant and convergent construct validity. Conclusions: The research provided strong evidence of internal consistency reliability, as well as content, construct, factorial, and preliminary evidence of known-groups validity.
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    Investigating the Differential Effectiveness of a Batterer Treatment Program on Outcomes for African American and Caucasian Batterers
    (Research on Social Work Practice is available online at: [LINK]http://rsw.sagepub.com/[/LINK]. Copyright © 2003 Sage Publications. [BREAK] The original doi for the as-published article is 10.1177/1049731503254055. To access the doi, open the following DOI site in your browser and cut and paste the doi name where indicated: [LINK]http://dx.doi.org[/LINK]. [BREAK]Access to the original article may require subscription and authorized logon ID/password. IUPUI faculty/staff/students please check University Library resources before purchasing an article. Questions on finding the original article via our databases? Ask a librarian: [LINK] http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/research/askalibrarian[/LINK]., 2003-11) Buttell, Frederick P.; Pike, Cathy King
    Objective: This study (a) evaluated a batterer intervention program (BIP) by investigating changes in psychological variables (i.e., truthfulness, violence, lethality, control, alcohol use, drug use, and stress-coping abilities) between pretreatment and posttreatment assessments in a sample of court-mandated batterers and (b) investigated the differential effectiveness of this same BIP for African American and Caucasian batterers. Method: The study employed a onegroup pretest/posttest design, with 12-month follow-up data, to investigate changes in Domestic Violence Inventory (DVI) scores among 91 men, 57% African American, court ordered into a BIP. Results: Analysis indicated that (a) court-ordered batterers demonstrate significant changes, in the desired direction, on psychological variables related to domestic violence, as a result of participation in a court-mandated BIP and (b) there was no significant difference in changes on these psychological variables between African American and Caucasian batterers. Conclusion: Implications of
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    Evaluation of Two Interviewing Skills Measures: An Instrument Validation Study
    (Advances in Social Work, an open access journal, is freely available online at: [LINK] http://journals.iupui.edu/index.php/advancesinsocialwork/index[/LINK]. No part of this article may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, transmitted, or distributed, in any form, by any means, electronic, mechanical, photographic, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Indiana University School of Social Work., 2004) Pike, Cathy King; Bennett, Robert; Chang, Valerie
    This article reports an initial validation of an instrument that measures basic interviewing skills and compares its psychometric results with another instrument that has been used more frequently to measure similar skills. Four field supervisors rated 30 students’ videotaped interviews (N=120) using two instruments, the validation, and a comparison instrument. The current validation instrument had high internal consistency reliability, a clear factor structure, and performed well in construct validity evaluations. These preliminary results supported the instrument’s internal consistency reliability, content, factorial, and construct validity. The validation instrument had higher internal consistency reliability, lower errormeasurement, and amore interpretable factor structure than the comparison instrument.
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    Foreign aid: A doctored image of impact on social welfare development in developing countries
    (2005) Gentle-Genitty, Carolyn
    Foreign aid is primarily intended as a wealth transfer mechanism from rich, to poor, countries. Billions of dollars have been distributed in aid largely to assist in social welfare development. Still many are in poverty and tools to evaluate real impact are not in use.