Society for Social Work and Research 29th Annual Conference January 15-19, 2025 • Seattle, WA
FACULTY
& STUDENT PRESENTATIONS
2025 SSWR Fellow Inductee & Presenter
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
• 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
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
• 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
• 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
• 693P Rethinking Academic Conferences: Carbon Footprints and Sustainable Alternatives in the Climate Crisis Era
Chris Weatherly, 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
• 907P A Systematic Review of Apprenticeship Interventions Implemented to Enhance Youth Achievement of Socioeconomic Outcomes
David Okech, PhD
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
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
• 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
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
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
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
