CSUniversity San Bernardino
Designing a Measure: Measuring Social Workers' Attitudes toward LGBT Youth in Child Welfare
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>This study reports the results of an exploratory factor analysis conducted to analyze the reliability of a pilot instrument created to evaluate social workers’ attitudes toward LGBT youth in the foster care system. The sample (n = 60) included social workers, supervisors, and staff from the County of San Bernardino Children and Family Services. Data were collected from February 2011 to March 2011. A two factor solution yielded the best results; Chronbach’s alpha for factor one yielded a strong result for internal consistency reliability (α = .777) and for factor two yielded a less strong result (α = .628). Strategies are recommended to increase the reliability and evaluate the validity of the measure in future.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Social Work
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- School of Social Work
- Year dc:date.available
- 2014
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Authors dc:creator
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- Bell, Christi E
- Salcedo, Raul A
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Dr. Thomas Davis
Subjects
dc:subject × 5Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/85
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu:etd-1038