Group Work Research: Pocket Guides to Social Work Research Methods

Garvin, Charles D.; Tolman, Richard M.; Macgowan, Mark J.

ISBN 10: 0195381548 / ISBN 13: 9780195381542

Published by Oxford University Press, 2016

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170pp. Text is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinges are intact, spine is unbroken, textblock is square with pointed corners. Slightest if any overall shelf/timewear.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Group Work Research: Pocket Guides to Social Work Research Methods
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195381548
• ISBN 13: 9780195381542
• Binding: 8Vo Softcover
• Condition: Near Fine
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Synopsis

This book takes the reader through all the phases of designing and implementing group work research -- that is, formulating a research question, developing hypotheses, selecting instruments, and disseminating.

About the Author

Charles Garvin, PhD, AM, is Professor Emeritus of Social Work at the University of Michigan; author of many texts in social work, group work, and social justice in social work; author of over 50 articles and book chapters on these subjects; board member of International Association of Social Work with Groups; member of editorial boards of Social Work with Groups and Journal of Education in Social Work and Small Group Research.

Richard M. Tolman, PhD, MSW, is Professor of Social Work at the University of Michigan. Dr. Tolman has been involved in research, teaching and group work practice for over 30 years. His work focuses primarily on preventing men's violence towards women.

Mark Macgowan, PhD, MSW, is Professor and Coordinator of the Doctoral Program in Social Work at Florida International University. He is author of A Guide to Evidence-Based Group Work (Oxford) and co-editor of Evidence-Based Group Work in Community Settings (Taylor & Francis) and IASWG Standards for Social Work with Groups (Taylor & Francis). He serves on the editorial boards of several peer-reviewed group work journals and is an Executive Committee member of the International Association for Social Work with Groups. His clinical experience includes working with persons with substance use problems and those affected by traumatic events.
teaching and group work practice for over 30 years. His work focuses primarily on preventing men's violence towards women.