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Alexa Smith-Osborne

Researcher at University of Texas at Arlington

Publications -  31
Citations -  761

Alexa Smith-Osborne is an academic researcher from University of Texas at Arlington. The author has contributed to research in topics: Social work & Psychological resilience. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 31 publications receiving 673 citations.

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A systematic review of effectiveness of complementary and adjunct therapies and interventions involving equines.

TL;DR: The evidence is promising in support of the effectiveness of complementary and adjunct interventions employing equines in the treatment of health challenges, and future studies are needed that utilize rigorous and creative designs, especially longitudinal studies and comparisons with established effective treatments.
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Life Span and Resiliency Theory: A Critical Review

TL;DR: The concept of resilience was developed to describe relative resistance to psychosocial risk experiences by Rutter, 1999b, p. 119 as mentioned in this paper and has been applied to social work practice and education in human behavior in the social environment.
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Assessing Resilience: A Review of Measures across the Life Course

TL;DR: Scales used to measure resilience in individuals across the life course are analyzed to aid social work practitioners working with populations that have faced adversity and the need for an analytical approach to measuring resilience is long overdue.
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Substance abuse training and perceived knowledge: predictors of perceived preparedness to work in substance abuse

TL;DR: Predictors of recent master of social work graduates' perceptions of preparedness to practice in the area of substance abuse are examined, and the findings support the need to include substance abuse education in social work curricula.