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Social Work Theories

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Social Exchange Theory

References

Bertera, E. (2007). The role of positive and negative social exchanges between adolescents, their peers and family as predictors of suicide ideation. Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal, 24(6), 523-538.

Bienenstock, E. J., & Bianchi, A. J. (2004). Activating performance expectations and status differences through gift exchange: Experimental results. Social Psychology Quarterly, 67(3), 310-318.

Chui, E. W. T. (2010). The impact of the mainland China-Hong Kong interface on Hong Kong people's livelihood. Journal of Youth Studies (10297847), 13(1), 22-32.

Cook, K. S., & Whitmeyer, J. M. (1992). Two approaches to social structure: Exchange theory and network analysis. Annual Review of Sociology, 18(1), 109-127.

Cook, K. S. (2005). Networks, norms, and trust: The social psychology of social capital. Social Psychology Quarterly, 68(1), 4-14.

Early, B. P. (1992). An ecological-exchange model of social work consultation within the work group of the school. Social Work in Education, 14(4), 207-214.

Lombe, M., & Sherraden, M. (2008). Effects of participating in an asset-building intervention on social inclusion. Journal of Poverty, 12(3), 284-305.

Park, N. S., Knapp, M. A., Shin, H. J., & Kinslow, K. M. (2009). Mixed methods study of social engagement in assisted living communities: Challenges and implications for serving older men. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 52(8), 767-783.

Petrou, P., Kouvonen, A., & Karanika-Murray, M. (2011). Social exchange at work and emotional exhaustion: The role of personality. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 41(9), 2165-2199.

Rank, M. R., & LeCroy, C. W. (1983). Toward a multiple perspective in family theory and practice: The case of social exchange theory, symbolic interactionism, and conflict theory. Family Relations, 32(3), 441-448.

Scarborough, M. K., Lewis, C. M., & Kulkarni, S. (2010). Enhancing adolescent brain development through goal-setting activities. Social Work, 55(3), 276-278.

Stolte, J. F., Fine, G. A., & Cook, K. S. (2001). Sociological miniaturism: Seeing the big through the small in social psychology. Annual Review of Sociology, 27(1), 387.

Zagenczyk, T., & Murrell, A. (2009). It is better to receive than to give: Advice network effects on job and work-unit attachment. Journal of Business & Psychology, 24(2), 139-152.