Key Theorists:
Urie Bronfenbrenner
The resources listed below can provide background and other information on ecosystems theory.
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EcoSystems Theory Bibliography A-K
Algood, C. L., Hong, J. S., Gourdine, R. M., & Williams, A. B. (2011). Maltreatment
of children with developmental disabilities: An ecological systems analysis.
Children & Youth Services Review, 33(7), 1142-1148.
Allen-Meares,
P., & Lane, B. A. (1987). Grounding social work. practice
in theory: Ecosystems. Social Casework, 68(9), 515-521.
Baker, P. K. S. (1984). A comprehensive
model of practice for borderline adolescents. Clinical Social Work Journal,
12(4), 320-331.
Becvar, D. S., & Becvar,
R. J. (1994). 'The ecosystemic story: A story about
stories': Reply. Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 16(2), 212-216.
Berger, R. M., & Kelly, J. J.
(1993). Social work in the ecological crisis. Social Work, 38(5),
521-526.
Berry, J. O. (1995). Families and
deinstitutionalization: An application of bronfenbrenner's
social ecology model. Journal of Counseling & Development, 73(4),
379-383.
Blanchet-Cohen, N., & Brunson, L.
(2014). Creating settings for youth empowerment and leadership: An ecological
perspective. Child & Youth Services, 35(3), 216-236.
Bledsoe, S. E. (2008). Barriers and
promoters of mental health services utilization in a latino context: A literature review and
recommendations from an ecosystems perspective. Journal of Human Behavior in
the Social Environment, 18(2), 151-183.
Chou, K. (1999). Influences on
adolescents in an ecosystem: Uniformed groups. The Journal of Genetic
Psychology: Research and Theory on Human Development, 160(3), 270-279.
Chung, W. S., & Pardeck,
J. T. (1997). Treating powerless minorities through an ecosystem approach.
Adolescence, 32(127), 625-634.
Cnaan, R. A., & Seltzer, V. C. (1989).
Etiology of truancy: An ecosystems perspective. Social Work in Education, 11(3),
171-183.
Cottle, M., Hughes, C., & Gremillion, H. (2013). A community approach to palliative
care: Embracing indigenous concepts and practices in a hospice setting.
Journal of Systemic Therapies, 32(1), 56-69.
Coursen, D. (2006). An ecosystems approach to
human service database design. Journal of Technology in Human Services, 24(1),
1-18.
Cuellar, J., Jones, D., & Sterrett, E. (2015). Examining parenting in the
neighborhood context: A review. Journal of Child & Family Studies, 24(1),
195-219.
Dana Schmidt, I. (2014). Addressing PTSD
in low-income victims of intimate partner violence: Moving toward a
comprehensive intervention. Social Work, 59(3), 253-260.
Darling, N. (2007). Ecological systems
theory: The person in the center of the circles. Research in Human
Development, 4(3), 203-217.
Devylder, J. E. (2012). An ecological systems perspective
on the clinical high risk state preceding schizophrenia onset. Social Work
in Mental Health, 10(6), 478-495.
Dominelli, L. (2013). Environmental justice at
the heart of social work practice: Greening the profession. International
Journal of Social Welfare, 22(4), 431-439.
Drumm, R. D., Pittman, S. W., & Perry, S.
(2003). Social work interventions in refugee camps: An ecosystems approach.
Journal of Social Service Research, 30(2), 67-92.
Duerden, M. D., & Witt, P. A. (2010). An
ecological systems theory perspective on youth programming. Journal of Park
& Recreation Administration, 28(2), 108-120.
Dupper, D. R. (1993). Preventing school
dropouts: Guidelines for school social work practice. Social Work in
Education, 15(3), 141-149.
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.
Eliadis, E. E. (2006). The role of social work
in the childhood obesity epidemic. Social Work, 51(1), 86-88.
Feinstein, S., Driving-Hawk, C., & Baartman, J. (2009). Resiliency and native
american teenagers. Reclaiming Children
& Youth, 18(2), 12-17.
Foley-Nicpon,
M., Assouline, S. G., & Stinson, R. D. (2012).
Cognitive and academic distinctions between gifted students with autism and asperger syndrome. Gifted Child Quarterly, 56(2),
77-89.
Gage, N. A., Lierheimer,
K. S., & Goran, L. G. (2012). Characteristics of students with
high-incidence disabilities broadly defined. Journal of Disability Policy
Studies, 23(3), 168-178.
Gibbs, P. (1986). HBSE in the
undergraduate curriculum: A survey. Journal of Social Work Education, 22(2),
46-52.
Greenfield, E. A. (2012). Using
ecological frameworks to advance a field of research, practice, and policy on
aging-in-place initiatives. Gerontologist, 52(1), 1-12.
Greif, G. L. (1986). The ecosystems
perspective 'meets the press'. Social Work, 31(3), 225-226.
Guhn, M., & Goelman,
H. (2011). Bioecological theory, early child development and the validation of
the population-level early development instrument. Social Indicators
Research, 103(2), 193-217.
Hall, E. H., & King, G. C. (1982).
Working with the strengths of black families. Child Welfare: Journal of
Policy, Practice, and Program, 61(8), 536-544.
Hayden, F. G. (2011). Integrating the
social structure of accumulation and social accounting matrix with the social
fabric matrix. American Journal of Economics & Sociology, 70(5),
1208-1233.
Holland, C. (2003). In good faith:
Ecosystems analysis. Social Work & Christianity, 30(2), 190-192.
Holman, W. D. (1997). The "gangsta" persona: A case study from an ecosystems
perspective. Smith College Studies in Social Work, 67(3), 287-501.
Holt, N. L., Tamminen,
K. A., Black, D. E., Sehn, Z. L., & Wall, M. P.
(2008). Parental involvement in competitive youth sport settings. Psychology
of Sport & Exercise, 9(5), 663-685.
Hong, J. S., Cho, H., Allen-Meares, P., & Espelage, D. L.
(2011). The social ecology of the columbine high school shootings. Children
& Youth Services Review, 33(6), 861-868.
Hong, J. S., Espelage,
D. L., & Kral, M. J. (2011). Understanding
suicide among sexual minority youth in america:
An ecological systems analysis. Journal of Adolescence, 34(5), 885-894.
Hong, J. S., Lee, N. Y., Grogan-Kaylor, A., & Huang, H. (2011). Alcohol and tobacco use
among south korean
adolescents: An ecological review of the literature. Children & Youth
Services Review, 33(7), 1120-1126.
Hong, J., Algood,
C., Chiu, Y., & Lee, S. (2011). An ecological understanding of kinship
foster care in the united states. Journal of Child
& Family Studies, 20(6), 863-872.
Hong, J., & Garbarino,
J. (2012). Risk and protective factors for homophobic bullying in schools: An
application of the social-ecological framework. Educational Psychology
Review, 24(2), 271-285.
Jones, K. E., Meneses,
d. S., & Soloski, K. L. (2011). Sexological systems theory: An ecological model and
assessment approach for sex therapy. Sexual & Relationship Therapy, 26(2),
127-144.
Joseph, S., & Anitha,
K. (2009). Disturbance, diversity and stability of ecological systems - the
need for a uniform hypothesis. Current Science (00113891), 97(2),
142-143.
Kondrat, M. E. (2002). Actor-centered social
work: Re-visioning 'person-in-environment' through a critical theory lens.
Social Work, 47(4), 435-448.
Krasny, M. E., & Roth, W. (2010).
Environmental education for social-ecological system resilience: A perspective
from activity theory. Environmental Education Research, 16(5), 545-558.
Ecosystems
Theory Bibliography L-Z
Lade, S., Tavoni, A., Levin, S., &
Schlüter, M. (2013). Regime shifts in a social-ecological system.
Theoretical Ecology, 6(3), 359-372.
Leonard, J. (2011). Using
Bronfenbrenner’s ecological theory to understand community partnerships:
A historical case study of one urban high school. Urban Education, 46(5),
987-1010.
Leu, J. C. (2008). Early childhood music
education in taiwan: An ecological systems perspective. Arts Education
Policy Review, 109(3), 17-26.
Lewinson, T., & Collard, C. S.
(2012). Social service barriers experienced by low-income extended-stay hotel
residents. Families in Society, 93(2), 95-101.
McElderry, C. G., & Cheng, T. C.
(2014). Understanding the discipline gap from an ecological perspective.
Children & Schools, 36(4), 241-249.
Meyer, C. H. (1979). What directions for
direct practice? Social Work, 24(4), 267-272.
Meyer, C. H., & Mishne, J. (1983).
The missing system in social work's application of systems theory. Social
Casework, 64(6), 383-384.
Morales, A. (1981). Social work with
third-world people. Social Work, 26(1), 45-51.
Mor-Barak, M., Poverny, L. M., Finch Jr,
W. A., McCroskey, J., Nedelman, H. L., Seck, E. T., & Sullivan, R. (1993).
A model curriculum for occupational social work. Journal of Social Work
Education, 29(1), 63-77.
Newbury, J. (2011). Situational
analysis: Centerless systems and human service practices. Child & Youth
Services, 32(2), 88-107.
Njus, D., & Johnson, D. R. (2008).
Need for cognition as a predictor of psychosocial identity development.
Journal of Psychology, 142(6), 645-655.
Northey, W. F., Primer, V., &
Christensen, L. (1997). Promoting justice in the delivery of services to
juvenile delinquents: The ecosystemic natural wrap-around model. Child &
Adolescent Social Work Journal, 14(1), 5-22.
Norton, C. L. (2012). Social work and
the environment: An ecosocial approach. International Journal of Social
Welfare, 21(3), 299-308.
Okamoto, S. K., LeCroy, C. W., Dustrnan,
P., Hohrnann-Marriott, B., & Kulis, S. (2004). An ecological assessment of
drug-related problem situations for american indian adolescents of the
southwest. Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions, 4(3),
47-63.
Organista, K. C. (2009). New practice
model for latinos in need of social work services. Social Work, 54(4),
297-305.
Ostrom, E. (2011). Background on the
institutional analysis and development framework. Policy Studies Journal, 39(1),
7-27.
Paat, Y. (2013). Working with immigrant
children and their families: An application of bronfenbrenner's ecological
systems theory. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 23(8),
954-966.
Pardeck, J. T. (1988). Social treatment
through an ecological approach. Clinical Social Work Journal, 16(1),
92-104.
Pardeck, J. T. (1996). An ecological
approach for social work intervention. Family Therapy: The Journal of the
California Graduate School of Family Psychology, 23(3), 189-198.
Pardeck, J. T., & Chung, W. S.
(1997). Treating powerless minorities through an ecosystem approach.
Adolescence, 32(127), 625-34.
Patton, D. U., Woolley, M. E., &
Hong, J. S. (2012). Exposure to violence, student fear, and low academic
achievement: African american males in the critical transition to high school.
Children & Youth Services Review, 34(2), 388-395.
Peirson, L. J., Boydell, K. M.,
Ferguson, H. B., & Ferris, L. E. (2011). An ecological process model of
systems change. American Journal of Community Psychology, 47(3),
307-321.
Polak, S., & Saini, M. (2015).
Children resisting contact with a parent postseparation: Assessing this
phenomenon using an ecological systems framework. Journal of Divorce &
Remarriage, 56(3), 220-247.
Ratliff, D. A., Rossano, R., &
Panico, A. (2012). The effects of migration on romanian families: An
ecosystemic review. Social Work Review / Revista De Asistenta Sociala, (2),
125-131.
Rigby, P., & Whyte, B. (2015). Children's
narrative within a multi-centred, dynamic ecological framework of assessment
and planning for child trafficking. British Journal of Social Work, 45(1),
34-51.
Slater, C. L. (2003). Generativity
versus stagnation: An elaboration of erikson's adult stage of human
development. Journal of Adult Development, 10(1), 53.
Sturges, J. E., & Hardesty, K. N.
(2005). Survey of pennsylvania jail wardens: An examination of visitation
policies within the context of ecosystem theory. Criminal Justice Review
(Sage Publications), 30(2), 141-154.
Swartz, S. (2010). 'Moral ecology' and
'moral capital': Tools towards a sociology of moral education from a south
african ethnography. Journal of Moral Education, 39(3), 305-327.
Swick, K. J., & Williams, R. D.
(2006). An analysis of Bronfenbrenner’s bio-ecological perspective for
early childhood educators: Implications for working with families experiencing
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Tangenberg, K. M. (2005). Faith-based
human services initiatives: Considerations for social work practice and theory.
Social Work, 50(3), 197-206.
Tangenberg, K. M. (2005). Faith-based
human services initiatives: Considerations for social work practice and theory.
Social Work, 50(3), 197-206.
Tissington, L. D. (2008). A
bronfenbrenner ecological perspective on the transition to teaching for
alternative certification. Journal of Instructional Psychology, 35(1),
106-110.
Turner, W. G. (2003). Bereavement
counseling: Using a social work model for pet loss. Journal of Family Social
Work, 7(1), 69-81.
Ungar, M., Ghazinour, M., & Richter,
J. (2013). Annual research review: What is resilience within the social ecology
of human development? Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 54(4),
348-366.
Van Horne, B. S., Wiemann, C. M.,
Berenson, A. B., Horwitz, I. B., & Volk, R. J. (2009). Multilevel
predictors of inconsistent condom use among adolescent mothers. American
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Voisin, D. R., DiClemente, R. J.,
Salazar, L. F., Crosby, R. A., & L., W. (2006). Ecological factors
associated with STD risk behaviors among detained female adolescents. Social
Work, 51(1), 71-79.
Wakefield, J. C. (1996). Does social
work need the eco-systems perspective? Social Service Review, 70(1),
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Wakefield, J. C. (1996). Does social
work need the eco-systems perspective? part 2. does the perspective save social
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Wakefield, J. C. (1996). Does social
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