Barbra Teater

Published Peer-Reviewed Books

Teater, B. (2020). An introduction to applying social work theories and methods. (3rd ed.). London: Open University Press/McGraw Hill Education. ISBN: 978-0335248193

Chonody, J., & Teater, B. (2018). Social work practice with older adults: An actively aging framework for practice. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE. (396 pages) ISBN: 978-1506334295

McLaughlin, H., & Teater, B. (2017). Evidence-informed practice for social work. London: Open University Press/McGraw Hill Education. (226 pages) ISBN: 978-0335226948

Teater, B., Devaney, J., Forrester, D., Scourfield, J., & Carpenter, J. (2017). Quantitative research methods in social work: Making social work count. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. (278 pages) ISBN: 978-1-137-40026-0.

Taylor, I., Lefevre, M., Bogo, M., & Teater, B. (Eds.) (2016). Routledge international handbook of social work education. Oxford: Routledge. (456 pages) ISBN: 9781138890237.

Teater, B. (2014). An introduction to applying social work theories and methods. (2nd ed.). Maidenhead: Open University Press/McGraw Hill Education. (280 pages). ISBN: 978-0335247639.

Teater, B. (Ed.) (2014). Contemporary social work practice: A handbook for students.  Maidenhead: Open University Press/McGraw Hill Education. (312 pages). ISBN: 978-0335246038. 

Teater, B. & Baldwin, M. (2012). Social work in the community: Making a difference. Bristol: Policy Press/The University of Chicago Press. (143 pages). ISBN: 978-1847424846.  

Teater, B. (2010). An introduction to applying social work theories and methods. Maidenhead: Open University Press/McGraw Hill Education. (218 pages). ISBN: 978-0335237784.

Published and Forthcoming Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Humphreys, M., Rosich, G., & Teater, B. (in press). “We feel; therefore, we learn” An assessment of affective domains in diversity and social justice social work syllabi. Journal of Teaching in Social Work.

Chonody, J., Teater, B., Hannan, K., & Hall, K. (in press). Stress during the early months of COVID-19 in the U.S.: The role of fear and health status across the age spectrum. Advances in Social Work.

Teater, B., & Hannan, K. (2022). Social workers’ use of theories and methods in practice: Identifying what informs social work practice in New York City. Journal of Social Work Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/10437797.2022.2039824

Chonody, J., Kotzian, A., Godinez, K., Helm, H., Teater, B., & Wang, D. (2022). “I’m not old, just aging”: Perceptions of subjective age and aging among community-dwelling older adults." The Journal of Aging and Social Change, 13(1), 89-105. https://doi.org/10.18848/2576-5310/CGP/v13i01/89-105

Teater, B., Chonody, J., & Hannan, K. (2021). Meeting social needs and loneliness in a time of social distancing under COVID-19: A comparison of young, middle, and older adults. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 31(1-4), 43-59. https://doi.org/10.1080/10911359.2020.1835777

Teater, B., & Hannah, K. (2021). ¿Dónde está lo “social” en trabajo social? Un análisis del uso de la teoría en la intervenciónde trabajadoras/es sociales – Where is the “social” in social work? An analysis of social workers’ use of theory in practice. Propuestas Críticas en Trabajo Social – Critical Proposals in Social Work, 1(1), 122-144. https://revistapropuestascriticas.uchile.cl/index.php/RPCTS/article/view/61239/64947

Chonody, J., & Teater, B. (2021). Older adults’ attitudes toward aging: An exploration of death anxiety and hope. The Journal of Aging and Social Change, 11(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.18848/2576-5310/CGP/v11i01/1-17

Teater, B., Chonody, J., & Davis, N. (2021). Risk and protective factors of loneliness among older adults: The significance of social isolation and quality and type of contact. Social Work in Public Health, 36(2), 128-141. Published online December 28, 2020https://doi.org/10.1080/19271918.2020.1866140

Teater, B., & Chonody, J. (2020). Reconsidering how successful aging is defined: Perspectives from community-dwelling aging adults. Advances in Social Work, 20(3), 694-708. https://doi.org/10.18060/24218

Chonody, J., Teater, B., & Jenson, J., (2020). The future needs of the profession: An exploratory study from practicing social workers’ point of view. Professional Development: The International Journal of Continuing Social Work Education, 23(1), 45-57.

Teater, B., & Chonody, J. (2020). What attributes of successful aging are important to older adults?: The development of a multidimensional definition of successful aging. Social Work in Healthcare, 59(3), 161-179. https://doi.org/10.1080/00981389.2020.1731049

Chonody, J. & Teater, B. (2020). Livable and age-friendly communities: A scoping review of conceptual frameworks. The Journal of Aging and Social Change, 10(1), 35-53. https://doi.org/10.18848/2576-5310/CGP/v10i01/35-53

Lopez-Humphreys, M. & Teater, B. (2020). “It’s what’s on the inside that counts”: A pilot study of the subjective changes among returned citizens participating in a peer-mentor support initiative. Journal of Social Service Research, 46(6), 741-755. Published online September 2, 2019 http://doi.org/10.1080/01488376.2019.1656699

Teater, B., & Chonody, J. (2020). How do older adults define successful aging?: A scoping review. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 91(4), 599-625. Published online August 28, 2019 https://doi.org/10.1177/0091415019871207

Worsley, A., McLaughlin, K., Beddoe, L., & Teater, B. (2019). Regulation, registration and social work: An international comparison. British Journal of Social Work. doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcz152

Lopez-Humphreys, M., & Teater, B. (2019). Transformations of the self: Learning from the experiences of returned citizens participating in a peer mentor support training. Urban Social Work, 3(2), 170-186. doi: 10.1891/2474-8684.3.2.136

Teater, B., & Lopez-Humphreys, M. (2019). Research Note: Is social work education a form of social work practice? Journal of Social Work Education, 55(3), 616-622. doi: 10.1080/10437797.2019.1567415

Lopez-Humphreys, M., Teater, B., Dawson, B. A., & Hayes, V. (2019). Exploring theprofessional identity of social work academics. Professional Development: The International Journal of Continuing Social Work Education, 22(1), 3-16.

Chonody, J., & Teater, B. (2018). Defining evidence-based practice: Practicing social workers’ perspective. Advances in Social Work, 18(4),1237-1249.

Lopez-Humphreys, M. & Teater, B. (2018). Peer mentoring justice-involved youth: A training model to promote secondary desistance and restorative justice among mentors. The International Journal of Restorative Justice, 1(2), 187-209.

Teater, B. & Mendoza, T. (2018). Workload of social work academics and factors that contribute to time spent on research. Journal of Social Work Education, 54(2), 250-260. Published online May 1, 2018, doi: 10.1080/10437797.2017.1404520

Teater, B., Lefevre, M., & McLaughlin, H. (2018). Research activity among UK social work academics. Journal of Social Work, 18(1), 85-106. Published online June 2, 2016, doi:10.1177/1468017316652002.

Teater, B., & Chonody, J. (2018). Identifying as an evidence-based social worker: The influence of attitudes, access, confidence, and education. Social Work Education: The International Journal, 37(4), 442-457. Published online December 28, 2017 doi:10.1080/02615479.2017.1421161

Teater, B. (2018). How stereotypes and attitudes towards older adults are challenged through intergenerational contact: Young people explain the process. Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 39(1), 104-116. Published online August 11, 2016, doi:10.1080/02701960.2015.1115985.

Teater, B., Roy, J., Carpenter, J., Forrester, D., Devaney, J., Scourfield, J. (2017). Making social work count: A curriculum innovation to teach quantitative research methods and statistical analysis to undergraduate social work students in the United Kingdom. Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 37(5), 422-437. doi:org/10.1080/08841233.2017.1381216

Teater. B. (2017). Social work research and its relevance to practice: “The gap between research and practice continues to be wide.” Journal of Social Service Research, 43(5), 547-565. doi:10.1080/01488376.2017.1340393

Teater, B., & Chonody, J. (2017). Promoting Actively Aging: Advancing a framework for social work practice with older adults. Families in Society, 98(2), 137-145. doi:10.1606/1044-3894.2017.98.19

Teater, B. & Chonody, J. (2017). Stereotypes and attitudes toward older people among children transitioning from middle childhood into adolescence: Time Matters. Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 38(2), 204-218. Published online July 24, 2016, doi:10.1080/02701960.2015.1079708.

Teater, B. & Carpenter, J. (2017). Independent social work practices with adults in England: An appreciative inquiry of a pilot programme. Journal of Social Work, 17(1), 34-51. Published online March 15, 2016, doi:10.1177/1468017316637229.

Chonody, J.M., & Teater, B. (2016). Why do I dread looking old?: A test of social identity theory, terror management theory, and the double standard of ageing. Journal of Women & Aging, 28(2), 112-126. Published online December 30, 2015, doi:10.1080/08952841.2014.950533.

Teater, B. (2016). Intergenerational programs to promote active aging: The experiences and perspectives of older adults. Activities, Adaptations & Aging, 40(1), 1-19.

Teater, B. (2014). Whose responsibility is it? A call for the integration of substance misuse in social work education, practice, and research. Social Work Education: The International Journal, 33(5), 619-625.

Teater, B., & Baldwin, M. (2014). Singing for successful ageing: An evaluation of the Golden Oldies community-arts programme. British Journal of Social Work, 44(1), 81-99.

Lee, M.Y., Teater, B., Greene, G.J., Hsu, K.S., Fraser, J.S., Solovey, A., Grove, D., & Washburn, P. (2013). Systems collaboration with schools and treatment of SED children or adolescents: I-FAST. Children & Schools, 35(3), 155-168.

Kondrat, D.C., & Teater, B. (2012). The looking-glass self: Looking at relationship as the mechanism of change in case management of persons with severe mental illness. Families in Society, 93, 271-278.

Lee, M.Y., Teater, B., Greene, G.J., Solovey, A., Grove, D., Fraser, J.S., Washburn, P., & Hsu, K.S. (2012). Key processes, ingredients and components of successful systems collaboration: Working with severely emotionally or behaviorally disturbed children and their families. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 39, 394-405.

Kondrat, D.C., & Teater, B. (2012). Solution-focused therapy in an Emergency Room setting: Increasing hope in persons presenting with suicidal ideation. Journal of Social Work, 12, 3-15.

Teater.B. (2011). Maximizing student learning: A case example of applying teaching and learning theory in social work education. Social Work Education: The International Journal, 30, 571-585.

Teater, B. (2011). A qualitative evaluation of the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program: The recipients’ perspectives. Qualitative Social Work, 10, 503-519.

Teater, B., & Hammond, G.C. (2010). Exploring smoking prevalence, quit attempts, and readiness to quit cigarette use of women in substance abuse treatment. Social Work in Health Care, 49, 176-192.

Teater, B., & Hammond, G.C. (2009). The protected addiction: Exploring staff beliefs and attitudes toward integrating tobacco dependence into substance abuse treatment services. Journal of Alcohol & Drug Education, 53, 52-65.

Teater, B. & Baldwin, M. (2009). Exploring the learning experiences of students involved in community profiling projects. Social Work Education: The International Journal, 28, 778-791.

Lee, M.Y., Greene, G.J., Hsu, K.S., Solovey, A., Grove, D., Fraser, J.S., Washburn, P., & Teater, B. (2009). Utilizing family strengths and resilience: Integrative Family and Systems Treatment (I-FAST) with children and adolescents with severe emotional and behavioral problems. Family Process, 48, 395-416.

Teater, B. (2009). Factors predicting residential mobility among the recipients of the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program. Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, XXXVI, 159-178.

Teater, B. (2009). A place to call “home”: Exploring the experiences of Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program recipients in their efforts to find housing. Families in Society, 90, 271-278.

Kondrat, D.C., & Teater, B. (2009). An anti-stigma approach to working with persons with severe mental disability: Seeking real change through narrative change. Journal of Social Work Practice, 23, 35-47.

Teater, B. (2009). Influencing state legislators: A framework for developing effective social work interest groups. Journal of Policy Practice, 8, 69-86.

Teater, B. (2008). Residential mobility of Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program recipients: Assessing changes in poverty and racial composition in neighborhoods. Journal of Poverty, 12, 351-371.

Teater, B. (2008). “Your agenda is our agenda”: State legislators’ perspectives of interest group influence on political decision-making. Journal of Community Practice, 16, 201-220.

Teater, B. A., & Kondrat, D.C. (2005). Connecting policy to practice: Analyzing the variables of the Section 8 housing program policy process. The Social Policy Journal, 4, 69-92. 

Published Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters

Teater, B. & Hannan, K. (due for publication in 2022). Theories and methods of social work practice. In J. Parker (Ed.), Introducing social work (2nd ed.). London: SAGE.

Teater, B. (2021). Ecological systems theory. In N. Coady, P. Lehmann, & K. Bolton (Eds.), Theoretical perspectives for direct social work practice: A general-eclectic approach (4th ed). New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company, LLC. ISBN: 9780826165558

Teater, B. (2020). Theories and methods of social work practice. In J. Parker (Ed.), Introducing social work. London: SAGE.  

Taylor, I., Bogo, M., Lefevre, M., & Teater, B. (2016). Introduction. In I. Taylor, M. Bogo, M. Lefevre, & Teater, B. (Eds.), Routledge international handbook of social work education (pp. xxiii-xxxiii). Oxford: Routledge.

Sharland, E., & Teater, B. (2016). Research teaching and learning in qualifying social work education. In I. Taylor, M. Bogo, M. Lefevre, & Teater, B. (Eds.), Routledge international handbook of social work education (pp. 144-156). Oxford: Routledge. 

Teater, B., Lefevre, M., & McLaughlin, H. (2016). Developing the social work academic workforce: Profiles from the United Kingdom and the United States of America. In I. Taylor, M. Bogo, M. Lefevre, & Teater, B. (Eds.), Routledge international handbook of social work education (pp. 355-369). Oxford: Routledge.

Chonody, J., & Teater, B. (2016). Constructing gender: Feminist gerontology and social work practice. In S. Wendt & N. Moulding (Eds.), Contemporary feminisms in social work practice (pp. 263-274). Oxford: Routledge.

Teater, B. (2015). Social work theories. In J. Wright (Ed.), International encyclopedia of social & behavioral sciences (2nd ed). Oxford: Elsevier Science Ltd.

Teater, B. (2014). Singing: Creating harmony in mind and body. In J. Chonody (Ed.), Community art: Creative approaches to practice (pp. 45-59). Champaign, IL: Common Ground Publishing.

Teater, B. (2014). Introduction. In B. Teater (Ed.), Contemporary social work practice: Ahandbook for students (pp. 1-10). Maidenhead: Open University Press/McGraw Hill Education.

Teater, B. (2014). Housing and homelessness. In B.Teater (Ed.), Contemporary social work practice: A handbook for students (pp. 194-210). Maidenhead: Open University Press/McGraw Hill Education.

Teater, B., & Chonody, J. (2014). Older adults. In B.Teater (Ed.), Contemporary social work practice: A handbook for students (pp. 119-133). Maidenhead: Open University Press/McGraw Hill Education.

Teater, B. (2014). Social work practice from an ecological perspective. In C.W. LeCroy (Ed.), Case studies in social work practice (3rd ed.) (pp. 35-44). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole.

Teater, B. (2013). Motivational interviewing. In M. Davies (Ed.), The Blackwell companion to social work (4th ed.) (pp. 451-454). Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.

Teater, B. (2013). Cognitive behavioural therapy. In M. Davies (Ed.), The Blackwell companion to social work (4th ed.) (pp. 423-427). Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.

Teater, B. (2013). Solution focused brief therapy. In M. Davies (Ed.), The Blackwell companion to social work (4th ed.) (pp. 480-483). Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.

Hammond, G.C., Teater, B., & Acquavita, S. (2010). Amethyst: Integrating tobacco dependence services with long term alcohol and other drug addiction treatment for homeless and low-income women. In T. S. Kerson & J. McCoyd (Eds.), Social work in health settings: Practice in context (3rd ed.) (pp. 351-362). New York, NY: Routledge.

Teater, B. A., & Kondrat, D.C. (2005). Connecting policy to practice: Analyzing the variables of the Section 8 housing program policy process. In R. Hoefer (Ed.), Cutting-Edge Social Policy Research (pp. 69-92). Previously published in The Social Policy Journal, 4(3/4), 69-92.