Monica Pignotti’s research while affiliated with Florida State University and other places

... Do keep in mind that, in this book, pre-experimental and the traditional quasi-experimental designs are collectively referred to as quasiexperimental designs. A specifi c type of experimental design used in more tightly controlled social work intervention research, the randomized controlled trial (RCT), is covered in another volume in this series (Solomon, Cavanaugh, & Draine, 2009 ), as well as in a number of other similarly excellent books (Shadish et al., 2002 ;Nezu & Nezu, 2008 ), and is often covered in separate chapters in general social work research textbooks (e.g., Cnaan & Tripodi, 2010 ;Pignotti & Thyer, 2009 ). The virtue of RCTs resides in their stronger potential ability to permit true causal inferences, to be able to say with some degree of confi dence that a given effect was the result of a given treatment. ...

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Quasi-Experimental Research Designs

... Moreover, when well-meaning but misinformed clinicians or parents erroneously perceive harm related to implementing ERP, they may turn to non-evidence-based practices that can exacerbate OCD symptoms. Indeed, as discussed in further detail below, various treatments without empirical support (e.g., energy therapies) have been packaged for children with OCD and advertised to parents (Hupp & Santa Maria, 2023;Pignotti & Thyer, 2019). Thus, clinicians should be aware of such pseudoscientific interventions and educate youth and families on iatrogenic practices that should be avoided. ...

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Potential for Harm in the Treatment of Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Pitfalls and Best Practices

... Secondly, this study did not include some important components of school-age life, namely social context and peer relations. Social networks expand significantly in middle childhood (Bornstein, 2002;Blake, 2011). During school years, children spend less time with family members in comparison to peers and other adults outside of the family, such as teachers (Feiring & Lewis, 1991;Steinberg & Silk, 2002). ...

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INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS AMONG RURAL LEARNERS IN MOROCCO

... However, as the debates on licensing, or its portability, and exams continue (Thyer, 2011(Thyer, , 2015Victor et al., 2023), not all social work educators embrace licensure for social work practice. Some indicate that licensure has created professional bias in favor of clinical practice over community and policy, or macro practice (Donaldson et al., 2014;Lightfoot et al., 2016). ...

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Social Work Licensing: Then and Now

... These problems are exacerbated when social workers find themselves outside of larger urban centers and consequently have limited access to in-person educational opportunities (Hudson et al., 2021). Thyer and Pignotti (2016) point to the absence of standards that ensure that social work continuing education programs are evidence-based, and not reliant on "pseudoscience". Others suggest that continuing education programs suffer from quality control issues, do not lead to transferable skills, and often result in a sense of frustration and disappointment (Gianino et al., 2016). ...

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Comparing an In-Person and Online Continuing Education Intervention to Improve Professional Decision-Making: A Mixed Methods Study

... 10 The CHH is rarely reported in the literature, [11][12][13][14][15] but the presence of supernumerary with the absence of maxillary second molars reported here is extremely rare finding. Surveys done by Mercer 16 estimated the probability of the combined defect of hypo-hyperdontia between 0.08 and 0.15%, whereas Rose 17 and Brook 18 reported a prevalence of 0.13 and 0.09% respectively. Its prevalence has been reported to be 0.3% in patients with cleft lip and palate, 0.4% among Chinese schoolchildren, and 0.45% among the Irish population. ...

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Congenitally Missing Permanent Mandibular Central Incisors and Maxillary Second Molars in Conjunction with a Supernumerary Mandibular Central Incisor

... In practice, this often means providing empirically supported treatments (ESTs; e.g., manualized, evidence-based treatments) and incorporating other techniques to adjust to particular client needs, client comorbidities, or previous treatment responses (e.g., Szkodny et al., 2014). Recent research suggests that many therapists are reluctant to implement EBP (Lilienfeld et al., 2013), and that this may be due in part to variations in clinician's training (Pignotti & Thyer, 2009), and less than favorable attitudes regarding the use of certain evidence-based approaches. ...

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Changing Attitudes Toward Evidence-Based Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

... This study employed a quantitative method based on cross-sectional survey research. Data were collected using a purposive sampling technique with self-report questionnaires, i.e., the Negative Stereotyping of Single Person Scale (Pignotti & Abell, 2009), measuring stereotyping of unmarried individuals; the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (Kessler et al., 2003), measuring psychological distress; the Self-Silencing Scale (Jack, 1991), measuring suppressed feelings; and the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (Gross & John, 2003), measuring cognitive reappraisal and emotional suppression and a demographic sheet capturing characteristics such as age, qualification, family structure, birth order, number of siblings, and number of unmarried siblings. The sample comprised 250 unmarried women aged 30 years and above, with an inclusion criterion of women aged 30 to 45 years with 14 to 18 years of education, while divorced, separated, adopted, and engaged women, as well as those with mental illnesses and physical disabilities, were excluded. ...

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Stereotypical Perceptions, Self-Silencing, Psychological Distress, and Emotional Regulation among Unmarried Women in Pakistan

... In Thought Field Therapy, the individual percusses on or near an acupoint while recalling a distressing memory to relieve the unpleasant emotions associated with that memory (Callahan & Callahan, 1996). TFT employs a comprehensive protocol to determine the order in which acupressure points are stimulated, based on the nature of the disorder or memory being treated (Pignotti, 2007). ...

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Comparing AIT and EFT in Reduction of Negative Emotions Associated with a Past Memory: A Randomized Control Study

... In this sense, the international literature indicates the absence of significant proof of the superiority of one type of therapy over others, even if this remains a periodically controversial subject [113,128,[135][136][137][138][139][140][141], and even if, for certain disorders and under certain conditions, slight differences can sometimes appear: for example, in favor of CBT for obsessive-compulsive disorders [142], or in favor of PT for personality disorders [126] -notably (in the long-term) when these disorders are complex [138]. ...

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Fifteen years after the INSERM report. Psychoanalysis's efficacy reevaluated