Part I: A Multidimensional Approach for Multifaceted Social Work
Chapter 1 • Human Behavior: A Multidimensional Approach – Elizabeth D. Hutchison
A Case Study About Person and Environment
Human Behavior: Individual and Collective
A Multidimensional Approach
Advancing Human Rights and Social, Racial, Economic, and Environmental Justice: A Global Perspective
Knowing and Doing
Scientific Knowledge: Theory and Research
Chapter 2 • Theoretical Perspectives on Human Behavior – Elizabeth D. Hutchison, Leanne Wood Charlesworth, and Cory Cummings
A Case Study About Human Behavior Theory
Multiple Theoretical Perspectives for a Multidimensional Approach
The Merits of Multiple Perspectives
Part II: The Multiple Dimensions of Person
Chapter 3 • The Biological Person – Stephen French Gilson and Elizabeth De Poy
Six Case Studies of the Biological Person
An Integrative Approach for Understanding the Intersection of Interior (Proximal) Biological Health and Illness and Exterior (Distal) Environmental Factors
Systems Taxonomy: Six Interior (Proximal) Environment Systems
Interactions of Exterior (Distal) Environments and Interior (Proximal) Health Environment
Chapter 4 • The Psychological Person: Cognition, Emotion, Personality, and Self – Jeanne Koller
Two Case Studies of Cognition, Emotion, Personality, and Self
Cognition, Emotion, Personality, and Self: An Introduction
Theories of Cognition
Theories of Emotion
Theories of Personality
Theories of the Self
Cognitions, Emotions, Personality, Self, and Evidence-Supported Interventions (ESIs)
Chapter 5 • The Psychosocial Person: Relationships, Stress, and Coping – Cory Cummings, Tawanda Hubbard, and Joseph Walsh
A Case Study About the Psychosocial Person
The Self in Relationships and Relationships in the Self
The Concept of Stress
Coping Processes
Perspectives on Coping
Chapter 6 • The Spiritual Person – Michael J. Sheridan
Eight Case Studies of Spirituality and Religion
The Spiritual Dimension
Theories of Spiritual Development
The Role of Spirituality in Social Work
Part III: The Multiple Dimensions of Environment
Chapter 7 • The Physical Environment – Elizabeth D. Hutchison
Two Case Studies of Human Behavior and the Physical Environment
Theories of Human Behavior and the Physical Environment
The Natural Environment
The Built Environment
Ecological Justice, Sustainability, and Environmental Justice: A Social-Racial-Economic-Ecological Justice Perspective
Chapter 8 • Cultures – Elizabeth D. Hutchison and Linwood Cousins
A Case Study About Cultures
What Is Culture?
Theories of Culture
Major Concepts in the Study of Culture
Culture and Power
Genes, Culture, and Cultural Change
Chapter 9 • Social Structure and Social Institutions: Global and National – Elizabeth D. Hutchison
A Case Study About Social Structure and Social Institutions
Patterns of Social Life
Patterns of Inequality in Social Life
Contemporary Trends in Global and U.S. Social Institutions
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Social Institutions
Chapter 10 • Families – Elizabeth D. Hutchison and Tawanda Lynette Hubbard
A Case Study About Family
What Is a Family?
Theoretical Perspectives for Understanding Families
Diversity in Family Formation and Structure
Challenges to Family Life
Chapter 11 • Small Groups – Elizabeth P. Cramer
A Case Study About Small Groups
Small Groups in Social Work
Dimensions of Group Structure
Group Composition
Basic Group Processes
Interdisciplinary Teams and Leadership
Chapter 12 • Organizations – Elizabeth D. Hutchison
A Case Study About Organizations
Organizations: An Introduction
Theoretical Perspectives on Organizations
Impact of Organizations on Society
Human Service Organizations
Chapter 13 • Communities – Elizabeth D. Hutchison and Soon Min Lee
Three Case Studies of Community
Communities: An Introduction
Theoretical Approaches to Community
Social Work and Communities
Issues and Themes in Community Practice
Chapter 14 • Social Movements – Elizabeth D. Hutchison
A Case Study About a Social Movement
Social Movements: An Introduction
Theoretical Perspectives on Social Movements
Social Movement Trajectories and Outcomes
Social Work and Social Movements
Glossary
References
Index

Leanne Wood received her MSW from the University at Albany and Ph D from the School of Social Work at Virginia Commonwealth University. She began her career as a social worker in the child welfare systems in Washington, DC, and Virginia. After obtaining her Ph D, she worked in the research and evaluation field in Baltimore. In 2003, she joined the Nazareth University Department of Social Work in Rochester, New York, as a full-time faculty member, teaching across the social work curriculum. She also began collaborating with the local homeless services provider network on a variety of initiatives, including a Photovoice project and the local Project Homeless Connect. She has been a yoga instructor and has facilitated workshops for diverse audiences on self-care. Recently, she has taken on the department chair role. She continues to teach and advise social work students and is particularly passionate about teaching the course “Theory and Human Development” to students representing a variety of professions within Nazareth’s College of Interprofessional Health and Human Services.