Brian E. Perron

• Perron, B. E., Cordova, D., Salas-Wright, C. P., & Vaughn, M. G. (in press). In J. Van Geest, T. Johnson, & S. Alemagno (Eds.), Handbook of Substance Abuse Research Methods, New York, NY: Springer.
• Wu, S., Wang, M., Perron, B. E., Huang, J., Li, J., Zhou, X., Zhu,Y., He, X., Wen, J., & Ma, F. (in press). Development of research on social work practice in mainland China: Context, challenges, and opportunities. International Social Work.
• ~Sokol, R., Victor, B., Yoon, M., Ryan, J., & Perron, B. (2023). Complex, co-occurring needs patterns and evidence-based service planning for families involved in foster care: A map for research and practice. Child Maltreatment.
• Victor, B., Sokol, R., Goldkind, L., & Perron, B. (2023). Recommendations for social work researchers and journal editors on the use of generative AI and large language models. Journal for the Society of Social Work Research.
• Park, K., Victor, B. G., Perron, B. E., Ryan, J. P., & Braun, B. (2022). Persistent racial disproportionality in investigated and substantiated child maltreatment reports: Trend analysis before and during the COVID-19 pandemic (2019–2020). Journal of Public Child Welfare, 1-20.
• Sokol, R., Victor, B., Yoon, M., Ryan, J., & Perron, B. (2022). Complex, co-occurring needs patterns and evidence-based service planning for families involved in foster care: A map for research and practice. Child Maltreatment.
• Perron, B., Victor, B., Ryan, J., Piellusch, E., & Sokol, R. (2022). A text-based approach to measuring opioid-related risk among families involved in the child welfare system. Child Abuse and Neglect.
• Sokol, R., Victor, B., Mariscal, S., Ryan, J., & Perron, B. (2021). Using administrative data to uncover how often and why supervisory neglect happens: Implications for child maltreatment prevention. Child Abuse and Neglect, 122,
• Victor, B., Perron, B., Sokol, R., Fedina, L., & Ryan, J. (2021). Automated identification of domestic violence in written child welfare records: Leveraging text mining and machine learning to enhance social work research and evaluation. Journal of Society of Social Work Research, 12(4),
• Victor, B. G., Perron, B. E., Sokol, R., Gârbacea, C., Fedina, L., & Ryan, J. P. (2020). Automated identification of domestic violence in written child welfare records: Leveraging text mining and machine learning to enhance social work research and evaluation. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research. 12(4).
• Wang, M., Victor, B. G., Hong, J. S., Wu, S., Huang, J., Luan, H., & Perron, B. E. (2020). A scoping review of interventions to promote health and well-being of left-behind children in mainland China. The British Journal of Social Work, 50(5), 1419-1439.
• Perron, B. E., Haroney, J. M., Hayes, D. E., Sokol, R. L., & Kolton, S. A. (2020). Potentially serious consequences for the use of Bitrex as a deterrent for the intentional inhalation of computer duster sprays. [Letter to the Editor]. Forensic Toxicology, 39, 286-290.
• Sokol, R. L., Victor, B. G., Piellusch, E. K., Nielsen, S. B., Ryan, J. P., & Perron, B. E. (2020). Prevalence and context of firearms-related problems in child protective service investigations. Child Abuse and Neglect, 107, 1-6.
• Luan, H., Wang, M., Sokol, R. L., Wu, S., Victor, B. G, & Perron, B. E. (2020). A scoping review of WeChat to facilitate professional healthcare education in Mainland China. Medical Education Online, 25(1).
• Wang, M., Sokol, R., Luan, H., Perron, B. E., Victor, B. G., & Wu, S. (2020). Mental health service interventions for left-behind children in mainland China: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Children and Youth Services Review, 117.
• Perron, B. E., Victor, B. G., Hiltz, B, & Ryan, J. (2020). Teaching note - Data science in the MSW curriculum: Case examples demonstrating opportunities for innovating training in statistics and research methods. Journal of Social Work Education.
• Han, J. Y., Perron, B. E., Yin, H., & Liu, Y. (2020). Faculty stressors and their relations to teacher efficacy, engagement and teaching satisfaction. Higher Education Research and Development.
• Yin, H. B., Han, J. Y., & Perron, B. E. (2020). Why are Chinese university teachers (not) confident in their competence to teach? The relationship between faculty-perceived stress and self-efficacy. International Journal of Educational Research, 100.
• Sokol, R. L., Zimmerman, M. A., Perron, B. E., Rosenblum, K. L., Muzik, M., & Miller, A. L. (2020). Developmental differences in the association of peer relationships with traumatic stress symptoms. Prevention Science, 21(6), 841-849.
• Henry, C., Victor, B. G., Ryan, J. P., & Perron, B. E. (2020). Substantiated allegations of failure to protect in the child welfare system: Against whom, in what context, and with what justification? Children and Youth Services Review, 116, 1-9.
• Sokol, R. L., Li, J., Victor, B. G., Miller, A., Ryan, J. P., & Perron, B. E. (2020). Changes in Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) scores over time: A systematic review. Children and Youth Services Review, 112, 1-6.
• Krings, A., Victor, B. G., Mathias, J., & Perron, B. E. (2020). Environmental social work in the disciplinary literature, 1991-2015. International Social Work, 63, 275-290.
• Sokol, R., Perron, B., Rosenblum, K., Muzik, M., Zimmerman, M., & Miller, A. (2020). Developmental differences in the association of peer relationships with traumatic stress symptoms. Preventive Medicine, 21, 841-849.
• Luan, H., Wang, M., Sokol, R., Wu, S., Victor, B., & Perron, B. (2020). A scoping review of WeChat to facilitate professional healthcare education in mainland China. Medical Education Online, 25(1).
• Perron, B., Haroney, J., Hayes, D., Sokol, R., & Kolton, S. (2020). Potentially serious unintended consequences for the use of 1,1-difluoroethane as a deterrent for the intentional inhalation of computer duster sprays. Forensic Toxicology, 39, 286-290.
• Sokol, R., Victor, B., Piellusch, E., Nielsen, S., Ryan, J., & Perron, B. (2020). Prevalence and context of firearms-related problems in child protective service investigations. Child Abuse and Neglect, 107, 104572.
• Wang, M., Sokol, R., Perron, B., Victor, B., & Wu, S. (2020). Mental health service interventions for left-behind children in mainland China: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Child Youth Services Review, 117, 105304.
• Sokol, R., Li, J., Victor, B., Miller, A., Ryan, J., & Perron, B. (2020). Changes in Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) scores over time: A systematic review. Child Youth Services Review, 112, 104917.
• Wang, M. Victor, B. G., Wu, S., & Perron, B. E. (2019). Associations between family structure and social emotional development among school-aged children in mainland China. Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development, 29(4), 249-263.
• Perron, B. E., Victor, B. G., Bushman, G., Moore, A., Ryan, J. P., Lu, A. J., & Piellusch, E. K. (2019). Detecting substance-related problems in narrative investigation summaries of child abuse and neglect using text mining and machine learning. Child Abuse and Neglect, 98, 1-13.
• Victor, B. G., Henry, C., Gilbert, T. T., Ryan, J. P., & Perron, B. E. (2019). Child protective service referrals involving exposure to domestic violence: Prevalence, associated maltreatment types, and likelihood of formal case openings. Child Maltreatment, 24(3), 299-309.
• Chermack, S. T., Bonar, E. E., Golstick, J. E., Winters, J., Blow, F. C., Friday, S., Ilgen, M. A., Rauch, S. M., Perron, B. E., Ngo, Q. M., & Walton, M. A. (2019). A randomized controlled trial for aggression and substance use involvement among Veterans: Impact of combining Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral Treatment and telephone-based Continuing Care. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 98, 77-88.
• Perron, B. E., Holt, K. R., Yeagley, E., & Ilgen, M. (2019). Mental health functioning and severity of cannabis withdrawal among medical cannabis users with chronic pain. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 194, 401-409.
• Victor, B. G., Henry, C., Gilbert, T. T., Ryan, J. P., & Perron, B. E. (2019). Child protective service referrals involving exposure to domestic violence: Prevalence, associated maltreatment types, and likelihood of formal case openings. Child Maltreatment, 24, 299-309.
• Victor, B., Grogan-Kaylor, A., Ryan, J., Perron, B., & Gilbert, T. (2018). Domestic violence, parental substance misuse and the decision to substantiate child maltreatment. Child Abuse and Neglect, 79, 31-41.
• Bushman, G., Victor, B. G., Ryan, J. P. & Perron, B. E. (2018). In utero exposure to opioids: An observational study of mothers involved in the child welfare system. Substance Use and Misuse, 53(5), 844-851.
• Victor, B. G., Resko, S. M., Ryan, J. P., & Perron, B. E. (2018). Identification of domestic violence service needs among child welfare-involved parents with substance use disorders: A gender-stratified analysis. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
• Ryan, J. P., Jacob, B. A., Gross, M., Perron, B. E., & Feguson, S. (2018). Early exposure to child maltreatment and academic outcomes. Child Maltreatment, 23(4), 365-375.
• Perron, B. E., Córdova, D., Salas-Wright, C., & Vaughn, M. G. (2017). Validity: Conceptual and methodological issues in substance abuse research. In J. Van Geest, T. Johnson, & S. Alemagno (Eds.), Handbook of Substance Abuse Research Methods (pp. 235-249). New York, NY: Springer.
• Evangelist, M., Ryan, J. P., Victor, B. G., Moore, A., & Perron B. E. (2017). Disparities at Adjudication in the Juvenile Justice System: An Examination of Race, Gender, and Age. Social Work Research.
• Ryan, J. P., Perron, B. E., Moore, A., Victor, B. G., & Park, K. (2017). Timing matters: A randomized control trial of recovery coaches in foster care. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment.
• Chatters, L. M., Taylor, R. J., Woodward, A. M., Bohnert, A., Peterson, T. L., & Perron, B. E. (2017). Differences between African Americans and non-Hispanic whites utilization of clergy for counseling with serious personal problems. Race and Social Problems.
• Mowbray, O., Ryan, J. P., Victor, B. G., Bushman, G., Yochum, C. & Perron, B. E. (2017). Longitudinal trends in substance use and mental health service needs in child welfare. Children and Youth Services Review, 73, 1-8.
• Mowbray, O., Victor, B. G., Ryan, J. P., Moore, A. & Perron, B. E. (2017). Parental substance use and foster care re-entry. Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions, 17(4), 352-373.
• Hodge, D. R., Victor, B. G., Grogan-Kaylor, A. C., & Perron, B. E. (2017). Disseminating high impact social work scholarship: A longitudinal examination of correlates of 5-year citation counts. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 8(2), 211-231.
• Davis, A. K., Bonar, E. E., Ilgen, M. A., Walton, M. A., Perron, B. E., & Chermack, S. T. (2016). Factors associated with having a medical marijuana card among veterans with recent substance use in VA outpatient treatment. Addictive Behaviors, 63, 132-136.
• Ryan, J. P., Perron, B. E., & Huang, H. (2016). Child welfare and the transition to adulthood: Investigating placement status and subsequent arrests. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 45(1), 172-182.
• Perron, B. E., Victor, B. G., Hodge, D. R., Salas-Wright, C. P., Vaughn, M. G. & Taylor, R. J. (2016). Laying the foundations for scientometric research: A data science approach. Research on Social Work Practice. Sage Journals.
• Victor, B. G., Hodge, D. R., Perron, B. E., Vaughn, M. G., & Salas-Wright, C. P. (2016). The rise of co-authorship in social work scholarship: A longitudinal study of collaboration and article quality, 1989-2013. British Journal of Social Work, 47(8), 2201-2216.
• Glass, J. E., Hamilton, A. M., Powell, B. J., Perron, B. E., Brown, R. T., & Ilgen, M. A. (2016). Revisiting our review of screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT): meta-analytic results still point to no efficacy in increasing the use of substance use disorder services. Addiction, 111(1), 181-183.
• Ryan, J. P., Perron, B. E., Moore, A., Victor, B., & Evangelist, M. (2016). Foster home placements and the probability of family reunification: Does licensing matter? Child Abuse and Neglect, 59, 88-89.
• Davis, A. K., Bonar, E. E., Ilgen, M. A., Walton, M. A., Perron, B. E., & Chermack, S. T. (2016). Factors associated with having a medical marijuana card among veterans with recent substance use in VA outpatient treatment. Addictive Behaviors, 63, 132-136.
• Victor, B. G., Ryan, J. P., Moore, A., Mowbray, O., Evangelist, M. & Perron, B. E. (2016). Foster care licensing and the risk of reentry to out of home care following family reunification. Children and Youth Services Review, 70, 112-119.
• Salas-Wright, C. P., Vaughn, M. G., Perron, B. E., Gonzalez, J. M., & Goings, T. (2016). Changing perspectives on marijuana use during early adolescence and young adulthood: Evidence from a panel of cross-sectional surveys. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 169, 5-10.
• Ryan, J. P., Victor, B. G., Moore, A., Mowbray, O. & Perron, B. E. (2016). Recovery coaches and the stability of reunification for substance abusing families in child welfare. Children and Youth Services Review, 70, 357-363.
• Cranford, J. A., Bohnert, K. M., Perron, B. E., Bourque, C., & Ilgen, M. (2016). Prevalence and correlates of “Vaping” as a route of cannabis administration in medical cannabis patients. Drug and Alcohol Dependence.
• Ruffolo, M. C., Perron, B. E., & Voshel, E. H. (2016). Direct Social Work Practice: Theories and Skills for Becoming an Evidence-Based Practitioner. Los Angeles, CA: Sage.
• Ruffolo, M., Perron, B. E., & Voshel, E. (2015). Direct Social Work Practice: Core Theories and Skills for Becoming an Evidence-Based Practitioner. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Perron, B. E., & Gillespie, D. F. (2015). Key Concepts in Measurement. New York: Oxford Press.
• Glass, J. E., Hamilton, A. M., Powell, B. J., Perron, B. E., Brown, R. T., & Ilgen, M. A. (2015). Specialty substance us disorders services following brief alcohol intervention: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Addiction, 110(9), 1404-1415.
• Vaughn, M. G., Salas-Wright, C. P., DeLisi, M., Perron, B. E. & Córdova, D. (2015). Crime and violence among MDMA users in the United States. AIMS Public Health, 2(1), 64-73.
• Salas-Wright, C. P., Vaughn, M. G., Todic, J., Córdova, D. & Perron, B. E. (2015). Trends in the disapproval and use of marijuana among adolescents and young adults in the United States: 2002-2013. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 41(5), 392-404.
• Perron, B. E., Bonhert, K., Perone, A. K., Bonn-Miller, M. O., & Ilgen, M. (2015). Use of prescription pain medications among medical cannabis patients: Comparisons of pain levels, functioning, and patterns of alcohol and other drug use. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 76(3), 406-413.

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