Bio:

Dr. Yoshioka has worked as a social worker in the areas of domestic violence, addictions, marital and family therapy, and HIV prevention.

Research Interests:

• Intervention design and development
• Culturally appropriate practice
• Domestic violence and immigrant women
• HIV
• Substance abuse

Current Projects:

• The Peer Assistance Project: Improving Service linkages for Cambodian women living with violence. Completed in conjunction with the Asian Task Force against Domestic Violence, Boston, MA.

Select Publications:

Book Chapters
Yoshioka, M.R., & Shibusawa, T. (2004). Psychosocial measures for Asian Pacific Americans. In A. Roberts & K Yeager (Eds.), Evidence-based practice manual (pp. 488-495). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Journal Articles
Jin, X., Eager, M., & Yoshioka, M.R. (in press). Consequences of early exposure to violence in the family of origin: Chinese immigrant male batterers vs. Non-violent controls. Journal of Family Violence.

Yoshioka, M.R., & Choi, D.Y. (in press). Culture and inerpersonal violence research: Paradigm shift to create a full continuum of domestic violence services. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

Nguyen, T., & Yoshioka, M.R. (in press). Alcoholism level differences between Vietnamese batterers and non-batterers. Journal of Family Violence.

Ivey, S., Kramer, E., & Yoshioka, M.R. (in press). Violence against women in the family: Immigrant women and the U.S. health care system. In C. Rabin (Ed.), Understanding gender, culture, and ethnicity in the helping process: Practitioners' experiences from around the world. Brooks-Cole.

Yoshioka, M.R., Gilbert, L., & El-Bassel, N. (2003). Social support and disclosure of abuse: A comparison of African American, Hispanic, and South Asian battered women. Journal of Family Violence, 18(3), 171-180.

Yoshioka, M.R., & Shibusawa T. (2002). The life distress inventory: A psychometric examination. Reseach on Social Work Practice, 12(6), 789-804.

Yoshioka, M.R., & Schustack, A. (2001). Disclosure of HIV status: Cultural issues of Asian patients. AIDS Patient Care and STDS, 15(2), 77-82.

Yoshioka, M.R., DiNoia, J., & Ullah, K. (2001). Attitudes toward marital violence: An examination of four Asian communities. Violence against women, 7(8), 900-926.

Last updated July 01, 2009.