Evidence-Based Practice, Descriptive Research and the Resilience-Schema-Gender-Brain Functioning (RSGB) Assessment

Jane F. Gilgun is a professor at the School of Social Work, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA. She does research on children, adolescents and adults who have confronted serious adversi ties. Her focus is on the development of violent behaviours, the meanings of violence to perpetrators and how persons cope with, adapt to and overcome adversities. She has presented locally, nationally and internationally on resilience, her violence research and on qualitative research methods, includ ing the use of qualitative approaches for the development of assessment tools for human services.