ABSTRACT

This article reports the results of a study on the impact of an online meditation (OMP) program in building resilience and geriatric social work competencies among postgraduate social work students across contexts. The OMP was fairly effective (Cohen’s d range=4.84–5.49, p≤.012), and students who participated in it exhibited greater resilience and geriatric social work competencies compared to the wait-list control group. Posttest resilience scores were higher for female students and Christians. Female students studying in the United States and Sweden with non-social-work subjects at the undergraduate level and doing field placement in assisted living settings demonstrated greater geriatric social work competencies posttest. Adherence through regular attendance of the OMP lessons and self-practice mediated the relation between sociodemographic predictors and outcomes. The OMP is a useful addition in the postgraduate field training curriculum with some refinements for male students from different cultures with a social work undergraduate degree and doing fieldwork in community or hospice settings.

摘要

本文报告了一项关于在线冥想 (OMP) 计划对建立跨背景社会工作研究生的复原力和老年社会工作能力的影响的研究结果。OMP 相当有效（Cohen 的d范围=4.84–5.49，p≤.012），与等待名单对照组相比，参与该项目的学生表现出更强的复原力和老年社会工作能力。女学生和基督徒的后测复原力得分更高。在美国和瑞典学习本科非社会工作科目并在辅助生活环境中进行实地实习的女学生表现出更高的老年社会工作能力后测。通过定期参加 OMP 课程和自我实践的坚持，调节了社会人口学预测因素和结果之间的关系。OMP 是研究生实地培训课程中的一个有用的补充，为来自不同文化背景、拥有社会工作本科学位并在社区或临终关怀机构进行实地工作的男学生提供了一些改进。