ABSTRACT This paper describes a national survey of Master of Social Work (MSW) program leaders’ religious and spiritual beliefs and practices across the United States. Of the 257 eligible MSW programs primary contacts, 119 (46.8%) responded to the survey, with 90 completing the items related to religion and spirituality (RS). Specifically, those RS items assessed participants’ religious affiliation, intrinsic religiosity, frequency of religious service attendance and private religious activities, the degree to which the respondent is religious or spiritual, and their RS practices. Among our respondents, 80 (88.9%) held a position of leadership (e.g., dean/chair, associate dean, or program director). The results indicated that these MSW program leaders consider religion and spirituality to be important, are engaging in various RS practices, and over half reporting elements of intrinsic religiosity. Additionally, we compared this sample’s responses to these items with a national sample of clinical social workers and another sample of adults across the United States. Interestingly, a number of differences emerged between MSW program leaders’ RS with LCSWs and US adults. This paper addresses the implications of these findings, particularly in light of the sample being predominantly MSW program leaders, including how leaders’ RS may influence the implicit and explicit curricula.

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美国 MSW 项目负责人的宗教和精神信仰与实践

摘要 本文描述了对美国社会工作硕士 (MSW) 计划领导者宗教和精神信仰和实践的全国调查。在 257 个符合条件的 MSW 计划主要联系人中，119 人（46.8%）对调查做出了回应，其中 90 人完成了与宗教和灵性 (RS) 相关的项目。具体而言，这些 RS 项目评估了参与者的宗教信仰、内在宗教信仰、宗教服务出席和私人宗教活动的频率、受访者的宗教或精神程度以及他们的 RS 实践。在我们的受访者中，80 (88.9%) 位担任领导职务（例如，院长/主席、副院长或项目主任）。结果表明，这些 MSW 项目负责人认为宗教和灵性很重要，正在参与各种 RS 实践，一半以上报告了内在宗教信仰的要素。此外，我们将这个样本对这些项目的反应与一个全国临床社会工作者样本和另一个美国成年人样本进行了比较。有趣的是，MSW 项目负责人的 RS 与 LCSW 和美国成年人之间出现了许多差异。本文讨论了这些发现的含义，特别是考虑到样本主要是 MSW 项目领导者，包括领导者的 RS 如何影响隐性和显性课程。MSW 项目负责人的 RS 与 LCSW 和美国成年人之间出现了许多差异。本文讨论了这些发现的含义，特别是考虑到样本主要是 MSW 项目领导者，包括领导者的 RS 如何影响隐性和显性课程。MSW 项目负责人的 RS 与 LCSW 和美国成年人之间出现了许多差异。本文讨论了这些发现的含义，特别是考虑到样本主要是 MSW 项目领导者，包括领导者的 RS 如何影响隐性和显性课程。