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The Importance of Emotional Intelligence in Social Work Students and Its Relation to Perceived Efficacy. Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-07-30 Francisco Lucas Chinchilla,Natalia Beni Fernández,Dolores Alicia Queiruga,Pilar Montañés Muro
Social workers have a greater than average risk of suffering burnout syndrome. In the same way as the professionals, students too can suffer academic burnout. However, few empirical studies have studied burnout and protective factors in social work students exclusively. Emotional intelligence (EI) has been described as a protective factor for burnout both in the professional and the academic context
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State-Level Income Inequality as a Determinant of Suicide Mortality in the United States. Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-07-30 Andrew J Irish
Income inequality has been increasing for decades and is now known to be related to many downstream health outcomes, where greater inequality is a predictor of poorer health. Results of investigations into the relationship between income inequality and suicidality have been mixed. This study leverages the most recent data available from the National Longitudinal Mortality Study to investigate the relationship
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Domestication of Information and Communication Technologies into Family Systems: A Conceptual Framework Evaluating Family Health. Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-07-26 Remesh Krishnan Purushothaman Nair,Nancy Mengi,Santhosh Adhikarathil Jose
As the world undergoes its fourth industrial revolution, digital media are becoming more prevalent in both rural and urban communities. This shift has had a profound impact on our daily lives, transforming the way we live, work, and communicate. Although technology now plays a crucial role in our daily routine, it can lead to interference in human relationships, a phenomenon referred to as technoference
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Social Protections and Climate Migration: Service Navigation among Puerto Ricans Displaced by Hurricane Maria. Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-07-24 James C Hodges,Maria F García,Seth J Schwartz,Michael G Vaughn,Mildred M Maldonado-Molina,Melissa Bates,Ivonne Calderón,Eric C Brown,José Rodríguez,Christopher P Salas-Wright
As climate change continues to displace greater numbers of people, transnational ties are important sources of social protection for climate migrants. Migrants assemble unique configurations of formal and informal social protections depending on the resources available within their sending and receiving communities. However, the specific constellations of social protections that climate migrants use
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Exploring the Intention to Engage in Policy Practice: The Role of Values and Career Motivations. Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-07-22 Oron Krips,Eugene Tartakovsky,Idit Weiss-Gal
This study expands knowledge on what motivates engagement in policy practice (PP) by exploring the place of personal values, which reflect individuals' general motivations and context-specific motivations-the motivations to study social work-in predicting the intention to incorporate PP into their practice. The sample of this cross-sectional study comprised 280 BSW students in Israel, and the study
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Ethical Challenges in Social Work Licensing Examinations: A Call for Integrity and Strategies for Success Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-07-22 Rigaud Joseph
This article discusses four questions. First, what is the operational framework of the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)? Second, how congruent is the ASWB’s operational framework with social work values and ethics? Third, why do ASWB exam candidates from disadvantaged backgrounds—those who identify as African American, who are older, and who do not speak English as a first language—register
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Voting: The New Social Determinant of Health and a Long-Standing Concept for Social Work. Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-07-17 Lisa de Saxe Zerden
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Professional and Personal Attitudes toward Discussing Sexuality and Degree of Religiosity among Social Workers Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-07-17 Neveen Ali-Saleh Darawshy, Shachar Timor-Shlevin, Maya Lavie-Ajayi
This study investigated the correlations between social workers’ levels of religiosity and their professional attitudes toward discussing sexual health. The focus was particularly on the potential mediating role of their attitudes to heteronormative beliefs. A random sample of 150 social workers from Israel (Jewish [63.3 percent], Palestinian-Arab [36 percent], and those who self-identified as “other”
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Incongruence in Perceptions of Pain: Associations with Mental Health in Couples Living with Fibromyalgia Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-07-17 Natalie Grafft, Karen S Lyons
Guided by the theory of dyadic illness management, this study examined the association between the within-couple incongruence regarding perceptions of pain experienced by adults with fibromyalgia (AwFM) and symptoms of depression and anxiety in AwFM and their partners. Participants included 204 couples. Three second-order dyadic variables were created from the couples’ perceptions of pain interference
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Introducing Trauma Trigger Fatigue as an Underlying Factor of Social Work Burnout. Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-07-16 Derrick Kranke,Bridget Kranke,Sharon Milligan,Aram Dobalian
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U.S. Social Work Students and Social Media: A Descriptive Analysis of Survey Items across Four Time-Points. Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-21 Lauren A Ricciardelli
Between fall 2018 and spring 2023, the author conducted four survey studies on social work students' use, attitudes, and knowledge regarding social media: (1) a pilot study in fall 2018 (N = 57), (2) a comparative study in spring 2019 (N = 42), (3) a national survey study in fall 2019 (N = 430), and (4) a national replication survey study in spring 2023 (N = 287). The purpose of this article is to
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LGBTQ+ Sociopolitical Engagement: Examining the Role of House Ball Community Involvement and LGBTQ+ Community Connection. Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-21 Joy Green,Jeremy J Gibbs
Recent events such as the Black Lives Matter movement, COVID-19, and political elections have highlighted the power of a socially and politically engaged society. One under-researched cultural pillar at the core of sociopolitical resistance for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people of color (POC) has been the House Ball Community, a dynamic subculture made up of intricate social
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Adverse Childhood Experiences, Women Who Are Sex Trafficked, and Social Service Utilization: Implications for Social Work. Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-21 Jacquelyn C A Meshelemiah,Elinam Dellor,Sharvari Karandikar,Additti Munshi,Gia Barboza-Salerno,Hannah Ruth Steinke
The aim of this study was to examine the associations between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and the high levels of social service usage by women who are sex trafficked. Fifty (N = 50) women who were sex trafficked were surveyed using purposive and snowball sampling methods. The ACEs score for respondents ranged from 2 to 10 with an average score of 7.4 (SD = 2.3). Emotional and sexual abuse
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Social Work and Burnout: Everything, Everywhere, All at Once. Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-21 Lisa de Saxe Zerden
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Quiet Quitting: The Need to Reframe a Growing Occupational Health Issue. Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-21 Maria Francesca Rossi,Flavia Beccia,Maria Rosaria Gualano,Umberto Moscato
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Criminalization of Sex Workers Living with HIV. Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-21 Robin Lennon-Dearing,Christy Hickman
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Social Work Interstate Compact Legislation: Points for Analysis and Advocacy. Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-21 Lauren A Ricciardelli,Stephen V McGarity,Melinda L Lewis,Joseph Herzog
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Views of Intermarried Couples: Implications for Social Work Practice Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-25 Geoffrey L Greif, Michael E Woolley, Victoria D Stubbs
Intermarriage, defined here as the marriage between people of different races or different ethnicities, is on the rise in the United States, with one in six newlyweds intermarrying. While public opinion approval of interracial marriage is at an all-time high, racial and ethnic hate crimes are also on the rise, which can affect spouses differently based on their identity. Drawing on a 2022 Qualtrics
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Outcomes of Aggression and Victimization in Social Welfare Services Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-04 Keren Hadar, Guy Enosh, Shay S Tzafrir
This study examined two significant phenomena that occur in the workplace, aggression and victimization, and their outcomes. The study’s participants were 470 social workers employed by social welfare services in Israel. The examined outcomes were stress symptoms, emotional exhumation, and decline in quality of service climate. The associations between aggression, victimization, and their outcomes
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Authentic Behavior and Job Satisfaction among Child Welfare Caseworkers Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 Yoon Mi Kim, Soohyoung Rain Lee, George M Kovarie, Andrea Maxi, Sunki Hong
This study was designed to investigate the relationship between authentic behavior and job satisfaction among child welfare caseworkers in Pennsylvania. Confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to validate the domains of the Authentic Behavior Scale (balanced processing, relational transparency, and internalized morality) and Job Satisfaction Scale, and the results provided consistent support for
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At the Forefront: Social Workers’ Role in Psilocybin Treatment for Depression and Substance Misuse Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 Claire Parker, Bethany Marie Wood
This article underscores the critical role of social workers in harnessing the potential therapeutic benefits of psilocybin for treating major depressive disorder (MDD) and substance use disorder (SUD). Contemporary treatments for MDD often have side effects, and the success rate for SUD treatments remains low. The pervasiveness of MDD, combined with the challenges in treating SUD, highlights a need
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Transformational Leadership, Secondary Traumatic Stress, and Burnout of Child Welfare Workers: Multilevel Moderation Effects Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 Tai Kyung Park, Jangmin Kim, Barbara Pierce, Hyunji Lee
This study examines the moderating effects of distant leader’s practice of transformational leadership on the relationship between secondary traumatic stress (STS) and burnout among child welfare workers. Caseworkers and supervisors in a Midwest U.S. state (N = 210) rated their regional director’s use of transformational leadership skills using a survey. Given the nature of the clustered data, multilevel
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The Multilevel Factor Structure of Social Cohesion, Mutual Efficacy, and Informal Social Control: A Case for Practice-Informed Research. Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Michael C Gearhart
Collective efficacy is the process by which social cohesion is activated as informal social control. Mutual efficacy, the perceived capability of the community, mediates the relationship between the two constructs. Interventions based on collective efficacy have a positive impact on individuals but are limited in their ability to affect the broader community. A possible explanation for this finding
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Native American Cosmological Ideas: Dimensions of Depth in Social Work. Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Matthew C Brower
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A Call to Action: How Social Work Programs Can Respond to Student Food Insecurity. Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Raenece Johnson,Maria Beam
The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated student food insecurity on college campuses and exposed the vulnerability of institutions with no food emergency response. During the COVID-19 pandemic and for years to come, the need for social work to lead efforts on college campuses to address student food insecurity is even greater. The need will continue to be significant for social workers in higher education
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A Lack of Workplace Resources for Social Workers in Schools. Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Jennifer Dull
Social workers support youth in schools, but there is a lack of research that explores the supports that are offered to these helpers. Research suggests workplace coping resources for social workers in other environments that may help buffer the effects of stress; however, there is a significant lack of research on the availability of these resources. The purpose of this study was to determine common
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Countering Burnout Associated with Teleworking in This Postpandemic Era. Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Derrick Alan Kranke,Naris Barmaksezian,Sharon Milligan,Claudia Der-Martirosian
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A Response to "The Danger of Ideology". Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Amie Thurber,Ericka Kimball
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The Danger of Ideology: Social Work, Israel, and Anti-Semitism. Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Naomi B Farber,Maryah Stella Fram
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Exploring Social Work Practitioners’ Perspectives on the Contributors to Burnout since the COVID-19 Pandemic Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-17 Tasha M Childs, Aidyn L Iachini, Melissa Reitmeier, Teri Browne, Dana DeHart, Ala Bengel, My’Ashia Haynesworth
Burnout has a historic and disproportionate impact on social workers and is one important contributor to the ongoing health and behavioral health workforce crisis in the United States. Little is known, however, about social workers’ experiences of burnout and their perceptions of factors that contribute to burnout since the COVID-19 pandemic. This study sought to explore this by answering the following
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“I Was Told to Think Like a Middle-Aged White Woman”: A Survey on Identity and the Association of Social Work Boards Exam Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-17 Maria Elena Torres, Sunny Maguire, Jennie Kogan
The release of the 2022 Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) exam passage rate report confirmed what many test takers who failed their exam believe. The ASWB exams are biased, with differential passage rates based on the test taker’s race, age, and “English as a second language” status. However, the report only offered basic descriptive statistics and lacked insight into the test takers’ experience
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Applying a Novel Approach to Understanding Social Worker Job Retention during the Pandemic Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-17 Derrick Alan Kranke, Bridget Kranke, Emily Solorzano, Debbie Gioia, Aram Dobalian
The job demands–resources (JD-R) theory explicates factors that facilitated social worker burnout prepandemic. Authors believe the JD-R theory can illustrate how certain factors facilitated social worker job retention in the novel context of the pandemic because a sizable group of social workers resisted burnout-related turnover. Disseminating these factors can benefit the profession. Qualitative cross-sectional
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Anti-Asian Hate’s Impact on Asian American Social Workers: Implications for Professional Training and Education Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Clifford S Bersamira, Sophia B Lau, Yeonjung Jane Lee, Jaron Yamauchi
This article explores the impact of recent incidents of anti-Asian hate and violence against Asian American social workers, clients, and communities. Asian Americans represent a small but growing proportion of the U.S. population. Yet, Asians are underrepresented in the social work profession—approximately 3.6 percent of the social work workforce and 2.1 percent of licensed social workers are Asian
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Factors Associated with Israeli Social Workers’ Intention to Stay in the Profession Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-11 Naama Nebenzahl-Elitzur, Maya Kagan, Ester Zychlinski
The phenomenon of social workers leaving the profession occurs frequently, underscoring the importance of understanding factors contributing to the intention to stay (ITS) in the profession. Based on the job demands–resources theory (JD-R), this study examined selected social worker workplace “demands” (i.e., their organizational sector of employment and level of work–family conflict) and “resources”
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NASW's Response to Journal Commentary on Anti-Semitism in Social Work. Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-01
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The Paradoxical Truths of Social Work Practice and Perspectives. Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-23 Lisa de Saxe Zerden
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A Community Social Work Paradigm: Thoughts and Reflections Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Shlomit Weiss-Dagan, Inbal Aviv, Ayala Eliyahou, Drorit Levy, Ayelet Makaros, Smadar Freiberg, Amit Zriker
Community social work (CSW) is often regarded as a practice with a variety of intervention models. The objectives of the present article are to examine CSW’s philosophical and theoretical roots and to bridge the gap in the literature regarding the theoretical and philosophical origins of CSW and to conceptualize these theoretical bases as a paradigm with ontological, epistemological, axiological, and
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How to Work with Muslim Clients in a Successful, Culturally Relevant Manner: A National Sample of American Muslims Share Their Perspectives Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 David R Hodge, Tarek Zidan, Altaf Husain
Despite the growing size of the American Muslim community, little research exists on the provision of culturally relevant services to members of this population. The purpose of this study was to identify American Muslims’ perceptions regarding what practitioners should know about Muslims and Islamic culture to provide successful mental health services to members of this community. To conduct this study
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Trauma-Informed Cultural Humility Mental Health Practice: Centering History among African American Women Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-29 Sunghyun Hong
Social work has made significant strides in providing mental health services. However, advancement in mental health practices grounded in social work values, such as trauma-informed care and cultural humility mental health practice (CHMHP), is still lacking. One possible reason is that many strategies overlook clients’ historical contexts, particularly the collective history held by the community to
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Termination of Parental Rights Is Common and Should Not Be Seen as a Proxy for Child Abuse. Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-23 Mical Raz,Frank Edwards
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The Need for Expanding the Conceptualization and Investigation of Domestic Violence among Immigrants from South Asia: Implications for Practice. Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-23 Abha Rai
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The End of the World as We Know It? ChatGPT and Social Work. Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-23 Lauri Goldkind,Lea Wolf,Alexis Glennon,Juan Rios,Laura Nissen
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Self-Differentiation, Psychological Flexibility, and Difficulties in Practice in Social Workers and Social Work Students Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-07 Ayelet Gur, Sharon Egozi, Yoav Schweitzer
Practicing social work involves unique difficulties, which may vary with seniority. This study aimed to identify these difficulties among social workers and social work students and to examine the associations between psychological flexibility (PF), self-differentiation (SF), and difficulties in practice in both groups. Ninety-one social work students and seventy-five social workers completed the following
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The Mass Incarceration Trauma Framework: A Conceptual Model for Understanding Trauma among Individuals Who Experience Incarceration Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-07 Maria Morrison
The Mass Incarceration Trauma (MIT) framework is a conceptual model for understanding the role of trauma in the lives of individuals who experience incarceration in the United States. This population faces poverty, violence, and discrimination across the life span. The MIT framework is guided by an ecological systems perspective, a foundational theoretical approach in social work that recognizes that
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The Administrative Burden Framework: A New Horizon for Research and Practice in Social Work? Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-07 Noam Tarshish
Social work is widely recognized as a human rights profession. The commitment to protect and advocate for social and economic rights has been incorporated into official definitions and codes of ethics of the profession globally, undergirding social work models and services. However, despite the overwhelming recognition of the importance of social work advocacy, a unified framework for research and
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Compassion Fatigue Syndrome in Social Workers and Its relationship with Emotional Intelligence Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Evaristo Barrera-Algarín, Rebeca Castro-Ibáñez, Ana Vallejo-Andrada, Rocío Martínez-Fernández
A study was conducted on how emotional intelligence and compassion fatigue (CF) interact in social workers. The hypothesis was that social workers with higher emotional intelligence were less likely to suffer/develop CF. A sample of 264 subjects was selected from among 2,014 active social workers in Seville (Spain). They were administered a sociodemographic questionnaire (α = .710), the Emotional Intelligence
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Refuge for Rover: A Social Return on Investment of a Program Assisting Victim-Survivors of Domestic and Family Violence with Their Pets. Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-23 Gemma Catherine Ma,Jioji Ravulo,Ursula McGeown
Pets are likely to be present in as many as 70 percent of domestic and family violence (DFV) cases, and the bond between victim-survivors and their animals can be particularly strong. Animals can also be victims of DFV, and concern for their animal's safety can cause victims to delay leaving their abusive situations. Programs like the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals New South
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Voter Registration in the United States: A Call for Change. Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-23 Intae Yoon,Natalie Ames
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Another Dobbs? The Supreme Court and the Administrative State. Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-23 Vicki Lens
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Correction to: Building Competence in Practice with the Polyamorous Community: A Scoping Review. Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-23
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Disability Justice and the Americans with Disabilities Act: An Opportunity for Social Work. Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Caroline L Muster
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over 61 million Americans have a disability, which translates to about 26 percent of the national population. The most common types of disability are physical (13.7 percent), or those that impact mobility, and intellectual (10.8 percent), or those related to cognitive processing. The Bureau of Justice Statistics has reported that 32 percent
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Final Thoughts: Hope, Kindness, and Gratitude. Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Anna Scheyett
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Who Is Helping Us? Exploring the Transition to Parenthood in Infant-Family Professionals during the COVID-19 Era. Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Tanika Eaves,Joshua Neitlich,Maegan Emmert
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Fostering Community-Engaged Research on Criminal Legal Innovations with Logic Models Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-07-28 Matthew W Epperson, Samantha Guz, Sophia P Sarantakos
There is a persistent disconnect between research and practice, both in the social work profession as well as in the criminal legal system. Community-engaged research has been suggested as an approach to bridge this divide, but specific tools are needed to integrate research and practice efforts. This article presents three distinct logic model development processes that occurred in collaborative research
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Social Workers’ Experiences of Support in the Workplace during the COVID-19 Pandemic Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-07-20 Jillian Landers, Elissa Madden, Wesley Furlong
This qualitative study included in-depth semistructured interviews with 17 social workers from across the state of Texas that took place during the summer of 2021. The purpose of this study was to describe social workers’ experiences of workplace support during the COVID-19 pandemic and provide implications for how to improve support in the workplace. The interviews were analyzed using a phenomenological
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Misophonia: A Review of the Literature and Its Implications for the Social Work Profession Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-07-19 Daniel Holohan, Kenneth Marfilius, Carrie J Smith
Misophonia is a chronic condition that describes aversion to specific auditory stimuli. Misophonia is characterized by physiological responsivity and negative emotional reactivity. Specific sounds, commonly referred to as “triggers,” are often commonplace and sometimes repetitive. They include chewing, coughing, slurping, keyboard tapping, and pen clicking. Common emotional responses include rage,
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In the Meantime: RE/UN/DIScover Heuristic for Small-Scale Antioppressive Action within Systems and Organizations. Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Elizabeth King Keenan
The dehumanizing effects of neoliberal, white dominant regulations, laws, policies, and cultural assumptions seep into the everyday practice of social workers in frontline and mid-level positions. Many social workers are learning various antioppressive practices and becoming aware of how microaggressions and other oppressive dynamics can manifest in workplaces but lack models to guide efforts for small-scale
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Social Work in the Postpandemic World: Reflections from India. Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Meenu Anand
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Suicide Risk among University Students in Spain: Implications for Social Work. Social Work (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Pastora Reina-Aguilar,Rosa María Díaz-Jiménez,Francisco Caravaca-Sánchez
Suicide is a phenomenon that affects university students all over the world, and although vulnerability has been revealed in universities, there are still few studies that include large populations, a large number of universities and students pursuing different degrees. The study presented here aims to detect the risk of suicide in Spanish university students pursuing different areas of study. A total