Does Screening of Children in Foster Care Influence Decisions in Social-Work Practice?

IF 1.5 4区社会学 Q1 SOCIAL WORK

Research on Social Work Practice Pub Date : 2025-08-12 DOI:10.1177/10497315251360673

Siddhartha Baviskar, Charlotte Bredahl Jacobsen, Sofie Dencker-Larsen

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Abstract

Purpose: This study aims to answer the question: Does the screening of well-being and learning skills using validated screening tools influence social workers’ decisions on whether to provide an intervention? Method: We answer it using logistic regression on data from a Danish intervention study of children in family foster care, Me and My Foster Family, collected via the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) and the Attentive to Learning Questionnaire (ATT: Learn), which measure children's psychological well-being and their academic skills and learning difficulties, respectively. Results: While screening results revealing greater learning difficulties are directly associated with social workers’ decision to provide an intervention, those revealing greater problems with well-being are inversely related to the outcome. Further, boys consistently have a higher probability of receiving help than girls. Discussion: Explanations for these unexpected findings are discussed, including the higher priority given by social workers to children's learning difficulties over their well-being.

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对寄养儿童的筛选是否会影响社会工作实践中的决策？

目的：本研究旨在回答以下问题：使用经过验证的筛选工具筛选幸福感和学习技能是否会影响社会工作者是否提供干预的决定？方法：对丹麦家庭寄养儿童干预研究《我和我的寄养家庭》的数据进行logistic回归分析，收集的数据采用优势与困难问卷（SDQ）和学习注意问卷（ATT: Learn），分别测量儿童的心理健康状况、学业技能和学习困难。结果：虽然筛选结果显示更大的学习困难与社会工作者提供干预的决定直接相关，但那些显示更大的福祉问题与结果呈负相关。此外，男孩总是比女孩更有可能得到帮助。讨论：讨论了对这些意外发现的解释，包括社会工作者对儿童学习困难的优先考虑高于他们的福祉。

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Research on Social Work Practice SOCIAL WORK-

CiteScore

3.50

自引率

11.10%

发文量

105

期刊介绍： Research on Social Work Practice, sponsored by the Society for Social Work and Research, is a disciplinary journal devoted to the publication of empirical research concerning the methods and outcomes of social work practice. Social work practice is broadly interpreted to refer to the application of intentionally designed social work intervention programs to problems of societal and/or interpersonal importance, including behavior analysis or psychotherapy involving individuals; case management; practice involving couples, families, and small groups; community practice education; and the development, implementation, and evaluation of social policies.