{"title":"Exploring Church Staff Knowledge of Trauma and Trauma-Informed Care","authors":"Kylie Guiking, A. Jacob","doi":"10.34043/swc.v49i3.260","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34043/swc.v49i3.260","url":null,"abstract":"Trauma can affect an individual in various ways that differ in severity. Trauma-informed care within church settings can be beneficial to those seeking healing and guidance from the faith community. Drawing on data collected from surveys, the main purpose of this one-shot case study is to examine church staff’s knowledge of trauma and appropriate ways to respond to individuals experiencing or displaying symptoms of trauma. Findings revealed that a majority of staff defined trauma as a negative emotional or psychological experience and identified family dynamics and life events as two key factors contributing to trauma. However, staff desired additional training to enhance their ability to respond appropriately to individuals showing signs of trauma or sharing about a trauma experience. Findings will guide the development of staff training on trauma-informed care within church settings as well as strategies to integrate faith and social work practice in the church setting.\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 ","PeriodicalId":159660,"journal":{"name":"Social Work & Christianity","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131045497","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Review of : Evidence-Based Psychotherapy with Adolescents: A Primer for Clinicians","authors":"J. Wylie","doi":"10.34043/swc.v49i4.243","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34043/swc.v49i4.243","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":159660,"journal":{"name":"Social Work & Christianity","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131323167","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Practice of Congregational Social Work in the Four Spheres of Congregation: Worship, Christian Education, Community & Fellowship, and Missons","authors":"Ling Dinse","doi":"10.34043/swc.v49i3.281","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34043/swc.v49i3.281","url":null,"abstract":" \u0000A congregational social worker has a vital role in effectively engaging a congregation to develop a healthy and loving community that brings God glory. This article discusses the practice of social work skills and values in various areas of church life based on the author's experience. The areas of focus in practicing congregational social work are based on Garland and Yancey's (2014) definition of the four functions of a congregation: worship, Christian education, community and fellowship, and missions","PeriodicalId":159660,"journal":{"name":"Social Work & Christianity","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134198882","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Alive After Academia: Post-Career Reflections of Social Work Educators","authors":"Stacey Barker","doi":"10.34043/swc.v49i2.200","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34043/swc.v49i2.200","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":159660,"journal":{"name":"Social Work & Christianity","volume":"112 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123258235","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Families in Motion: Families in Motion: Dynamics in Diverse Contexts","authors":"Elizabeth Talbot","doi":"10.34043/swc.v49i2.170","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34043/swc.v49i2.170","url":null,"abstract":"This is a book review.","PeriodicalId":159660,"journal":{"name":"Social Work & Christianity","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127664519","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Introduction to Competence-Based Social Work: The Profession of Caring, Knowing, and Serving, 2nd Ed.","authors":"James D. Phelan","doi":"10.34043/swc.v49i2.184","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34043/swc.v49i2.184","url":null,"abstract":"A Book Review ","PeriodicalId":159660,"journal":{"name":"Social Work & Christianity","volume":"540 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134176015","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"One-Anothering: A Christian Approach to Professional Ethics","authors":"James C. Raines","doi":"10.34043/swc.v49i2.295","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34043/swc.v49i2.295","url":null,"abstract":"Christians sometimes adopt a relativist theory of ethics called divine command theory (DCT). This ethical theory holds that ethical principles depend entirely on God’s revealed commands and that these commands can be broken so long as God commands it. A Christian realist alternative to DCT is natural law ethics (NLE). NLE claims that ethical principles are apparent through nature and logical because God is the creator and all humans share in the divine image. This paper looks at the theological basis for both theories and recommends that the latter has more support from the Bible, Christian history, secular and inter-faith sources, and science. Natural law ethics allows Christians and non-Christians to identify common values even when the philosophical ground of those values varies. Using consultation and working collaboratively with “one another” allows us to find consensus on complex ethical problems.","PeriodicalId":159660,"journal":{"name":"Social Work & Christianity","volume":"103 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124026830","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rural Social Work in the 21st Century: Serving Individuals, Families, and Communities in the Countryside, 2nd Ed","authors":"Lisa L. Hosack","doi":"10.34043/swc.v49i2.213","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34043/swc.v49i2.213","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":159660,"journal":{"name":"Social Work & Christianity","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129954560","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ling Dinse, S. Weaver, Victoria Gehman, Nancy Esh, Valerie Koeshartono
{"title":"Perception of Mental Health on Christian College Campuses: A Case Study","authors":"Ling Dinse, S. Weaver, Victoria Gehman, Nancy Esh, Valerie Koeshartono","doi":"10.34043/swc.v49i2.238","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34043/swc.v49i2.238","url":null,"abstract":"The perception of mental health directly impacts an individual’s acceptance and utilization of counseling services. Mental health challenges are increasingly common among college students. The purpose of this case study is to examine the perception of mental health and the receptiveness to receiving mental health services among Christian college students. This study surveyed both professors and students from a Christian college in Central Pennsylvania. The two key themes that emerged from this study were a perceived stigma attached to mental health challenges and receiving mental health services and a lack of support from the Christian community. The survey results inform the recommendations including expanding education surrounding mental health and mental health services, accessibility of mental health services, and destigmatizing mental health\u0000 \u0000 ","PeriodicalId":159660,"journal":{"name":"Social Work & Christianity","volume":"78 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129941432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Yoon, Patricia Bruininks, Erin I. Smith, C. Witvliet, Daniel Cohen, L. Edman, Joseph Bankard, Kathleen R. Little, B. Johnstone
{"title":"Relationships between Positive Character Traits, Virtues, and Health","authors":"D. Yoon, Patricia Bruininks, Erin I. Smith, C. Witvliet, Daniel Cohen, L. Edman, Joseph Bankard, Kathleen R. Little, B. Johnstone","doi":"10.34043/swc.v49i2.188","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34043/swc.v49i2.188","url":null,"abstract":"Virtues and character traits are increasingly recognized as impacting health outcomes, although distinctions between these constructs remain unclear. In order for Christian social workers to most effectively incorporate virtues-based interventions into their clinical practices, there is a need to identify the distinct nature of the different virtues and their relationships to health outcomes. In Part I, a principal components factor analysis of six character traits (i.e., altruism, empathy, forgiveness, gratitude, hope, and humility) based on 402 students primarily from Christian universities determined the empirical validity of these constructs (i.e., whether they are best conceptualized as distinct constructs, dimensions of higher order constructs, or one overall “goodness” virtue). Results identified 12 distinct character traits, suggesting a need to focus on specific character traits rather than general virtues. In Part II, hierarchical regressions indicated that personality variables predicted 37% of variance in mental health, with only gratitude and lack of resentment toward others (i.e., two of the 12 identified character traits) predicting an additional 8% of the variance (no variables predicted physical health). The results suggest the need to conceptualize character traits as distinct constructs, and that interventions to increase gratitude and reduce resentment may be most effective in improving mental health outcomes in Christian college students. \u0000 ","PeriodicalId":159660,"journal":{"name":"Social Work & Christianity","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134641907","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}