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Spirituality among People Who Are Transgender: A Nationally Representative Examination and Comparison with Members of the Public. 跨性别者的精神性：一项全国代表性的调查和与公众成员的比较。

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Social work Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1093/sw/swaf002

David R Hodge

{"title":"Spirituality among People Who Are Transgender: A Nationally Representative Examination and Comparison with Members of the Public.","authors":"David R Hodge","doi":"10.1093/sw/swaf002","DOIUrl":"10.1093/sw/swaf002","url":null,"abstract":"Spiritual practices are important strengths for many members of the general public, but little is known about practices among transgender people. To address this gap in the literature, this study investigated the frequency with which self-identified transgender adults participate in a diverse array of spiritual practices and compared their level of participation with that of members of the general population. To conduct this nationally representative study, data were abstracted from the National Religion and Spirituality Survey 2020. Frequencies are reported for 17 spiritual practices, and logistic regression was used to determine differences in participation. The results indicate transgender adults participate in spiritual practices at levels equal to, or greater than, that of other adults. Transgender adults were significantly more likely than other adults to participate in 10 spiritual practices: yoga, meditation, tarot cards/fortune telling, fasting, attending other spiritual/religious groups, art, being in nature, writing, acts of protest, and teaching in a spiritual/religious setting. With one exception, moderate to large effects were observed across all 10 spiritual practices. The results highlight the importance of administering spiritual assessments with transgender clients to identify potential spiritual practices that might be operationalized to assist clients cope with or ameliorate problems.","PeriodicalId":21875,"journal":{"name":"Social work","volume":" ","pages":"147-156"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143415336","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Addressing Kinship Caregivers' Ambivalence and Internalized Stigma to Improve Acceptance of Financial Assistance for Children in Foster Care. 解决亲缘照顾者的矛盾心理和内在污名化问题，提高对寄养儿童经济援助的接受度。

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Social work Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1093/sw/swaf001

David Ansong, Jamal Appiah-Kubi, Emmanuel O Amoako, Kanisha Brevard, Ramona W Denby

{"title":"Addressing Kinship Caregivers' Ambivalence and Internalized Stigma to Improve Acceptance of Financial Assistance for Children in Foster Care.","authors":"David Ansong, Jamal Appiah-Kubi, Emmanuel O Amoako, Kanisha Brevard, Ramona W Denby","doi":"10.1093/sw/swaf001","DOIUrl":"10.1093/sw/swaf001","url":null,"abstract":"Financial assistance programs, such as the Kinship Guardianship Assistance Program, provide essential ongoing support for the care of children when reunification with their biological parents or adoption by other families is not feasible. However, these programs are underutilized by relatives who step in to provide stable, permanent homes for these children, partly due to unresolved internal conflicts about accepting financial support for caring for family members. Formative data (N = 178) and Bayesian inferential methods were used to examine whether a tailored training and support program for kinship caregivers could influence the internal conflict and attitudes of these caregivers concerning their acceptance of financial assistance. The study also assessed whether reductions in internal conflicts differed by program delivery mode: in-person versus virtual. Findings indicate that internal conflicts and stigma (a) reduced after participation in the program, (b) reduced with both delivery modes, with greater reductions among the virtual participants, but (c) did not reduce for participants of the standard foster parent training program. Results trending in the desired direction indicate that kin-specific training and programs may have crossover effects on internalized financial stigma, thus highlighting the need for future evaluations to affirm these results and inform intervention planning.","PeriodicalId":21875,"journal":{"name":"Social work","volume":" ","pages":"109-119"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143426334","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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"It Was against the Rules but Had to Be Done": Exploring Social Workers' Professional Obligations. “这是违反规则的，但必须这样做”：探索社会工作者的职业义务。

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Social work Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1093/sw/swaf011

Hagit Sinai-Glazer, Miri Cohen-Achdut

{"title":"\"It Was against the Rules but Had to Be Done\": Exploring Social Workers' Professional Obligations.","authors":"Hagit Sinai-Glazer, Miri Cohen-Achdut","doi":"10.1093/sw/swaf011","DOIUrl":"10.1093/sw/swaf011","url":null,"abstract":"Multiple documents outline social workers' professional obligations, such as the Global Definition of Social Work, laws, and codes of ethics. But how do practitioners themselves understand and perceive their professional obligations? In this critical discourse analysis study, authors examined closely what social workers talk about when they talk about the things they \"have to do\" or \"must do.\" Authors conducted interviews with 24 social workers working in a social services department in Israel. Focusing on linguistic analysis, authors isolated all tokens of \"must\" and \"have to\" and analyzed these excerpts using critical discourse analysis. Findings show that social workers perceive professional obligations on two axes. Under the first axis, \"things you have to be,\" authors found that personal characteristics and qualities, such as humility and diligence, were perceived as necessities in order to perform well as a social worker. Under the second axis, \"things you have to do,\" two kinds of obligations were identified: administrative obligations and professional obligations; the latter include an obligation to negotiate professional boundaries and to build helping relationships with service users. Authors showcase how participants' linguistic choices reflect complex perceptions of professional obligations and carry significant implications for the profession of social work.","PeriodicalId":21875,"journal":{"name":"Social work","volume":" ","pages":"167-175"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143557637","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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As It Is Above, So It Is Below: Repositioning Indigenous Knowledge Systems within Ecosocial Work. 如上所述，其下亦如是：在生态社会工作中重新定位本土知识系统。

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Social work Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1093/sw/swaf008

Levi Fox, Dion Enari

{"title":"As It Is Above, So It Is Below: Repositioning Indigenous Knowledge Systems within Ecosocial Work.","authors":"Levi Fox, Dion Enari","doi":"10.1093/sw/swaf008","DOIUrl":"10.1093/sw/swaf008","url":null,"abstract":"This article explores the development of Indigenous knowledge in relation to the ecosystem and how traditional concepts of planetary well-being can enhance ecosocial work approaches. From an academic point of view, ecosocial work is a unique paradigm that seeks to understand a holistic view of human health, social justice, and environmental sustainability. There is a strong focus on community development in ecosocial work, which is why the profession must be equipped with tools to address the disproportionate impacts of climate change on marginalized groups including refugees and First Nations peoples. While these threats to human life and planetary well-being are well documented, little is known about the divergence of Indigenous epistemology in ecosocial work and how cultural strategies can enhance recovery and resilience building with community. Connecting cultural knowledge with contemporary ecosocial work theory and practice can provide effective pathways for communities suffering from grief and loss. This article explores Indigenous perspectives on living symbiotically with the natural world alongside traditional approaches toward enhancing community wellness. As Indigenous academics, the authors tell this story.","PeriodicalId":21875,"journal":{"name":"Social work","volume":" ","pages":"139-146"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143582339","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Advancing the Social Work Role in Serious Illness Communication. 推进社会工作在大病传播中的作用。

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Social work Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1093/sw/swae054

Catherine L Givens, Amanda C Murphy, Erik K Fromme

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Development and Validation of the Barriers to Professional Self-Care Scale (BPS-CS). 职业自我照顾障碍量表（BPS-CS）的编制与验证

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Social work Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1093/sw/swae052

Paulo Adrián Rodríguez-Ramos, Laura Aguilera-Ávila, Rosaura Gonzalez-Mendez

{"title":"Development and Validation of the Barriers to Professional Self-Care Scale (BPS-CS).","authors":"Paulo Adrián Rodríguez-Ramos, Laura Aguilera-Ávila, Rosaura Gonzalez-Mendez","doi":"10.1093/sw/swae052","DOIUrl":"10.1093/sw/swae052","url":null,"abstract":"Professionals who provide essential social services often face high levels of stress and the suffering of others. Self-care is key to preventing the negative consequences of these working conditions, but it is mostly defined as a personal responsibility. This individualist interpretation may contribute to exacerbating the costs of work stress by ignoring the existence of barriers that do not depend on the professionals. This study aims to develop and validate a new instrument to assess barriers to self-care among social workers, as well as their association with self-compassion and self-care practices. The sample comprised 325 social workers from Spain. Participants were predominantly female (87.4 percent) and worked in public social services (52 percent). Confirmatory factor analysis revealed a four-factor structure (\"lack of information,\" \"self-care is unprofessional,\" \"self-care is not a priority,\" and \"noninvolvement of organizations\") consisting of 17 items with adequate psychometric properties. Considering self-care to be unprofessional was associated with less involvement in self-care practices. The social workers who considered the barriers to be more limiting were also those who reported more uncompassionate responses. The Barriers to Professional Self-Care Scale can be used to identify the barriers to professionals' self-care, examining what maintains them and advancing in its prevention.","PeriodicalId":21875,"journal":{"name":"Social work","volume":" ","pages":"69-79"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142808078","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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How Academic Social Workers Negotiate Their Direct Practice Skills and Qualitative Research Techniques. 学术社工如何协商直接实践技能和定性研究技术。

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Social work Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1093/sw/swae046

Walter Gómez

{"title":"How Academic Social Workers Negotiate Their Direct Practice Skills and Qualitative Research Techniques.","authors":"Walter Gómez","doi":"10.1093/sw/swae046","DOIUrl":"10.1093/sw/swae046","url":null,"abstract":"The field of social work has been invested in assessing the alignment between direct practice skills and qualitative research techniques. Nevertheless, some of the debates surrounding this relationship have not been attended to recently-and less so in empirical ways. This qualitative study aimed to assess the relationship between practice and research skills with the goal of enhancing training in our field. Twenty academic social workers who conduct qualitative research participated in semistructured interviews. Thirteen were female, 13 were White, 11 had a doctoral degree, and their ages ranged from 27 to 65 years. Autoethnography and constructivist grounded theory approaches guided the analysis. Findings were contained in three themes: transferable techniques, bidirectional benefits, and pedagogical possibilities. Data underscore the role of reflexivity and boundaries in forging spaces amenable to appropriate data collection. Findings also supported a nuanced assessment of how qualitative research in social work may deliver benefits to both researcher and interviewee. Respondents suggest guidelines to ensure that training opportunities are ethically sound and consistent with social work values. Findings from this study may inform innovative enrichment opportunities for the field of social work across both research and practice.","PeriodicalId":21875,"journal":{"name":"Social work","volume":" ","pages":"39-50"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142606353","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Regional Differences in Job Satisfaction among Chinese Social Workers: The Mediating Effect of Attitudinal Professionalism. 中国社会工作者工作满意度的地区差异：专业态度的中介效应》。

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Social work Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1093/sw/swae044

Ning Tang, Donghang Zhang, Fei Sun, Yihong Xia

{"title":"Regional Differences in Job Satisfaction among Chinese Social Workers: The Mediating Effect of Attitudinal Professionalism.","authors":"Ning Tang, Donghang Zhang, Fei Sun, Yihong Xia","doi":"10.1093/sw/swae044","DOIUrl":"10.1093/sw/swae044","url":null,"abstract":"Job satisfaction is a vital factor associated with better physical health and subjective well-being among social workers. This study aims to explore the job satisfaction of social workers from China's Mainland and Macao and the role of attitudinal professionalism on regional differences. A cross-sectional survey collected data from 292 social workers in Mainland and 108 from Macao one year after the outbreak of COVID-19; 72 percent were female, less than half were married (44.8 percent), the average age was 32.64 years old, and the average working time was 6.07 years. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent t tests, and mediation analysis. Results indicated that Mainland social workers reported a significantly higher level of job satisfaction and attitudinal professionalism than Macao social workers. Moreover, attitudinal professionalism helped explain the regional difference in job satisfaction. The evidence from this study highlights the need to nurture professional beliefs and values among social workers, especially for Macao social workers, and also underscores the importance of developing continuing education programs to enhance social workers' identification with and commitment to the profession. We also need to improve financial compensation and social status for Mainland social workers to sustain their professionalism.","PeriodicalId":21875,"journal":{"name":"Social work","volume":" ","pages":"51-60"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142606354","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Relationship between Burnout and Type A Behavior Pattern in Spanish Social Workers. 西班牙社会工作者的职业倦怠与 A 型行为模式之间的关系。

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Social work Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1093/sw/swae048

Leonor Belén Ariza Toledano, Rosario Ruiz-Olivares

{"title":"Relationship between Burnout and Type A Behavior Pattern in Spanish Social Workers.","authors":"Leonor Belén Ariza Toledano, Rosario Ruiz-Olivares","doi":"10.1093/sw/swae048","DOIUrl":"10.1093/sw/swae048","url":null,"abstract":"The aims of this study were to establish the prevalence of burnout and type A behavior pattern (TABP) among social workers in Spain and to examine their relationship with sociodemographic variables in a sample of 442 members of professional social workers' associations in Spain. The Spanish version of the Jenkins Activity Survey, form H (JASE-H) and the Maslach Burnout Inventory were used as instruments to measure TABP and burnout, respectively. Bivariate correlation test, analysis of variance, and logistic regression were carried out to analyze the data. The results showed that variables associated with TABP (competitiveness, hostility, impatience, and workload) increase the risk of burnout, with hostility and workload being identified as predictive risk factors. Gender differences impacted burnout, with women experiencing greater emotional exhaustion, while age and time in the job influenced type A behavior, with older age associated with heightened hostility and decreased workload, and longer time in the job linked to reduced competitiveness. Conducting this study was crucial to determine whether there are aspects of TABP that impact the development of burnout, in order to design interventions and prevention strategies that promote the health and well-being of affected individuals.","PeriodicalId":21875,"journal":{"name":"Social work","volume":" ","pages":"61-68"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142606355","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A Representative Profile of MSW Graduates in the United States. 美国社会工作硕士毕业生的代表性概况。

IF 2.3 2区社会学

Social work Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1093/sw/swae047

Todd M Jensen, Lisa de Saxe Zerden, Brianna M Lombardi

{"title":"A Representative Profile of MSW Graduates in the United States.","authors":"Todd M Jensen, Lisa de Saxe Zerden, Brianna M Lombardi","doi":"10.1093/sw/swae047","DOIUrl":"10.1093/sw/swae047","url":null,"abstract":"As the United States faces burgeoning behavioral health needs and a growing recognition of the inextricable link between social conditions and health outcomes and quality-of-life indicators, a current representative profile of the MSW workforce with respect to sociodemographic and employment characteristics can provide a reference point for ongoing assessments of that workforce. The profile also can establish a baseline by which efforts to bolster the diversity and strength of the MSW workforce can be grounded. The core aim of the current study was to generate a nationally representative, descriptive profile of MSW graduates in the United States using a sample of 1,028 MSW graduates (representing a subpopulation of 691,061 individuals) from the 2021 National Survey of College Graduates. Weighted univariate and bivariate analyses were conducted to generate a descriptive profile of MSW graduates with respect to sociodemographic, education, and employment characteristics. Study findings can help employers, health services researchers, policymakers, and practitioners understand the context of the MSW workforce as it relates to diversity, labor workforce projection data, and student loan and salary considerations. This information can guide future policy and training goals to support the future vitality of the social work profession.","PeriodicalId":21875,"journal":{"name":"Social work","volume":" ","pages":"19-29"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142589255","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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