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Public attitudes towards corporal punishment and child protection involvement: A cross-national study of Denmark, England, and Norway 公众对体罚和儿童保护参与的态度：丹麦、英国和挪威的跨国研究

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International Journal of Social Welfare Pub Date : 2026-10-04 DOI: 10.1111/ijsw.70098

Hege Stein Helland, Siri Hansen Pedersen, Marit Skivenes

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Child protection in the digital era: Opportunities and challenges 数字时代的儿童保护：机遇与挑战

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International Journal of Social Welfare Pub Date : 2026-09-08 DOI: 10.1111/ijsw.70096

Chaoxin Jiang, Cheng Ren, Guowei Wan

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Economic threat and welfare chauvinism: A cross-regional analysis on the relationship between economic context and objective and subjective economic vulnerability 经济威胁与福利沙文主义：经济背景与主客观经济脆弱性关系的跨区域分析

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International Journal of Social Welfare Pub Date : 2026-09-08 DOI: 10.1111/ijsw.70097

David Andreas Bell

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Artificial intelligence in social work practice for children and youth: A scoping review 人工智能在儿童和青少年社会工作实践中的应用：范围综述

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International Journal of Social Welfare Pub Date : 2026-08-27 DOI: 10.1111/ijsw.70094

Lifen Zhao, Ying Feng, Yongxin Ruan, Dandan Hu, Linxia Chen, Antian Chen

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Rethinking poverty attribution typologies in contemporary China: A latent class analysis beyond the internal–external dichotomy 当代中国贫困归因类型的再思考：一种超越内外二分法的潜在阶级分析

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International Journal of Social Welfare Pub Date : 2026-08-25 DOI: 10.1111/ijsw.70095

Zhenyu Wang, Kinglun Ngok, Yi Hu, Martin Knapp

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Welfare receipt and multidimensional welfare attitudes: The potential roles of stigma and poverty attributions in South Korea 福利收入和多维福利态度：韩国耻辱和贫困归因的潜在作用

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International Journal of Social Welfare Pub Date : 2026-08-07 DOI: 10.1111/ijsw.70092

Jongmin Yang

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From normative claims to empirical capacity: Environmental social work, social movements, and the problem of evidence 从规范要求到经验能力：环境社会工作、社会运动和证据问题

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International Journal of Social Welfare Pub Date : 2026-08-06 DOI: 10.1111/ijsw.70093

Mel Gray, Emrah Akbas, Qian Meng

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The development of ‘assembly line principles’ in Swedish child welfare: Long-serving social workers' experiences of phase specialisation 瑞典儿童福利“流水线原则”的发展：长期服务社会工作者阶段专业化的经验

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International Journal of Social Welfare Pub Date : 2026-07-28 DOI: 10.1111/ijsw.70089

Karin Steive, Pär Grell

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An ecology of moral infrastructure: Canadian social work ethics, 1940–2024 道德基础设施生态：加拿大社会工作伦理，1940-2024

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International Journal of Social Welfare Pub Date : 2026-07-28 DOI: 10.1111/ijsw.70091

Tina E. Wilson

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The association between meaning in life and smartphone addiction among vulnerable children: The moderating role of satisfaction with social work services 弱势儿童生活意义与智能手机成瘾的关系：社会工作服务满意度的调节作用

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International Journal of Social Welfare Pub Date : 2026-07-27 DOI: 10.1111/ijsw.70090

Jie Lei, Zhenhao Su, Hanyu Zhang

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