Journal of evidence-based social work (2019)最新文献

{"title":"Student Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence: Challenges, Opportunities, and Societal Implications.","authors":"Ishita Kapur, Caroline N Sharkey, Cheng Ren","doi":"10.1080/26408066.2025.2517073","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2025.2517073","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Artificial intelligence (AI) presents unique advancements in technology that involve both challenges and opportunities. However, student perspectives regarding the multifaceted impact of AI are less known in the current literature. To address this gap, the current study was undertaken to explore social work students' perceptions and concerns associated with AI technologies.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>We conducted structured interviews with students (<i>n</i> = 15) in social work programs. We developed an interview guide with a list of questions to ask students, and no prior knowledge of AI was required by the students.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The data were analyzed using a thematic analysis approach that resulted in five themes: 1) Increased efficiency, 2) Ethical considerations, 3) Risk concerns, 4) Psychological impacts, and 5) Societal impacts.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The social work discipline needs to augment efforts into research on the utility of AI in social services delivery and social work education. There is also a need to explore students' perspectives on the use of AI technologies and the potential ways in which these technologies can be used by educators and social work professionals to increase efficiency in social services while mitigating identified risks, ethical concerns, and psychosocial impacts. Recommendations are made regarding digital literacy, enhanced student learning, ethics, and accreditation standards.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our study highlights the need to gain an understanding of how AI technologies influence human perception and provides recommendations for better integration of AI in social work educational curricula and ways to promote AI among students, given its ethical implications and practical application.</p>","PeriodicalId":73742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of evidence-based social work (2019)","volume":" ","pages":"1-27"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144267995","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":"A Preliminary Evaluation of Virtual Reality Mindfulness Tool for Veterans with Pain and Anxiety.","authors":"Micki Washburn, Paul Ziemba, Elizabeth Eng, Leslie Cantu, Jake Ziemba","doi":"10.1080/26408066.2025.2511953","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2025.2511953","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Veterans often face a unique combination of physical and mental health challenges resulting from their military service. Often, these health concerns require different approaches to care, resulting in gaps service and increased overall stress levels; however, mindfulness-based strategies have demonstrated potential for simultaneously addressing multiple physical and mental health concerns, such as chronic pain, anxiety and stress.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This work presents the results of a collaboration with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) assessing the preliminary acceptability and usability of a newly developed virtual reality-based mindfulness tool, <i>DawnVR</i>^<i>TM</i>.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Results indicate that the <i>DawnVR</i>^<i>TM</i> software had high levels of preliminary acceptability and usability. Moreover, the majority of users reported a decrease in their anxiety, pain and overall stress levels after one session of use.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>These data lend support for the acceptability, ease of use and provide initial effectiveness data on the use of <i>DawnVR</i>^<i>TM</i> to assist in decreasing physical pain and anxiety in a sample of military service Veterans. Adding VR-based approaches to routine treatment has the potential to improve Veterans' overall experiences with care and may provide an option to improve Veterans self-management of their symptoms of pain and anxiety.</p>","PeriodicalId":73742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of evidence-based social work (2019)","volume":" ","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144175515","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":"Understanding Posttraumatic Growth in Conflict-Affected Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Scoping Review.","authors":"Irfan Fayaz, Pulkit Khanna","doi":"10.1080/26408066.2025.2510277","DOIUrl":"10.1080/26408066.2025.2510277","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees reports that armed conflicts burden children, comprising nearly half of the population in most war and conflict regions. Despite experiencing trauma from exposure to armed conflict, some children experience positive psychological change as well. The study aims to systematically review existing literature to explore the factors that promote posttraumatic growth in children and adolescents exposed to armed conflict.</p><p><strong>Material and method: </strong>This systematic scoping review followed five consecutive steps specified in the Arksey and O'Malley framework. Exploring six databases, PubMed, Science Direct, ProQuest, Scopus, Cochrane, and Web of Science, we identified and assessed 51 articles, of which seven satisfied the inclusion criteria.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The review findings suggest that the mean prevalence of posttraumatic growth in children and adolescents exposed to armed conflict ranges from 2.50 to 81.84 as per the posttraumatic growth inventory total scores (using the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory), with possible scores ranging from 0 to 105. Demographic factors and posttraumatic stress, religious and cultural practices, and social support were suggested to be associated with posttraumatic growth.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Overall, varied degrees of growth were found to be a recurring phenomenon among survivors of armed conflict. The study found that sociocultural context was one of the crucial factors associated with posttraumatic growth.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>We dive into the potential implications for practical applications, policy development, and the direction of future endeavors.</p>","PeriodicalId":73742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of evidence-based social work (2019)","volume":" ","pages":"1-21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144164051","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":"Unlocking Academic Success: Mechanisms of Supported Education Programs for Persons with Severe Mental Disorders - A Realist Review.","authors":"Sadananda Reddy, Aarti Jagannathan, Thomas M Kishore, Pascal Philippe Rudin","doi":"10.1080/26408066.2025.2506792","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2025.2506792","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Supported Education Programs (SEPs) are innovative initiatives to empower persons with Severe Mental Disorders (SMDs) to successfully reintegrate into the educational system. The purpose of this study is to determine how, for whom, why, and in what circumstances SEPs help in academic reintegration of persons with SMDs.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Realist synthesis was conducted in keeping with the six steps of Realist and Meta narrative Evidence Synthesis Evolving Standards (RAMESES) guidelines by using four databases (PubMed, ProQuest, EBSCO host, OVID). The analysis focused on building an explanatory framework of what works, for whom, in what context, and how in SEPs for people with SMDs.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>SEPs were comprehensive and focused on participants' academic and psychosocial aspects. Mechanisms that worked for the success of SEPs were integrated approaches, bridge programs, augmenting cognitive remediation, psychosocial interventions as part of SEPs, and collaboration with education, health, employment, and rehabilitation - integration of classroom teaching and internship, availability and accessibility of a multidisciplinary team, availability of funding.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>SEPs are an essential intervention under the ambit of psychosocial rehabilitation for persons with SMDs. This review provides compelling evidence of mechanisms for the effectiveness of SEPs in addressing the multifaceted needs of individuals with SMDs. By fostering academic success, vocational stability, and psychosocial well-being.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>SEPs would be delivered through an individualized case management approach. Tailored to each client's specific context and needs, mechanisms must be implemented to facilitate academic reintegration under contexts.</p>","PeriodicalId":73742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of evidence-based social work (2019)","volume":" ","pages":"1-24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144152910","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":"Attention to Rural Populations in Social Work Journals: Findings from a Scoping Review.","authors":"Qian Meng, Mel Gray","doi":"10.1080/26408066.2025.2505662","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2025.2505662","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The study aimed to examine social work's scholarly attention to rural populations in a global context, given the paucity of rural social work literature in professional journals and earlier reviews showing the dominance of material emanating from the United States of America.</p><p><strong>Materials and method: </strong>The researchers used a scoping review of articles published in social work journals listed in the <i>Journal Citation Reports for the Social Science</i> (hereafter JCR) (<i>n</i> = 90) between 2009 and 2024.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The study found 152 articles on rural social work published in 48 of the 90 JCR social work journals, 71% of which were research-based. Most publications came from the Asia-Pacific (<i>n</i> = 60), 25 of which were from China, followed by 61 from North America, including 58 from the USA and three from Canada, along with 18 from Africa and 10 from Europe and the UK. There were only three from South America, possibly due to the study's restriction to English-language journals. The main themes related to rural social work practice, health, professional issues, and context.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The paucity of publications on rural issues contributed to minimal understanding of the complexity and diversity of rural poverty. The findings revealed remarkable similarities in knowledge shaping rural social work practice worldwide, despite regional differences.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The study suggested a consistent lack of focus on rural populations within the social work profession and underscored the importance of understanding and addressing pressing issues facing rural communities across diverse global contexts.</p>","PeriodicalId":73742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of evidence-based social work (2019)","volume":" ","pages":"1-35"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144081889","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":"Parent Involvement in the Transition Process of Children with Intellectual Disabilities: An Implication for Social Work Practice.","authors":"Kitty Yuen-Han Mo, Alice Yip, Pui-Man Chu, Fu-Fai Fong","doi":"10.1080/26408066.2025.2504434","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2025.2504434","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>School social workers and counselors support parents of children with disabilities during transitions. This study investigates diverse parent involvement methods and innovative strategies to create a school-like home environment that fosters children's learning and development.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Through semi structured interviews, the perspectives of nine Chinese caregivers and three social workers were explored regarding parent involvement in their children's transition process.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Using content analysis, the researchers identified major themes: (a) areas of parent involvement in the transition process; and (b) factors influencing parent' involvement. Parent involvement in the transition process can be categorized into three main areas: involvement at home, involvement within school or social service agencies, and involvement in future planning.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The study highlights parents' active, diverse involvement in their children's transition, emphasizing strong school-family partnerships and ongoing support.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This research offers valuable insights for school social workers and counselors in developing supportive measures. These measures include equipping parents with the necessary knowledge and skills to create a school-like environment at home and actively participating in home training.</p>","PeriodicalId":73742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of evidence-based social work (2019)","volume":" ","pages":"1-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144022440","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":"<i>Do Worry, Be Happy</i>: Empathy and Emotion Regulation as Predictors of Professional Quality of Life in Child-Protection Workers.","authors":"Jean-Félix Hamel, Mael Virat, Steve Geoffrion, Massil Benbouriche","doi":"10.1080/26408066.2025.2499684","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2025.2499684","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Empathy is paramount to good social work practice. Concurrently, \"professional distance\" and limited empathetic involvement are sometimes believed to protect social workers from detrimental psychological outcomes. However, distinct dimensions of empathy may relate differently to relevant outcomes such as professional quality of life (i.e. compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue). Our first objective was to investigate this relationship in child-protection workers (CPWs) - a population among the most affected by compassion fatigue. Second, we controlled for emotion regulation difficulties, which may also explain individual reactions to distress.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>A convenience sample of French CPWs (N = 245) answered an online questionnaire assessing cognitive (i.e. Perspective-Taking) and emotional (i.e. Empathic Concern and Personal Distress) dimensions of empathy, emotion regulation difficulties and professional quality of life.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Ordinary least squares multiple regression models indicate that Empathic Concern positively predicts compassion satisfaction and negatively predicts compassion fatigue. The opposite pattern is observed with both Personal Distress and emotion regulation difficulties.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Polarized representations of empathy in child-protection lose sight of its benefits and conceal its pitfalls. Being concerned for clients may not only be a protective factor against compassion fatigue - it could be at the heart of CPWs' compassion satisfaction. Conversely, self-directed reactions to distress may be the root of the harmful consequences empathy is questioned for. Our nuanced approach clarifies what future interventions should target to foster a better professional quality of life in CPWs. Beyond individual capabilities, improving CPWs' outcomes should also rely on a culture of support from peers, supervisors and organizations.</p>","PeriodicalId":73742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of evidence-based social work (2019)","volume":" ","pages":"1-18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144058126","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":"Social Work and Sexual Minorities: The Health and Psychosocial Realities of Queer Men in Nigeria and Its Implication for Social Work Practice.","authors":"Prince Chiagozie Ekoh, Ellis Onyedikachi George","doi":"10.1080/26408066.2025.2463381","DOIUrl":"10.1080/26408066.2025.2463381","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Nigeria is a nation characterized by diverse cultures, religions, and policies that often foster discrimination, oppression, and violence against sexual minorities. This hostile environment can significantly impact social work practices involving these groups. Consequently, this study aimed to investigate the health and psychosocial realities of queer men in Nigeria and their implications for social work practice.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A qualitative phenomenological approach was adopted for the study. Data were collected from 28 participants, including 16 queer men and 12 social workers, and analyzed thematically.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The findings revealed experiences of discrimination and insecurity, which contribute to both physical and psychological health issues. Additionally, the study highlighted a lack of understanding and acceptance among social workers regarding practices involving sexual minorities in Nigeria.</p><p><strong>Discourse: </strong>The results highlight how queer individuals may experience limited access to healthcare and receive limited support from social workers in advancing their healthcare needs.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>It is recommended that social work education incorporate discussions around working with sexual minorities, as a better understanding of this population will enhance acceptance, improve practice, and encourage advocacy for reform in discriminatory policies and practices.</p>","PeriodicalId":73742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of evidence-based social work (2019)","volume":" ","pages":"408-425"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143366952","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":"Addressing Intervention Fit When Developing Services for Adolescents Leaving Care - An Empirical Assessment of Measurement Invariance and Latent Mean Differences in Theoretically Defined Mediators.","authors":"Matilda Karlsson","doi":"10.1080/26408066.2025.2463376","DOIUrl":"10.1080/26408066.2025.2463376","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>A good fit between program theory and the needs of the target population is essential to the success of an intervention. Still, empirical investigation of fit is a rare activity in theoretical frameworks for intervention development. The study objective was to inform the development of relevant support for youth transitioning from out-of-home care (OHC) in Sweden in light of intervention fit. Self-efficacy, mental health, resilience, and self-determination have been identified as potentially important malleable mediators that can be targeted by independent living services (ILS). This study aimed to establish the extent to which measurement instruments used to capture these mediators measure similarly across youth that belong to a potential target population for ILS and those who do not.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>A cross-sectional survey design was used to compare youth with and without experience of OHC on the four study outcomes using a multi-group measurement invariance analysis and latent mean comparison.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>All scales demonstrated scalar invariance or partial scalar invariance. Contrary to initial hypothesis, no differences in latent means were found.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Four potential interpretations of the results were discussed. Conclusion: The study identified a potential discrepancy between theoretical assumptions and empirical characteristics relevant to development of ILS for youth with experience of OHC in Sweden. Moreover, it highlighted the importance of exploring theoretical core mediators empirically in the target population in the process of intervention development and evaluation.</p>","PeriodicalId":73742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of evidence-based social work (2019)","volume":" ","pages":"371-393"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143375091","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":"Key Challenges Experienced by Bangladeshi Human Trafficking Survivors During Social Reintegration: Insights from Survivors, Experts, and Social Workers.","authors":"Arif Ullah, Md Shakhawat Hossain, Soriya Zahan Emo","doi":"10.1080/26408066.2025.2456760","DOIUrl":"10.1080/26408066.2025.2456760","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Human trafficking survivors' successful social reintegration is of paramount importance. However, survivors found it difficult to build their lives in Bangladesh upon return. The specific challenges encountered by Bangladeshi trafficking survivors remain underexplored, particularly regarding individual, socio-cultural, and systematic factors. We aim to investigate the obstacles survivors encounter during social reintegration by examining survivors' experiences, and subjective perspectives of experts and social workers who provide life-skill and vocational training to survivors.</p><p><strong>Materials and method: </strong>This qualitative study intends to gather in-depth insights by conducting 40 semi-structured interviews with the key stakeholders, including survivors, experts, and service providers.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>After thematically analyzing the qualitative data, the study denotes that survivors encountered several challenges to social reintegration, including social stigmatization, victim blaming, family rejection, limited access to essential support services, economic hardship, health issues, and difficulties in relationships. Notably, social reintegration is more challenging for female survivors than for male survivors in Bangladesh due to the widespread misconceptions about sex work and trafficking.</p><p><strong>Discussion and conclusion: </strong>Our findings contribute to the literature by offering new insights regarding previously underexplored challenges to social reintegration, highlighting significant gender differences in social stigmatization and systematic barriers like the scarcity of essential support services. Finally, the article puts forward actionable implications for social workers and policymakers in developing targeted interventions to foster survivors' successful social reintegration in Bangladesh, ultimately contributing to achieving the UN SDGs, especially Goals 1 (No Poverty), 3 (Good Health and Well-being), 5 (Gender Equality), and 16 (Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions).</p>","PeriodicalId":73742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of evidence-based social work (2019)","volume":" ","pages":"334-356"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143017712","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}