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

{"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":"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":"710-727"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","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":"Adopting an Evidence-Based Proactive Resilience Approach to Social Work Practice.","authors":"Roberta Greene, Nancy Greene","doi":"10.1080/26408066.2025.2480399","DOIUrl":"10.1080/26408066.2025.2480399","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of evidence-based social work (2019)","volume":" ","pages":"629-635"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143635013","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":"Competency Framework for Bachelor-Level Social Workers to Deliver Psychosocial Interventions within Integrated Care.","authors":"William O'Connell, Juliann Salisbury","doi":"10.1080/26408066.2025.2553011","DOIUrl":"10.1080/26408066.2025.2553011","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study aimed to develop and validate a competency framework for a bachelor-level social worker, or related degree type, to work in integrated behavioral healthcare settings under clinical supervision. In Washington state, a new bachelor-level certification called a Behavioral Health Support Specialist or BHSS includes social work, psychology, and related degree programs.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Focus group interviews with stakeholders from across Washington State (<i>n</i> = 49) were conducted in addition to a confidential survey. A thematic analysis of data and validity check preceded interpretation of results.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Qualitative data generated salient recommendations to shape a competency framework tailored to integrated care, and other behavioral health settings. Survey data helped gauge the degree of endorsement for a new mental health provider for integrated care in Washington State.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Participants recommended specific action steps related to scope of practice, differentiation from other non-specialists, work setting expansion, supervisor qualifications, and ethics to align the competency framework with real-world practice.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>A BHSS competency framework supports the development of a new professional role to prepare a bachelor level social worker to deliver evidence-informed psychosocial interventions under supervision within integrated care settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":73742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of evidence-based social work (2019)","volume":" ","pages":"1-22"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144981255","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":"Blooming Out of Concrete: Burmese Refugee College Students' Resettlement Approach and the Role of Social Support.","authors":"Minyoung Lim","doi":"10.1080/26408066.2025.2493062","DOIUrl":"10.1080/26408066.2025.2493062","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The United States is the world's top resettlement country for refugees and the third largest community of Burmese refugees lives in the state of Indiana. Many refugee families strive to enhance the well-being of their college-age children. Utilizing the Conservation of Resources (COR) theoretical framework, this study examined the lived experiences of Burmese refugee college students' resettlement approach and the role of social support.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>A total of 32 Burmese refugee college students aged 19-26 were interviewed using a qualitative exploratory approach with thematic analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Thematic analysis identified two key themes - the resources of social support and resettlement experiences - to provide a comprehensive understanding of participants' resettlement narratives. The social support from the co-ethnic community and people in the host country both affected the participants' successful resettlement. Co-ethnic community also plays an important role in the pursuit of higher education.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Understanding the lived experiences of refugee communities can enhance the effectiveness of resettlement policies and services. This study highlights the importance of social support resources and serves as a foundation for improving refugee resettlement experiences.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Refugee students actively cultivated their life and showed aspirations of being successful members of this new environment. Despite a variety of barriers and prejudices, Burmese refugee students bloom and flourish in their new environment in the United States. They are beneficiaries but also currently benefactors for newly arrived refugees. The perspectives on refugees need to change and move from victims to the citizens of the world.</p>","PeriodicalId":73742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of evidence-based social work (2019)","volume":" ","pages":"677-694"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144058793","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":"Cyberbullying in Higher Education: Unraveling Internalizing and Externalizing Behavioral Profiles and Social Support.","authors":"Hailey Hyunjin Choi, Eui Bhin Lee, Jeongmin Lee, Jinhee Park, Heekyung Lee, Jaegoo Lee, Jinwon Kim","doi":"10.1080/26408066.2025.2481960","DOIUrl":"10.1080/26408066.2025.2481960","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study employs a person-centered approach to identify unique profiles of internalizing (depressive and anxiety symptoms) and externalizing (aggressive behaviors and substance use) behavioral problems among cyberbullied college students. Additionally, this study examines the impact of social support in internalizing and externalizing behavioral problem profiles.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Data were collected from November 2022 to January 2023 from 175 college students across multiple U.S. universities using a cross-sectional design via web surveys.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Latent profile analysis (LPA) identified a two-profile model, where one group showed higher internalizing and externalizing behavioral problems, while the other showed lower levels. Logistic regression analysis revealed that social support significantly predicts membership in the low behavioral problem profile.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The findings reveal the co-occurrence of internalizing and externalizing behavioral problems of cyberbullied college students. Also, those students with robust social support are more likely to belong to the group with lower levels of internalizing and externalizing behavioral problems.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These findings underscore the importance of targeted intervention strategies that consider students' behavioral problem profiles and emphasize social support as a protective factor.</p>","PeriodicalId":73742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of evidence-based social work (2019)","volume":" ","pages":"658-676"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143694709","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":"Trauma-Informed Care as Structural Disruption: Social Work at the Frontlines of Systems Transformation.","authors":"Quintenilla Merriweather","doi":"10.1080/26408066.2025.2553838","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2025.2553838","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) is frequently conceptualized as a clinical intervention targeting individual psychological harm. While valuable in clinical contexts, this framing restricts TIC's broader capacity for systemic and structural transformation.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This article reframes TIC as a structural disruption strategy-an equity-driven, systems-level intervention that redefines how health is understood, delivered, and governed.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Drawing from social work's integrative approach across clinical, community, and policy domains, the article situates trauma as a predictable outcome of structural violence rather than an individual pathology. Analysis centers on health system fragmentation, particularly the entrenched separation of behavioral and physical health, as a form of systemic harm.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The article highlights liberatory innovations that demonstrate TIC's transformative potential, including healing-centered schools, trauma-informed telehealth, and peer-based emergency response models. These examples illustrate pathways for addressing systemic inequities while fostering relational accountability and community-centered care.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>A paradigm shift is needed-from models of integrated care toward liberatory health systems rooted in justice, equity, and structural transformation. By reframing TIC as a disruption strategy, health and social work can move beyond symptom management to advance structural change.</p>","PeriodicalId":73742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of evidence-based social work (2019)","volume":" ","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144981278","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":"Youth Comorbidity Patterns and Research Domain Criteria (RDoC)-Informed Factors: A Scoping Review of Person-Centered Psychopathology Research.","authors":"June-Yung Kim, Wenxing Wei, Liat R Johnson, Sarah Balser, Anne Marie Gruber","doi":"10.1080/26408066.2025.2544941","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2025.2544941","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>High rates of comorbid psychopathology have driven a growing body of person-centered research to understand the grouping structure of youth comorbidity by identifying meaningful comorbidity patterns and validating them with neurobehavioral factors. The National Institute of Mental Health's Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) offers an etiological framework for systematically identifying constructs organized around major functioning domains. This scoping review study mapped person-centered comorbidity studies and synthesized the RDoC-informed factors of comorbidity patterns.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>We followed Arksey and O'Malley's methodological framework. Five databases (e.g. PubMed and CINAHL) were searched. Twenty-five peer-reviewed studies examining comorbidity patterns in youth up to age 17 were included.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>One normative pattern was consistently identified, along with one general psychopathology pattern with a higher probability of all symptoms. Additionally, specific patterns, such as internalizing and externalizing patterns, reflecting unique covariances among assessed symptoms, were identified. Of the 43 extracted RDoC-informed factors, systems for social processes (33%) emerged as the most widely examined domains, followed by cognitive (26%), negative valence (19%), and arousal and regulatory (14%) systems. Most factors were differentially associated with comorbidity patterns.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The identified comorbidity patterns supported a conceptualization of psychopathology with broader factors, such as one general and other specific psychopathology factors, reflecting underlying liability for a range of symptoms. Definitive conclusions about the effects of RDoC-informed factors require further studies, given limited evidence of positive valence (5%) and sensorimotor (5%) systems.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>More rigorous incorporation of novel RDoC-informed factors into comorbidity studies may inform evidence-based preventive strategies.</p>","PeriodicalId":73742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of evidence-based social work (2019)","volume":" ","pages":"1-29"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144981275","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 How Sport Activity Shapes Work Attitudes: The Mediating Role of Impulsivity Among Social Welfare Professionals.","authors":"Yavuz Aslan, Orhan Koçak, Betül Büber, Alp Koçer, Gülnihal Türker Altun","doi":"10.1080/26408066.2025.2553840","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2025.2553840","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study investigates the relationships between living with sports (sport-oriented lifestyle), impulsivity, and attitudes toward working life among social welfare professionals in Türkiye, with a specific focus on the mediating role of impulsivity.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>A cross-sectional quantitative research design was employed, collecting data from 1,534 participants aged 18 and older via an online survey. The majority of the sample consisted of women (67.2%), with a mean age of 28.96 years. Data analysis was conducted using IBM SPSS for preliminary statistics and IBM AMOS for confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling (SEM).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Living with sports was negatively associated with impulsivity (β = -0.072, <i>p</i> < .05) and positively associated with attitudes toward working life (β = 0.064, <i>p</i> < .05). Impulsivity was negatively related to attitudes toward working life (β = -0.185, <i>p</i> < .001) and significantly mediated the relationship between living with sports and work attitudes (β = 0.013, <i>p</i> < .05). The model accounted for 5.5% of the variance in impulsivity and 4.4% in attitudes toward working life.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The study results suggest that a lifestyle enriched by regular sports participation can reduce impulsive tendencies and support the development of more positive work attitudes among social welfare professionals.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study provides novel empirical evidence on the triadic relationship between sport-oriented lifestyle, impulsivity, and work attitudes. It highlights the importance of integrating sport-based activities into organizational strategies to support emotional regulation, well-being, and sustainable professional engagement in social services.</p>","PeriodicalId":73742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of evidence-based social work (2019)","volume":" ","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144981346","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":"Impact of Augmented Reality Service on Young People: Stress and Academic Engagement.","authors":"Coey Yuen Yiu Chan, Kitty Yuen-Han Mo","doi":"10.1080/26408066.2025.2552382","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2025.2552382","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study investigated the impact of augmented reality (AR) on mental well-being of young people in Hong Kong. Limited prior research exists on this topic.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>A cross-sectional survey of 150 young people recruited from a youth service center explored the relationship between frequency of participating in AR-related service, stress levels, and academic engagement.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The findings revealed significant associations between frequency of AR use and both stress and academic engagement.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The study concludes that AR technology holds promise as a tool for stress reduction and enhancing academic engagement in high-pressure educational environments.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These findings advocate for the strategic implementation of AR service in schools and youth service programs.</p>","PeriodicalId":73742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of evidence-based social work (2019)","volume":" ","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144981312","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":"Refusing to Fall Behind: The Ethical Obligation to Embrace AI in Mental Health Social Work.","authors":"Hanni B Flaherty, Preeti Krishnan","doi":"10.1080/26408066.2025.2553018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2025.2553018","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into mental health care presents both profound opportunities and pressing ethical responsibilities for the social work profession. As social workers strive to deliver equitable, client-centered, and evidence-based care, AI offers tools to enhance diagnostic accuracy, streamline treatment planning, and increase access to current research. However, adopting AI also raises critical concerns, including algorithmic bias, data privacy, and the potential erosion of human-centered practice. This editorial argues that social workers have an ethical imperative to engage with AI technologies and proactively shape their development and application to align with the profession's values. By actively participating in interdisciplinary AI initiatives, advocating for transparency and inclusion, and ensuring that AI tools are used to support rather than supplant human judgment, social workers can help ensure that technological innovation serves the diverse needs of clients and communities. The editorial concludes by outlining key areas for social work leadership, including research translation, equitable AI access, and ethical governance, emphasizing that the future of mental health care depends on ethically grounded, socially responsible innovation.</p>","PeriodicalId":73742,"journal":{"name":"Journal of evidence-based social work (2019)","volume":" ","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144981315","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}