Social thoughtPub Date : 2003-01-01DOI: 10.1080/15426432.2003.9960355
Gloria Messick Svare, S. Jay, E. Bruce, Sandra D. Owens-Kane
{"title":"Going below the tip of the iceberg: Social work, religion, and spirituality","authors":"Gloria Messick Svare, S. Jay, E. Bruce, Sandra D. Owens-Kane","doi":"10.1080/15426432.2003.9960355","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15426432.2003.9960355","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The discrepancy between the spiritual beliefs and practices of the general population and the willingness of social workers to address them can limit effective practice. A critical factor inhibiting the use of spirituality is the inaccurate impression that various religious beliefs conflict with the philosophy and values of social work. This paper proposes a cross‐cultural model that can be used to increase the comfort of social workers in integrating the spiritual dimension of clients’ lives in practice. The paper then applies the model to the assessment of clients who hold a belief within each of four faith traditions, Buddhism, Islam, Catholicism, and Protestant Christianity.","PeriodicalId":82727,"journal":{"name":"Social thought","volume":"35 1","pages":"19 - 35"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15426432.2003.9960355","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59932704","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}
Social thoughtPub Date : 2003-01-01DOI: 10.1080/15426432.2003.9960325
Judy Fenster
{"title":"Race, religion, altruism, and the transracial adoption debate: A survey of Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish social workers","authors":"Judy Fenster","doi":"10.1080/15426432.2003.9960325","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15426432.2003.9960325","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract An analysis of 363 questionnaires assessing social worker attitudes toward transracial adoption (TRA)‐i‐e., black children being adopted by white parents‐found interactions between race, religion, and altruism in influencing TRA views. Among white social workers, those who were Catholic and those who were altruistic had more favorable attitudes toward TRA than those who were Protestant and those who were less altruistic. However, altruism was not correlated with TRA score among white Catholics. Among black social workers, no relationship between religion, altruism, and TRA score was found. Religiosity was not related to TRA score for either black or white social workers. Implications of the findings were discussed.","PeriodicalId":82727,"journal":{"name":"Social thought","volume":"22 1","pages":"45 - 61"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15426432.2003.9960325","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59932161","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}
Social thoughtPub Date : 2003-01-01DOI: 10.1080/15426432.2003.9960331
E. Gumz, J. Wall, Susan F. Grossman
{"title":"Ignatian spirituality: The spiritual exercises and social work","authors":"E. Gumz, J. Wall, Susan F. Grossman","doi":"10.1080/15426432.2003.9960331","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15426432.2003.9960331","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract A group of social work faculty and students and university ministry staff participated in an intensive twenty‐four week program of the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises. Following this experience, two reflection groups were conducted to assess the impact of these spiritual experiences on individuals’ social work practice and teaching.","PeriodicalId":82727,"journal":{"name":"Social thought","volume":"22 1","pages":"143 - 158"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15426432.2003.9960331","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59932670","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}
Social thoughtPub Date : 2003-01-01DOI: 10.1080/15426432.2003.9960357
C. Faver, M. E. Cox, A. Callahan
{"title":"Social work students’ images of god","authors":"C. Faver, M. E. Cox, A. Callahan","doi":"10.1080/15426432.2003.9960357","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15426432.2003.9960357","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Images of God are part of social workers’ belief systems and can affect their professional practice. This study examined images of God in a sample of fifty‐nine social work graduate students, most of whom were white, female, and Protestant. The findings revealed that certain traditional images, such as Spirit and Creator, were likely to be both highly salient (i.e., likely to “come to mind\") and personally important to the respondents. In contrast, hierarchical images (e.g., Master, King) and feminine images (e.g., Mother, Goddess) were unlikely to be either salient or important. Because images of God reflect assumptions about power and gender, social work educators and researchers should investigate how these images affect social workers’ interactions within the helping relationship.","PeriodicalId":82727,"journal":{"name":"Social thought","volume":"22 1","pages":"53 - 74"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15426432.2003.9960357","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59932728","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}
Social thoughtPub Date : 2003-01-01DOI: 10.1080/15426432.2003.9960324
C. Hyde
{"title":"More harm than good? Multicultural initiatives in human service agencies","authors":"C. Hyde","doi":"10.1080/15426432.2003.9960324","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15426432.2003.9960324","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The social work code of ethics clearly articulates a commitment to social justice, which includes engaging in organizational practices that promote cultural diversity. This article reports findings from a qualitative study on multicultural initiatives in human service agencies. Particular attention is focused on whether efforts were compromised and, if so, what the consequences might be. Interviews with practitioners and consultants, and supporting agency documents, revealed four themes that compromise multicultural initiatives: an absence of vision, piecemeal activities, community neglect and client objectification, and lack of accountability. Implications include resource loss, staff reactivity, and working on borrowed time. Jeopardized multicultural initiatives present serious ethical dilemmas, as they impede the profession's ability to fulfill mandates regarding social justice and diversity. Recommendations are offered for agency personnel in order to engage in more successful multicultural efforts.","PeriodicalId":82727,"journal":{"name":"Social thought","volume":"22 1","pages":"25 - 43"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15426432.2003.9960324","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59932149","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}
Social thoughtPub Date : 2003-01-01DOI: 10.1080/15426432.2003.9960347
Faye Y. Abram, Jann L. Hoge
{"title":"Doing justice: Women ex‐offenders as group facilitators, advocates, and community educators","authors":"Faye Y. Abram, Jann L. Hoge","doi":"10.1080/15426432.2003.9960347","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15426432.2003.9960347","url":null,"abstract":"Summary Many social work practitioners see social support groups as a mainstay of direct/clinical practice yet make little or no connection between their work with these groups and social justice practice. This article examines a community‐based support group process for women ex‐offenders and family members that integrates social justice activities. It focuses on the women ex‐offenders as group facilitators, advocates, and community educators. The research also highlights their specific social change activities and suggests complementary activities for social justice practitioners working with them.","PeriodicalId":82727,"journal":{"name":"Social thought","volume":"529 1","pages":"159 - 176"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15426432.2003.9960347","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59932464","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}
Social thoughtPub Date : 2003-01-01DOI: 10.1080/15426432.2003.9960349
L. Morton, Cynthia A. Loveland Cook
{"title":"Youth who murder and societal responsibility: An issue of social justice","authors":"L. Morton, Cynthia A. Loveland Cook","doi":"10.1080/15426432.2003.9960349","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15426432.2003.9960349","url":null,"abstract":"Summary Society's punitive response to criminal youth has led to the virtual elimination of rehabilitation services for youth who commit homicide. This paper offers an overview of etiological factors contributing to youth homicide. Using Brickman's model of helping and coping, insight is offered into why American society has taken such a punitive stance toward youth homicide. Proposed changes that support social justice for these youths are presented at individual, family, community, and societal levels with a focus on prevention and intervention.","PeriodicalId":82727,"journal":{"name":"Social thought","volume":"22 1","pages":"191 - 204"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15426432.2003.9960349","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59932514","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}
Social thoughtPub Date : 2003-01-01DOI: 10.1080/15426432.2003.9960354
Melissa B. Littlefield
{"title":"A womanist perspective for social work with African American women","authors":"Melissa B. Littlefield","doi":"10.1080/15426432.2003.9960354","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15426432.2003.9960354","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article articulates a womanist perspective for social work in an effort to address the void of theoretical literature in this field that combines gender and race as analytic frameworks (Nichols‐Casebolt, Krysik, & Hamilton, 1994). Womanism is an emergent theoretical perspective that reforms and expands mainstream feminist theory to incorporate racial and cultural differences, with a particular focus on African American women (Sanders, 1995; Williams, 1987). This article fuses womanist constructs with constructs from the Life Model of Social Work (Germain & Gitterman, 1996) to emphasize the significance of African American women's social environments and selected adaptation strategies they employ to achieve psychosocial well‐being, including gender role identity, religion, and social support.","PeriodicalId":82727,"journal":{"name":"Social thought","volume":"22 1","pages":"17 - 3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15426432.2003.9960354","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59932637","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}
Social thoughtPub Date : 2003-01-01DOI: 10.1080/15426432.2003.9960342
S. P. Wernet, Cindy Follman, Cherie Magueja, Robin Moore-Chambers
{"title":"Building bridges and improving racial harmony: An evaluation of the bridges across racial polarization program ®","authors":"S. P. Wernet, Cindy Follman, Cherie Magueja, Robin Moore-Chambers","doi":"10.1080/15426432.2003.9960342","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15426432.2003.9960342","url":null,"abstract":"Summary Racial polarization is endemic in American society. It reduces the quality of life in our communities. Numerous solutions have been proposed for redressing racism, including racial dialogues. These programs are predicated on the contact hypothesis, i.e., through equal status contact, prejudice will be reduced. The question is whether the contact hypothesis as implemented through a racial dialogue program holds and racial networks can be improved among program participants. Through a combination of forced choice and open‐ended questions, 72 participants were surveyed to evaluate the impact and success of the Bridges Across Racial Polarization Program®. All individuals changed racial networks. The key to program success was the group dynamic. Positive group dynamics developed through positive interpersonal connections, frequent interactions and varied activities. Racial networks and interracial interactions can be enhanced through dialogue‐type programs, thereby supporting the contact hypothesis.","PeriodicalId":82727,"journal":{"name":"Social thought","volume":"22 1","pages":"63 - 79"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15426432.2003.9960342","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59932696","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}
Social thoughtPub Date : 2003-01-01DOI: 10.1080/15426432.2003.9960358
E. Timberlake, Michaela Z. Farber, S. Wall, Nancy E. Taylor, C. Sabatino
{"title":"Resettlement challenges in the “Land of Opportunity”: The experience of economically disadvantaged immigrant women","authors":"E. Timberlake, Michaela Z. Farber, S. Wall, Nancy E. Taylor, C. Sabatino","doi":"10.1080/15426432.2003.9960358","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15426432.2003.9960358","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This quantitative research examines interrelationships among immigration stressors, resettlement challenges, and protective factors of resilience and spirituality of 56 economically disadvantaged young immigrant women in order to understand how these risk and protective factors influence their resettlement and roles as resources for family well‐being. The findings highlight resilience, cultural connectedness, spirituality, and hope for the future as mediating protective factors for economically disadvantaged immigrant women as they cope with the stressors and challenges inherent in immigration and resettlement.","PeriodicalId":82727,"journal":{"name":"Social thought","volume":"22 1","pages":"75 - 94"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15426432.2003.9960358","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59932786","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}