Pub Date : 2020-10-10DOI: 10.1080/02185385.2020.1830299
Thida Kim, Yao Fu, Sokunnara Thlen, Amaury Peeters, K. Wickramage, L. Jordan
ABSTRACT Cambodia, a lower-middle-income country in Southeast Asia, reported 275 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Despite lower reported cases, COVID-19 impacts Cambodian socio-economic systems in profound ways. With more than 1.1 million Cambodians having migrated abroad and low-income families in rural Cambodia relying heavily on remittances, the sudden loss of jobs caused by the pandemic raised an important question on how migrant households are prioritised among the rising society-wide needs. Given the profound lack of social workers in Cambodia, while highlighting their essential roles at the frontline in response to the ongoing and future pandemic response, professional and the community-based social work must be expanded and promoted through multisectoral collaboration between governmental bodies and NGOs to ensure the sustainable development of quality social work in Cambodia.
{"title":"Reaching out to migrant households during COVID-19 outbreak: the increasing need of social workers in Cambodia","authors":"Thida Kim, Yao Fu, Sokunnara Thlen, Amaury Peeters, K. Wickramage, L. Jordan","doi":"10.1080/02185385.2020.1830299","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02185385.2020.1830299","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Cambodia, a lower-middle-income country in Southeast Asia, reported 275 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Despite lower reported cases, COVID-19 impacts Cambodian socio-economic systems in profound ways. With more than 1.1 million Cambodians having migrated abroad and low-income families in rural Cambodia relying heavily on remittances, the sudden loss of jobs caused by the pandemic raised an important question on how migrant households are prioritised among the rising society-wide needs. Given the profound lack of social workers in Cambodia, while highlighting their essential roles at the frontline in response to the ongoing and future pandemic response, professional and the community-based social work must be expanded and promoted through multisectoral collaboration between governmental bodies and NGOs to ensure the sustainable development of quality social work in Cambodia.","PeriodicalId":44820,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development","volume":"8 1","pages":"89 - 96"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86999046","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-10-01DOI: 10.1080/02185385.2020.1828156
Pao-Lung Chiu, Yi-Ming Yu
ABSTRACT A pandemic takes a toll on emotional health and tests psychological resilience. In particular, interpersonal interactions in military communities have been challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic. The military must focus resilience training away from the individual and towards the community. This study investigated the practical assistance rendered to soldiers in aid of their mental health. Specifically, this study analysed the development and implementation of a teaching action plan aimed at improving the psychological resilience of soldiers. The plan was based on the community counselling model, and it serves as a reference for social workers, especially in their conduct of educational programmes.
{"title":"Resilience and Covid-19: action plans and strategies in a military community","authors":"Pao-Lung Chiu, Yi-Ming Yu","doi":"10.1080/02185385.2020.1828156","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02185385.2020.1828156","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT A pandemic takes a toll on emotional health and tests psychological resilience. In particular, interpersonal interactions in military communities have been challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic. The military must focus resilience training away from the individual and towards the community. This study investigated the practical assistance rendered to soldiers in aid of their mental health. Specifically, this study analysed the development and implementation of a teaching action plan aimed at improving the psychological resilience of soldiers. The plan was based on the community counselling model, and it serves as a reference for social workers, especially in their conduct of educational programmes.","PeriodicalId":44820,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development","volume":"6 1","pages":"115 - 122"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83178308","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-10-01DOI: 10.1080/02185385.2020.1828157
Yan-Yan Chen, J. Zhuang
ABSTRACT This study explored the roles of medical social workers in interprofessional teams based on the case of a Shanghai COVID-19 quarantine centre for medical observation. In the quarantine centre, a medical social worker transitioned from role exploration to role construction. To play professional roles in the team, it is necessary for social workers to create a supportive working environment, identify service gaps, promote interprofessional cooperation and construct new roles gradually. The empirical experience of this social worker can inform interprofessional team-building efforts for other countries and regions facing pandemic crises.
{"title":"Roles of medical social workers in interprofessional teams: a case study of a Shanghai COVID-19 quarantine centre for medical observation","authors":"Yan-Yan Chen, J. Zhuang","doi":"10.1080/02185385.2020.1828157","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02185385.2020.1828157","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study explored the roles of medical social workers in interprofessional teams based on the case of a Shanghai COVID-19 quarantine centre for medical observation. In the quarantine centre, a medical social worker transitioned from role exploration to role construction. To play professional roles in the team, it is necessary for social workers to create a supportive working environment, identify service gaps, promote interprofessional cooperation and construct new roles gradually. The empirical experience of this social worker can inform interprofessional team-building efforts for other countries and regions facing pandemic crises.","PeriodicalId":44820,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development","volume":"51 1","pages":"123 - 131"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83221054","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-09-18DOI: 10.1080/02185385.2020.1819396
Kate Yeong-Tsyr Wang, Tsai Wen-Hui, Tze-Yin Chuang, Hsi-Jing Lee
ABSTRACT The first COVID-19 case in Taiwan was confirmed on 21 January 2020. Compared to the global case fatality rate, the people in Taiwan have been affected moderately by this disease, from a medical point of view. However, when looking back to their life experiences over the past six months, one must pay attention to the social dimensions of this pandemic. In this article, we examine four key social issues that can provide some insights into the social work imagination, after this worldwide health crisis is over.
{"title":"Rethinking four social issues of the COVID-19 pandemic from social work perspectives","authors":"Kate Yeong-Tsyr Wang, Tsai Wen-Hui, Tze-Yin Chuang, Hsi-Jing Lee","doi":"10.1080/02185385.2020.1819396","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02185385.2020.1819396","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The first COVID-19 case in Taiwan was confirmed on 21 January 2020. Compared to the global case fatality rate, the people in Taiwan have been affected moderately by this disease, from a medical point of view. However, when looking back to their life experiences over the past six months, one must pay attention to the social dimensions of this pandemic. In this article, we examine four key social issues that can provide some insights into the social work imagination, after this worldwide health crisis is over.","PeriodicalId":44820,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development","volume":"201 1","pages":"45 - 51"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76997063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-09-07DOI: 10.1080/02185385.2020.1816211
Jiyoung Kang
ABSTRACT This study aimed to examine the rate and the predictors of re-reports among unsubstantiated but at-risk cases reported to the child protective services (CPS) of South Korea. The study sample included 1,147 unsubstantiated cases reported to Korean CPS in 2014 and were followed-up by the end of 2016 for re-reports. The results showed that approximately 12% of the sample were re-reported, and 9.6% were re-reported and substantiated. The higher risk of re-report was associated with welfare receipt and economic difficulty. Specific suggestions were discussed to reduce the high level of re-report rate among unsubstantiated, but at-risk cases.
{"title":"Child maltreatment re-report among unsubstantiated but at-risk initial cases of child protective services in South Korea","authors":"Jiyoung Kang","doi":"10.1080/02185385.2020.1816211","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02185385.2020.1816211","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study aimed to examine the rate and the predictors of re-reports among unsubstantiated but at-risk cases reported to the child protective services (CPS) of South Korea. The study sample included 1,147 unsubstantiated cases reported to Korean CPS in 2014 and were followed-up by the end of 2016 for re-reports. The results showed that approximately 12% of the sample were re-reported, and 9.6% were re-reported and substantiated. The higher risk of re-report was associated with welfare receipt and economic difficulty. Specific suggestions were discussed to reduce the high level of re-report rate among unsubstantiated, but at-risk cases.","PeriodicalId":44820,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development","volume":"26 1","pages":"317 - 330"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83117455","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-08-20DOI: 10.1080/02185385.2020.1770122
Q. An, Zhaocun Li
ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of the Family Education Guidance (FEG) programme, which was designed to improve family functioning in urban low-income families in China.120 families were chosen at random for a one-year intervention, and another 120 families served as the control group. After the intervention, the results demonstrated that the family functioning by parents and children were significantly improved in the experimental group. This illustrated that the FEG programme is effective in improving family functioning in low-income families and could be used to train social workers and improve the situation of low-income families in the future.
{"title":"An intervention study in urban low-income families: promoting family functioning to children","authors":"Q. An, Zhaocun Li","doi":"10.1080/02185385.2020.1770122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02185385.2020.1770122","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of the Family Education Guidance (FEG) programme, which was designed to improve family functioning in urban low-income families in China.120 families were chosen at random for a one-year intervention, and another 120 families served as the control group. After the intervention, the results demonstrated that the family functioning by parents and children were significantly improved in the experimental group. This illustrated that the FEG programme is effective in improving family functioning in low-income families and could be used to train social workers and improve the situation of low-income families in the future.","PeriodicalId":44820,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development","volume":"46 1","pages":"176 - 188"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90260414","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-07-07DOI: 10.1080/02185385.2020.1790412
C. Chui, A. Ko
ABSTRACT Public health crises disproportionately affect vulnerable population groups. Interventions aimed at curtailing the spread of diseases or improving the overall health of the population must aim to reduce existing inequalities rather than exacerbate them. Drawing on social innovation and asset-based community development literature, this article describes the design principles of a project utilising humanitarian technology for disinfectant and sanitation purposes in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. It provides insights into the merits of cross-sector collaboration, particularly between social work and engineering, in effectively addressing the health and sanitation needs of low-income families living in subdivided units in Hong Kong. The project underscores the potential of social innovation in addressing the needs of the vulnerable communities in public health crises.
{"title":"Converging humanitarian technology and social work in a public health crisis: a social innovation response to COVID-19 in Hong Kong","authors":"C. Chui, A. Ko","doi":"10.1080/02185385.2020.1790412","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02185385.2020.1790412","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Public health crises disproportionately affect vulnerable population groups. Interventions aimed at curtailing the spread of diseases or improving the overall health of the population must aim to reduce existing inequalities rather than exacerbate them. Drawing on social innovation and asset-based community development literature, this article describes the design principles of a project utilising humanitarian technology for disinfectant and sanitation purposes in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. It provides insights into the merits of cross-sector collaboration, particularly between social work and engineering, in effectively addressing the health and sanitation needs of low-income families living in subdivided units in Hong Kong. The project underscores the potential of social innovation in addressing the needs of the vulnerable communities in public health crises.","PeriodicalId":44820,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development","volume":"1 1","pages":"59 - 66"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89308213","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-07-02DOI: 10.1080/02185385.2020.1793809
Lee Jungup, Yi-Ping Hsieh, Robert Thornberg
ABSTRACT Recently research on cyberbullying has been extensive, but mostly in Western societies. Cyberbullying is a new and unique form of bullying behaviour, which is affected by several protective and risk factors as well as is associated with behavioural, psychological and health outcomes. This introduction provides a background of cyberbullying in the Asia-Pacific context, summarises seven studies included in this special issue, and suggests a direction for cyberbullying prevention and the young’s well-being.
{"title":"An introduction to the special issue on cyberbullying in Asia and Pacific: its nature and impact","authors":"Lee Jungup, Yi-Ping Hsieh, Robert Thornberg","doi":"10.1080/02185385.2020.1793809","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02185385.2020.1793809","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Recently research on cyberbullying has been extensive, but mostly in Western societies. Cyberbullying is a new and unique form of bullying behaviour, which is affected by several protective and risk factors as well as is associated with behavioural, psychological and health outcomes. This introduction provides a background of cyberbullying in the Asia-Pacific context, summarises seven studies included in this special issue, and suggests a direction for cyberbullying prevention and the young’s well-being.","PeriodicalId":44820,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development","volume":"47 1","pages":"145 - 149"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87262444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-07-02DOI: 10.1080/02185385.2020.1788979
Michelle F. Wright, Zheng Huang, Sebastian Wachs, I. Aoyama, S. Kamble, Shruti Soudi, Zheng Li, L. Lei, C. Shu
ABSTRACT This study’s aim was to investigate the associations among narcissism, Machiavellianism, callous and unemotional traits, and cyberbullying perpetration among 1,637 adolescents (M age = 13.53 years, 48% girls overall) from China, India, and Japan. Adolescents completed questionnaires on the dark triad of personality traits, and cyberbullying and face-to-face bullying perpetration. Narcissism and callous and unemotional traits were related to cyberbullying perpetration for Chinese and Indian adolescents, as was Machiavellianism for Indian adolescents. Gender did not moderate these associations. Our findings suggest the need to monitor the dark triad of personality traits and for prevention programmes against cyberbullying to consider the cultural context.
{"title":"Associations between cyberbullying perpetration and the dark triad of personality traits: the moderating effect of country of origin and gender","authors":"Michelle F. Wright, Zheng Huang, Sebastian Wachs, I. Aoyama, S. Kamble, Shruti Soudi, Zheng Li, L. Lei, C. Shu","doi":"10.1080/02185385.2020.1788979","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02185385.2020.1788979","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study’s aim was to investigate the associations among narcissism, Machiavellianism, callous and unemotional traits, and cyberbullying perpetration among 1,637 adolescents (M age = 13.53 years, 48% girls overall) from China, India, and Japan. Adolescents completed questionnaires on the dark triad of personality traits, and cyberbullying and face-to-face bullying perpetration. Narcissism and callous and unemotional traits were related to cyberbullying perpetration for Chinese and Indian adolescents, as was Machiavellianism for Indian adolescents. Gender did not moderate these associations. Our findings suggest the need to monitor the dark triad of personality traits and for prevention programmes against cyberbullying to consider the cultural context.","PeriodicalId":44820,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development","volume":"34 1","pages":"242 - 256"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76515291","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-07-02DOI: 10.1080/02185385.2020.1788978
Ji‐Kang Chen, Li-Ming Chen
ABSTRACT Using cross-societal probability data consisting of 2582 adolescents from Hong Kong, Mainland China, and Taiwan, this research investigated the prevalence or rates of cyberbullying and explored the similarities and differences in ranking orders of cyberbullying and victimisation behaviour and in associations of gender and grade level with cyberbullying among these three societies. The results revealed that cyberbullying is prevalent and online curses/insults/humiliation was the most frequent form of cyberbullying. The ranking orders of behaviour showed more discordance than concordance across societies. Males are more likely to report perpetration. No gender differences were found in victimisation. Grade-level differences in cyberbullying were shown to be weak or insignificant across societies. This study implies that the prevalence and behavioural ranking orders of cyberbullying vary, but the associations of gender and grade level with cyberbullying are similar across these diverse Chinese societies. Potential policy interventions regarding cyberbullying in Chinese societies were discussed.
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