Pub Date : 2021-09-05DOI: 10.1080/00377317.2021.1968323
Yael Aviad, Keren Cohen-Louck
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to identify factors that can be used as protective factors against the risk for suicide in older adults, based on locus of control (LC), the belief whether life events are the result of one’s own actions or of external factors, and purpose in life or a sense that one’s life is worth living. Purpose in life (PIL) was defined as a mediating variable between locus of control and the risk for suicide. This cross-sectional study involved 195 older adults people, aged 65–100. They were reached through convenience sampling. Statistical analyses involved bivariate analyses (correlations, t-tests), and multiple hierarchical regressions to assess the contribution of purpose in life and locus of control to against the risk for suicide. Mediation was examined with the process procedure, using bootstrapping and 95% CI. There was a negative correlation between purpose in life, internal locus of control, and risk for suicide; purpose in life mediated the relationship between internal locus of control and risk for suicide. The combination of purpose of life and internal locus of control can serve as protective factors against the risk or the potential for suicide in older adults.
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Pub Date : 2021-08-29DOI: 10.1080/00377317.2021.1969312
Fatih Budak, Ö. Özer, Okan Özkan
ABSTRACT This study aims to examine the effect of perceived COVID-19 risk of Syrian refugees on psychological well-being and reveal whether refugees’ scores from the emotional and cognitive sub-dimensions of COVID-19 risk and psychological well-being scale vary according to various socio-demographic characteristics. The Syrian refugees living in the Elbeyli Temporary Accommodation Center (TAC) in Kilis and within the province of Kilis in Turkey constitute the universe of the study. A total of 1576 individuals participated in the study where the convenience sampling method was used. Our study findings showed that the sub-dimensions (emotional and cognitive) of COVID-19 risk perception explain 21% of the total variance on psychological well-being. In addition, in the study it was determined that the participants’ scores from the cognitive and emotional sub-dimensions and the psychological well-being scale showed statistically significant differences with the variables of marital status, educational level, and monthly income level. It is recommended to provide more effective psychological and social support services in health institutions and to increase the awareness of refugees about these services.
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Pub Date : 2021-08-21DOI: 10.1080/00377317.2021.1967835
Evan Senreich, Amanda Sisselman-Borgia, J. Kahn
ABSTRACT This study reports the findings of a qualitative focus group study of 16 recently graduated MSW social workers in the New York City area regarding their experiences working during the devastating initial wave of the COVID-19 pandemic from March to June 2020. Each respondent participated in one of two 90-minute focus groups in October of that year. Themes delineated were: Varying levels of agency responsiveness and support; Rapid changes in job functions; Great decrease in availability of client services and resources; Social workers’ difficult emotional reactions; Balancing family circumstances with work responsibilities; Fear of contracting COVID-19; and Professional pride and growth. The findings indicate the need for more holistic supervisory support for beginning social workers, more effective and transparent communication in agency settings, and better preparedness for crisis situations. The results are also a tribute to the dedication of new social workers who worked tenaciously during a global crisis despite their own difficult emotional reactions and family situations.
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Pub Date : 2021-06-03DOI: 10.1080/00377317.2021.1927935
J. Lesser
ABSTRACT This article presents Intersubjectivity and Intersectionality, theoretical frameworks used to guide telemental health during a pandemic that has underscored issues of power and privilege. Intersubjectivity is a meta-theory of psychoanalytic psychotherapy that examines the interplay between subjectivities in the clinician/client relationship. Intersectionality addresses the importance of an intersectional understanding of the identity categories that inform intersubjectivity. This includes examining internalized societal relations, unconscious accommodations to oppressive social structures, and inequalities that may be implicitly enacted in therapeutic practices. The freedom to address these challenges is discussed in “third space” conversations, the interactional therapeutic field where the clinician’s and the client’s social identities and subjective attitudes are present and influential. The sudden move to telemental health provides the opportunity to examine the impact of this transition, clinically significant in addressing issues of privilege related to work from home, exposure to illness, flexibility in scheduling, access to telemental health, mental health challenges, and resilience during a pandemic that is both personal and collective.
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Pub Date : 2021-05-31DOI: 10.1080/00377317.2021.1928585
B. Alger, Melinda K. Gushwa
ABSTRACT Practitioners can find themselves experiencing counter transference without having the tools to adequately respond. As the need for the facility in working with trauma grows, the importance of acknowledging countertransference cannot be underscored enough. Via an overview of a single-case study in which an MSW student evaluated her practice utilizing aspects of a model for operationalizing countertransference, this article presents a model for managing and decreasing countertransference, and enhancing reflective skills. Implications for clinical education and supervision regarding transparency and authenticity in the discussions of countertransference when working with traumatized youth are presented.
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Pub Date : 2021-04-03DOI: 10.1080/00377317.2021.1905135
Eunjung Lee, K. Bowles, Toula Kourgiantakis
ABSTRACT In training clinical social workers, it is critical for students to practice implementing their skills and knowledge about treatment approaches while being closely coached by instructors. This paper illustrates how this type of learning was accomplished in an MSW course through simulation-based learning in a flipped classroom. Using Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), one of the core modalities of clinical social work practice, we illustrate how we created the course for students to practice core IPT skills – Intervention Inventory and Communication Analysis.
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Pub Date : 2021-03-17DOI: 10.1080/00377317.2021.1894305
L. Johnston
ABSTRACT Initial research in 2012 described the psychological responses of 32 older adult survivors of critical illness. At the five year follow up in 2017, 15 participants were deceased. Only 2 of these 15 participants achieved their expected life span. Quantitative and qualitative analysis comparing deceased vs. surviving participants yielded significant results. The deceased participants who died 10 to 14 years before their life expectancy were more likely to have experienced severe trauma in childhood, followed by reoccurring illnesses as adults. Deceased participants’ survival was also impacted by their approach to coping with their recovery after illness. Significant correlations were found between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE), illness approach, reoccurring illness and death before life expectancy. A key conclusion is that the impact of childhood trauma should be studied across the entire life course. Social workers for older adults must consider the personal complexity of each client’s experience, by exploring unique personal and historical traumas that are not listed on the ACE Scale. Psycho-education can be utilized to teach older adults coping strategies and increase psychological agency.
{"title":"After Five Years: Adverse Childhood Experiences and Response to Surviving Illness Contribute to Shorter Life Expectancy","authors":"L. Johnston","doi":"10.1080/00377317.2021.1894305","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00377317.2021.1894305","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Initial research in 2012 described the psychological responses of 32 older adult survivors of critical illness. At the five year follow up in 2017, 15 participants were deceased. Only 2 of these 15 participants achieved their expected life span. Quantitative and qualitative analysis comparing deceased vs. surviving participants yielded significant results. The deceased participants who died 10 to 14 years before their life expectancy were more likely to have experienced severe trauma in childhood, followed by reoccurring illnesses as adults. Deceased participants’ survival was also impacted by their approach to coping with their recovery after illness. Significant correlations were found between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE), illness approach, reoccurring illness and death before life expectancy. A key conclusion is that the impact of childhood trauma should be studied across the entire life course. Social workers for older adults must consider the personal complexity of each client’s experience, by exploring unique personal and historical traumas that are not listed on the ACE Scale. Psycho-education can be utilized to teach older adults coping strategies and increase psychological agency.","PeriodicalId":45273,"journal":{"name":"SMITH COLLEGE STUDIES IN SOCIAL WORK","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00377317.2021.1894305","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45870510","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}
Pub Date : 2021-03-03DOI: 10.1080/00377317.2021.1889445
M. Hosseini, E. Punzi
ABSTRACT There is a lack of knowledge concerning how unaccompanied refugee minors (UMs) perceive integration. This study concerns how Afghan UMs in Sweden understand integration. Seven young men, age 18–23, who came to Sweden as UMs, participated in semi-structured interviews, analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. The results showed that integration was understood as a process in which relationships, connectedness, and concrete support are fundamental. Education, employment, and leisure activities were important for integration. Integration also improved by contributing to the new country, for example, through paying taxes or voluntary work. We discuss how integration could be supported, for example, through making UMs co-creators of interventions and through acknowledging the importance of meaningful activities, relationships, and concrete support.
{"title":"Afghan unaccompanied refugee minors’ understandings of integration. An interpretative phenomenological analysis","authors":"M. Hosseini, E. Punzi","doi":"10.1080/00377317.2021.1889445","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00377317.2021.1889445","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT There is a lack of knowledge concerning how unaccompanied refugee minors (UMs) perceive integration. This study concerns how Afghan UMs in Sweden understand integration. Seven young men, age 18–23, who came to Sweden as UMs, participated in semi-structured interviews, analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. The results showed that integration was understood as a process in which relationships, connectedness, and concrete support are fundamental. Education, employment, and leisure activities were important for integration. Integration also improved by contributing to the new country, for example, through paying taxes or voluntary work. We discuss how integration could be supported, for example, through making UMs co-creators of interventions and through acknowledging the importance of meaningful activities, relationships, and concrete support.","PeriodicalId":45273,"journal":{"name":"SMITH COLLEGE STUDIES IN SOCIAL WORK","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00377317.2021.1889445","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49042191","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}
Pub Date : 2021-03-01DOI: 10.1080/00377317.2021.1882922
Shinwoo Choi, Suzie S. Weng, Hyejoon Park, Jioni A. Lewis, S. Harwood, R. Mendenhall, Margaret Browne Huntt
ABSTRACT This study explored the moderating role of sense of belonging on the relations between racial microaggressions and depressive symptoms. Using survey data from students of Asian descent in the United States (N = 553) at a predominantly White university, we found that racial microaggressions and sense of belonging significantly predicted depressive symptoms. In addition, sense of belonging moderated the relations between racial microaggressions and depressive symptoms. Specifically, having a higher level of sense of belonging had a counter effect against the detrimental impact of racial microaggressions on the depressive symptoms. Implications for research and practice in higher education are discussed.
{"title":"Sense of Belonging, Racial Microaggressions, and Depressive Symptoms among Students of Asian Descent in the United States","authors":"Shinwoo Choi, Suzie S. Weng, Hyejoon Park, Jioni A. Lewis, S. Harwood, R. Mendenhall, Margaret Browne Huntt","doi":"10.1080/00377317.2021.1882922","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00377317.2021.1882922","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study explored the moderating role of sense of belonging on the relations between racial microaggressions and depressive symptoms. Using survey data from students of Asian descent in the United States (N = 553) at a predominantly White university, we found that racial microaggressions and sense of belonging significantly predicted depressive symptoms. In addition, sense of belonging moderated the relations between racial microaggressions and depressive symptoms. Specifically, having a higher level of sense of belonging had a counter effect against the detrimental impact of racial microaggressions on the depressive symptoms. Implications for research and practice in higher education are discussed.","PeriodicalId":45273,"journal":{"name":"SMITH COLLEGE STUDIES IN SOCIAL WORK","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00377317.2021.1882922","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43148457","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}
Pub Date : 2021-02-25DOI: 10.1080/00377317.2021.1887790
Jeffrey T. Steen, S. L. Straussner, Evan Senreich
ABSTRACT Studies of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) have found that childhood maltreatment can have a negative impact during adulthood. Little is known about ACEs among social workers and how these experiences impact their work. This paper presents qualitative data collected from a convenience sample of 1,828 licensed social workers from 13 states exploring the ways in which their ACEs, as reflected by their responses to the ACE inventory, influenced their decisions to become social workers and affected their work. Respondents indicated that their ACEs created interest in exploring their own and their clients’ family dynamics, helping others, engaging in their own therapy, understanding clients’ experiences, advocating for change, and seeking supervision, among other themes. Implications for social work education and practice are discussed.
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