Pub Date : 2022-09-13DOI: 10.1080/15426432.2022.2111392
Stefanus Lio, Kristinus Sembiring, S. B. Henong
ABSTRACT This study investigated how the students of a novitiate formation house of the Society of the Divine Word or SVD (Societas Verbi Divini) are able to cope with their problems and life’s situations. Results revealed that the students are using problem-focused coping and emotion-focused coping mechanisms in dealing with their problems. A descriptive co-relational and qualitative method was used with 50 students as respondents. It was shown that the demographic profile particularly during the initial novitiate year and length of stay were positively related to the behavioral approach of coping, relying markedly on seeking guidance and support (r = .31, p < .05) and to the cognitive approach of coping relying notably on acceptance or resignation (r = .28, p < .05). Moreover, respondents in the second-year have a higher degree of coping mechanisms, particularly relying on seeking guidance and support and acceptance or resignation than those in the first-year.
摘要:本研究调查了圣言会(简称SVD)见习室的学生如何处理他们的问题和生活状况。结果表明，学生在处理问题时采用了以问题为中心的应对机制和以情绪为中心的应对机制。采用描述性共相关定性方法对50名学生进行调查。结果表明，人口统计学特征与行为应对方式(主要依赖于寻求指导和支持)和认知应对方式(主要依赖于接受或放弃)呈正相关(r = 0.28, p < 0.05)，尤其是在最初的见习年和住院时间。此外，与第一年相比，第二年受访者的应对机制程度更高，尤其是依赖于寻求指导和支持以及接受或辞职。
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Pub Date : 2022-09-08DOI: 10.1080/15426432.2022.2107969
Shannon K. Johnson, Patricia Galán-Cisneros, L. Heaton
ABSTRACT A practice-based evidence approach was used to evaluate client outcomes within a Catholic-affiliated mental health treatment setting. Measures included the Clinically Adaptive Client Outcome Measure, the Clinically Adaptive Therapist Session Checklist, and a therapist questionnaire, including the Religious/Process Assessment Scale. One-way analyses of variance (ANOVAs) with repeated measures were used to assess change in client outcomes over three therapy sessions. Multivariate ANOVAs were used to examine differences in client outcomes by gender and race, and to explore which therapeutic processes were most effective. This study helps advance the empirical evidence based for therapies that integrate attention to spirituality.
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Pub Date : 2022-08-25DOI: 10.1080/15426432.2022.2111396
R. Tallon, Joey Domdom
ABSTRACT This opinion piece discusses three aspects that can cause tensions for Christian social service practitioners who work in secular employment. We bring our observations as educators of social service practitioners in the vocational setting. Our specific geographic and historical context of Aotearoa New Zealand adds to the aspects presented. The training of social service workers necessitates covering values and ethical decisions that may be faced in practice. Codes of practice and societal norms may at times, be in conflict with the values held by the practitioner. There is growing awareness that the state in some Western democracies is less secular today and may be entering a post-secular age in which religious pluralism is the norm. How this impacts the Christian practitioner and their training is still under-researched. We add to the discourse by providing a unique context to issues already expressed by others.
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Pub Date : 2022-08-23DOI: 10.1080/15426432.2022.2111394
Denise L. Levy, Megan E. Gandy, Brian L. Levy
ABSTRACT Personal religion and spirituality can be sources of strength during a crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing from a larger study of LGBTQ+ wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic, this article reports on the faith and spirituality of LGBTQ+ adults in the United States. Nearly 700 diverse LGBTQ+ individuals were recruited via Qualtrics Panel. Analysis showed that those who prayed more and who were religious or spiritual prior to the pandemic were more likely to rely on their religion or spirituality to understand and cope with the pandemic. This study has implications for social workers, helping professionals, and faith leaders, including avoiding assumptions, utilizing a person-centered approach, and being familiar with community resources.
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Pub Date : 2022-08-18DOI: 10.1080/15426432.2022.2111393
H. L. Cole
ABSTRACT Religion and spirituality (RS) are vital aspects of client identity and well-being, yet social work professionals are often ill-equipped to address these in practice due to a lack of specialized training. The National Association of Social Work (NASW) and Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) support integrating RS content into social work curriculum, but existing research focuses on Master of Social Work (MSW)-level elective courses. This qualitative study addresses Bachelor of Social Work (BSW)-level integration by (a) exploring how many accredited BSW programs offer an elective course on RS and (b) analyzing syllabi from these courses to determine specific strategies for teaching RS topics. BSW programs can use the study results as a guide for planning and structuring RS content within their curriculum.
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Pub Date : 2022-08-02DOI: 10.1080/15426432.2022.2103487
H. Nilsson
ABSTRACT The purpose of this paper is to reinvigorate sociotherapy by contextualizing its practice within a logotherapeutic and an existential health discourse. This approach is used to enhance meaningfulness in life within the framework of a sociotherapy, through mindfulness, and greenspace activities such as walking and gardening. This discourse has been largely inspired by: 1) sociotherapy’s capacity to facilitate existential health; 2) the international research community’s struggle for a broader concept of health; 3) World Health Organization’s concept of existential health; and, 4) Frankl’s assertion that people must be understood holistically as physical, psychological, social and spiritual beings. This paper approaches the social worker as sociotherapist (SWS) from an ecological and systemic perspective, the aim being to move the client from an egoistic to a mindful and ecological mind-set.
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Pub Date : 2022-08-02DOI: 10.1080/15426432.2022.2103062
Ann M. Carrington
ABSTRACT Critical practice is often used to create space for the inclusion of knowledge and practice that has been marginalized. In this piece, it is argued that while critical practice can create the space for spiritual knowledge and practice, there may be a spiritual alternative to general critical social work practice. This paper presents Conscious Spiritual Theory/Practice as an alternative practice approach to Critical Theory/Practice for social workers keen to work with human rights and social justice issues from a spiritual perspective. To do this, Conscious Spiritual Theory is explored within an existing critical framework for practice.
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Pub Date : 2022-07-28DOI: 10.1080/15426432.2022.2089316
P. U. Agbawodikeizu, S. Levy, P. Ekoh, N. Chukwu, U. Okoye
ABSTRACT Religion and spirituality are central to everyday life in Nigeria. Social work educators recognize that learning cannot be separated from the influence of context, including religion and spirituality. This study presents the first empirical inquiry into religion and spirituality in social work education in Nigeria. The qualitative study explored the inclusion of religion and spirituality on Nigerian social work programs from the viewpoints of social work educators, adopting a phenomenological approach. Data from key informants’ semi-structured interviews with 12 purposively sampled social work educators based at three Nigerian universities (University of Nigeria, Nsukka; University of Benin, and Nnamdi Azikiwe University) were analyzed thematically. The findings highlight the importance of religion and spirituality in social work education; yet point to coverage being limited and located within elective modules, and for social work educators to recognize the relevance of religious and spiritual aspects of their students’ and service users’ existence in developing educational curricula. The study calls for prioritizing the integration of religion and spirituality in social work degree programs. Strengthening the links between religion, spirituality, and social work will better prepare future practitioners to be cultural component and work with the profession’s values of social justice.
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Pub Date : 2022-07-27DOI: 10.1080/15426432.2022.2102102
Mackaully Parada
ABSTRACT Due to its significant influence on the human experience, acknowledgment of religion/spirituality has been recognized by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) as a core component of diversity competence. Whether a client associates with a certain faith dogma or they identify with a more atheistic or agnostic lifestyle, exploration into the role of religion/spirituality in a client’s life can provide key insights into behavioral motivators, root causes of problems, and important sources of strength and resilience. In spite of this, research reveals that a majority of practicing social workers report little-to-no educational or professional preparation around religion/spirituality, leaving them unprepared and therefore unlikely to incorporate these factors into the therapeutic process. This article aims to outline the important impacts of religion/spirituality on micro, mezzo, and macro levels, explore the social worker’s professional mandates around inclusion of these elements into clinical work, and then offer recommendations for how to effectively and ethically integrate religion/spirituality into professional practice. The four main principles of knowledge, awareness, education, and use of decision-making models can be applied to a wide range of ethical practice dilemmas and should be incorporated into any professional social work repertoire.
美国社会工作者协会(National Association of Social Workers, NASW)认为，对宗教/灵性的认知对人类经验具有重要影响，是多元化能力的核心组成部分。无论客户是与某种信仰教条联系在一起，还是认同无神论或不可知论的生活方式，探索宗教/灵性在客户生活中的作用可以提供对行为动机的关键见解，问题的根本原因，以及力量和韧性的重要来源。尽管如此，研究表明，大多数社会工作者几乎没有在宗教/灵性方面的教育或专业准备，这使他们毫无准备，因此不太可能将这些因素纳入治疗过程。本文旨在概述宗教/灵性在微观、中观和宏观层面的重要影响，探讨社会工作者在将这些因素纳入临床工作方面的专业任务，然后就如何有效和道德地将宗教/灵性融入专业实践提出建议。知识、意识、教育和使用决策模型的四个主要原则可以应用于广泛的道德实践困境，并应纳入任何专业社会工作曲目。
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Pub Date : 2022-07-27DOI: 10.1080/15426432.2022.2103060
Terry S. Audate
ABSTRACT As a field, clinical social work does not have a universal model for addressing clients on a spiritual level. This study introduces psychosynthesis psychotherapy, a dynamic method of facilitating introspective recognition of previous self-constructs and reconstruction of the personality around the essence of the human being in a process that can forge a spiritual connection with a higher self. This study examines the theoretical basis of psychosynthesis, which is rooted in transpersonal and humanistic psychology. A case study is presented that focuses on one integral step of psychosynthesis, known as self-disidentification, illustrated in a clinical setting.
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