Pub Date : 2023-07-04DOI: 10.1080/01488376.2023.2236141
R. Aborisade, O. Adeleke, Niyi Adegoke, U. Ebobo, F. Ogunmefun, L. Chineyemba, S. Adedayo
Abstract To date, literature on vulnerabilities of children and prevention of child sexual abuse (CSA) has relied on the contributions of child-care professionals, health practitioners, and other social workers, excluding police officers. The purpose of this study is to draw on the experiences and expert opinions of police officers in exploring the vulnerabilities of children to sexual abuse and prescribing preventive measures. Officers’ engagement is premised on their collaborative work with social service agents in improving responses to crimes of violence against children. This qualitative study was conducted with 24 police detectives of the sexual offenses units in the six zonal police commands of southwest Nigeria. From the thematic analysis of their narratives, findings indicated a link between socio-cultural and religious beliefs and children’s exposure to sexual abuse. Participants indicated believe that there is a growing number of men who are preferentially or solely sexually attracted to prepubescent females. In addressing CSA, participants suggested a specialist approach to policing CSA, abolition of child marriage, community engagement in CSA policing, and legal instrumentations to govern socio-cultural practices. The study invite research that triangulates the perspectives of parents, community elders, and religious leaders in communities where considerable incidents of CSA have been reported.
{"title":"Child Sexual Abuse in Nigeria: Exploring Vulnerability and Prevention from a Policing Perspective","authors":"R. Aborisade, O. Adeleke, Niyi Adegoke, U. Ebobo, F. Ogunmefun, L. Chineyemba, S. Adedayo","doi":"10.1080/01488376.2023.2236141","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01488376.2023.2236141","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract To date, literature on vulnerabilities of children and prevention of child sexual abuse (CSA) has relied on the contributions of child-care professionals, health practitioners, and other social workers, excluding police officers. The purpose of this study is to draw on the experiences and expert opinions of police officers in exploring the vulnerabilities of children to sexual abuse and prescribing preventive measures. Officers’ engagement is premised on their collaborative work with social service agents in improving responses to crimes of violence against children. This qualitative study was conducted with 24 police detectives of the sexual offenses units in the six zonal police commands of southwest Nigeria. From the thematic analysis of their narratives, findings indicated a link between socio-cultural and religious beliefs and children’s exposure to sexual abuse. Participants indicated believe that there is a growing number of men who are preferentially or solely sexually attracted to prepubescent females. In addressing CSA, participants suggested a specialist approach to policing CSA, abolition of child marriage, community engagement in CSA policing, and legal instrumentations to govern socio-cultural practices. The study invite research that triangulates the perspectives of parents, community elders, and religious leaders in communities where considerable incidents of CSA have been reported.","PeriodicalId":47419,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Service Research","volume":"49 1","pages":"461 - 475"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42819382","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 : 2023-07-04DOI: 10.1080/01488376.2023.2232820
Perpetua Lum Tanyi, Casmir Obinna Odo, A. Pelser
Abstract Since the first case of the Coronavirus was discovered in Lagos State, Nigeria, concerns were raised about the impact of a widespread virus outbreak. These concerns have been cultivated by the weak Nigerian healthcare system. Despite the fact that the virus is not widely known in the nation, its effects on health and wellness are a big cause for concern. This study examined the state of Nigeria’s healthcare system, the general attitude toward the pandemic, and the implications for pandemic containment. In-depth interviews with 45 participants, including key informants who were health workers, were conducted as part of the qualitative method used in this study. The findings of this study found a paucity of medical professionals and materials in Nigerian hospitals and other primary healthcare institutions. It also turned out that some people continue to deny that the virus even exists while ignoring health precautions. This study strongly recommends that social workers participate in community health education initiatives that aim to dispel ingrained cultural and traditional myths about the virus, launch successful grass-roots campaigns to increase public awareness of the devastating Coronavirus pandemic and revitalize cottage hospitals and other primary healthcare facilities, particularly in rural areas.
{"title":"Understanding the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Weak Healthcare System: The Case of Nigeria","authors":"Perpetua Lum Tanyi, Casmir Obinna Odo, A. Pelser","doi":"10.1080/01488376.2023.2232820","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01488376.2023.2232820","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Since the first case of the Coronavirus was discovered in Lagos State, Nigeria, concerns were raised about the impact of a widespread virus outbreak. These concerns have been cultivated by the weak Nigerian healthcare system. Despite the fact that the virus is not widely known in the nation, its effects on health and wellness are a big cause for concern. This study examined the state of Nigeria’s healthcare system, the general attitude toward the pandemic, and the implications for pandemic containment. In-depth interviews with 45 participants, including key informants who were health workers, were conducted as part of the qualitative method used in this study. The findings of this study found a paucity of medical professionals and materials in Nigerian hospitals and other primary healthcare institutions. It also turned out that some people continue to deny that the virus even exists while ignoring health precautions. This study strongly recommends that social workers participate in community health education initiatives that aim to dispel ingrained cultural and traditional myths about the virus, launch successful grass-roots campaigns to increase public awareness of the devastating Coronavirus pandemic and revitalize cottage hospitals and other primary healthcare facilities, particularly in rural areas.","PeriodicalId":47419,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Service Research","volume":"49 1","pages":"391 - 402"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43350312","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 : 2023-05-04DOI: 10.1080/01488376.2023.2229370
İsmail Orbay, Nilgün Küçükkaraca
Abstract This study was aimed at revealing the professional difficulties and problems faced by social service professionals who provide services to sex workers. We conducted in-depth interviews with 11 professionals working with sex workers in Turkey and focused on their working experiences. The interviews revealed that professionals had such problems as pressure, institutional loneliness, burnout, and lack of policy in institutions. They experienced professional problems such as insecurity, ethical violations, ethical dilemmas, secondary trauma, involuntary clients, and lack of professional knowledge. Despite these problems, the fact that professionals who mobilize resources for sex workers are not supported with protective and preventive measures has deepened their problems, and that professionals have not taken a course on sex work during their education makes it difficult for them. It is recommended to establish solidarity networks for the well-being of professionals. The educational content of undergraduate programs through which professionals who are to provide services in the field of social services are trained should be updated and such services should be expanded by taking the needs of sex workers into account. Researchers should generate knowledge by evaluating the problems in this area in evidence-based way and apply techniques to increase the validity of their studies.
{"title":"Experiences of Social Service Professionals Working with Sex Workers: Unsung Heroes","authors":"İsmail Orbay, Nilgün Küçükkaraca","doi":"10.1080/01488376.2023.2229370","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01488376.2023.2229370","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study was aimed at revealing the professional difficulties and problems faced by social service professionals who provide services to sex workers. We conducted in-depth interviews with 11 professionals working with sex workers in Turkey and focused on their working experiences. The interviews revealed that professionals had such problems as pressure, institutional loneliness, burnout, and lack of policy in institutions. They experienced professional problems such as insecurity, ethical violations, ethical dilemmas, secondary trauma, involuntary clients, and lack of professional knowledge. Despite these problems, the fact that professionals who mobilize resources for sex workers are not supported with protective and preventive measures has deepened their problems, and that professionals have not taken a course on sex work during their education makes it difficult for them. It is recommended to establish solidarity networks for the well-being of professionals. The educational content of undergraduate programs through which professionals who are to provide services in the field of social services are trained should be updated and such services should be expanded by taking the needs of sex workers into account. Researchers should generate knowledge by evaluating the problems in this area in evidence-based way and apply techniques to increase the validity of their studies.","PeriodicalId":47419,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Service Research","volume":"49 1","pages":"309 - 322"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42990481","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 : 2023-05-04DOI: 10.1080/01488376.2023.2232827
Kimberly A. Hogan, D. Roe-Sepowitz
Abstract While research has documented the needs of human trafficking victims, the importance of such needs during the COVID-19 pandemic remains understudied. This study sought to determine the most critical and urgent service needs of social service providers who serve human trafficking victims. Drawing from survey responses collected from 100 service providers from all 15 counties in Arizona, researchers examined agency needs to serve human trafficking victims during a pandemic, the barriers/fears expressed by human trafficking victims to obtain social services, and the saliency of needs regarding training, screenings, protocols, and services provided. Respondents indicated that the most necessary needs included more training, funding, and receiving referrals. Respondents reported that most barriers/fears expressed by sex trafficking clients were feelings of shame and not self-identifying as a victim. Labor trafficking victims lack knowledge about resources and experience little to no social support. Findings highlight a sustained need for awareness building, developing strong partnerships between agencies that serve human trafficking victims, and the needed ability of social service agencies to modify their service delivery systems during a pandemic. Future research is needed to understand the lack of victim demographic data and provide clear guidelines for agencies to handle emergencies such as a pandemic.
{"title":"Providing Services to Victims of Human Trafficking During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Social Service Agency State-Wide Survey","authors":"Kimberly A. Hogan, D. Roe-Sepowitz","doi":"10.1080/01488376.2023.2232827","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01488376.2023.2232827","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract While research has documented the needs of human trafficking victims, the importance of such needs during the COVID-19 pandemic remains understudied. This study sought to determine the most critical and urgent service needs of social service providers who serve human trafficking victims. Drawing from survey responses collected from 100 service providers from all 15 counties in Arizona, researchers examined agency needs to serve human trafficking victims during a pandemic, the barriers/fears expressed by human trafficking victims to obtain social services, and the saliency of needs regarding training, screenings, protocols, and services provided. Respondents indicated that the most necessary needs included more training, funding, and receiving referrals. Respondents reported that most barriers/fears expressed by sex trafficking clients were feelings of shame and not self-identifying as a victim. Labor trafficking victims lack knowledge about resources and experience little to no social support. Findings highlight a sustained need for awareness building, developing strong partnerships between agencies that serve human trafficking victims, and the needed ability of social service agencies to modify their service delivery systems during a pandemic. Future research is needed to understand the lack of victim demographic data and provide clear guidelines for agencies to handle emergencies such as a pandemic.","PeriodicalId":47419,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Service Research","volume":"49 1","pages":"357 - 376"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45492115","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 : 2023-05-04DOI: 10.1080/01488376.2023.2229373
Eunyoung Lee, Stephanie Grace Prost
Abstract Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, social services integral to the health and well-being of older adults were shuttered to curtail the spread of the virus. In this context, social participation and awareness of social services may be especially important factors in shaping older adults’ social service use. This study described older adults’ social participation, awareness of social services, and social service use. This study also examined awareness as a mediator in the relationship between social participation and service use among Korean older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study used publicly available de-identified cross-sectional secondary data drawn from the 2020 Seoul Welfare Survey. Hayes PROCESS macro was utilized along with bivariate and multivariate analyses. This study found moderate awareness as well as low social participation and social service use. Social participation and service awareness contributed to variation in older adults’ service use. Awareness did not mediate the relationship between social participation and social service use. The findings offer a foundation for understanding the connection between the social participation of older adults and their social service use during a crisis. Based on the study findings, future research should examine the contribution of virtual social participation and its link to service use.
{"title":"Examining Awareness of Social Services and the Relationship Between Social Participation and Social Service Use Among Older Adults","authors":"Eunyoung Lee, Stephanie Grace Prost","doi":"10.1080/01488376.2023.2229373","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01488376.2023.2229373","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, social services integral to the health and well-being of older adults were shuttered to curtail the spread of the virus. In this context, social participation and awareness of social services may be especially important factors in shaping older adults’ social service use. This study described older adults’ social participation, awareness of social services, and social service use. This study also examined awareness as a mediator in the relationship between social participation and service use among Korean older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study used publicly available de-identified cross-sectional secondary data drawn from the 2020 Seoul Welfare Survey. Hayes PROCESS macro was utilized along with bivariate and multivariate analyses. This study found moderate awareness as well as low social participation and social service use. Social participation and service awareness contributed to variation in older adults’ service use. Awareness did not mediate the relationship between social participation and social service use. The findings offer a foundation for understanding the connection between the social participation of older adults and their social service use during a crisis. Based on the study findings, future research should examine the contribution of virtual social participation and its link to service use.","PeriodicalId":47419,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Service Research","volume":"49 1","pages":"323 - 332"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49257268","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 : 2023-05-04DOI: 10.1080/01488376.2023.2234412
Mustafa Çağrı Ayalp, Tarik Tuncay
Abstract Urbanization and population growth in Turkey have worsened housing issues in Ankara’s gecekondu (squatter housing in Turkey) areas, causing more deprivation and crime. Urban regeneration aims to prevent crime, but it should prioritize human needs to prevent damage to the social fabric and psychosocial development of the youth. This phenomenological qualitative research explores the experiences, observations, expectations, and suggestions of 16 professionals working with youth in an urban generation zone in Ankara. The study found that the perception of insecurity persists, and social facilities are underutilized by the youth. The neighborhood exhibits the characteristics of a deprived area and is also affected by low socioeconomic status and poverty. Although crime has dispersed to other neighborhoods, it remains a problem in the neighborhood. A program that supports the psychosocial development of youth is necessary, as professionals find it challenging to intervene effectively and address underlying problems. Subsequent studies may examine other demographic groups and factors, including poverty, discrimination, and gender.
{"title":"The Role of Professionals Working with Youth: Insights and Suggestions from Urban Regeneration Zone in Ankara, Turkey","authors":"Mustafa Çağrı Ayalp, Tarik Tuncay","doi":"10.1080/01488376.2023.2234412","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01488376.2023.2234412","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Urbanization and population growth in Turkey have worsened housing issues in Ankara’s gecekondu (squatter housing in Turkey) areas, causing more deprivation and crime. Urban regeneration aims to prevent crime, but it should prioritize human needs to prevent damage to the social fabric and psychosocial development of the youth. This phenomenological qualitative research explores the experiences, observations, expectations, and suggestions of 16 professionals working with youth in an urban generation zone in Ankara. The study found that the perception of insecurity persists, and social facilities are underutilized by the youth. The neighborhood exhibits the characteristics of a deprived area and is also affected by low socioeconomic status and poverty. Although crime has dispersed to other neighborhoods, it remains a problem in the neighborhood. A program that supports the psychosocial development of youth is necessary, as professionals find it challenging to intervene effectively and address underlying problems. Subsequent studies may examine other demographic groups and factors, including poverty, discrimination, and gender.","PeriodicalId":47419,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Service Research","volume":"49 1","pages":"377 - 390"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48235245","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 : 2023-05-04DOI: 10.1080/01488376.2023.2226165
C. Cheung, Yuen-hang Ng
Abstract It is uncertain how building the elderly service staff’s capacity sustains the elder’s willingness to age in place. This uncertainty concerns how the staff’s capacity building (i.e., capacitation) meets the elder’s care needs. The uncertainty prompts this study to administer a survey of 1,023 elders and a survey of their 138 community service providers in Hong Kong, China. Results show that staff capacitation sustained the elder’s willingness to age in place, particularly when the staff provided more care or the elder used daycare or home care instead of other community services. This sustenance indicates that meeting the elder’s need for care fosters the elder’s willingness to age in place. Results imply that staff capacitation effectively met elders’ care needs to secure their willingness to age in place. Such capacitation can apply particularly to elder caregiving services.
{"title":"Community Service Staff Capacity Building and Elders’ Willingness to Age in Place","authors":"C. Cheung, Yuen-hang Ng","doi":"10.1080/01488376.2023.2226165","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01488376.2023.2226165","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract It is uncertain how building the elderly service staff’s capacity sustains the elder’s willingness to age in place. This uncertainty concerns how the staff’s capacity building (i.e., capacitation) meets the elder’s care needs. The uncertainty prompts this study to administer a survey of 1,023 elders and a survey of their 138 community service providers in Hong Kong, China. Results show that staff capacitation sustained the elder’s willingness to age in place, particularly when the staff provided more care or the elder used daycare or home care instead of other community services. This sustenance indicates that meeting the elder’s need for care fosters the elder’s willingness to age in place. Results imply that staff capacitation effectively met elders’ care needs to secure their willingness to age in place. Such capacitation can apply particularly to elder caregiving services.","PeriodicalId":47419,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Service Research","volume":"49 1","pages":"287 - 297"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44570862","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 : 2023-05-04DOI: 10.1080/01488376.2023.2226173
D. Kondrat, Jeremiah W. Jaggers, J. Castillo, Stephanie C. Kathan, Barbara Pierce, Ashley Allen
Abstract Time spent in the child welfare system changes the life trajectory of those in care. Children who spend longer in care are at greater risk for mental illness. Adoption and Safe Families Act put a limit on how long children could be in out-of-home care; 15 months out of the last 22. Researchers have studied both individual and environmental correlates of time in care. No study has explored individual and environmental predictors of time to case closure. This study sought to fill the gap by studying county and individual-level variables, including race and delinquency. Data came from a state administrative dataset (n = 46,923). Using multilevel modeling, results indicated that older children, being Black, or having a Child in Need of Services case was at a greater risk of time in care. The effects of these latter two variables varied by county. At the county level, percent minority and adjusted crime rate were related to time in care. Practitioners can use the results to address contextual and client-related factors to increased time to case closure. Future research should focus on understanding how these factors correlate with longer stays in care and on developing and testing interventions that address these correlates.
{"title":"The Relationship Of County-Level Characteristics On Length Of Time Clients Are In Child Protective Services: The Context Of Care","authors":"D. Kondrat, Jeremiah W. Jaggers, J. Castillo, Stephanie C. Kathan, Barbara Pierce, Ashley Allen","doi":"10.1080/01488376.2023.2226173","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01488376.2023.2226173","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Time spent in the child welfare system changes the life trajectory of those in care. Children who spend longer in care are at greater risk for mental illness. Adoption and Safe Families Act put a limit on how long children could be in out-of-home care; 15 months out of the last 22. Researchers have studied both individual and environmental correlates of time in care. No study has explored individual and environmental predictors of time to case closure. This study sought to fill the gap by studying county and individual-level variables, including race and delinquency. Data came from a state administrative dataset (n = 46,923). Using multilevel modeling, results indicated that older children, being Black, or having a Child in Need of Services case was at a greater risk of time in care. The effects of these latter two variables varied by county. At the county level, percent minority and adjusted crime rate were related to time in care. Practitioners can use the results to address contextual and client-related factors to increased time to case closure. Future research should focus on understanding how these factors correlate with longer stays in care and on developing and testing interventions that address these correlates.","PeriodicalId":47419,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Service Research","volume":"49 1","pages":"298 - 308"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43654766","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 : 2023-05-04DOI: 10.1080/01488376.2023.2229405
A. Fisher, Brian A. Droubay, Carissa Bacon
Abstract Diversity initiatives have become pervasive within social service agencies, despite evidence of mixed outcomes for marginalized groups. Social empathy is a construct that may have the potential to improve intergroup outcomes. Social empathy is a framework that emphasizes macro-level perspective-taking as well as contextual understanding of systemic barriers for marginalized groups. In general, multiculturally focused initiatives have seen better success for intergroup outcomes than those based on colorblind ideologies. To explore social empathy’s ability to promote positive intergroup outcomes, this study investigated the relationship between the different facets of interpersonal and social empathy and these two contrasting racial attitudes. Cross-sectional surveys were administered to two different study samples: U.S. adults (n = 475) and students enrolled in a large public university (n = 290). As hypothesized, social empathy was key in predicting both racial attitudes across both samples in multiple regression models. The aspect of social empathy known as contextual understanding of systemic barriers showed the largest effects and was negatively associated with colorblind and positively associated with multicultural attitudes. Interpersonal empathy was largely unrelated to either racial attitude. Future research should examine whether interventions aimed at increasing social empathy can improve intergroup outcomes in social service settings.
{"title":"Exploring the Relationship between Interpersonal Empathy, Social Empathy, and Racial Attitudes","authors":"A. Fisher, Brian A. Droubay, Carissa Bacon","doi":"10.1080/01488376.2023.2229405","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01488376.2023.2229405","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Diversity initiatives have become pervasive within social service agencies, despite evidence of mixed outcomes for marginalized groups. Social empathy is a construct that may have the potential to improve intergroup outcomes. Social empathy is a framework that emphasizes macro-level perspective-taking as well as contextual understanding of systemic barriers for marginalized groups. In general, multiculturally focused initiatives have seen better success for intergroup outcomes than those based on colorblind ideologies. To explore social empathy’s ability to promote positive intergroup outcomes, this study investigated the relationship between the different facets of interpersonal and social empathy and these two contrasting racial attitudes. Cross-sectional surveys were administered to two different study samples: U.S. adults (n = 475) and students enrolled in a large public university (n = 290). As hypothesized, social empathy was key in predicting both racial attitudes across both samples in multiple regression models. The aspect of social empathy known as contextual understanding of systemic barriers showed the largest effects and was negatively associated with colorblind and positively associated with multicultural attitudes. Interpersonal empathy was largely unrelated to either racial attitude. Future research should examine whether interventions aimed at increasing social empathy can improve intergroup outcomes in social service settings.","PeriodicalId":47419,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Service Research","volume":"49 1","pages":"342 - 356"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45366447","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 : 2023-05-04DOI: 10.1080/01488376.2023.2229378
Kyesuk Moon, Yongseok Kim, Junghee Lee
Abstract A total of 280 medical social workers in medical institutions in South Korea participated to an online survey from December 2021 to March 2022. Translation and adaptation of items of the Korean version of HSWSE followed the suggested process by the World Health Organization. To ensure privacy of study participants, the popular mobile messaging app for smartphones in South Korea was utilized. The two-fold strategy involved the recruitment of medical social workers working in hospital settings; a recruitment message was sent to the regional representatives of The Korean Association of Medical Social Workers, and the message was forwarded to their members. Various correlation and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted for data analysis. The evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Korean version of HSWSE indicated that it is a valid and reliable population-based and working environment-focused instrument. Study findings will enable the Korean version of HSWSE to be usefully utilized to improve the task performance of medical social workers, and evaluate the factors influencing their education and training. Study findings shed a light on the needs for developing and verifying culturally responsive instruments, and furthermore if its validity and reliability of the Korean version of HSWSE can be transferable internationally.
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