Value orientations of clinical social work practitioners |
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Authors: | Robert C. Seiz PhD CSW-ACP,A. James Schwab PhD |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Social Work, West Virginia State College Institute, 25112, West Virginia;(2) School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Austin, 78712 Austin, Texas |
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Abstract: | Six hundred and forty-two of 1,218 randomly sampled social workers in Texas certified as Advanced Clinical Practitioners responded to a pretested, mailed questionnaire as part of a study of personal value systems and personality traits. Agency practitioners, combination practitioners and those in private practice only are compared on their rank ordering of eight statements corresponding to four value orientations: (1) entrepreneurial, (2) social, welfare/change, (3) low risk, and (4) providing psychotherapy. Kruskal-Wallis and Mann Whitney tests yielded significant differences between the three groups. Nonprivate practitioners and those in private practice only were found to have almost symmetrically juxtaposed personal value systems. Combination practitioners were found to be a distinct group with a unique value system different in important respects from both nonprivate practitioners and from those in private practice only. Comparisons with other studies and implications for future research are discussed. |
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