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When privilege and oppression become “real” in the life of emerging social workers
- Author:
- AVANT Deneca Winfrey
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 42(1), 2022, pp.1-14.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
In today’s society, it is of utmost importance to deliver services with compassion, understanding, and cultural competence. Students’ awareness of personal cultural backgrounds, issues, and biases is essential to enhance their ability to serve others, particularly marginalized populations. This study demonstrates how students understood the impact of discrimination and oppression on their personal development and preparation for delivery of social work services to diverse clientele. The goal of this research was to learn more about students’ readiness for practice with heterogeneous client populations by assessing their changes in thought and behavior necessary for culturally competent and responsive social work practice in a pluralistic society. While this research informs the role of social work education in preparing culturally competent practitioners, there remains a significant gap in the literature regarding how best to teach students about privilege and oppression. This study used existing pre and post data from the “Oppression & Diversity/ Social Justice Scale” to assess students’ understanding of power, privilege and oppression both at the beginning and at the end of a semester. Results may be used to plan and develop future cultural competence curricula. (Edited publisher abstract)
Investigating the sense of smell and its relevance to embodied social work practice: exploring the literature
- Author:
- GREEN Lorraine
- Journal article citation:
- Australian Social Work, 74(2), 2021, pp.222-234.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Smell is one of the many senses we deploy to act in and on our world. It is arguably the most visceral, ubiquitous, and immediately experienced, but simultaneously devalued and understudied, sense. Smell is often processed in an unconscious manner, exposing social class, gendered, age-based and racialised stereotypes. Smell therefore links to structural inequalities, affecting marginalised client groups who may emit certain smells, abide in malodorous environments, possess smell deficits, or exhibit strong emotional reactions to specific smells. Without relevant knowledge, social workers may associate various smells directly with negative individual personality or group characteristics or misinterpret situations. They could consequently unwittingly oppress subordinated groups, contravening value-based, anti-oppressive and reflexive practice. This article therefore explores the limited multidisciplinary literature on smell, supporting more informed and ethical practice decisions. (Edited publisher abstract)
An experimental approach to assessing the attitudes of social service and healthcare employees toward the homeless
- Authors:
- BUDESCU Mia, SISSELMAN-BORGIA Amanda, TORINO Gina C.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Service Research, 47(2), 2021, pp.245-255.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The current study examined attitudes about the homeless among a range of social service and healthcare employees using both self-report and an experimental approach. Ninety-six respondents were recruited from drop-in shelters, medical facilities and social service agencies. After completing an initial measure of homelessness stigmatization, participants were randomly assigned into one of two experimental conditions in which they were given a description of a fictional 20-year-old client described as either homeless or domiciled. It was hypothesized that prior to the manipulation there will be no differences between the two groups and that the manipulation would induce those who read about the homeless client to subsequently endorse more stereotyped beliefs than those who read about a domiciled counterpart. The results revealed no pre-manipulation differences between the groups, while the manipulation invoked beliefs that the homeless client was dangerous, needed help with reading and financial literacy, and needed advice on personal hygiene, compared to the control group. These results highlight the work that still needs to be done in training service providers in terms of providing a bias-free environment for potential clients. Future studies should investigate whether proper training and education reduce preexisting assumptions about homeless clients. (Edited publisher abstract)
Excluded from “inclusive” communities: LGBTQ youths’ perception of “their” community
- Authors:
- MCCORMICK Melinda, BARTHELEMY Ramon S.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services, 33(1), 2021, pp.103-122.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
LGBTQ+ young adults often enter LGBTQ+ spaces seeking support and community, not expecting to find that they may face exclusion. In this paper, we explore narratives of LGBTQ+ young adults of exclusionary experiences in LGBTQ+ communities. Participants stated they were policed regarding the authenticity of their identities, due to their appearance, (not) meeting stereotypes, not being “enough,” not presenting in a way that allowed others to properly “read” their identities, or by having identities that have been deemed invalid by the community. Additionally, within LGBTQ+ spaces, those who were not White and who had multiple intersecting identities often felt excluded. (Edited publisher abstract)
Racial microaggressions within social work: perceptions of providers
- Authors:
- WENG Suzie S., GRAY Lisa
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work Practice, 34(1), 2020, pp.67-80.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article examines racial microaggressions within social work practice from the perceptions of providers. Semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with 30 social workers about racial microaggressions and strategies for combating them in social work practice. Themes emerged include: (1) identifying racial microaggressions in social work settings; (2) proposing strategies for addressing racial microaggressions; and (3) identifying and responding to racial microaggressions in the institutional environment. The implications drawn from the study’s findings, highlight areas for consideration within social work practice that may help to guide subsequent efforts towards recognising, minimising, and responding to racial microaggressions within social work. (Edited publisher abstract)
Socially-engineered trauma and a new social work pedagogy: socioeducation as a critical foundation of social work practice
- Authors:
- SHAIA Wendy E., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Smith College Studies in Social Work, 89(3-4), 2019, pp.238-263.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Recent social science data identifies white supremacist racism, neoliberal economic policies and cisgender-heteropatriarchy as three primary systemic engines of traumatic outcomes at the individual level. Social work pedagogy, however, fails to identify such experiences as socially-engineered trauma (SET). Lacking an explicitly anti-oppressive pedagogy, social workers attend to micro-level traumas while ignoring the macro forces leading to trauma exposure among certain populations. The term socioeducation is introduced as a method for discussing macro social systems with clients to support trauma recovery, with the goal of catalyzing client and worker participation in social justice movements seeking to disrupt oppressive systems. (Publisher abstract)
Cultural socialization in transracial adoption: adoption support, multicultural experiences, perceptions of discrimination, and positive feelings toward racial minority groups
- Authors:
- HEIDEN-ROOTES Katie, MILLER Bobbi, MOORE Rachel
- Journal article citation:
- Adoption Quarterly, 22(4), 2019, pp.247-264.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia
The current study compared transracial adoption (TRA) parents who adopted internationally to those who adopted domestically (total n = 188; domestic n = 71; international n = 117) on multicultural experiences, perception of discrimination, and positive feelings toward racial minority groups, adoption support, and Parental Cultural Competence (PCC). Next a model for predicting PCC for both groups was tested. Results indicated significant differences between the groups based on multicultural experiences, perception of discrimination and positive feelings towards racial minority groups, and degree of available adoption support. Regression models predicting PCC tested with groups combined and separate suggest the significant role of multicultural experiences in predicting PCC for both groups; however, the largest effect of multicultural experiences on PCC was seen for domestic transracially adoptive parents. Discussion of results is considered with implications for future research. (Publisher abstract)
Do preparation for bias and cultural socialization protect against discrimination for transracially adopted adolescents?
- Authors:
- HRAPCZYNSKI Katie M., LESLIE Leigh A.
- Journal article citation:
- Adoption Quarterly, 22(2), 2019, pp.116-134.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia
This study of transracially adopted adolescents and their White parents examines the role of two types of parental racial socialization, preparation for bias and cultural socialization, in protecting adoptees from the impact of discrimination. Sixty-six transracially adopted adolescent–parent dyads in the United States completed an online questionnaire. Preparation for bias, and not cultural socialization, protected transracial adoptees from discrimination-related stress, in particular when experiencing high levels of racism. The importance of parents talking to their transracially adopted adolescents about racism and how to cope with it and the value of researchers examining types of racial socialization separately as opposed to broadly are discussed. (Publisher abstract)
Living on a knife edge: the responses of people with physical health conditions to changes in disability benefits
- Authors:
- SAFFER Jessica, NOLTE Lizette, DUFFY Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 33(10), 2018, pp.1555-1578.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article documents the experiences of people with a physical health condition or disability who have experienced a loss of or change in disability benefits under the welfare reform programme in the United Kingdom. A theoretical model was constructed using in-depth interviews and grounded theory methods. The findings show that participants experienced the benefits system as dehumanising, and felt that they lived in a judgemental and invalidating society, where they were perceived as ‘scroungers’ and faced discrimination from others. These experiences negatively affected their mental and physical health and well-being. They also negatively affected participants’ identity, leading to experiences of shame, hopelessness and social isolation. However, many participants attempted to resist these negative impacts (e.g. through seeking support or taking political action). The findings demonstrate the significant impact of benefit changes on well-being and identity, thus highlighting important implications for claimants, and staff in healthcare, the benefits system and government. (Publisher abstract)
Cumulative trauma, gender discrimination and mental health in women: mediating role of self-esteem
- Author:
- KUCHARSKA Justyna
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 27(5), 2018, pp.416-423.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
Background: Evidence suggests that women show symptoms of trauma-related symptoms more often than men. Gender discrimination is also associated with the severity of symptoms in women. Aims: This study explored the relations among cumulative trauma, gender discrimination and mental health in women with a mediating role of self-esteem and emotion regulation. Two types of gender discrimination were taken into account: discrimination by parents and in the social context. Cumulative trauma over the lifetime was assessed, as well as three types of symptoms: internalising, externalising, psychoticism. Methods: A total of 277 females from Poland participated in the study. It was hypothesised that gender discrimination and cumulative trauma would be positively related to symptoms and that lowered self-esteem mediates these relations. Results: Hypotheses received partial confirmation, as both gender discrimination and cumulative trauma have been shown to be related to three types of symptoms. Self-esteem was a partial mediator between gender discrimination in the social context and symptoms. It was also demonstrated that emotion suppression is a partial mediator between cumulative trauma and symptoms. Conclusions: It has been demonstrated that socio-cultural factors, such as gender discrimination, play an important role in psychiatric symptoms development. (Publisher abstract)