Salutogenes, Kasam och socionomer
Salutogenesis, sense of coherence and social workers
Författare
Summary, in English
The aim of the thesis is to contribute to an answer what is being measured with SOC-29. Longitudinal data has been collected (N= 764) from social work students and social workers over 4, 5, and 11 years.
Factor analysis shows that SOC-29 measures a global concept without subscales. SOC-29 is not stable over longer periods, more than one year. There is no difference in stability related to respondents being younger or older than 30 years on baseline. SOC-29 change significantly for students during their education.
SOC-29 at the start of education does not predict whether students will finish their bachelor’s degree.
SOC-29 does not relate to socioeconomic position, gender or age. Social workers who are married or registered partnership have significant stronger SOC-29 than those living together with a partner or being single. The SOC concept measured with SOC-29 seems not to be culturally independent. SOC-29 has been tested with related constructs. SOC-29 has mainly strong significant correlations with instruments measuring negative/positive affect, neuroticism, and quality of life. Stepwise multiple regression analysis were performed on data from students (n= 207). Instruments measuring distress and negative affect contribute to 50 % explained variance of SOC-29. Instruments measuring quality of live and personal accomplishment contribute to 47% of the explained variance of SOC-29 for social workers (n= 116). Emotional exhaustion, control, work climate, work demands, work load and social support, does not contribute.
SOC-29 shows high reliability, but the instrument can be developed. The scale can be used to evaluate social work interventions and education. SOC-29 can in social work education serve to demonstrate how this kind of instruments might be tools in social work practice.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2008
Språk
Svenska
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
LUND DISSERTATIONS IN SOCIAL WORK
Volym
30
Fulltext
Dokumenttyp
Doktorsavhandling
Förlag
Lunds universitet, Socialhögskolan
Ämne
- Social Work
Nyckelord
- social workers
- social work education
- resilience
- quality of life
- soc
- sense of coherence
- Salutogenesis
Status
Published
Handledare
- Kjell Hansson
- Bo Vinnerljung
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1650-3872
- ISBN: 978-91-89064-37-7
Försvarsdatum
1 mars 2008
Försvarstid
10:15
Försvarsplats
Edens hörsal
Opponent
- Wadsby Marie (docent)