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Thesis/Dissertation Information
- Degree Disciplines:
- Social Work
Notes
- Abstract:
- Although research has been conducted in healthcare professional groups other than social work on substance abuse among their members, efforts in this area have been limited in social work. To address this deficiency, this study examined the relationship between the stress levels, coping resources, and substance use among a national sample of social workers. The study used a cross sectional survey design with an anonymous mailed survey self-report questionnaire. A random sample of2,000 clinical social workers in direct practice was drawn from the National Association of Social Workers membership database; the final sample was 391 (20% return). One instrument containing 306 items was used, the Demographic, Health, Alcohol and Other Drug Use, Coping, and Stress Questionnaire. The demographic, health, and alcohol and other drug use sections were designed by the researcher. The section on coping and stress was from the Coping and Stress Profile (CSP), designed by Olson (1995), and provided measures of personal, couple, family and work stress, and coping capacities in the same four domains. Alcohol and other drug use were operationalized by subjects' scores on the alcohol and other drug use sections of the instrument. The independent variables were stress and coping resources, and the dependent variables were alcohol and other drug use. Descriptive statistics included means and standard deviations, with all variables measured as interval variables. Frequency distributions described categorical variables. Six hypotheses were tested by inferential statistical tests, including correlations for the variables. It was hoped that study results would contribute to the understanding of stress, coping, and substance use among social workers. Although the data shed little light on factors that may influence social workers' substance involvement, they did document, in a national sample, the prevalence of problem-level substance use among practitioners. The results indicated that approximately 20% of social workers could be at substantial or serious risk for problem substance use.
- Thesis:
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--Barry University, 2008.
- Bibliography:
- Includes bibliographical references (leaves 134-152).
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- Barry University
- Holding Location:
- Barry University Archives and Special Collections
- Rights Management:
- Copyright Vivian R. Perez Gonzalez. Permission granted to Barry University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder.
- Resource Identifier:
- HV10.5.G66 2008_GonzalezVivianR ( BU-Local )
- Classification:
- HV10.5.G66 2008 ( lcc )
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