정신건강 전공 및 직무 교육이 취약계층 정신건강문제에 대한 사회복지사 실천에 미치는 영향 - 실천효능감의 매개효과를 중심으로 -

초록

It is important for social workers in public and private agencies to be able to provide services to clients with mental health problems in a continuous and accountable manner. This study investigated the structural relationship between education and interventions to these clients as mediated by practice efficacy. Four hundred social workers were recruited from local government offices, community welfare centers, and workfare agencies in Seoul Metropolitan Area for a survey on their intervention to those clients; the data were analyzed through structural equational modeling. The results showed that the direct effect of college courses on intervention was not significant while their effect, mediated by practice efficacy, was significant. On the other hand, the effect of continuing education was found to be significant, both directly and indirectly, mediated by practice efficacy. Based on these results, the importance of formal and continuing education on mental health issues was emphasized, and implications for teaching strategies required of these types of education were discussed.

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