Boon Kheng Seng
Biographic Data
| ID | 5823576 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Boon Kheng Seng |
| GIVEN NAMES | Boon Kheng |
| FAMILY NAME | Seng |
| SIGNATURE | SENG B K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Singapore University of Social Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2817-9693 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The mediating effects of resilience on psychological distress in social workers in Singapore and South Korea during the Covid-19 pandemic
Under the pandemic situation, social workers functioning as front liners were found to be more adversely affected. This study examined the mediating effect of resilience between psychological distress and organizational support among frontline social workers in two countries, South Korea and Singapore. The hierarchical multiple regression and Sobel z-test were conducted. We found that resilience statistically significantly mediates the impact of …
The profession of social work
Using a comparative approach the professional characteristics of social work in Germany and Singapore were analysed. The literature about the profession in both countries was reviewed according to eight criteria suggested by Weiss-Gal and Welbourne (The professionalisation of social work: A cross-national exploration. International Journal of Social Welfare, 17, 281–290, 2008): (1) public recognition, (2) monopoly over social care, (3) profession…
Resilience and stress in frontline social workers during the Covid‐19 pandemic in Singapore
As social work under normal circumstances is already a stress-laden helping profession, this study intended to examine the level of psychological distress among the frontline social workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and whether resilience and organizational support played a part in mitigating their psychological distress. Frontline social workers from various social service sectors across Singapore were surveyed using two standardized measurem…
Resilience and stress in frontline social workers during the Covid‐19 pandemic in Singapore
As social work under normal circumstances is already a stress-laden helping profession, this study intended to examine the level of psychological distress among the frontline social workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and whether resilience and organizational support played a part in mitigating their psychological distress. Frontline social workers from various social service sectors across Singapore were surveyed using two standardized measurem…
The profession of social work
Using a comparative approach the professional characteristics of social work in Germany and Singapore were analysed. The literature about the profession in both countries was reviewed according to eight criteria suggested by Weiss-Gal and Welbourne (The professionalisation of social work: A cross-national exploration. International Journal of Social Welfare, 17, 281–290, 2008): (1) public recognition, (2) monopoly over social care, (3) profession…
Resilience and stress in frontline social workers during the Covid‐19 pandemic in Singapore
As social work under normal circumstances is already a stress-laden helping profession, this study intended to examine the level of psychological distress among the frontline social workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and whether resilience and organizational support played a part in mitigating their psychological distress. Frontline social workers from various social service sectors across Singapore were surveyed using two standardized measurem…
The profession of social work
Using a comparative approach the professional characteristics of social work in Germany and Singapore were analysed. The literature about the profession in both countries was reviewed according to eight criteria suggested by Weiss-Gal and Welbourne (The professionalisation of social work: A cross-national exploration. International Journal of Social Welfare, 17, 281–290, 2008): (1) public recognition, (2) monopoly over social care, (3) profession…
The mediating effects of resilience on psychological distress in social workers in Singapore and South Korea during the Covid-19 pandemic
Under the pandemic situation, social workers functioning as front liners were found to be more adversely affected. This study examined the mediating effect of resilience between psychological distress and organizational support among frontline social workers in two countries, South Korea and Singapore. The hierarchical multiple regression and Sobel z-test were conducted. We found that resilience statistically significantly mediates the impact of …
Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 (2 works) · COVID-19 and Mental Health (2 works) · Distress (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Pandemic (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychiatry (2 works)