Social Workers and the Nasw Code of Ethics

Belief, Behavior, Disjuncture

Dados Bibliográficos

ID10550503
AutoresN N DiFranks (Mount Sinai Beth Israel, autor correspondente)
Ano2008
Volume53
Fascículo2
Páginas167-176
Data de publicação2008-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSocial Work (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0037-8046 • E-ISSN: 1545-6846
EditoraOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/sw/53.2.167
PMID18595450
OpenAlexW1983602155
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas25
Referências citadas1

A quantitative descriptive survey of a national sample of social workers (N = 206) examined discrepancies between belief in the NASW Code of Ethics and behavior in implementing the code and social workers' disjunctive distress (disjuncture) when belief and behavior are discordant. Relationships between setting and disjuncture and ethics education and disjuncture were also examined. Variables were measured with a survey instrument that was based on the NASW Code of Ethics and that incorporated a validated professional opinions scale. Findings indicated disjuncture when belief and behavior scores were discordant; lower disjuncture occurred when behavior was congruent with the code, and disjuncture increased with incongruent behavior. Belief in the code did not influence behavior congruent with the code. There were significant disjuncture score differences among different work settings, with the highest scores among social workers in public agencies and the lowest among those in private agencies. Lower discordance of belief and behavior scores and lower belief scores occurred among those who took separate ethics courses, perhaps making them more doubtful about implementing the code in the real world. Respondents said they valued their work more with supervision; however, the amount of clinical and administrative supervision decreased with time

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