Improving evidence-based social work practice with youths exhibiting conduct problems through structured assessment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12606842 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anna-Karin Andershed (0000-0003-3981-0353, Örebro University, corresponding author), Henrik Andershed (0000-0002-8163-6558, Örebro University) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 887-900 |
| Publication date | 2015-06-11 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1369-1457 • E-ISSN: 1468-2664 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13691457.2015.1043242 |
| OpenAlex | W1952543677 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 23 |
A key task in evidence-based case management of youth is the assessment of research-based risk and protective factors. In the present study we compare assessments of social workers using a structured assessment instrument with assessments of social workers not using such an instrument. Assessments of the exact same case—a vignette about a 14-year-old boy—conducted by 30 social workers using a structured assessment instrument and 30 social workers not using such an instrument were compared. The 60 assessments were also rated by independent researchers and senior social services managers, blind to whether an instrument had been used in the assessments or not. As hypothesized, using a structured assessment instrument resulted in the identification of a greater number of research-based risk and protective factors, and the assessments were rated as better in terms of general adequacy, quality, accuracy and potential treatment effectiveness, than when an instrument was not used. The present study demonstrates that social workers' assessments of youth become more evidence-based, adequate and potentially more treatment effective when a structured assessment instrument is used as compared to when it is not
Evidence-based practice · Political science · Work (physics · Applied Psychology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Engineering · Medicine · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending · Social Psychology · Social Work
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| Citations per year | 0.6 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |