Impact of Professionalization on Beliefs in Worker and Client Empowerment Data were collected from entering MSW students in the fall of 1998 and 1999 to assess the students’ beliefs in worker empowerment, locus of control, just world, and social justice advocacy. The second round of data collection occurred at completion of the MSW program in the spring of 2000 and 2001. The data were analyzed to evaluate changes that occurred in these four areas following their professional social work education. Graduating students tended to have an internal locus of control, decreased just world beliefs, and stronger beliefs in social justice advocacy and their empowerment as social workers.
Principal Investigators: Rebecca Van Voorhis / Carol Hostetter
Project Dates: 1998 - 2001
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