TY - JOUR
T1 - Choice of social work as a career
T2 - Possible influences
AU - Rompf, Elizabeth Lewis
AU - Royse, David
PY - 1994
Y1 - 1994
N2 - Little is known about why students choose social work for a career. Certain life events in the family of origin may exert a compelling influence, though other factors are certainly involved. This study examines the influence of selected life events and such factors as prior employment, volunteering, and influential persons via a survey of 415 social work students and a comparison group of 203 nonsocial work students. Social work students were more likely to report problems such as alcoholism and emotional illness within their families of origin and to attribute these experiences to their choice of career.
AB - Little is known about why students choose social work for a career. Certain life events in the family of origin may exert a compelling influence, though other factors are certainly involved. This study examines the influence of selected life events and such factors as prior employment, volunteering, and influential persons via a survey of 415 social work students and a comparison group of 203 nonsocial work students. Social work students were more likely to report problems such as alcoholism and emotional illness within their families of origin and to attribute these experiences to their choice of career.
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U2 - 10.1080/10437797.1994.10672227
DO - 10.1080/10437797.1994.10672227
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84941348748
SN - 1043-7797
VL - 30
SP - 163
EP - 171
JO - Journal of Social Work Education
JF - Journal of Social Work Education
IS - 2
ER -
