TY - JOUR
T1 - Examining self-care practice frequency among social workers
T2 - an international comparison
AU - Miller, J. Jay
AU - Poklembova, Zuzana
AU - Niu, Chunling
AU - Balogová, Beáta
AU - Podkowińska, Monika
AU - Paldanius, Kalevi
AU - Gojová, Alice
AU - Owens, Larry
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The importance of self-care among social work practitioners notwithstanding, research literature is in the nascent stages of examining this area inquiry. This exploratory study examined the frequency of self-care practices among social work practitioners in Czech Republic, Finland, Poland, and Slovakia. Utilising data collected as part of Wave I of the Global Self-Care Initiative, a large-scale exploratory study designed to examine self-care practices among diverse practitioner groups, researchers sought to investigate differences in practitioners, by country. Analyses revealed significant cross-country differences. Both hierarchical regression and regression tree analyses showed country to have significantly explanatory effect. Practitioners from Finland reported engaging in self-care significantly more frequently than did practitioners in the other countries. Implications derived from contextual practice environments and areas for apposite research inquiry are discussed.
AB - The importance of self-care among social work practitioners notwithstanding, research literature is in the nascent stages of examining this area inquiry. This exploratory study examined the frequency of self-care practices among social work practitioners in Czech Republic, Finland, Poland, and Slovakia. Utilising data collected as part of Wave I of the Global Self-Care Initiative, a large-scale exploratory study designed to examine self-care practices among diverse practitioner groups, researchers sought to investigate differences in practitioners, by country. Analyses revealed significant cross-country differences. Both hierarchical regression and regression tree analyses showed country to have significantly explanatory effect. Practitioners from Finland reported engaging in self-care significantly more frequently than did practitioners in the other countries. Implications derived from contextual practice environments and areas for apposite research inquiry are discussed.
KW - Self-care
KW - social work
KW - wellness
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U2 - 10.1080/13691457.2021.1997927
DO - 10.1080/13691457.2021.1997927
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85121346609
SN - 1369-1457
JO - European Journal of Social Work
JF - European Journal of Social Work
ER -