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Yrkesverksamma socionomers attityder till människor med psykisk ohälsa : en kvantitativ undersökning

Källmark, Sofia LU and Radenkovic, Maja LU (2018) SOPA63 20172
School of Social Work
Abstract
The purpose of this essay was to investigate how professional social workers attitude towards mental illness and their knowledge of mental health due to a proven relation between those two. The study is of a quantitative nature and data were collected via an online survey consisting of sociodemographic questions and two statistically tested questionnaires. 51 social workers from Helsingborg, working in three social work fields: Social services department, Labour market department and Health- and social care department, answered the survey during the period 27/11-7/12. The main results of our survey have shown that there are no stigmatizing features in the attitudes towards people with mental illness.Through a comparison by the occupational... (More)
The purpose of this essay was to investigate how professional social workers attitude towards mental illness and their knowledge of mental health due to a proven relation between those two. The study is of a quantitative nature and data were collected via an online survey consisting of sociodemographic questions and two statistically tested questionnaires. 51 social workers from Helsingborg, working in three social work fields: Social services department, Labour market department and Health- and social care department, answered the survey during the period 27/11-7/12. The main results of our survey have shown that there are no stigmatizing features in the attitudes towards people with mental illness.Through a comparison by the occupational field, it has been found that the non-governmental social workers have shown, to a greater extent, more favorable attitudes than their colleagues in a governmental field of social work. (Less)
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author
Källmark, Sofia LU and Radenkovic, Maja LU
supervisor
organization
course
SOPA63 20172
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
attitude, stigma, social workers, mental health/illness
language
Swedish
id
8937601
date added to LUP
2018-03-20 12:22:08
date last changed
2018-03-20 12:22:08
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  abstract     = {{The purpose of this essay was to investigate how professional social workers attitude towards mental illness and their knowledge of mental health due to a proven relation between those two. The study is of a quantitative nature and data were collected via an online survey consisting of sociodemographic questions and two statistically tested questionnaires. 51 social workers from Helsingborg, working in three social work fields: Social services department, Labour market department and Health- and social care department, answered the survey during the period 27/11-7/12. The main results of our survey have shown that there are no stigmatizing features in the attitudes towards people with mental illness.Through a comparison by the occupational field, it has been found that the non-governmental social workers have shown, to a greater extent, more favorable attitudes than their colleagues in a governmental field of social work.}},
  author       = {{Källmark, Sofia and Radenkovic, Maja}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Yrkesverksamma socionomers attityder till människor med psykisk ohälsa : en kvantitativ undersökning}},
  year         = {{2018}},
}