The impact of violence prevention behaviour on threats and violence among child welfare social workers.

Autor/inn/en	Nielsen, Morten Birkeland; Parveen, Sana; Finne, Live Bakke
Titel	The impact of violence prevention behaviour on threats and violence among child welfare social workers.
Quelle	In: European journal of social work, 28 (2025) 6, S. 1267-1278 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben; Tabellen; Diagramm; Anmerkungen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1369-1457; 1468-2664
DOI	10.1080/13691457.2024.2419934
Schlagwörter	Aggression; Gewalt; Kinderschutz; Empirische Untersuchung; Quantitative Forschung; Jugendhilfe; Soziale Arbeit; Intervention; Sicherheit; Norwegen
Abstract	The aim of this study was to determine whether Violence Prevention Behaviour (VPB) at coworker-, supervisor-, and top-management levels is related to risk of exposure to threats and violence among child welfare social workers. The study design was a two-wave prospective questionnaire survey data of child welfare workers in Norway with a time-lag of six months between baseline (N = 678) and follow-up (N = 424), Overall cohort response rate was 34 per cent. Mean exposure to threats and violence was 10.08 (SD = 14.83) events at baseline and 8.75 (SD = 13.61) events at follow-up. A zero-inflated negative binomial model showed that Top management level VPB was associated with a significantly lower risk of exposure to threats and violence (beta = -.22, p ( 0.01) at baseline, and follow-up (beta = -.19, p ( 0.01). VPB at the coworker level was associated with higher levels of threats and violence at baseline (beta = .19, p ( 0.01), but not at follow-up. Supervisor VPB was not associated with levels of threats or violence. Efforts from top management to prioritise safety in decisions, and clearly communicating these safety prioritisations to staff, will strengthen VPB and thereby be beneficial for reducing the occurrence of threats and violence among child welfare social workers.
Erfasst von	Deutsches Zentralinstitut für soziale Fragen, Berlin
Update	2026/3