Are Social Work Students Concerned about the Environment?: The Role of Personal Beliefs

Autor/inn/en	Chonody, Jill M.; Sultzman, Vickey; Hippie, Jennifer
Titel	Are Social Work Students Concerned about the Environment?: The Role of Personal Beliefs
Quelle	In: Journal of Social Work Education, 56 (2020) 4, S.809-824 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1043-7797
DOI	10.1080/10437797.2019.1661907
Schlagwörter	Beliefs; Social Work; Graduate Students; Undergraduate Students; Student Behavior; Conservation (Environment); Environmental Education; Sustainable Development; Social Justice; Curriculum Development; Political Attitudes; Religious Factors; Age Differences; Scientific Attitudes; Social Values; Indiana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Belief; Glaube; Soziale Arbeit; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Sozialer Wert
Abstract	The profession of social work is committed to social justice issues, and part of this mission includes the environment. Specifically, the Council on Social Work Education supports equality in environmental justice, ecological unity among species, and using ecological resources in a responsible way. However, a dearth exists in the literature with regard to social work students' concern about the environment and what predicts their support. This study sought to redress this gap. Social work students (N = 724) from programs throughout the country were surveyed about their environmental beliefs and behaviors. An ordinary least squares regression indicated that holding more liberal political beliefs, identifying as a nonreligious individual, placing greater personal importance on environmental issues, participating in environmentally conscious behaviors, espousing greater confidence in scientists' understanding of climate change, and being older were associated with greater environmental concern, and these variables explained 51.5% of the variance. Greater inclusion of environmental justice and avenues for advocacy that create social change should be part of the social work curricula if practitioners who are ready for this area of practice across the micro-macro continuum are to be developed. (As Provided).
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