Social Work Students' Definition and Practice of Self-Compassion as a Guide for Curriculum Enrichment

Autor/inn/en	Wampole, Donna; Kohli, Hermeet
Titel	Social Work Students' Definition and Practice of Self-Compassion as a Guide for Curriculum Enrichment
Quelle	In: Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 43 (2023) 2, S.211-225 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Kohli, Hermeet)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0884-1233
DOI	10.1080/08841233.2023.2176605
Schlagwörter	Social Work; Professional Education; College Students; Altruism; Self Concept; Definitions; Student Attitudes; Curriculum Enrichment; Content Analysis; Student Behavior; Empathy; Metacognition + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Arbeit; Berufsausbildung; Collegestudent; Altruistic behavior; Altruismus; Selbstkonzept; Begriffsbestimmung; Schülerverhalten; Curriculum revision; Curriculumreform; Curriculum; Lehrplan; Reform; Inhaltsanalyse; Student behaviour; Empathie; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition
Abstract	Many factors within the social work profession can lead to empathic distress, compassion fatigue, and burnout. These concerns also apply to college students preparing for a career in social work. Compassion has been noted to be of benefit in connecting workers to clients, families, and communities. Likewise, self-compassion involves the skills of non-judgment, empathy, care for oneself, and social action, and has been studied as a preventative for burnout and distress among social workers. Given these benefits for established social workers, defining and practicing self-compassion is critical to the well-being of social work students and is worth examining for addition to social work curricula. In this exploratory qualitative research, using systematic content analysis, students were asked to define self-compassion and share how they engaged in self-care. Participants' definition of self-compassion using empathy and non-judgment toward oneself reflected the concept of Mindfulness and Self Kindness, components of Neff's Self-Compassion Scale. However, the element Common Humanity was missing in the students' definition. Implications for social work education and curriculum development are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01