Integrating clients' religion/spirituality in clinical practice: A comparison among social workers, psychologists, counselors, marriage and family therapists, and nurses.

Autor: Oxhandler HK; Baylor University, Diana R. Garland School of Social Work., Parrish DE; University of Houston, Graduate College of Social Work.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of clinical psychology [J Clin Psychol] 2018 Apr; Vol. 74 (4), pp. 680-694. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Oct 12.
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.22539
Abstrakt: Objective: This study was designed to describe and compare five helping professions' views and behaviors regarding the integration of clients' religion/spirituality (RS) in clinical practice.
Method: A cross-sectional design was used to survey 3,500 licensed clinical psychologists, nurses, marriage and family therapists (LMFTs), clinical social workers, and professional counselors across Texas. A total of 550 responded to this online survey, which included the Religious/Spiritually Integrated Practice Assessment Scale and background questions.
Results: Attitudes concerning the integration of clients' RS did not differ by profession and were fairly positive. However, differences emerged regarding self-efficacy, perceived feasibility, and behaviors, with LMFTs reporting the highest scores for these subscales.
Conclusion: This is the first comparison of these five professions' attitudes, behaviors, perceived feasibility, and self-efficacy regarding integrating clients' RS. These encouraging results not only indicate helping professionals' openness to integrating clients' RS, but also highlight key differences in training, self-efficacy, views of feasibility, and implementation.
(© 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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