Tufford Lea, Lee Barbara
1School of Social Work, Laurentian University, Barrie, ON Canada.
2School of Social Work, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Canada.
J Child Adolesc Trauma. 2018 Mar 28;12(2):233-244. doi: 10.1007/s40653-018-0211-2. eCollection 2019 Jun.
The goal of this exploratory study was to investigate the factors that may impact a social worker's decision to report suspected child maltreatment. A volunteer sample of social workers ( = 439) from Ontario, Canada completed an online survey where they reviewed three hypothetical vignettes of potential child maltreatment (exposure to intimate partner violence, physical, emotional). Social workers responded to questions regarding their decision-making and the factors which would impact their reporting decision (legal requirements, ethnicity of caregivers, circumstances around disclosure, reporting history, consultation or supervision, field of practice). A series of multiple logistic regression analyses were performed for each version of the three vignettes. The study found that consultation or supervision were significant predictors in social worker's decision to report suspected child maltreatment. Peer consultation may assist with emotional regulation and provide an outside perspective to guide decision-making.
这项探索性研究的目的是调查可能影响社会工作者报告疑似儿童虐待决定的因素。来自加拿大安大略省的439名社会工作者志愿者样本完成了一项在线调查，他们在调查中查看了三个潜在儿童虐待的假设案例（接触亲密伴侣暴力、身体虐待、情感虐待）。社会工作者回答了有关他们决策的问题以及会影响他们报告决定的因素（法律要求、照顾者的种族、披露情况、报告历史、咨询或监督、实践领域）。对这三个案例的每个版本都进行了一系列多元逻辑回归分析。研究发现，咨询或监督是社会工作者报告疑似儿童虐待决定的重要预测因素。同行咨询可能有助于情绪调节，并提供外部视角来指导决策。
