Social Work Students' Research-Related Anxiety and Self-Efficacy: Research Instructors' Perceptions and Teaching Innovations

Self-Efficacy Regarding Social Work Competencies

“…Not only has it been employed across many other fields, it has been used in a variety of situations in social work education and practice. These include the following: discussions of the social work educational process in general and outcomes assessment specifically (e.g., Calderon, 2013; Carpenter, 2011; Green, 2003; Montcalm, 1999; Petrovich, 2004; Spitzer et al, 2001); as a predictor of: intentions to remain employed in child welfare (Ellett, 2009), research activity of social workers (Lynch, Zhang, & Korr, 2009), and for domestic violence screening by social workers (Tower, 2003); as an outcome in a conceptual model of practice with battered women (Danis, 2004), an HIV risk reduction intervention study (Icard, Schilling, & El Bassel, 1995), a comparison of services for battered women (Mancoske, Standifer, & Cauley, 1994), and a study of a wilderness adventure therapy intervention (Clem, Smith, & Richards, 2012); as a factor in a model that portrayed bachelor of social work (BSW) and master of social work (MSW) research instructors perceptions of their students (Maschi, Wells, Slater, MacMillan, & Ristow, 2013); and one that examined BSW field instructor attitudes toward evidence-based practice (Wiechelt & Ting, 2012); in the development of the Substance Abuse Treatment Self-Efficacy Scale (Kranz, 2003; Kranz & O’Hare, 2006, 2011), and as a component of two versions of the Evidence-Based Practice Process Assessment Scale (Parrish & Rubin, 2011; Rubin & Parrish, 2011); as an outcome measure for an intervention by BSW students with foster youths (Bruster & Coccoma, 2013), training in parental mental illness/child protection for social workers (Carpenter, Patsios, Szilassy, & Hackett, 2011), a developmental program for newly qualified child and family social workers (Newly Qualified Social Workers; Carpenter, Shardlow, Patsios, & Wood, 3), an intervention designed to enhance analytic abilities related to the assessment process for children and families (Platt, 2011), and an intervention designed to disseminate an evidence-supported intervention to community practitioners (Woody, Anderson, & D’Souza, 2015); as an outcome measure for a meta-analysis of the impact of youth empowerment programs (Morton & Montgomery, 2013), an evaluation of a training course for child protection workers (Maxwell, Scourfield, Holland, Featherstone, & Lee, 2012…”

Exploring social work students’ attitudes toward research courses: predictors of interest in research-related courses among first year students enrolled in a bachelor’s programme in Switzerland

“…There are also trials evidencing that teachers can effectively encourage students and help them to manage their anxiety (see e.g. Einbinder, 2014;Maschi, Wells, Yoder Slater, MacMillan, & Ristow, 2013). This knowledge could have informed us about an adequate organization of the research courses, a suitable didactic approach and favourable attitudes of teachers.…”

Research Knowledge of Advanced Standing and Traditional Students: Implications for BSW Education

“…Further complicating the task of preparing students to engage in evidencebased practice, the importance of research is not wholly embraced by students, regardless of AS status, who are often reluctant (Ponnuswami & Harris, 2017), as they may view research curriculum as irrelevant, a punishment, and even intensely anxiety-provoking (Epstein, 1987;Gredig & Bartlesen-Raemy, 2018;Maschi, Wells, Slater, MacMillan, & Ristow, 2013;Morgenshtern, Freymond, Agyapong, & Greeson, 2011;Nelson, 1983). Furthermore, and reflective of the key role of a student's undergraduate major on research performance, the literature suggests that social work students, AS or NAS, report higher levels of anxiety about research, have less interest in it (Green, Bretzin, Leininger, & Stauffer, 2001;Royse & Rompf, 1992), and feel even less confident compared to students in other majors (Freymond et al, 2014).…”