2007
DOI: 10.1177/1049731507313997
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The Notion of Causal Impact in Evidence-Based Social Work: An Introduction to the Special Issue on What Works?

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“…The first was whether it is desirable for social workers to identify cause and effect. It is desirable if we believe social work to be an applied, empirically grounded social and cultural science aiming at both causal explanation and interpretative understanding (Otto & Ziegler, 2008, p. 273), one that includes elements of logical positivism and postmodernist social constructivism. It is also desirable if the foundation of our profession is to change the lives of our clients for the better.…”
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“…The first was whether it is desirable for social workers to identify cause and effect. It is desirable if we believe social work to be an applied, empirically grounded social and cultural science aiming at both causal explanation and interpretative understanding (Otto & Ziegler, 2008, p. 273), one that includes elements of logical positivism and postmodernist social constructivism. It is also desirable if the foundation of our profession is to change the lives of our clients for the better.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The attempt to examine effects of childhood sexual abuse using a phenomenological approach is especially noteworthy because the focus on interpretative understanding or verstehen is often seen as a rejection of causal understanding (cf. Otto & Ziegler, 2008). …”
Section: Causality In Social Work Research and Practicementioning
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