Media Coverage of Child Welfare Social Workers and its Effect on Professional Self-Esteem: The Moderating Role of Family and Social Support.
Negative coverage in the media of social workers employed in the field of child welfare frequently appears in the wake of tragedies within families. Though social workers cannot always prevent incidents of this kind, the media, and consequently the public, blame them for dereliction of duty, an atti...
| Published in: | British Journal of Social Work Vol. 53; no. 5; pp. 2539 - 2560 |
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| Format: | research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Jul2023
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