Abstract

SANTANA HERNANDEZ, Juana Dolores. Expectations of Social Work Students Regarding Their Professional Performance with Victims of Family and Gender Violence: A Qualitative Study. Trab. soc. [online]. 2019, vol.21, n.1, pp.195-217. ISSN 2256-5493.  https://doi.org/10.15446/ts.v21n1.69983.

The article presents the results of a qualitative research project on the expectations of Social Work students regarding their future performance in contexts of family and gender violence. The participants were 59 last-year students of the Social Work program in the Universidad de La Laguna, Spain, who stated that working with victims and survivors of family and partner violence poses a series of demands and challenges for both male and female social workers. The article concludes with some recommendations for teaching, research, and professional practice in this field of work.

Keywords : coping; expectations; family violence; gender violence; professional performance; Social Work.

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