ERIC Number: EJ1331745
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-1043-7797
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Online Meditation Program Builds Resilience and Competencies among Social Work Students Working with Older Adults
Pandya, Samta P.
Journal of Social Work Education, v58 n1 p63-75 2022
This article reports the results of a study on the impact of an online meditation (OMP) program in building resilience and geriatric social work competencies among postgraduate social work students across contexts. The OMP was fairly effective (Cohen's d range=4.84-5.49, p[less than or equal to] 0.012), and students who participated in it exhibited greater resilience and geriatric social work competencies compared to the wait-list control group. Posttest resilience scores were higher for female students and Christians. Female students studying in the United States and Sweden with non-social-work subjects at the undergraduate level and doing field placement in assisted living settings demonstrated greater geriatric social work competencies posttest. Adherence through regular attendance of the OMP lessons and self-practice mediated the relation between sociodemographic predictors and outcomes. The OMP is a useful addition in the postgraduate field training curriculum with some refinements for male students from different cultures with a social work undergraduate degree and doing fieldwork in community or hospice settings.
Descriptors: Social Work, Counselor Training, Resilience (Psychology), Older Adults, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Geriatrics, Metacognition, Online Courses, Competence, Christianity, Gender Differences, Religious Factors, Field Experience Programs, Attendance, Predictor Variables, Cultural Differences, Pretests Posttests, Scores, Graduate Students, Graduate Study, Student Characteristics, Student Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United States; Sweden
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