Background & Aimes: The nurses’ quality of working life (QWL) influences the quality of health services provided by them and can be affected by several factors. In this study, we assessed the effect of social desirability on nurses’ QWL in Fars province, southern Iran. Methods: In this cross-sectional descriptive and analytic study in 2014, 331 nurses were selected from 7 cities of Fars provinc...

This research examines effective social and family factors toward delinquent behavior. It is a survey research and uses structured questionnaire for gathering the data. A representative sample is 350 students. The result shows that there is a reverse and significant relation among religiousness, the level of parents control of children, family engagement, socio-economic status and school engage...

Positive orientation has become widely recognized in many scientific fields during the last decade. Possible nature of positive social work could be derived from psychology. However this topic is just starting to discussed and researched Lithuania other European countries. In article authors represent complementary approaches that are proved as effective a contradiction most applied dominant pr...

This study offers a unique perspective on assessmetit of learning b> comparing results from direct and indirect measures in a social work graduate program across two campuses of a single university. The findings suggest that students' perceptions of learning are not necessarily reflective of content and applied skills mastery. Perception of learning appears to be a separate construct from actua...

In an effort to infuse gerontological content throughout a BSW curriculum, the College of Mount St. Joseph developed community partnerships with agencies that serve older adults. These partnerships led to specific "out-of-class" assignments in a macro social work practice class using a service-learning approach. The development and implementation of those assignments in the agency settings are ...