Mansour Fathi; Maryam Khakrangin
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One of the fundamental values of the social work profession is social justice and special attention to vulnerable people and groups, especially children, in difficult conditions. The aim of the present study was to identify problems of children of fathers involved in substance abuse, in order to ...
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One of the fundamental values of the social work profession is social justice and special attention to vulnerable people and groups, especially children, in difficult conditions. The aim of the present study was to identify problems of children of fathers involved in substance abuse, in order to reduce the problems of these children has been addressed. The present study employed phenomenology, a qualitative research method. The population consisted of children of substance abusing fathers. The study was conducted to use a purposive sampling refined by a theoretical sampling of 28 children who participated in the study. Data were collected through in-depth semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions. Seven categories of children’s problems were found in the FGD and in-depth interviews. These categories included: negative attitude toward oneself, parental support disorder, accept the role of the misfortune hero, violence and maltreatment, the drama of chaos, family routine/ disorganization, exclusion and isolation. The findings of this study indicated that the quality of parental – child relationship and between parents are not satisfied. Domestic violence is one of the obvious signs of family problems and children are deprived of resilience protective factors.
Fateme Sadat Hashemi Natanzi; Marziyeh Gharaat khiaban
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the current research aimed to study the effectiveness of social group work based on solution-focused in secondary school female students. This study an experimental design applied through pre-test and post-test on two groups (control and intervention) with one-month follow-up. The statistical population ...
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the current research aimed to study the effectiveness of social group work based on solution-focused in secondary school female students. This study an experimental design applied through pre-test and post-test on two groups (control and intervention) with one-month follow-up. The statistical population of study was included all high school female students’ school who were studying in the 2018-2019 academic years. Thirty individuals whose resilience scores were lower than the average value and were eligible for this study were randomly divided into two groups: fifteen persons in control and fifteen persons in intervention group. The intervention group received a social group work based on solution-focused that consisted of eight sessions. During this period, control group did not receive any intervention. After finishing sessions, resilience questionnaire from Connor and Davidson was applied to both groups. after a month, a follow-up test was carried on both groups. The results showed that there was a significant difference between intervention and control groups regarding resilience and its dimensions. The scores were increased in intervention group after intervention and in follow-up. social group work based on solution-focused could be an effective intervention in working with students.
