Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Craig, E
• Du Preez, MSE

Titel

THE KNOWLEDGE OF SOCIAL WORKERS IN PRIVATE PRACTICE REGARDING HUMAN SEXUALITY AND SEX THERAPY

Ist Teil von

• Social Work, 2004-10, Vol.40 (4), p.389-398

Ort / Verlag

Stellenbosch University

Erscheinungsjahr

2004

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Free E-Journal (出版社公開部分のみ）

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Sexual problems or dysfunctions remain one of the prominent reasons for marital & relationship problems. Sexuality is, however, only one of many components of a marriage or of a committed relationship. Relationship problems & sexual problems are often interlinked. The fact that sexual problems are often only symptoms of deeper relationship issues makes the social worker the ideal person to treat these sexual problems from a holistic perspective & within a relationship context. The nature of this research study thus evolved from the presumed lack of knowledge of social workers in private practice, & who specialise in couples therapy, regarding human sexuality & sex therapy. A qualitative research approach is used & applied research was conducted. An exploratory research design is utilised & a selfconstructed, mailed questionnaire was used as method of data collection. This research study found that the respondents answered only 58.53% of the knowledge-based questions correctly, thereby confirming their suspected lack of knowledge regarding human sexuality & sex therapy. The research results indicated a need for specialised education & training of social workers in the field of human sexuality & sex therapy. 2 Figures, 1 Appendix, 11 References. Adapted from the source document.