Exploring the perception of poverty among social work and non-social work students in Vietnam
The goal of the current study was to investigate the social work and the non - social work students’perception toward the poor and the poverty. The study uses quantitative method based on Attitude Toward Povertyand Poor Peoples (ATP) scale developed by Yun and Weaver (2010) and Athernon, Gemmel, Haa...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE
2021-04-01
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| Series: | Tạp chí Khoa học Đại học Mở Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh - Khoa học Xã hội |
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| Online Access: | https://journalofscience.ou.edu.vn/index.php/soci-vi/article/view/1308 |
| Summary: | The goal of the current study was to investigate the social work and the non - social work students’perception toward the poor and the poverty. The study uses quantitative method based on Attitude Toward Povertyand Poor Peoples (ATP) scale developed by Yun and Weaver (2010) and Athernon, Gemmel, Haagenstad & Holt (1993). The sample were composed of 180 students in Ho Chi Minh City Open University including 86 social work students and 94 non-social work students. The findings of this study highlighted both causes of poverty - individualistic and structural causes of poverty. The results may help develop social work education in the Ho Chi Minh City Open University |
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| ISSN: | 2734-9349 2734-9616 |