Perception of practicing spirituality of social workers and some features of the application of spirituality in social work

Prikazani rad bavi se problematikom duhovnosti u praksi socijalnog rada, s ciljem stjecanja uvida u percepciju prakticiranja duhovnosti socijalnih radnika i primjenu duhovnosti u socijalnom radu. Radom se nastoje istražiti razlike u prakticiranju duhovnosti između socijalnih radnica i socijalnih radnica, povezanost količine iskustva u struci i stavova o primjeni duhovnosti u socijalnom radu kod socijalnih radnika te povezanost prakticiranja duhovnosti socijalnih radnika i njihova stava da duhovnost pomaže da se lakše nosimo sa stresnim situacijama na poslu. Podaci su prikupljeni putem web anketnog upitnika, čiji je link bio podijeljen u nekoliko facebook grupa. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo ukupno 191 ispitanik, od toga 90% ispitanika bili su ženskog spola (N=172), a samo 10% ispitanika bili su muškarci (N=19). Rezultati istraživanja pokazali su da ne postoji statistički značajna razlika u prakticiranju duhovnosti između socijalnih radnika i socijalnih radnica. Dok je dobivena pozitivna povezanost količine iskustva u struci i stavova o primjeni duhovnosti u socijalnom radu, pri čemu socijalni radnici s više iskustva u struci iskazuju pozitivnije stavove o primjeni duhovnosti u socijalnom radu. Također je dobivena statistički značajna pozitivna povezanost između prakticiranja duhovnosti socijalnih radnika i njihova stava da duhovnost pomaže u stresnim situacijama na poslu, što znači da socijalni radnici koji češće prakticiraju duhovnost lakše se nose sa stresnim situacijama na poslu.The present work deals with issues of spirituality in social work practice. Aim is getting insight into the perceptions of practicing spirituality of social workers and the application of spirituality in social work. This research seeks to explore the difference in practice of spirituality between male and female social workers, between amount of experience and views on the application of spirituality of social workers in social work and association of practicing spirituality of social workers and their attitude that spirituality helps to easily cope with stressful situations at work. Data was collected through a web questionnaire, whose link was shared on several Facebook groups. The study included a total of 191 respondents, of which 90% were female (N=172), but only 10% were male (N=19). The results showed that there is no statistically significant difference in the practice of spirituality between male and female social workers, however the obtained connection between amount of experience and views on the application of spirituality in social work, where social workers with more experience in the field expressed positive views about application of spirituality in social work. Also, we got statistically significant positive correlation between the practice of spirituality and their attitude to spirituality that spirituality helps in stressful situations at work, which means that social workers who often practice spirituality easily deal with stressful situations on work