An inclusive dialogue about spirituality and religion: Sac State graduate students say, "yes we can!"

Project (M.S.W., Social Work)--California State University, Sacramento, 2014.There is an insufficient amount of empirical evidence relating to social work students???\ud countertransference and topics of religion and spirituality while dialoguing with service\ud users or colleagues. It is unclear whether familial upbringing, personal characteristics, and\ud classroom content relating to religion and spirituality increase or diminish\ud countertransference when dealing with these topics with classmates or within professional\ud settings. Sixty four graduate students in their final year of a graduate program at California\ud State University, Sacramento were surveyed to explore their perceptions relating to\ud religion, spirituality and social work; and to determine whether these topics were present\ud within social work classes. It was determined that course content is present within the\ud social work program, and that some personal characteristics are associated with attitudes\ud relating to inclusion of religion and spirituality into practice.Social Wor