Exploring social work students’ attitudes toward research courses: predictors of interest in research-related courses among first year students enrolled in a bachelor’s programme in Switzerland

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dc.contributor.authorGredig, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorBartelsen, Annabelle
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-20T15:47:20Z
dc.date.available2019-03-20T15:47:20Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractResearch courses have become a taken-for-granted component of social work study programmes. Nonetheless, studies still confirm that social work students are reluctant to engage with research courses. They report considerably negative beliefs and attitudes as well as higher levels of anxiety. The present study aims to assess the interest in research courses among students entering a BSW programme in Switzerland. Further, it aimed to establish the relationship between students’ interest in research courses, their research orientation, and research anxiety. From 2014 to 2016, 708 first-year students were surveyed using an online questionnaire. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and structural equation modelling. Analysis showed that the interest in research courses was predicted by research anxiety (β = −.29) as well as by the perceived importance (β = .27), the attributed usefulness (β = .15) and the perceived unbiased nature of research (β = .08). These variables were predicted, in turn, by research anxiety (β = −.10, β = −.23, β = −.13). Moreover, interest was predicted by age (β = .13). Research anxiety was predicted by age (β = −.10), female gender (β = .28) and the type of baccalaureate allowing admission (β = −.09). This first study on entering BSW students in Switzerland confirms that research orientation and research anxiety should be considered and addressed by teachers when conceptualizing research courses.
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/02615479.2017.1389880
dc.identifier.issn0261-5479
dc.identifier.issn1470-1227
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11654/27495
dc.issue2
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_US
dc.relation.ispartofSocial Work Educationen_US
dc.subjectSocial work education
dc.subjectresearch education
dc.subjectattitudes
dc.subjectinterest
dc.subjectpredictors
dc.subjectBSW students
dc.subjectSwitzerland
dc.titleExploring social work students’ attitudes toward research courses: predictors of interest in research-related courses among first year students enrolled in a bachelor’s programme in Switzerland
dc.type01A - Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift
dc.volume37
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fhnw.PublishedSwitzerlandNo
fhnw.ReviewTypeAnonymous ex ante peer review of a complete publication
fhnw.affiliation.hochschuleHochschule für Soziale Arbeitde_CH
fhnw.affiliation.institutStudienzentrum Soziale Arbeitde_CH
fhnw.pagination190-208
fhnw.publicationOnlineJa
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