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Black Women Social Workers : A Qualitative Exploration Of Stress And Coping, Collina D. Cooke
Black Women Social Workers : A Qualitative Exploration Of Stress And Coping, Collina D. Cooke
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
Black women social workers (BWSW) represent essential workforce members. They are burdened by overlapping expectations associated with their multiple marginalized and unique identities. Their definitions of stress and creation of strategies to deal with highly stressful situations have been absent from the research literature, leaving intervention strategies to support highly stressed BWSW unknown. This study was developed to explore stress perceptions and holistic manifestations of stress. A primary focus was to highlight the coping responses used by BWSW to decrease stress levels. In addition, the researcher sought to investigate various ways organizations have created stressful situations for BWSW and identify …