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The relationship of Codependency and Mental Health in Social Worker

사회복지사의 공동의존과 정신건강과의 관계

  • Kim, Hye-Sun (Department of Social Welfare, Kangwon National University)
  • Received : 2015.02.02
  • Accepted : 2015.05.07
  • Published : 2015.05.31
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Abstract

This study was aimed to investigate the relation between codependency and mental health and to get a idea dealing with social worker's codependency for their healthy and professional caring, which is an important factor between social worker and client in social work practice. The subjects of this study consisted of 290 social workers working in social welfare facilities of Gangwon-do. The data were collected through self-reported questionnaires from Jun. to Oct., 2013. Results indicated that codependency showed over 50% of social workers were moderate-severe level and there were the significant correlation between codependency and mental health. Implications of findings of this study were discussed.

본 연구는 사회복지사를 대상으로 사회복지사의 공동의존의 실태, 공동의존과 정신건강과의 관련성을 중심으로 사회복지사의 전문적 돌봄에 요구되는 공동의존의 개입의 필요성을 탐색함으로써 사회복지사에 대한 개입의 새로운 시각을 조성하는 기초자료를 제공하고자 한다. 분석자료는 G지역 사회복지전담공무원 및 민간사회복지기관 근무자 290명을 대상으로 직접 혹은 우편으로 조사된 내용을 사용했으며, 수집된 자료는 코딩 후 전산화 과정을 통해 오류 검증을 거쳐 SPSS 18.0을 이용하여 신뢰도 검사, 빈도분석, t검증, 상관관계분석을 실시하였다. 연구결과, 사회복지사의 공동의존은 평균 '약간 심한 정도의 공동의존'으로 역기능적 문제를 일으킬 수 있는 수준이었고, 사회복지사의 공동의존과 정신건강은 강한 상관관계를 보였다. 본 연구결과를 토대로 사회복지사의 전문적 돌봄을 위해 공동의존 개입의 필요성을 제언하였다.

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