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Cross-cultural differences towards diversity issues in attitudes of graduating social work students in India and the United States

School of Social Work, California State University, Chico, CA 95929–0550, USA hkohli{at}csuchico.edu

Anna C. Faul

Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA

English

Attitudes of graduating social work students towards diversity issues, as well as their practice perceptions in different social work scenarios, from two contrasting cultures (India and the United States), were quanti.ed. Signi.-cant differences in both groups showed that the social climate of a country has an important impact on shaping the attitudes of students.

French

Cette é tude quantitative mené e aupre` s d'é tudiants diplo&0circ;mé s en travail social de deux cultures contrasté es (l'Inde et les Etats-Unis) porte sur leurs attitudes à l'é gard des questions de diversité et sur leurs perceptions quant à leur pratique dans diffé rents scé narios de travail social. Les diffé rences significatives entre les deux groupes expliquent que le climat social du pays a un impact important sur le dé veloppement des attitudes des é tudiants.

Spanish

Se cuantificaron las actitudes de los estudiantes graduados de trabajo social hacia los temas de la diversidad, asícomo la percepción de su prá ctica en diferentes escenarios del trabajo social entre dos culturas (India y los Estados Unidos). Las diferencias significativas encontradas en ambos grupos permiten explicar que el clima social del país tiene un impacto importante en la formación de las actitudes de los estudiantes.

International Social Work, Vol. 48, No. 6, 809-822 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0020872805057092


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