Degreed and Nondegreed Licensed Clinical Social Workers: An Exploratory Study

Authors

John T. Pardeck, Southwest Missouri State University
Woo Sik Chung, Indiana State University
John W. Murphy, University of Miami

Abstract

This exploratory study focuses on 155 randomly selected respondents who obtained a clinical license in social work with or without the Master of Social Work (MSW) degree. Ninety-seven of the respondents obtained a license with an MSW degree;fifty-eight obtained a license without the MSW degree. The two groups of respondents completed a survey instrument that explored their basic demographic characteristics, their attitudes and behaviors related to practice, and their philosophical and political attitudes toward practice. The researchers found few statistically significant differences between the two groups of respondents. The article offers implications of these findings for the profession of social work.

Recommended Citation

Pardeck, John T.; Chung, Woo Sik; and Murphy, John W. (1997) "Degreed and Nondegreed Licensed Clinical Social Workers: An Exploratory Study," The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare: Vol. 24: Iss. 2, Article 11.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15453/0191-5096.2422
Available at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/jssw/vol24/iss2/11