Development of Social Work Values Scale

사회복지 가치 척도의 개발

The purpose of this study was to develop the first social work values scale in Korea. Its development would be expected to increase empirical studies on social work values. Based upon the literature review of social work values, the examination of codes of ethics as well as existing scales, and the comments from professionals in this field, 62 preliminary items were developed. Preliminary items were evaluated with a total of 521 social workers who were working in various fields of social work in Seoul and surrounding areas. A series of exploratory factor analyses were conducted to find out the optimal structure of the scale. After deleting 29 items with low factor loadings or being cross-loaded, the scale is composed of three factors with each factor having 11 items. Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the factor structure of the scale obtained by exploratory factor analysis. The first factor was named autonomy, the second factor was named equality, and third factor was named paternalistic intervention. Each component of the social work values scale is found to be reliable and valid.

본 연구는 사회복지 가치에 관한 연구를 활성화하기 위하여 한국적 사회복지 실천 상황을 고려한 사회복지 가치 척도 개발을 목적으로 하였다. 국내외 관련 문헌 및 기존 척도를 검토하여 핵심가치를 도출하고, 현장 전문가들의 의견을 수렴하여 62개의 예비문항을 개발하였다. 예비문항은 다양한 사회복지기관에 근무하는 521명의 사회복지사를 대상으로 평가하였다. 탐색적 요인분석 및 확인적 요인분석을 통해 최종적으로 33개 문항으로 구성한 사회복지 가치 척도를 개발하였으며 이들 문항은 '자율성', '평등', '온정적 개입' 등 세 가지 사회복지 핵심가치를 측정한다. 척도의 신뢰도는 양호하였고, 한국어판 Professional Opinion Scale(POS)과 양(+)의 상관관계를 보여 수렴타당도가 입증되었다.