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RE: Discussion - Week 1
My current dissertation topic is spiritual abuse. I would like to research child victims (now adults), who experienced spiritual abuse within their households. Below I have detailed a social and research problem related to my topic. I will review the differences between the two.
Social Problem:
According to the The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 2019 Child Maltreatment Report (2021), CPS agencies received a national estimate of 4.4 million (4,378,000) total referrals. The 4.4 million total referrals alleging maltreatment includes approximately 7.9 million (7,880,400) children (p. 12). The amount of reported cases of child maltreatment in the U.S is extremely high.
Research Problem:
There are different forms of abuse that take place with family systems. Family violence can take shape in many forms such as intimate partner violence, child-parent violence, elder abuse, sibling abuse, etc. Spiritual/religious abuse is a form of maltreatment that can be overlooked. There are also subcategories within spiritual/religious abuse such as physical and emotional. I would like to research spiritual abuse within the African American Christian community used by parents against their children. Understanding the perspective of the victims, will help to identify and possibly mitigate trauma to future generations.
Difference:
The difference between the social problem and research problem is that the social problem covers a larger population. The social problem looks at the bigger picture of child maltreatment in the United States. When it comes to the research problem, I narrowed my focus to a type of maltreatment; Christian spiritual abuse, and a smaller population; African American victims (now adults). I think that the main overall difference is that the research problem typically focuses on a small sector of the social problem.
Reference
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children and Families,
Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Children’s Bureau. (2021). Child Maltreatment 2019. https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/cb/cm2019.pdf
Melonie
Social problems tend to be issues affecting a community that an individual would like to see changed (Developing social problems, 2016). Research problems are developed from the social problem that will be researched to effect positive social change (Developing social problems, 2016). I work at a child guidance center, and I have noticed that there has been an influx of millennials resigning from human service agencies without sufficient notice. This phenomenon has caused a decrease in clients receiving mental health services as the number of staff members has decreased and the constant turnover causes clients to disengage from services. I have noticed that especially when clinicians leave without properly ending the therapeutic relationship, clients are reluctant to continue mental health services with another clinician, and will often not have their mental health needs addressed. I am concerned about the mental health of these individuals and the possible effects on society with an increase of individuals with untreated mental health concerns.
From this social problem, my current research problem is, how do millennials who resign from their places of employment after less than 12 months, without sufficient notice, describe their work experience.
The social problem I identified recognizes a large problem that is affecting the community and consequences if the social problem is not addressed (Galvan, 2015). As opposed to the identified research problem, where an individual can study a specific part of the phenomenon to provide effective solutions (Developing social problems, 2016). The social problem is a larger issue, whereas the research problem is one way to study the identified phenomenon to analyze the reasons millennials are leaving human service agencies without sufficient notice (Developing social problems, 2016).
References
Galvan, J. L. (2015). Writing literature reviews: A guide for students of the social and behavioral sciences (6th ed). Glendale, CA: Pyrczak.
