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Abstract
In order to test the hypothesis that undergraduate social work students become more committed to certain values and to a professional orientation rather than to a client, agency, or community orientation, data were collected from students in one accredited program at the undergraduate level. Data also were collected from two contrast groups of non-social work majors. The total sample was 367 students. Both social work students and the contrast group students demonstrated higher scores on a Public Dependency scale when more courses were taken in social work. Social work students, as a whole, were more professional in their commitment than those from the contrast groups.
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Joan M. Merdinger
JOAN M. MERDINGER is an assistant professor in the School of Social Work at Rhode Island College. Originally this paper was presented at the Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting in Louisville, Kentucky, March 10, 1981.