Table 5.
The psycho-social problem/issue elected by students who conducted Social Work Methods with Groups workshops in the online learning environment−2020 and 2019 cohorts.
The category of psycho-social problem/issue | Sub-categories (N, 2019–2020) | N /% by sub-category | |
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2019 | 2020 | ||
Social | discrimination—of Roma people (2-0), against women in accessing the labour market and at the workplace (1-0), at the workplace (1-0), of children with disabilities (0-1), racism (1-0), in general (1-0); addiction or excessive consumption—of alcohol (2-0), drugs (3-2), gambling (1-0), work (1-0); bullying—cyberbullying, labelling among pupils (4-0); violence—in school (1-1), domestic (2-2); marginalisation of refugees (1-0); poverty and social inequality (1-0); child abuse (1-0); effects of institutionalisation on children (1-0); volunteering—its importance for youth, training of volunteers to integrate in an NGO team and for intervention in a Roma community (3-0); the problems of Romanian medical system (1-0); loneliness—and social isolation, in time of pandemic (2-3); difficulties of coping with new social status—divorced, single motherhood (0-2); risk of relapse (0-2); sexual education in schools (1-0); abortion (1-0); school dropout (0-1); bonus and malus of new epidemics Covid-19 (0-1) | 32/68 | 15/56 |
Psychological/psycho-social | low self-esteem and lack of self-confidence (1-6); low self-awareness (0-2); memory disorders in old age (1-1); psycho-emotional imbalance (0-3); low level of assertiveness (1-0), importance of—mutual knowledge in a new group of pupils (2-0), a positive self-image and of awareness of self-worth (1-0), of feedback from peer group (1-0), harmonious social relations (1-0), friends in youth's life (2-0), childhood in adulthood (1-0), recreational games for children (1-0); role of parents in children's education (1-0); communication problems caused by disability (1-0); well-being (1-0); socio-emotional needs of people with visual impairments (1-0) | 15/32 | 12/44 |
Total (N/%) | 47/100 | 27/100 |
In the second column, in the round brackets, you can see the number of group sessions by specific topics conducted in each year: the first number refers to the number of topics chosen by students from 2019 cohort, and the second reflects those topics elected by students from 2020 cohort. The last line of this table indicates the total number of group sessions conducted in 2019, respectively in 2020.