Department
Social Work
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2020
Abstract
During graduate school internship training, some students wear more formal attire and others casual attire. This study’s purpose was to explore rural areas clients’ preference for graduate social work interns’ attire. Clients from internship sites located in a rural southern location were asked their attire preferences based on comfort and confidence levels, degree of warmth, returning appointments, and during a crisis. One hundred and twenty-six subjects participated in the study and responded that casual dress was preferred in terms of specific impressions. The results of the study were to build rapport; graduate social work interns should consider their clientele when deciding on attire.
Recommended Citation
Long, Jody; Martin, Jocelyn; Pierce, Audra; Creech, Sean; and Guffey, Stephen (2020) "Dress Like Me: An Exploration of Rural Graduate Social Work Attire," Contemporary Rural Social Work Journal: Vol. 12 : No. 1 , Article 4. Available at: https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/crsw/vol12/iss1/4
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Other Sociology Commons, Rural Sociology Commons, Social Work Commons, Sociology of Culture Commons
Publication/Presentation Information
Contemporary Rural Social Work Journal, Volume 12, Number 1, 2020, 1-11.