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Social Sciences, Volume 14, Issue 12

December 2025 - 55 articles

Cover Story: Migrating people fleeing violence and persecution face narrowing options to seek safety through immigration courts. Social work’s historical and ongoing commitment to immigrant health and immigrant justice supports an enlarged presence within asylum and other immigration processes. In the role of experts, through evaluation and testimony, social work clinicians can play an essential part in communicating the complexity of migrating people’s stories to adjudicators. They support displaced people’s human right to safety and dignity in line with the skills and values of the profession. Our paper is an invitation and roadmap for both new and established clinical social workers to use their mental health expertise to meet our profession’s ethical obligations to the human rights of migrating people. View this paper
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Articles (55)

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
331 Views
23 Pages

Green Social Work as a Framework for Socio-Environmental Transformation: A Systematic Review

  • Maryurena Lorenzo,
  • María Luisa Rios-Rodríguez,
  • Cristina Chinea,
  • Bernardo Hernández and
  • Christian Rosales

16 December 2025

The findings of this Systematic Review suggest that Green Social Work (GSW) is gaining momentum as a framework that integrates environmental sustainability with social and relational justice. In the context of climate emergencies and deepening socio-...

  • Article
  • Open Access
868 Views
27 Pages

16 December 2025

This article examines how social media and digital channels are related to information behavior and voting among young voters (aged 18–30) during the 2025 German federal election. Based on an online survey (n = 673) conducted after the election...

  • Article
  • Open Access
470 Views
16 Pages

16 December 2025

Like many modern economies, Latvia experiences demographic decline, which will cause shortages in the labor force in the future. This article aims to characterize the decline in the working-age population and the factors causing it using system dynam...

  • Article
  • Open Access
289 Views
19 Pages

15 December 2025

This study estimates the prevalence of food insecurity and coping mechanisms among low-income rural households in Sri Lanka, collecting primary data from 400 households in the Ayagama Divisional Secretariat in Rathnapura District. The results uncover...

  • Article
  • Open Access
345 Views
27 Pages

Gender Mainstreaming in Social Work Education: Linking Faculty Practice, Student Self-Efficacy, and Institutional Climate

  • Cristina Miralles-Cardona,
  • José María Esteve-Faubel,
  • Esther Villegas-Castrillo,
  • Raquel Suriá-Martínez and
  • María-Cristina Cardona-Moltó

15 December 2025

Gender mainstreaming in social work education requires moving beyond policy commitments to ensure that gender perspectives are meaningfully integrated into teaching and learning. This study examines how gender-responsive pedagogy is implemented in a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
295 Views
25 Pages

15 December 2025

This study investigates the relationship between labour productivity, wages, and social welfare expenditure (SWE) in South Africa, with implications for fiscal sustainability and budget deficits. A theoretical model linking government expenditure, ta...

  • Article
  • Open Access
384 Views
19 Pages

15 December 2025

This study examines the perceived mental health of Ukrainian female forced migrants in Ireland through the lens of the socio-ecological model (SEM). Using binomial logistic regression on a 2023 online survey dataset (N = 656), it explores multi-level...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
414 Views
18 Pages

15 December 2025

China’s rapid urbanization has created the world’s largest internal migration, increasingly shaped by women’s participation. Co-migrant mothers—rural women who bring their children to cities—occupy complex roles as worke...

  • Article
  • Open Access
405 Views
19 Pages

13 December 2025

A robust literature focused on social capital created in the family has emphasized the efficacy of parental involvement in child, adolescent, and young adult development. Social capital created with and derived from parents has strong and consistent...

  • Article
  • Open Access
300 Views
15 Pages

Do Families Raising Children with Autism Save for Children’s Future? An Exploratory Study from China

  • Ling Zhou,
  • Jin Huang,
  • Yingying Zhang,
  • Xiaoyu Huang,
  • Xinquan Xiang and
  • Li Zou

12 December 2025

Families raising children with autism face financial planning challenges, particularly in countries with limited social support. Using data from 497 Chinese families, this study examined saving behavior for children with autism. Results showed that o...

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