Social Work

Items

• embeddedness

  How individuals/families/communities are integrated within social, economic, cultural contexts.
• emotion

  Feelings/states (happiness, sadness, anger) influencing thoughts, actions, relationships.
• emotional dependence

  Excessive reliance on others for nurturance, support, security, decision-making.
• emotional distance

  Psychological space maintained between self and others for coping/protection.
• emotional reflexivity

  Reflecting on one's emotional responses and their impact on professional practice.
• emotional security

  Feeling that deeper needs for love, acceptance, security are met.
• empathy

  Understanding/sharing others' feelings to build therapeutic relationships.
• employee assistance programme (EAP)

  Employer-provided services addressing work/social problems to boost satisfaction/productivity.
• empowerment

  Process enabling clients to gain control, resources, self-efficacy.
• enabler

  Person perpetuating dysfunctional behavior (often in addiction contexts).
• engagement phase

  Initial connecting stage: building relationships, trust with clients/community.
• enlightenment

  Raising awareness/consciousness about problems, values, objectives.
• entropy

  System disorder/disorganization leading to decline without intervention.
• epistemology

  Study of knowledge: how social workers know what they claim to know.
• equality

  Equal access/opportunities regardless of differences.
• equifinality

  Multiple paths leading to same outcome in systems.
• equilibrium

  Balanced state/adaptation between person and environment.
• equity

  Fair distribution of resources addressing different needs.
• ethical dilemma

  Situation requiring choice between competing ethical principles.
• ethics

  Moral principles guiding professional social work conduct.
• ethnocentrism

  Judging other cultures by one's own cultural standards.
• evaluation

  Systematic assessment of intervention effectiveness/outcomes.
• evidence-based practice

  Integrating research evidence with clinical expertise/client values.
• experimental group

  Group receiving intervention in research (compared to control).
• expert knowledge

  Specialized professional wisdom beyond general information.