caa a22 4500 39758346X CHVBK 20180308164913.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e199607 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/sw/41.4.417 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/sw/41.4.417 O'Hare Thomas Court-Ordered versus Voluntary Clients: Problem Differences and Readiness for Change [Elektronische Daten] [Thomas O'Hare] Many social work clients are under considerable pressure or even outright coercion to obtain social work services. Often considered "resistant” or "hard to reach” some of these clients are court ordered to treatment for a variety of reasons. Surprisingly little research links referral source to client characteristics or to treatment process and outcome. This study examines the relationship between referral source (court-ordered versus voluntary) and background variables, client presenting problems as measured by the South Shore Problem Inventory-Revised, and readiness for intentional change as measured by the Stages of Change Scale for 343 newly admitted outpatient mental health clients. Referral source varied with selected background variables, problem severity, and readiness for change. Implications for social work practice are addressed. Copyright © 1996 by the National Association of Social Workers, Inc. clients nationallicence court nationallicence involuntary nationallicence stages of change nationallicence voluntary nationallicence Social Work Oxford University Press 41/4(1996-07), 417-422 0037-8046 41:4<417 1996 41 sw https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/41.4.417 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/41.4.417 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- O'Hare Thomas NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Social Work Oxford University Press 41/4(1996-07), 417-422 0037-8046 41:4<417 1996 41 sw Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford