research in social work, historical research in social work, research with social workers, research with clients

Quantitative content analysis of the texts published in the Journal of Czech and Slovak Social Work (Sociální práce/Sociálna práca) was used to gain insight into research in social work in Czech republic and Slovakia. Research question was: “What research in the field of social work was published in the journal between 2014-2018?” The basic unit of quantitative content analysis was the individual articles we chose based on the criterion of empirical research in social work. Another criterion was the subject areas: historical research in social work, research with social workers being the main research object, and research with clients of social work being the main object. We compiled the following categories: history of social work, social work with families, the conditions for performance of social work activities, social workers in health care, professionalization of social work, methods used by social workers, dilemmas in social work, social workers active in social and legal protection of children, social work with persons with intellectual disabilities, burnout syndrome, supervision, informatisation of social work, social work with asylum seekers and aliens, critical social work, clients evicted from housing, socially excluded clients, children and youth, clients with multiple problems. Quantitative content analysis resulted in the quantification of categories and the description of each research included in each category.