Miller, J. J., Lianekhammy, J., & Grise-Owens, E.2019-02-132019-02-132018Miller, J. J., Lianekhammy, J., & Grise-Owens, E. (2018). Examining Self-Care Among Individuals Employed in Social Work Capacities: Implications for the Profession. Advances in Social Work, 18(4).http://journals.iupui.edu/index.php/advancesinsocialwork/article/view/22320/22282http://hdl.handle.net/11212/4247Increasingly, the social work profession recognizes the need for more attention to self-care. Concomitantly, this growing awareness and ethical commitment is fostering a burgeoning self-care movement. However, despite recognition about the importance of self-care, there is a paucity of research that explicitly examines self-care practices among social workers. This cross-sectional study examined the self-care practices of individuals employed in social work capacities(n=1,011) in one southeastern state in the United States. Findings suggest that participantsin the sample engaged in personal and professional self-care practices only moderately. Further, data suggest significant group differences in the practice of self-care, by relationship status, educational attainment, health status, and current financial situation, respectively. Overall, results indicate self-care as a potential area of improvement for participants in this study, in general, and perhaps for individuals employed in social work contexts, more generallyen-USsocial workersself-careresearchArticle