Compassion Fatigue and Compassion Satisfaction among Residential Child Care Workers: The Role of Personality Resources

Autor/in	Zerach, Gadi
Titel	Compassion Fatigue and Compassion Satisfaction among Residential Child Care Workers: The Role of Personality Resources
Quelle	In: Residential Treatment for Children & Youth, 30 (2013) 1, S.72-91 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-571X
DOI	10.1080/0886571X.2012.761515
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Altruism; Personality Traits; Child Caregivers; Boarding Schools; Fatigue (Biology); Burnout; Foreign Countries; Residential Care; At Risk Persons; Comparative Analysis; Correlation; Attachment Behavior; Spiritual Development; Measures (Individuals); Prediction; Mental Health Workers; Labor Turnover; Recruitment; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Altruistic behavior; Altruismus; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Caregiver; Caregivers; Carer; Child; Children; Kinderbetreuung; Boarding school; Internat; Fatigue; Ermüdung; Burn out (Psychology); Burnout-syndrom; Burnout-Syndrom; Ausland; Risikogruppe; Korrelation; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Messdaten; Vorhersage; Psychiater; Recruiting; Rekrutierung
Abstract	This study assessed compassion fatigue (CF) and compassion satisfaction (CS) among Israeli residential child-care workers (RCWs) working in residential treatment facilities for children and youth at risk (N = 147) as compared to educational boarding schools workers (BSWs; N = 74). Furthermore, we assessed the relationship of potential personality-related buffers of attachment orientations, spirituality, and sense of coherence to CF and CS among these workers via self-report measures. Results show significant differences between RCWs and BSWs in CS but no significant differences in CF. Importantly, differential patterns of variables were found to predict the CF dimensions and CS. These findings suggest that both RCWs and BCWs are at risk for CF. In order to improve the resilience and reduce the turnover of RCWs and BSWs in their work, personality resources should be taken into account in the process of recruitment and training. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10