ERIC Number: EJ1192484
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
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ISSN: ISSN-1927-6044
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Assessing Secondary Trauma, Compassion Satisfaction, and Burnout -- Implications for Professional Education for Asian-American Social Workers
Kwong, Kenny
International Journal of Higher Education, v7 n5 p75-85 2018
The present study explored work-related stress and career experiences of Asian-American social workers and assessed if their demographic characteristics, beliefs and orientations (altruism, idealism, and self-compassion), and work-related stressors might impact their professional quality of life (secondary trauma, compassion satisfaction, and burnout) and job-related health problems. Two hundred and eight (208) Asian social workers and students participated in a comprehensive online survey by providing basic demographic and work-related information and completing a set of standardized scales to assess their career experiences and work-related stress, as well as their psychological and physical well-being. Bivariate analyses and stepwise multiple regression analyses were used to estimate models that best predicted their experiences of secondary trauma, compassion satisfaction, burnout, perceived stress, and job-related health problems. The findings showed that higher perceived stress was associated with higher secondary trauma, burnout, job-related health problems, and lower compassion satisfaction. Work-related problems/stressors emerged as a very strong predictor of burnout and job-related health problems. Higher self-compassion was related to higher compassion satisfaction and lower secondary trauma and burnout. Self-compassion was found to be a very strong predictor of perceived stress. Implications of the findings for professional education and career development for Asian-American social workers were discussed.
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Social Work, Burnout, Trauma, Well Being, Mental Health, Physical Health, Stress Variables, Empathy, Correlation, Predictor Variables, Daily Living Skills, Counselor Attitudes, Professional Education, Caseworkers, Work Attitudes, Altruism, Professional Associations
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Language: English
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