ERIC Number: EJ1237593
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
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Individual and Relational Predictors of Compassion Fatigue among Counselors-in-Training
Can, Nesime; Watson, Joshua C.
Professional Counselor, v9 n4 p285-297 2019
Scholars have described compassion fatigue as the result of chronic exposure to clients' suffering and traumatic stories. Counselors can struggle when they experience compassion fatigue because of various reasons. As such, an exploration of factors predictive of compassion fatigue may help counselors and supervisors buffer adverse effects. Utilizing a hierarchical linear regression analysis, we examined the association between wellness, resilience, supervisory working alliance, empathy, and compassion fatigue among 86 counselors-in-training (CITs). The research findings revealed that resilience and wellness were significant predictors of compassion fatigue among CITs, whereas empathy and supervisory working alliance were not. Based on our findings, counselor educators might consider enhancing their current training programs by including discussion topics about wellness and resilience, while supervisors consider practicing wellness and resilience strategies in supervision and developing interventions designed to prevent compassion fatigue.
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Resilience (Psychology), Altruism, Fatigue (Biology), Burnout, Wellness, Correlation, Empathy, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship, Intervention, Prevention, Counselor Educators, Teaching Methods, Trauma, Counselor Client Relationship, Quality of Life, Measures (Individuals), Clinical Experience, Graduate Students, Masters Programs, Student Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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