Professional Burnout as a Mediator in the Relationship Between Pandemic-Related Stress and Social Care Workers’ Mental Health

IF 1.8 3区社会学 Q1 SOCIAL WORK

British Journal of Social Work Pub Date : 2023-08-25 DOI:10.1093/bjsw/bcad198

Lorraine Swords, Trevor Spratt, Holly Hanlon

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Abstract

Abstract Understanding pathways between social care workers’ Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19)-related stress and poorer mental health outcomes can inform employers’ efforts to support the well-being of staff. The present study engaged 103 workers at an Irish Non-Government Organisation providing child and family support services. In the initial months following the cessation of pandemic restrictions in 2022, they completed an anonymous online survey that included questions about their experiences of COVID-19, their professional quality of life and their mental health. The aim was to explore the direct effect of COVID-related stress on workers’ mental health, and the indirect effect through the mediators of compassion satisfaction and the compassion fatigue components of burnout and secondary traumatic stress. The results indicated that greater levels of pandemic stress are significantly and directly related to both increased burnout and poorer mental health, and that burnout also partially mediates the relationship between pandemic stress and poorer mental health. This study adds to a growing body of work concerned to better understand the social care workers’ pandemic experiences, and results are discussed in terms of apprising employers of the need for timely and effective staff supports.

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职业倦怠在流行病相关压力与社会护理工作者心理健康关系中的中介作用

了解社会护理工作者与2019冠状病毒病(COVID-19)相关的压力与较差的心理健康结果之间的关系，可以为雇主提供信息，以支持员工的福祉。目前的研究涉及爱尔兰一家提供儿童和家庭支持服务的非政府组织的103名工作人员。在2022年大流行限制措施停止后的最初几个月里，他们完成了一项匿名在线调查，其中包括有关他们在COVID-19中的经历、职业生活质量和心理健康的问题。目的探讨新冠肺炎相关压力对工人心理健康的直接影响，以及通过同情满意度和倦怠和继发性创伤应激的同情疲劳成分的中介作用的间接影响。结果表明，大流行压力水平的升高与职业倦怠增加和较差的心理健康状况显著直接相关，职业倦怠也部分介导了大流行压力与较差的心理健康状况之间的关系。这项研究为更好地了解社会护理工作者的大流行病经验而开展的越来越多的相关工作增添了新的内容，并从通知雇主需要及时和有效的工作人员支持的角度讨论了研究结果。

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British Journal of Social Work SOCIAL WORK-

CiteScore

3.00

自引率

22.20%

发文量

208

期刊介绍： Published for the British Association of Social Workers, this is the leading academic social work journal in the UK. It covers every aspect of social work, with papers reporting research, discussing practice, and examining principles and theories. It is read by social work educators, researchers, practitioners and managers who wish to keep up to date with theoretical and empirical developments in the field.