Passion et profil de toxic-handler chez les bénévoles du scoutisme et de l’éducation populaire

Introduction

Popular education is an educational method based on the education of the people by the people and for the people, with the objective of improving the social system and achieving individual and collective development. Scouting's mission is to contribute to building a better world by training committed citizens, aware of the problems of their society and committed to solving them. This type of commitment takes time and energy and can lead to the development of a passion. Passion is one of the predictors of self-compassion, and self-compassion may be linked to another construct: the toxic-handlers.

Objective

To test self-compassion level by toxic-handlers, the links between toxic-handlers and passion in volunteering and to analyze the impacts on the perceived health of volunteers and the development of different toxic-handler profiles.

Method

This is a quantitative cross-sectional study. The sample consisted of 381 volunteers in scouting and popular education. The questionnaire was completed online by the participants via LimeSurvey.

Result

The concept of toxic-handler appears to be independent of the dualistic model of passion. In contrast, significant differences were found between the toxic-handler profile developed and depression, self-compassion, coping strategies, emotional balance, and some dimensions of burnout.

Conclusion

Volunteers are observable and analyzable through the prism of toxic-handling. Self-compassion would seem to be one of the explanatory factors of the profile that individuals develop. New diagnostic and support tools must be developed.