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Compassion Fatigue and Mindfulness: Comparing Mental Health Professionals and MSW Student Interns.
- Source :
- Journal of Evidence-Informed Social Work; May/Jun2017, Vol. 14 Issue 3, p119-130, 12p, 2 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- The relationship between compassion fatigue and mindfulness in mental health professionals compared to Master of Social Work (MSW) students is explored. A convenience sample of mental health professionals (n = 40) and MSW students (n = 111) completed the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire and Professional Quality of Life Scale. Results indicate a medium, negative correlation between compassion fatigue and mindfulness, with high levels of compassion fatigue associated with lower levels of mindfulness. There was no statistically significant difference between mental health workers and MSW students on the combined dependent variables. Results suggest that mindfulness protects against compassion fatigue regardless of professional or student status. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ANALYSIS of variance
STATISTICAL correlation
HOSPITAL medical staff
MENTAL health personnel
MULTIVARIATE analysis
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESEARCH
RESEARCH funding
STATISTICAL sampling
SELF-evaluation
SOCIAL work education
SOCIAL workers
STATISTICS
STUDENTS
SURVEYS
T-test (Statistics)
MASTERS programs (Higher education)
MINDFULNESS
SECONDARY traumatic stress
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 23761407
- Volume :
- 14
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Evidence-Informed Social Work
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 122834452
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/23761407.2017.1302859