Abstract
The study examines the effect of self-differentiation, professional self-esteem, and traumatic life events on compassion fatigue (composed of secondary traumatization and burnout) and compassion satisfaction, and their spillover on the marital quality of social workers. A total of 202 social workers completed 7 self-report questionnaires. This study uses a structural equation model that largely confirmed the mediation model, indicating that work-family spillover mediated between both secondary traumatization and burnout and marital quality, whereas compassion satisfaction directly affected marital quality. Programs are recommended to sharpen social workers' work-family boundaries so as to reduce their vulnerability to secondary traumatization and burnout.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 113-122 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Traumatology |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 2018 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2017 American Psychological Association.
Keywords
- Compassion fatigue
- Life events
- Marital quality
- Self-differentiation
- Spillover
