A phenomenological study of compassion satisfaction among social work educators in higher education
BackgroundCompassion satisfaction (CS) is a phenomenon that has been studied among the helping professions, such as nursing and social work and has been linked to stress, burnout, compassion fatigue, and vicarious trauma. Social work educators may also experience these same issues, yet more research...
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| description | BackgroundCompassion satisfaction (CS) is a phenomenon that has been studied among the helping professions, such as nursing and social work and has been linked to stress, burnout, compassion fatigue, and vicarious trauma. Social work educators may also experience these same issues, yet more research is needed on how they might counter the negative impacts associated with this type of work by utilizing their experiences of CS.ObjectivesA phenomenological study was carried out to explore and describe how social work educators in higher education experiences CS.MethodsEleven in-depth interviews with social work educators were conducted, and constructivist grounded theory techniques were utilized to analyze the data.ResultsSocial work educators experienced CS within the education and personal realms, which encompassed four different elements: achievement, support, balance, and empathy.DiscussionThe four elements of CS were utilized by social work educators in this study as coping strategies to enhance their experience of CS, thus encountering threats to CS, such as institutional barriers, interaction with administrators and colleagues, and work overload.ConclusionInterventions fostering compassion satisfaction and reducing compassion fatigue, burnout, and stress should be considered, including interventions that increase the sense of accomplishment, promote holistic self-care, encourage administrative and collegial support, and improve work-life balance. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f26806fe607d4222943a83159d43a9cb2023-09-05T06:56:48ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782023-09-011410.3389/fpsyg.2023.11767861176786A phenomenological study of compassion satisfaction among social work educators in higher educationSultan A. Shubair0Ben Miller1Jean Zelenko2Social Studies Department, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaRaymond A. Kent School of Social Work and Family Science, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United StatesRaymond A. Kent School of Social Work and Family Science, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United StatesBackgroundCompassion satisfaction (CS) is a phenomenon that has been studied among the helping professions, such as nursing and social work and has been linked to stress, burnout, compassion fatigue, and vicarious trauma. Social work educators may also experience these same issues, yet more research is needed on how they might counter the negative impacts associated with this type of work by utilizing their experiences of CS.ObjectivesA phenomenological study was carried out to explore and describe how social work educators in higher education experiences CS.MethodsEleven in-depth interviews with social work educators were conducted, and constructivist grounded theory techniques were utilized to analyze the data.ResultsSocial work educators experienced CS within the education and personal realms, which encompassed four different elements: achievement, support, balance, and empathy.DiscussionThe four elements of CS were utilized by social work educators in this study as coping strategies to enhance their experience of CS, thus encountering threats to CS, such as institutional barriers, interaction with administrators and colleagues, and work overload.ConclusionInterventions fostering compassion satisfaction and reducing compassion fatigue, burnout, and stress should be considered, including interventions that increase the sense of accomplishment, promote holistic self-care, encourage administrative and collegial support, and improve work-life balance.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1176786/fullcompassion satisfactionself-caresocial supporteducationhigher education |
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| title | A phenomenological study of compassion satisfaction among social work educators in higher education |
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