A critical enquiry into the psychometric properties of the professional quality of life scale (ProQol-5) instrument

Hemsworth, David; Baregheh, Anahita; Aoun, Samar; Kazanjian, Arminée

doi:10.1016/j.apnr.2017.09.006

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“…Regarding internal consistency, the ProQOL's general factor and the three group factors were acceptable, which support its construct validity. Our results, therefore, only partially support previous findings reported by Hemsworth and colleagues () and Heritage and colleagues (), who validated the CS and STS scales but called for a review of the BO subscale. Once again, this may help shed light on the mixed results concerning the internal consistency of the three scales of Stamm's proposed ProQOL (Cieslak et al., ).…”

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“…Unlike Cieslak and colleagues (), Sprang and Craig's study provided support for a distinction between trauma‐related symptoms and BO‐related symptoms, but they nonetheless concluded, “the ProQOL‐4 BO scale may need to be reevaluated for its validity” (Sprang & Craig, , p.9). Hemsworth and colleagues () also found these items problematic and suggested a complete revision of this subscale. Overall, it seems that the intended three‐dimensional structure of the instrument cannot be easily reproduced.…”

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“…There are relatively few independent investigations of the ProQOL's validity (Heritage, Reese, & Hegney, ; Hemsworth et al., ). The few studies that used factor analyses were conducted in hopes of validating the ProQOL‐4 (Lago & Codo, ; Musa & Hamid, ; Palestini, Prati, Pietrantoni, & Cicognani, ; Shen, Yu, Zhang, & Jiang, ; Sprang & Craig, ) and ProQOL 5 (Dang et al., ; Galiana, Arena, Oliver, Sanso, & Benito, ; Hemsworth et al., ; Samson, Lecovich, & Shvartzman, ) in languages other than English. For example, using exploratory factor analyses, Musa and Hamid () found only two dimensions of the ProQOL‐4, with one assessing CS and the other CF (i.e., a combination BO and STS), but several items had to be discarded.…”

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“…Literature reviews on the subject confirm the popularity of the ProQOL as a research instrument (Cieslak et al, 2014;Watts & Robertson, 2015). Yet despite the scale's popularity, the Pro-QOL's psychometric properties remain nebulous (Bride et al, 2007;Hemsworth, Baregheh, Aoun, & Kazanjian, 2018), which is problematic for any researcher who wishes to study the concept further (Watts & Robertson, 2015). More specifically, there is a need to clearly demonstrate that the ProQOL has adequate construct validity (Hemsworth et al, 2018;Watts & Robertson, 2015).…”

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“…Yet despite the scale's popularity, the Pro-QOL's psychometric properties remain nebulous (Bride et al, 2007;Hemsworth, Baregheh, Aoun, & Kazanjian, 2018), which is problematic for any researcher who wishes to study the concept further (Watts & Robertson, 2015). More specifically, there is a need to clearly demonstrate that the ProQOL has adequate construct validity (Hemsworth et al, 2018;Watts & Robertson, 2015). Construct validity has been defined as a unifying form of validity requiring the integration of different complementary sources of information (Simms & Watson, 2007).…”

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Construct Validity of the Professional Quality of Life (ProQoL) Scale in a Sample of Child Protection Workers

Geoffrion

Lamothe

Morizot

et al. 2019

Journal of Traumatic Stress

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The Professional Quality of Life (ProQOL) scale is one of the most widely used measures of compassion satisfaction and fatigue despite there being little publicly available evidence to support its validity. This study, conducted among a sample of 310 child protection workers, assessed the construct validity of this measure using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and bifactor modeling. The CFA failed to confirm the adequacy of the three‐factor structure proposed by Stamm (2010). In response, a bifactor model postulating a factor structure with a general factor in addition to independent factors (compassion satisfaction, job burnout, and secondary traumatic stress) was proposed, highlighting the unidimensionality of the ProQOL while allowing for each subscale to be used separately. Moreover, this bifactor model of the ProQOL was moderately correlated with the Posttraumatic Disorder Checklist, r = −.427, p < .001, and strongly correlated with scales of well‐being at work, r = .694, p < .001, and psychological distress at work, r = −.666, p < .001, thus supporting the ProQOL's convergent validity. No associations were found between the ProQOL and the Life Event Checklist, which supports the ProQOL's discriminant validity. Overall, the results indicated that compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue represent higher and lower levels of the same construct rather than two different constructs. Researchers and clinicians could therefore compute a single score to rate professionals’ individual levels of professional quality of life.

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Construct Validity of the Professional Quality of Life (ProQoL) Scale in a Sample of Child Protection Workers

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Incorporating compassion into compassion fatigue: The development of a new scale

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Objective Although theory supports compassion fatigue as a separate condition, compassion fatigue, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress (STS) are terms often used interchangeably. We aim to create a compassion fatigue scale while comparing it to burnout and STS. Method Survey data were collected from 651 psychologists working in Sweden using a Compassion Fatigue Inventory (CFI), the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory, and the STS Scale. Results An exploratory factor analysis was used to evaluate the CFI resulting in high internal consistency generating three subfactors: Reduced Compassion, Social Life, and Workplace. Even though Compassion fatigue had a high correlation with both burnout and STS, the results suggest a narrower conceptualization of compassion fatigue. The only background variable related to compassion fatigue was years of work experience. Conclusion This new CFI can be useful in examining reduced compassion in health care professionals.

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Contributing factors to secondary traumatic stress and vicarious posttraumatic growth in therapists

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Curran,

Dyer

et al. 2023

Journal of Traumatic Stress

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Alongside the recognized potential negative repercussions of working as a psychological therapist, there is growing interest in the potential positive impacts of engaging in such work. The current study used a cross‐sectional online survey design to explore the impact of a range of demographic, work‐related, and compassion‐related factors on levels of secondary traumatic stress (STS) and vicarious posttraumatic growth (VPTG) in an international sample of 359 psychological therapists. Hierarchical multiple regressions demonstrated that burnout, lower levels of self‐compassion, having a personal trauma history, reporting a higher percentage of working time with a trauma focus, and being female were the statistically significant contributors to STS scores, explaining 40.8% of the variance, F(9, 304) = 23.2, p <.001. For VPTG, higher compassion satisfaction, higher self‐compassion, higher STS, a higher percentage of working time with a trauma focus, fewer years qualified, being male, and having a personal trauma history were all statistically significant contributors, explaining 27.3% of the variance, F (10, 304) = 11.37, p <.001. The findings illustrate the potential risk and protective factors for developing STS and clarify factors that may increase the likelihood of experiencing VPTG. Implications for psychological therapists and the organizations and institutions for which they work are considered along with potential directions for future research in the discussion.

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A critical enquiry into the psychometric properties of the professional quality of life scale (ProQol-5) instrument

Cited by 105 publications

References 25 publications

Construct Validity of the Professional Quality of Life (ProQoL) Scale in a Sample of Child Protection Workers

Construct Validity of the Professional Quality of Life (ProQoL) Scale in a Sample of Child Protection Workers

Incorporating compassion into compassion fatigue: The development of a new scale

Contributing factors to secondary traumatic stress and vicarious posttraumatic growth in therapists

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