Hope and resilience as protective factors linked to lower burnout among child welfare workers

Pharris, Angela B.; Muñoz, Ricky T.; Hellman, Chan M.

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2022.106424

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“…Hope has been positively associated with reduced levels of depression and anxiety (Feldman & Snyder, 2005), improved quality of life (Duggleby et al, 2021) and better subjective wellbeing after controlling for variance due to self-efficacy and optimism (Magaletta & Oliver, 1999). Hope is also evidenced to be a larger predictor of lower burnout compared to resilience (Pharris et al, 2022), distinguishing it from other positive psychology constructs.…”

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The meaning and experience of hope by people living with dementia as expressed through poetry

2022

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Background Narratives of dementia can undermine the ability of people to live well. Positive psychology, concerned with the cultivation of personal strengths, is a model through which people’s capacity to have positive experiences can be researched. This study explored the meanings and experiences of hope, a positive psychological construct found to facilitate well-being, in people with dementia. Methods People with dementia submitted poems about the meanings and their experiences of hope through an online platform. The submitted poems ( n = 29) underwent thematic analysis. Findings There were three main themes: (1) “ hope is light in the darkness” encapsulated the meaning ascribed to hope as a resource that spotlights what is still possible, (2) “ poetry gives voice to experiences of hope” captured the role of poetry in communicating the otherwise elusive concept of hope, and (3 )“peers uphold hope and cast away the darkness” captured that participants’ hope was blocked by stigmatising views held and expressed by others but facilitated through positive social interactions. Conclusions People are capable of having hope in the context of dementia, with hope being a uniquely functional strength that supports wellbeing. Health professionals, family and society have a clear role in supporting people with dementia to maintain their hope.

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The meaning and experience of hope by people living with dementia as expressed through poetry

2022

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“…The analysis of the problem of hardiness of the respondents selected from various social groups was carried out in the studies of domestic and foreign scientists: medical workers (Alhawatmeh et al, 2021;Lagodich et al, 2020), students (Rivera et al, 2021;Karaman et al, 2020;Özbey et al, 2014;Shereshkova, 2019), social workers (Pharris et al, 2022), teachers (Mayasova et al, 2019;Frizen, 2018). Analysis of these works showed that the hardiness of these social groups was studied in various aspects: comparative characteristics by gender, conditions (Mayasova et al, 2019), in relation to personal qualities (Frizen, 2018), with life satisfaction (Özbey et al, 2014), hope for the future, meaning in life (Rivera et al, 2021), place of residence and participation in management activity (Frizen, 2018), emotional burnout (Lagodich et al, 2020), and others.…”

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Особенности Жизнестойкости Современного Человека В Эпоху Пандемии

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Пронина²,

Фаустова³

et al. 2022

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Введение. В статье поднимается актуальная проблема нестабильности и неопределенности современного мира, связанная с возникновением пандемии и последовавшими вслед за ней социальными ограничениями, в частности – влияние уровней компонентов жизнестойкости на эффективность поведения представителей помогающих профессий в эпоху VUCA, что не было изучено ранее. Целью экспериментального исследования стало изучение особенностей жизнестойкости различных групп населения в ситуации пандемии. Методы. В исследовании использовался оригинальный вариант теста жизнестойкости (Hardiness Survey) С. Мадди в адаптации Д. А. Леонтьева, Е. И. Рассказовой. Экспериментальное исследование проводилось в г. Елец Липецкой области, в нем приняли участие 360 человек (девушки и женщины). Выборку составили представители разных социальных групп: студенты, педагоги общеобразовательных организаций, работники социальной сферы и здравоохранения (равное количество от каждой группы). Статистический анализ результатов проводился с использованием однофакторного дисперсионного анализа, t-критерия Стьюдента с помощью пакета программы SPSS-21. Результаты. Результаты исследования показали, что большинство студентов и педагогов, принявших участие в эксперименте, имеют высокий уровень жизнестойкости, при этом у трети представителей этих групп зафиксирован низкий уровень; медицинским работникам в равной степени присущи высокий и средний уровни, а работники социальной сферы продемонстрировали практически одинаковые показатели как высокого, так и низкого уровней. Полученные данные позволяют сделать вывод о более развитых показателях жизнестойкости у медицинских работников. Однако статистический анализ результатов свидетельствует о том, что уровень жизнестойкости не зависит от типа занятости респондентов. Обсуждение результатов. Анализ степени выраженности того или иного компонента жизнестойкости у участников эксперимента показал, что доминирующим является «контроль». Это указывает на то, что подавляющее большинство респондентов убеждены – мобилизация внутренних сил позволит им адаптироваться в ситуации неопределенности и справиться со стрессовыми обстоятельствами жизни.

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“…Occupational stress on child welfare leads to consequential rates of high turnover, negatively affecting families and children through issues with service delivery and affecting the continuity of care due to the constant cycle of hiring and training new employees (Lizano, He, & Leake, 2021;Pharris, Munoz, & Hellman, 2022). High turnover is costly for agencies, forcing them to continually advertise new positions, interview candidates, and retain new employees.…”

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Physiological evidence of escalating stress during COVID-19: a longitudinal assessment of child welfare workers

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Haughtigan

et al. 2023

Journal of Public Child Welfare

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Studies have shown that stress has contributed to employee turnover and retention problems for agencies, and at the individual level, chronic stress has been associated with coronary heart disease, anxiety, depression, and many other negative effects. In the past, the extent of stress one has felt has been measured by subjective paper-and-pencil instruments; however, recent technological advances have improved our ability to obtain accurate biofeedback assessments from wearable instruments. The Kentucky Child Welfare Workforce Wellness Initiative is the first known study to explore physiological stress in a sample (n = 32) of child welfare professionals using biometric technology (Firstbeat Bodyguard 2) and the first to report that data longitudinally over a four-month period. The study revealed that a variable associated with the strength of the Autonomic Nervous System (RMSSD) remained below the norms for a healthy population as participants experienced consistent and prolonged physiological stress. When examined relatively to the agency's lifting of COVID restrictions and returning to face-to-face service delivery, stress levels began to further rise almost to significant levels (p < .10) and the participants' ability to achieve a state of physiological relaxation significantly decreased. Future research employing biometric technology is also suggested.

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Hope and resilience as protective factors linked to lower burnout among child welfare workers

Cited by 23 publications

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The meaning and experience of hope by people living with dementia as expressed through poetry

The meaning and experience of hope by people living with dementia as expressed through poetry

Особенности Жизнестойкости Современного Человека В Эпоху Пандемии

Physiological evidence of escalating stress during COVID-19: a longitudinal assessment of child welfare workers

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