Miera starostlivosti o seba, vnímaného stresu a celkovej pracovnej spokojnosti, ako aj vzťahy medzi nimi u pomáhajúcich pracovníkov poskytujúcich sociálne služby

Abstract

Vykonávanie pomáhajúcej profesie sa spája aj s vysokým prežívaním stresu. Cieľom tejto štúdie je porovnaťreprezentatívnu vzorku slovenských pomáhajúcich profesionálov poskytujúcich sociálne služby (N = 729) s americkými normami v porovnateľných skupinách. Slovenská a americká vzorka sa významne nelíšili v miere prežívaného stresu, ktorá bola posudzovaná Škálou vnímaného stresu (Cohen, Kamarck, Mermelstein, 1983), avšak celková sumarizovaná pracovná spokojnosť ktorá bola posudzovaná Dotazníkom pracovnej spokojnosti (Spector, 1985) bola priemerne nižšia v slovenskej populácii (Hedgesovo g = 0,21). U pomáhajúcich profesionálov sa merala aj miera vykonávaných aktivít starostlivosti o seba (dotazník VSS2, Lichner, Halachová, Lovaš, 2018). Výsledky ukazujú, že celková vyššia starostlivosť o seba sa spája s vyššou mierou pracovnej spokojnosti a s nižšou mierou prežívaného stresu. Štúdia rozoberá aj možné moderačné účinky vykonávanej starostlivosti o seba pri rozvoji stresu. Kľúčové slová: pomáhajúce profesie; stres; pracovná spokojnosť; starostlivosť o seba Level of self-care, perceived stress and overall job satisfaction and relationships between them in helping social services workers Abstract: Performing helping profession has been connected to higher perceived stress. The aim of this study is to describe and compare representative selected sample of Slovak social service professionals (N = 729) with US norms. Slovak and American sample did not differ significantly in the average level of stress assessed by Perceived stress scale (Cohen, Kamarck, Mermelstein, 1983). However, the average level of summarized job satisfaction assessed by Job satisfaction scale (Spector, 1985) was significantly lower in Slovak population of social service professionals (Hedges' g = 0.21). In addition, the level of performed self-care activities was measured by Questionnaire of performed self-care in the helping professions (VSS2, Lichner, Halachová, Lovaš, 2018). Results suggest that higher performed self-care is related to lower perceived stress and higher job satisfaction. The moderation analysis suggests that performing self-care may protect from development of stress.

Stress, Exhaustion and Depression: the Central Variables in High-Risk Professions and the Role of Personal Resources

“…There are many programs aiming at increasing self-care nowadays (e.g. Mesárošová et al, 2019), yet, it seems that self-care is not a core issue for all participants. For the studied risk-group of professionals, there may be strategies that are more suitable and effective in alleviating the depressive symptoms and maintaining good health, such as supporting recreation, leisure and hobby activities.…”

“…The growing levels of perceived stress are not localized plausibly only in the USA. The stress levels in selected professions, which are potentially prone to stress, have been assessed also in Slovak settings (Nezkusilová, Hricová, & Mesárošová, 2019). The results revealed that in large representative sample of 729 individuals working in professions prone to burnout, perceived stress was relatively high in average, yet not significantly different to the stress levels of the employed workers in the USA (Nezkusilová et al, 2019) based on the results of perceived stress from the year 2009 (Cohen & Janicki-Deverts, 2012).…”

“…The stress levels in selected professions, which are potentially prone to stress, have been assessed also in Slovak settings (Nezkusilová, Hricová, & Mesárošová, 2019). The results revealed that in large representative sample of 729 individuals working in professions prone to burnout, perceived stress was relatively high in average, yet not significantly different to the stress levels of the employed workers in the USA (Nezkusilová et al, 2019) based on the results of perceived stress from the year 2009 (Cohen & Janicki-Deverts, 2012). Approaches interpreting the increasing stress levels in various populations across continents all seem to acknowledge that stress is highly personalized and its sources vary greatly between individuals in society.…”