Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Συμβουλευτική ΨυχολογίαLibrary of the School of Education
Author:
Efthymiadou Evropi
Supervisors info:
Σταλίκας Αναστάσιος, Καθηγητής Κλινικής Ψυχολογίας, Τμήμα Ψυχολογίας, Πάντειο Πανεπιστήμιο
Original Title:
Η Σχέση ανάμεσα στην Αυτοσυμπόνια, την Ικανοποίηση από τη Συμπόνια, την Κόπωση Συμπόνιας και την Ψυχική Ανθεκτικότητα σε Δείγμα Ελλήνων Θεραπευτών
Translated title:
The Relationship among Self-Compassion, Compassion Satisfaction, Compassion Fatigue and Psychological Resilience based on a sample of Greek Therapists
Summary:
Counseling and psychotherapy can be characterized as psychologically demanding profession as therapists’ care for their clients can be lead them to experience negative consequences both in their psychological well-being and in their ability to work efficiently. As such, it is important to study the factors that can contribute to the enhancement of therapists’ psychological wellbeing by protecting them from these negative consequences. The aim of the present study was to determine the relationships among psychological resilience, self-compassion, compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue, which incorporates burnout and secondary traumatic stress that therapists can experience. It was also examined whether higher levels of self-compassion and compassion satisfaction can predict psychological resilience and whether higher levels of psychological resilience can predict lower levels of compassion fatigue. The study sampled 93 (70 women and 23 men) therapists who work in Greece with a mean age of 37,4 years. Data collection was conducted by using self-reported questionnaires. The results showed that psychological resilience, self-compassion and compassion satisfaction are positively correlated with each other and negatively correlated with compassion fatigue. It was also found that self-compassion and compassion satisfaction predict psychological resilience and higher levels of psychological resilience predict lower levels of compassion fatigue. An interpretation of these results is that self-compassion and compassion satisfaction act as protective factors for therapists by enhancing their psychological resilience, while psychological resilience acts protectively for therapists by protecting them from the negative consequences of compassion fatigue.
Main subject category:
Psychology
Keywords:
Positive Psychology, Therapists, Psychological Resilience, Self-Compassion, Compassion satisfaction, Compassion Fatigue
