University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
J Interpers Violence. 2021 Dec;36(23-24):11327-11355. doi: 10.1177/0886260519897340. Epub 2020 Jan 11.
Advocates who work for nonprofit organizations (NPOs) that address gender-based violence (GBV) experience a wide range of psychosocial health and well-being risks due to the emotionally demanding nature of the work they engage in. Most recommendations for advocates' self-care focus on individual-level activities, failing to hold the NPOs accountable for creating workplace cultures and practices that foster psychosocial well-being, self-care, and resilience among the advocates. The aim of this qualitative research was to further our understanding of organizational-level factors that influence psychosocial well-being and self-care practices among advocates who work for GBV-specific NPOs in a metropolitan area in the southeastern United States. We conducted in-depth interviews with 25 GBV-specific advocates. Constructivist grounded theory methods were used in coding and analyzing the data. Sixteen advocates identified as White, followed by five Black, two Hispanic, and two mixed-race/ethnicity. Mean age was 36 years. Most participants had a master's degree ( = 16). Analysis of the data resulted in three major themes: (a) Management and Leadership Style, (b) Interpersonal Relationship Dynamics, and (c) Culture of Self-Care. The ways in which leaders established relationships with other advocates to accomplish organizational goals, how advocates developed a sense of camaraderie with their coworkers, and shared norms around self-care shaped advocates' willingness and ability to engage in individual and collective self-care. Findings of this study highlight the role of GBV-specific NPOs in creating workplace cultures and practices that are conducive to engaging in self-care and developing resilience among the advocates. By fulfilling this responsibility, organizations would enable the advocates to not only survive, but thrive in their work and make even greater strides in the overall mission of GBV prevention.
致力于解决性别暴力（GBV）问题的非营利组织（NPO）的倡导者，由于他们所从事工作的情感需求性质，会经历广泛的心理社会健康和福祉风险。大多数关于倡导者自我保健的建议都侧重于个人层面的活动，而未能让 NPO 承担责任，为倡导者创造促进心理社会福祉、自我保健和韧性的工作场所文化和实践。本定性研究的目的是进一步了解影响在美国东南部一个大都市区为特定于性别暴力的 NPO 工作的倡导者的心理社会福祉和自我保健实践的组织层面因素。我们对 25 名特定于性别暴力的倡导者进行了深入访谈。建构主义扎根理论方法用于对数据进行编码和分析。16 名倡导者自认为是白人，其次是 5 名黑人、2 名西班牙裔和 2 名混血/多种族。平均年龄为 36 岁。大多数参与者拥有硕士学位（=16）。对数据的分析产生了三个主要主题：（a）管理和领导风格，（b）人际关系动态，（c）自我保健文化。领导者与其他倡导者建立关系以实现组织目标的方式、倡导者与同事建立同志情谊的方式以及围绕自我保健的共同规范，塑造了倡导者个人和集体自我保健的意愿和能力。这项研究的结果强调了特定于性别暴力的 NPO 在创造有利于自我保健和培养倡导者韧性的工作场所文化和实践方面的作用。通过履行这一责任，组织将使倡导者不仅能够在工作中生存，而且能够茁壮成长，并在预防性别暴力的总体使命中取得更大的进展。
