University of Louisville, United States.
Child Abuse Negl. 2020 Dec;110(Pt 3):104535. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104535. Epub 2020 May 22.
Efforts to enhance professional quality of life (ProQOL) may prove a promising area for intervention to reducing workforce jettison and maintaining a healthy and resilient workforce necessary for supporting children and families in the child welfare system.
The current study aimed to describe the relative contributions of measures of ProQOL to intent on leaving the workforce among child welfare professionals. We also aimed to describe gender differences in ProQOL, intent to leave, and associated correlations among child welfare professionals. Such an investigation is a critical extension of earlier efforts as women constitute a markedly larger proportion of the workforce compared to men and evidence exists pointing to gender disparities in helping professionals' work experiences.
Secondary data were used from a survey of child welfare professionals across five sites.
Univariate and bivariate statistics, hierarchical linear regression, and associated z-scores and p-values were used to meet the aforementioned aims.
Burnout accounted for the greatest variation in intent to leave among all professionals. However, gender disparities were found for all ProQOL measures with the largest difference observed for burnout, an effect more pronounced in males. Compassion satisfaction was significantly higher among females.
Burnout shapes intentions to leave for child welfare professionals; however, the effects of emotional exhaustion and hopelessness are stronger predictors of turnover among male than females in the current sample. Organizational strategies to reduce burnout and future research directions are discussed.
提高专业生活质量（ProQOL）的努力可能是减少劳动力流失和维持支持儿童福利系统中儿童和家庭所需的健康和有弹性的劳动力的一个有前途的干预领域。
本研究旨在描述 ProQOL 措施对儿童福利专业人员离职意愿的相对贡献。我们还旨在描述 ProQOL、离职意愿以及儿童福利专业人员之间相关关联的性别差异。这种调查是对早期努力的重要扩展，因为与男性相比，女性在劳动力中所占比例明显更大，并且有证据表明，在帮助专业人员的工作经历方面存在性别差距。
使用来自五个地点的儿童福利专业人员调查的二次数据。
使用单变量和双变量统计、分层线性回归以及相关 z 值和 p 值来满足上述目的。
倦怠占所有专业人员离职意愿变化的最大比例。然而，在所有 ProQOL 措施方面都发现了性别差异，倦怠的差异最大，这种影响在男性中更为明显。女性的同情心满意度明显更高。
倦怠塑造了儿童福利专业人员离职的意愿；然而，在当前样本中，情绪疲惫和绝望对男性离职的预测作用强于女性。讨论了减少倦怠的组织策略和未来的研究方向。
