Department of Humanities, Philosophical and Educational Sciences, University of Salerno, 84084 Fisciano, Italy.
Department of Humanistic Studies, University of Naples Federico II, 80138 Naples, Italy.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Jan 27;20(3):2266. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20032266.
Professionals working with refugees are vicariously exposed to complex traumatic experiences lived by forced migrants, which can lead to the risk of developing secondary traumatic stress, burnout, and a poor compassion satisfaction. The current study aimed to explore the effects of secondary traumatic stress on burnout and compassion satisfaction in 264 Italian professionals working with refugees and forced migrants. Moreover, it examined the mediating role of emotion regulation between secondary traumatic stress and both burnout and compassion satisfaction.
A structural equation modeling (SEM) was performed to test the hypothesis.
The results showed that increased levels of secondary traumatic stress were associated with an increase of burnout both directly and indirectly through the mediation of emotion regulation. Emotion regulation also totally mediated the relationship between secondary traumatic stress and compassion satisfaction.
The results suggested that prevention or interventions programs targeting emotion regulation might be important to improve the professional quality of life of operators working with refugees and forced migrants.
从事难民工作的专业人员会间接地接触到被迫移民所经历的复杂创伤性经历,这可能导致继发性创伤压力、倦怠和同情心满足感差的风险。本研究旨在探讨 264 名意大利难民和被迫移民工作者的继发性创伤压力对倦怠和同情心满足感的影响。此外,还研究了情绪调节在继发性创伤压力与倦怠和同情心满足感之间的中介作用。
采用结构方程模型(SEM)检验假设。
结果表明,继发性创伤压力水平的增加与倦怠呈正相关,这种关系既可以直接产生,也可以通过情绪调节的中介作用间接产生。情绪调节也完全中介了继发性创伤压力与同情心满足感之间的关系。
结果表明,针对情绪调节的预防或干预计划可能对提高从事难民和被迫移民工作的人员的职业生活质量很重要。