School of Education, Shandong Women' University, Jinan, China.
Centre of Higer Degree by Research, School of Education, Taylor's University, Subang Jaya, Malaysia.
Sci Rep. 2024 Sep 30;14(1):22607. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-73666-4.
Compassion fatigue is a prevalent challenge experienced by helping professionals, influencing both their personal well-being and the quality of services they deliver. While the beneficial impact of expertise in counseling on alleviating compassion fatigue has been established, limited research has investigated this association specifically among mental health counselors within the cultural context of China. Additionally, the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. This study examined whether expertise in counseling can reduce compassion fatigue and whether this relationship is mediated by core self-evaluation and resilience. A cross-sectional survey of 109 mental health counselors revealed that expertise negatively predicted compassion fatigue both directly and indirectly through enhanced core self-evaluation. However, resilience only exhibited a negative correlation with compassion fatigue and a positive correlation with core self-evaluation, its mediating effect between expertise and compassion fatigue was not supported. This study highlights the crucial role of expertise and core self-evaluation as mediating factors in alleviating compassion fatigue.
职业耗竭是助人专业人员普遍面临的挑战，影响他们的个人幸福感和服务质量。虽然咨询专业知识对减轻职业耗竭有积极影响已得到证实，但在中国文化背景下，针对心理健康咨询师的这种关联的研究有限，而且其潜在机制仍不清楚。本研究检验了咨询专业知识是否可以减轻职业耗竭，以及这种关系是否通过核心自我评价和韧性来介导。对 109 名心理健康咨询师的横断面调查显示，专业知识不仅直接预测职业耗竭，还通过增强核心自我评价间接预测职业耗竭。然而，韧性仅与职业耗竭呈负相关，与核心自我评价呈正相关，其在专业知识和职业耗竭之间的中介作用不被支持。本研究强调了专业知识和核心自我评价作为减轻职业耗竭的中介因素的重要作用。
