Mangoulia Polyxeni, Tsokas Nektarios, Koukia Evmorfia, Malli Foteini, Missouridou Evdokia, Dafogianni Chrysoula, Kyranou Maria, Fradelos Evangelos C
Department of Nursing, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 115 27 Athens, Greece.
Mobile Mental Health Unit of Trikala "Syneirmos", 42 100 Trikala, Greece.
Healthcare (Basel). 2025 Jun 1;13(11):1313. doi: 10.3390/healthcare13111313.
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Although self-compassion practice has been increasingly popular in the literature in recent years, the area of social work knows very little about it. To be self-compassionate is to treat oneself with love and respect. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between social workers' professional quality of life (compassion satisfaction, secondary traumatic stress, and burnout) and self-compassion.
This cross-sectional descriptive study consisted of 177 social workers in primary healthcare (PHC) in Greece. The Self-Compassion Scale (SCS), the Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL-5), and the participants' personal, demographic, and professional information were all included in an electronic questionnaire that they had to fill out.
This study's findings show that, although 43.2% of participants exhibited high levels of self-compassion, burnout and secondary traumatic stress were at low-to-moderate levels among the participants. Apart from the secondary traumatic stress and humanity dimensions, both the dimensions and the overall self-compassion scale showed a strong relationship with the aspects of professional quality of life. Burnout and secondary traumatic stress were significantly reduced, and compassion fulfilment were increased in environments that were supportive, socially supportive, work-related, hobby-filled, and religious.
The integration of self-compassion into a comprehensive and methodical approach to employee wellness has the potential to enhance the physical and mental health of workers in healthcare environments.
背景/目的：尽管近年来自我同情实践在文献中越来越流行，但社会工作领域对此了解甚少。自我同情就是以爱和尊重对待自己。本研究的目的是调查社会工作者的职业生活质量（同情满足感、继发性创伤压力和职业倦怠）与自我同情之间的关系。
这项横断面描述性研究由希腊初级医疗保健（PHC）领域的177名社会工作者组成。一份电子问卷包含了自我同情量表（SCS）、职业生活质量量表（ProQOL-5）以及参与者的个人、人口统计学和专业信息，他们必须填写这份问卷。
本研究结果表明，尽管43.2%的参与者表现出高水平的自我同情，但参与者中的职业倦怠和继发性创伤压力处于低至中等水平。除了继发性创伤压力和人性维度外，自我同情量表的各个维度以及总体量表都与职业生活质量的各个方面表现出强烈的关系。在支持性、社会支持性、与工作相关、充满爱好和宗教氛围的环境中，职业倦怠和继发性创伤压力显著降低，同情满足感增加。
将自我同情融入全面、系统的员工健康方法中，有可能促进医疗环境中工作者的身心健康。
