Secondary traumatisation, burn-out and functional impairment: findings from a study of Danish child protection workers.
Issue Date
2020-02-27Keywords
Mental healthSecondary traumatization
burnout
CHILD PROTECTION
CHILD WELFARE
discriminant validity
exploratory structural equation modelling
functional impairment
• Both secondary traumatisation and burnout are related to functional impairment.
• Burnout and secondary traumatisation are different phenomena although they share some symtpoms when operationalised using the ProQoL-5 and the OLBI.
• Danish child protection workers are at risk for both burnout and secondary traumatisation.
Metadata
Show full item recordJournal
European journal of psychotraumatologyDOI
10.1080/20008198.2020.1724416PubMed ID
32166006Abstract
Background: Child-protection workers are at elevated risk for secondary traumatization. However, research in the area of secondary traumatization has been hampered by two major obstacles: the use of measures that have unclear or inadequate psychometric properties and equivocal findings on the degree of associated functional impairment. Objective: To assess the relationship between secondary traumatization and burnout using exploratory structural equation modelling (ESEM) and to assess the relationship between secondary traumatization and functional impairment. Methods: A survey of Danish child-protection workers was conducted through the Danish Children Centres (N = 667). Secondary traumatization was measured using the Professional Quality of Life-5 (ProQoL-5) and burnout using the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory. Results: A three-factor ESEM model provided the best fit to the data, reflecting factors consistent with the structure of secondary traumatization and burnout. The factors were differentially related to trauma-related and organizational variables in ways consistent with existing evidence. All factors were significantly related to functional impairment. Conclusion: The findings supported the discriminant validity of secondary traumatization and burnout while highlighting methodological issues around the current use of sum-score approaches to investigating secondary traumatization. The current study supported the clinical relevance of secondary traumatization by linking it explicitly to social and cognitive functional impairment.Item Type
ArticleLanguage
enISSN
2000-8066ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1080/20008198.2020.1724416
Scopus Count
Collections
Related articles
- [Psychometric properties of the Polish version of the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory (OLBI)].
- Authors: Baka Ł, Basińska BA
- Issue date: 2016
- Does vicarious traumatisation affect oncology nurses? A literature review.
- Authors: Sinclair HA, Hamill C
- Issue date: 2007 Sep
- Child protection workers dealing with child abuse: The contribution of personal, social and organizational resources to secondary traumatization.
- Authors: Dagan SW, Ben-Porat A, Itzhaky H
- Issue date: 2016 Jan
- Therapists Working With Trauma Victims: The Contribution of Personal, Environmental, and Professional-Organizational Resources to Secondary Traumatization.
- Authors: Dagan K, Itzhaky H, Ben-Porat A
- Issue date: 2015
- Identifying child protection workers at risk for secondary traumatization: A latent class analysis of the Professional Quality of Life Scale-5.
- Authors: Vang ML, Pihl-Thingvad J, Shevlin M
- Issue date: 2022 Dec
Related items
Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.
-
Mantra meditation programme for emergency department staff: a qualitative study.Lynch, Julie; Prihodova, Lucia; Dunne, Pádraic J; O'Leary, Caoimhe; Breen, Rachel; Carroll, Áine; Walsh, Cathal; McMahon, Geraldine; White, Barry (BMJ Open, 2018-09-24)Rates of burnout and stress in healthcare practitioners are steadily increasing. Emergency department (ED) staff are particularly susceptible to such poor outcomes. Mantra meditation (MM) may contribute to increased well-being. The primary aim of this study was to obtain indepth qualitative feedback on ED staff's experience of a MM programme. A secondary objective was to harness staff's perception of the ED working environment. Qualitative study. ED in St James' Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. Doctors, nurses, allied health professionals and administrative staff (n=10, eight women, mean age 35.6 years) working in the ED who attended a MM programme.
-
Early experiences of radiographers in Ireland during the COVID-19 crisis.Foley, Shane J; O'Loughlin, Anne; Creedon, Jill (2020-09-25)
-
Burnout in consultants in child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) in Ireland: a cross-sectional study.McNicholas, Fiona; Sharma, Sonita; Oconnor, Cliodhna; Barrett, Elizabeth (2020-01-19)An online questionnaire was sent to all consultant child psychiatrists registered with the Irish Medical Council (n=112). Fifty-two consultants replied (46% response rate).