SOCIAL WORK AND MANAGEMENT ›› 2023, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (4): 44-52.

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The Influence of Self-Compassion on Compassion Fatigue among Front-Line Social Workers: The Mediation Effect of Career Self-Efficacy

XU Haoyang, ZHANG Yonghong   

  1. School of State Governance, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
  • Received:2023-01-29 Online:2023-07-15 Published:2023-07-18

Abstract: Based on the samples of 235 front-line social workers in China, this paper explores the influence of self-compassion on compassion fatigue among front-line social workers and the mediation effect of career self-efficacy. The results show that, after controlling for age, education, years of employment, professional qualifications, monthly salary and communication frequency with supervisors, self-compassion and career self-efficacy of front-line social workers are negative predictors of compassion fatigue, and career self-efficacy played a partial mediating role between self-compassion and compassion fatigue. To help front-line social workers effectively deal with compassion fatigue and related professional mental health problems, the research suggests that first-line social workers should learn to apply self-compassion, set professional boundary and enhance professional literacy on the individual level, administrators should improve professional supervision and performance appraisal systems on the management level.

Key words: first-line social workers, self-compassion, compassion fatigue, career self-efficacy

CLC Number: 

  • C916
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