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Help seeking among helping professionals: a role identity perspective.

Darcy Clay Siebert¹, Carl F Siebert

¹School of Social Work, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 23206-2570, USA. dsiebert@fsu.edu

The American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

|March 14, 2007

Summary

Social workers with a strong caregiver role identity experience more personal distress, increasing their risk for needing professional help. This highlights caregiver identity as a potential risk factor for help-seeking behaviors in helping professions.

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Behavioral Tasks for Examining Identity Recognition In Mice

Behavioral Tasks for Examining Identity Recognition In Mice

Published on: February 7, 2025

Area of Science:

Social Work
Psychology
Occupational Health

Background:

Helping professionals hold multiple identities, including personal and professional caregiver roles.
Caregiver role identity is linked to increased personal distress (e.g., depression, burnout), potentially impacting professional performance.
Existing research suggests a connection between caregiver identity and negative psychological outcomes.

Purpose of the Study:

To expand role identity theory by examining its application to help-seeking behaviors.
To investigate the relationship between caregiver role identity and the likelihood of seeking professional assistance among social workers.

Main Methods:

Utilized logistic regression analyses on data from 751 practicing social workers.
Employed a newly validated measure to assess caregiver role identity.
Examined help-seeking behaviors as the primary outcome variable.

Main Results:

Caregiver role identity emerged as a significant predictor of help-seeking behaviors.
A strong caregiver role identity was associated with an increased likelihood of needing professional assistance.
Findings suggest caregiver role identity is a potential risk factor for social workers' help-seeking.

Conclusions:

Caregiver role identity is a crucial factor influencing help-seeking among social workers.
The findings underscore the importance of addressing caregiver role identity in mental health support for helping professionals.
Further research is warranted to explore interventions mitigating distress associated with caregiver roles in this population.