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Protective Factors in Resilient Volunteers Facing Compassion Fatigue
Rosaura Gonzalez-Mendez1, Matilde Díaz1, Laura Aguilera1
1Departamento de Psicología Cognitiva, Social y Organizacional, Universidad de La Laguna, 38200 La Laguna, Canary Islands, Spain.
Psychological strengths like endurance, purpose, and social support enhance volunteer resilience, promoting well-being and post-traumatic growth. Lower endurance, however, predicts compassion fatigue in volunteers.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Volunteer Studies
- Occupational Health
Background:
- Volunteers face risks like compassion fatigue due to exposure to human suffering.
- Protective factors contributing to volunteer resilience remain underexplored.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate how psychological strengths, happiness orientations, and compassion satisfaction predict volunteer resilience.
- To identify factors influencing subjective well-being, post-traumatic growth, and compassion fatigue in volunteers.
Main Methods:
- 116 Spanish Red Cross volunteers participated in the study.
- Participants were grouped based on resilience outcomes (low, medium, high).
- Statistical analyses included ANOVAs and logistic regressions.
Main Results:
- Psychological endurance, organizational support, and eudaimonia significantly predicted post-traumatic growth.
- Purpose, endurance, and organizational support were key predictors of well-being.
- Lower psychological endurance was associated with increased compassion fatigue.
Conclusions:
- Psychological strengths are crucial for fostering volunteer resilience and mitigating negative outcomes.
- Interventions should focus on enhancing endurance, purpose, and social support to bolster volunteer well-being and growth.
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