二次创伤性压力和死亡护理工作人员的工作能力:代理创伤后成长的调节作用
Annalisa Grandi1, Marco Rizzo1, Lara Colombo1
1Department of Psychology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
PloS one
|July 27, 2023
概括
代理创伤后生长 (VPTG) 可以保护死亡护理人员免受二次创伤性压力 (STS) 对其工作能力 (WA) 的负面影响. 高水平的VPTG可以减轻STS的有害影响,这表明它具有保护作用.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
- 创伤研究 创伤研究
背景情况:
- 死亡护理专业人员经常遇到创伤性事件.
- 这种暴露会导致二次创伤性压力 (STS),对健康产生负面影响.
- 代理性创伤后生长 (VPTG) 代表创伤暴露后的积极心理变化.
研究的目的:
- 检查VPTG在STS和工作能力 (WA) 之间的关系中的调节作用.
- 调查VPTG如何影响STS对死亡护理工作人员工作能力的影响.
主要方法:
- 在意大利北部的231名死亡护理工作人员的样本参与了调查.
- 使用PROCESS,使用相互作用的回归分析.
- 该研究分析了STS,VPTG和WA之间的关联.
主要成果:
- 在STS和WA之间发现了负相关性.
- 在VPTG和WA之间观察到一个积极的关联.
- VPTG显著缓解了STS和WA之间的关系;高水平的VPTG似乎可以保护STS对WA的负面影响.
结论:
- 在死亡护理机构中,VPTG在减轻STS对工作能力的负面影响方面发挥着重要作用.
- 高水平的代理创伤后生长可能会作为日常创伤的死亡护理工作人员的保护因素.
- 调查结果为支持高创伤专业的工人福祉提供了洞察力.
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