A bi-county examination of child welfare workers' levels of compassion fatigue and coping skills

This study examined the relationship between child welfare workers' coping skills and their levels of empathy. The author developed instruments for measuring empathy and for measuring coping skills. Measures of the coping skills and empathy of child welfare workers in San Bernardino County and...

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Main Authors:	Keyes, Pamela Marie, Smith, Christina Leigh
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Published:	CSUSB ScholarWorks 2005
Subjects:	Child welfare workers California San Bernardino County Child welfare workers California San Diego County Child welfare workers Attitudes Child welfare workers Job stress Child welfare workers Child welfare workers Job stress. Social Work
Online Access:	https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2851 https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3868&context=etd-project

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spelling	ndltd-csusb.edu-oai-scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu-etd-project-38682019-10-23T03:33:58Z A bi-county examination of child welfare workers' levels of compassion fatigue and coping skills Keyes, Pamela Marie Smith, Christina Leigh This study examined the relationship between child welfare workers' coping skills and their levels of empathy. The author developed instruments for measuring empathy and for measuring coping skills. Measures of the coping skills and empathy of child welfare workers in San Bernardino County and San Diego County were compared and found to be similar; the author hoped that this would demonstrate that the results can be generalized. The hypothesis that excellent coping skills diminish compassion fatigue and lead to increased empathy was supported. 2005-01-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2851 https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3868&context=etd-project Theses Digitization Project CSUSB ScholarWorks Child welfare workers California San Bernardino County Child welfare workers California San Diego County Child welfare workers Attitudes Child welfare workers Job stress Child welfare workers Child welfare workers Attitudes Child welfare workers Job stress. Social Work
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topic	Child welfare workers California San Bernardino County Child welfare workers California San Diego County Child welfare workers Attitudes Child welfare workers Job stress Child welfare workers Child welfare workers Attitudes Child welfare workers Job stress. Social Work
spellingShingle	Child welfare workers California San Bernardino County Child welfare workers California San Diego County Child welfare workers Attitudes Child welfare workers Job stress Child welfare workers Child welfare workers Attitudes Child welfare workers Job stress. Social Work Keyes, Pamela Marie Smith, Christina Leigh A bi-county examination of child welfare workers' levels of compassion fatigue and coping skills
description	This study examined the relationship between child welfare workers' coping skills and their levels of empathy. The author developed instruments for measuring empathy and for measuring coping skills. Measures of the coping skills and empathy of child welfare workers in San Bernardino County and San Diego County were compared and found to be similar; the author hoped that this would demonstrate that the results can be generalized. The hypothesis that excellent coping skills diminish compassion fatigue and lead to increased empathy was supported.
author	Keyes, Pamela Marie Smith, Christina Leigh
author_facet	Keyes, Pamela Marie Smith, Christina Leigh
author_sort	Keyes, Pamela Marie
title	A bi-county examination of child welfare workers' levels of compassion fatigue and coping skills
title_short	A bi-county examination of child welfare workers' levels of compassion fatigue and coping skills
title_full	A bi-county examination of child welfare workers' levels of compassion fatigue and coping skills
title_fullStr	A bi-county examination of child welfare workers' levels of compassion fatigue and coping skills
title_full_unstemmed	A bi-county examination of child welfare workers' levels of compassion fatigue and coping skills
title_sort	bi-county examination of child welfare workers' levels of compassion fatigue and coping skills
publisher	CSUSB ScholarWorks
publishDate	2005
url	https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2851 https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3868&context=etd-project
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A bi-county examination of child welfare workers' levels of compassion fatigue and coping skills

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