Life satisfaction, psychological distress, compassion satisfaction and resilience: when the pleasure of helping others protects veterinary staff from emotional suffering.

Autor: Peixoto MM; Center for Psychology, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal. nelinha.peixoto@gmail.com.; Faculdade de Psicologia e Ciências da Educação, Centro de Psicologia da Universidade do Porto, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, s/n, Porto, 4200-135, Portugal. nelinha.peixoto@gmail.com., Cunha O; HEI-Lab: Human Environment Interaction Lab, Lusófona University, Porto, Portugal.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Veterinary research communications [Vet Res Commun] 2024 Oct; Vol. 48 (5), pp. 3489-3498. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 20.
DOI: 10.1007/s11259-024-10510-0
Abstrakt: Introduction: Individuals working in veterinary field suffer significantly from mental health problems, and research has extensively focused on psychological and work-related predictors of psychological distress. This study intended to approach psychological distress through a positive lens by investigating the predictive role of life satisfaction on psychological distress in veterinary staff, and the mediating effect of compassion satisfaction, resilience and perceived social support.
Methodology: A total of 868 veterinary staff (i.e. veterinarians, veterinary nurses, veterinary assistants and veterinary administrative staff) completed a web-survey assessing life satisfaction, psychological distress, compassion satisfaction, resilience, and social support.
Results: Life satisfaction negatively predicts psychological distress, and compassion satisfaction and resilience showed a mediation effect on the relationship between life satisfaction and psychological distress, with compassion satisfaction explaining 59% and resilience 6.4% of the effect of life satisfaction on psychological distress.
Conclusion: Current data support the role of life satisfaction as a protective dimension on psychological distress within a broader sample population of veterinary staff in Portugal, highlighting the role of compassion satisfaction and resilience in contributing in minimising distress among veterinary staff.
(© 2024. The Author(s).)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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