Professional Quality of Life and Changes in Spirituality Among VHA Chaplains: A Mixed Methods Investigation
| Autor: | Wesley H. McCormick, Jason A. Nieuwsma, Joseph M. Currier, Kent D. Drescher, Brett A. Slagel, Timothy D. Carroll |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Health (social science) media_common.quotation_subject 050109 social psychology Empathy Burnout Affect (psychology) 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Quality of life (healthcare) Spirituality Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences skin and connective tissue diseases Moral injury Burnout Professional Qualitative Research health care economics and organizations media_common 05 social sciences Religious studies Middle Aged Resilience Psychological United States 030227 psychiatry United States Department of Veterans Affairs Clinical Psychology Mood Compassion fatigue Quality of Life Female sense organs Compassion Fatigue Clergy Psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy. 23:113-129 |
| ISSN: | 1528-6916 0885-4726 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/08854726.2017.1295675 |
| Popis: | A mixed method design was implemented to examine the spirituality and emotional well-being of Veterans Health Administration (VHA) chaplains and how potential changes in spirituality and emotional well-being may affect their professional quality of life. Four distinct categories of changes emerged from the narrative statements of a nationally representative sample of 267 VHA chaplains: (1) positive changes (e.g., increased empathy), (2) negative changes (e.g., dysthymic mood, questioning religious beliefs), (3) combination of positive and negative changes, and (4) no change (e.g., sustenance through spirituality or self-care). Most chaplains reported positive (37%) or no change (30%) in their spirituality and/or emotional well-being. However, quantitative analyses revealed that chaplains who reported negative changes endorsed greater burnout and secondary traumatic stress. Overall, these findings suggest VHA chaplains are predominantly spiritually resilient, but negative changes in the spiritual domain can occur, potentially increasing the risk of adverse changes in professional quality of life. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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