Crisis-counselor perceptions of job training, stress, and satisfaction during disaster recovery
| Autor: | Nikki D. Bellamy, Lori A. McGee, Min Qi Wang, Julie S. Liu, Maryann E. Robinson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Counseling Male Stress management Adolescent Social Psychology Natural Disasters education PsycINFO Affect (psychology) Job Satisfaction Feedback Occupational Stress Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Humans Survivors 030212 general & internal medicine Qualitative Research Aged 030505 public health Emergency management business.industry Workload Middle Aged Outreach Clinical Psychology Counselors Female Perception Job satisfaction Occupational stress 0305 other medical science Psychology business Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. 11:19-27 |
| ISSN: | 1942-969X 1942-9681 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE The United States Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program (CCP; authorized by the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 1974/2013) aims to provide disaster-recovery support to communities following natural or human-caused disasters through outreach. Job satisfaction among the crisis counselors the CCP employs may affect the delivery of outreach services to survivors and their communities. The present study was conducted to gain insight into CCP crisis counselors' experiences with job training and work-related stress as predictors of job satisfaction. METHOD Data was collected from 47 CCP service-provider agencies, including 532 completed service-provider feedback surveys to examine the usefulness of the CCP training they had received, the support and supervision provided by program management, the workload and its duration, resources provided, and the stress experienced. Quantitative and qualitative data were examined, and a multiple linear regression was calculated to predict job satisfaction based on training usefulness, job stress, gender, age, race, full- or part-time status, highest level of education achieved, and supervisory position. RESULTS The overall regression equation was significant, F(8, 341) = 8.428, p < .000. The regression coefficients indicated that the higher the job training was rated as useful (p < .001), the lower the job stress (p < .01), and the older the age of the respondents (p < .05), the greater the level of job satisfaction. CONCLUSION Findings suggest that proper training and management of stress among crisis counselors are necessary for influencing levels of staff job satisfaction. Where self-care and stress management were not adequately emphasized, more stress was reported. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved). |
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