Compassion Fatigue Syndrome in Social Workers and Its relationship with Emotional Intelligence

Author:

Barrera-Algarín Evaristo1,Castro-Ibáñez Rebeca2,Vallejo-Andrada Ana3,Martínez-Fernández Rocío4

Affiliation:

1. Department of Social Work and Social Services, University of Pablo de Olavide PhD, is university lecturer, , Sevilla, Sevilla 41013, Spain

2. Department of Social Work and Social Services, University of Pablo de Olavide MSW, is researcher, , Sevilla, Spain

3. Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Social Health, Universidad de Huelva PhD, is social work professor, , Huelva, Spain

4. Department of Social Work and Social Services, University of Pablo de Olavide PhD, is social work professor, , Sevilla, Spain

Abstract

Abstract A study was conducted on how emotional intelligence and compassion fatigue (CF) interact in social workers. The hypothesis was that social workers with higher emotional intelligence were less likely to suffer/develop CF. A sample of 264 subjects was selected from among 2,014 active social workers in Seville (Spain). They were administered a sociodemographic questionnaire (α = .710), the Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire–Short Form (α = .790), and the Compassion Fatigue Scale (α = .770). Authors carried out a reliability analysis (Cronbach’s alpha), a frequency study, contingency tables, a Pearson-type correlations analysis, a linear regression analysis, and analysis of variance–type significance tests (with values between p = .001 and p = .005). The social workers who participated in this study presented high emotional intelligence, yet high rates of CF were found. Specifically, the lower the social worker’s manifest level of emotional intelligence, the greater the suffering of CF. Overall, social workers with higher emotional intelligence were less likely to suffer or develop CF.

Funder

Official College of Social Work of Seville

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Sociology and Political Science

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