Understanding professional distress through social representations: Investigating the shared experience of healthcare social workers in Canada

被引：4

作者：

Negura, Lilian ^{[1
]}

Levesque, Maude ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Ottawa, Sch Social Work, Ottawa, ON, Canada

[2] Univ Ottawa, 120 Univ Private FSS,Room 12031, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada

来源：

INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL WORK | 2022年 / 65卷 / 06期

关键词：

Burnout; mental health; organizational constraints; professional identity; social work; workplace well-being; SECONDARY TRAUMATIC STRESS; IDENTITY; BURNOUT;

D O I：

10.1177/0020872820967428

中图分类号：

C916 [社会工作、社会管理、社会规划];

学科分类号：

1204 ;

摘要：

Our study sought to refine our understanding of professional distress by examining the experience of healthcare social workers in the following three Canadian provinces: Manitoba, Ontario and New Brunswick. Thirty semi-directed interviews were conducted to explore the social workers' social representation of professional distress and its ties to professional identity and growing organizational constraints. Attitudes, work-life imbalances, and negative workplace experiences were found to increase the subjective experience of distress. Current psychosocial and organizational contexts of front-line practitioners are contributors to their professional distress, a matter further exacerbated by the misrepresentation of social work by colleagues and service beneficiaries.

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页码：1184 / 1200

页数：17