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The Mediating Role of Self-Compassion Between Mindfulness and Compassion Fatigue Among Therapists in Hong Kong 자세히보기
  • 자료유형학술지논문
  • 저자명Yip, S. Y.,Mak, W. W.,Chio, F. H.,Law, R. W.
  • 학회/출판사/기관명Springer Science and Business Media
  • 출판년도2017
  • 언어영어
  • 학술지명/학위논문주기Mindfulness
  • 발행사항Vol.8No.2[2017]_x000D_
  • ISBN/ISSN1868-8527
  • 소개/요약Therapy work could be upsetting and detrimental to therapists’ well-being. “In our effort to view the world from the perspective of the suffering we suffer” (Figley 2002, p. 1434). This apparent contagious quality of suffering, especially between healthcare professionals and the clients they serve, was first mentioned in the psychology literature by Pines and Maslach (1978). Following over three decades of research on the subject, this phenomenon is most widely known as compassion fatigue (Figley 2002; Stamm 2010). It refers to the negative effects of working with people who have experienced extremely stressful events and is contributory to dampening professional quality of life (Stamm 2010). Compassion fatigue can be further divided into burnout and secondary traumatic stress. While the former is characterized by frustration, anger, depression, feelings of hopelessness, and exhaustion, the latter is characterized by fear, intrusive images, avoidance behavior, and sleep difficulties, as a result of work-related exposure to people who have experienced extremely or traumatically stressful events (Stamm 2010).