Stress and Coping with a Professional Challenge in Entering Masters of Social Work Students

The Role of Self‐Compassion

Bibliographic Data

ID15434752
AuthorsYu‐wen Ying (University of California, Berkeley, corresponding author), Meekyung Han (0000-0002-6573-1811, San Jose State University)
Year2009
Volume28
Issue3
Pages263-283
Publication date2009-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work Social Thought (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1542-6432 • E-ISSN: 1542-6440
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15426430903070210
OpenAlexW2010563271
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited52

The study examined the role of religiosity, spirituality, and self‐compassion in responding to a professional stressor among first year masters of social work students. A total of 66 entering students from two masters of social work programs in the western United States participated in a paper‐pencil survey. While religiosity and spirituality did not influence the stress and coping process, self‐compassion did. In particular, multivariate analyses showed that overidentification, a negative component of self‐compassion, was associated with increased stress, while common humanity, a positive component of self‐compassion, was associated with effective coping. Implications of study findings for social work education are discussed

Burnout · Compassion · Compassion fatigue · Coping (psychology · Mindfulness · Religiosity · Self-compassion · Spirituality · Stressor · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice

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