A study on the Effects of Compassion Satisfaction-Compassion Fatigue (CS-CF) of Child and Adolescent’ Workers

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to explore factors that affect the compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue of child and adolescent' workers, For this, the structural equation model was to construct a resilience, communication skills, supervision of child adolescent' workers based on compassion satisfaction-compassion fatigue(CS-CF) model. To accomplish the study aim, a survey using a structured questionnaire was conducted with 223 child adolescent' workers. The data was analyzed using structural equation modeling. The modified hypothetical model yielded the following: First, 2=279.039, df=93, CFI=.902, RMSEA=.095 and showed good fit indices. Second, a resilience, communication skills, supervision showed direct effects on compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue. Results of this study suggest that it is important to develop a support program for child adolescent' workers in order to improve their compassion satisfaction and ameliorate their compassion fatigue. Also, this study supports the importance of compassion fatigue as a risk factor for social workers counseling traumatized clients and its association with psychological problems.