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Empati och arbetsbelastningens samband med hälsa hos personal inom frivården
University West, Department of Social and Behavioural Studies, Division of Psychology, Pedagogy and Sociology.
University West, Department of Social and Behavioural Studies, Division of Psychology, Pedagogy and Sociology.
2020 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Empathy and the workload's correlation with health in probation service staff (English)
Abstract [sv]

För att uppnå framgångsrik vård inom människovårdande yrken krävs det empati. D e fyra empatidimensionerna; fantasi, empatisk oro, personlig nöd och perspektivtagande, samtarbetsbelastning har betydelse för hälsan för personal som utför samtalsbehandlingar inom frivården. Syftet med studien var att studera hur empati och arbetsbelastning upplevs hos personal som har klientkontakt inom frivården och dess betydelse för deras självskattade hälsa. För att uppnå detta så användes ett eget konstruerat instrument som avser att mätahälsa, Interpersonal Reactivity Index test som mäter de fyra empatidimensionerna, Quantitative Workload Inventory test som mäter arbetsbelastning samt ett formulär gällande bakgrund hos deltagarna. Data samlades in elektroniskt under andra vågen av Covid-19 pandemin. I studien deltog 73 anställda inom frivården. Studien påvisar indikationer på att det fanns signifikant korrelation mellan arbetsbelastning och personlig nöd (r = .50), hälsa och personlig nöd (r = -.40), arbetsbelastning och empatisk oro (r = .40) samt mellan hälsa och arbetsbelastning (r = -.48). Det framgick även att personlig nöd samt empatisk oro predicerar arbetsbelastning (R2 = .31) och att arbetsbelastning predicerar hälsa (R2 = .27). En preliminär slutsats är att empati och arbetsbelastning kan beröra den upplevda hälsan hos personalen inom frivården, synnerligen under rådande pandemisituation som försvårar interpersonella kontakter.

Abstract [en]

To achieve successful treatment in mental health care professions empathy is required. Thefour dimensions of empathy; fantasy, empathic concern, personal distress and perspectivetaking, as well as workload are important for the health of staff who perform conversational treatments in probation. The purpose of this study was to study how empathy and workload are experienced by the staff who have contact with clients in probation and its significance for their self-rated health. To achieve this, a specially designed instrument was used that measures health, Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) test that measures the four dimensions of empathy, Quantitative Workload Inventory (QWI) test that measures workload and a form regarding background of the participants. Data were collected electronically during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. The study involved 73 employees in the probation service. The study indicates that there was a significant correlation between workload and personal distress (r = .50), health and personal distress (r = -.40), workload and empathic concern (r = .40) and between health and workload (r = .48). It was also shown that personal distress and empathic concern predict workload (R2 = .31) and that workload predicts health (R2 = .27). A preliminary conclusion is that empathy and workload can affect the perceived health of the staff in the probation service, especially during the current pandemic situation which makes interpersonal meetings more difficult.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2020. , p. 24
Keywords [en]
Empathy, workload, health, probation service
Keywords [sv]
Empati, arbetsbelastning, hälsa, frivården
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Psychology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-16241Local ID: EXP301OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hv-16241DiVA, id: diva2:1520406
Subject / course
Psychology
Educational program
Psykologi
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Available from: 2021-01-25 Created: 2021-01-20 Last updated: 2021-01-25Bibliographically approved

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