Background

STS and burnout (BO) are significant problems for child welfare professionals (Bride, 2007; Craig & Sprang, 2010). A challenge for at-risk professions is to understand how both individuals and organizations can address the potential impact of these conditions.

Objective

This study explores the influence of organizational factors on individual experiences of STS and BO in child welfare settings.

Participants and setting

Study participants were 382 child welfare professionals in the United States who were participating in an organizational assessment of STS and related activities.

Method

The Secondary Traumatic Stress Informed Organizational Assessment (STSI-OA) tool (Sprang et al., 2014) was administered to evaluate the use of policies, practices and training activities that address STS and BO (Sprang et al., 2014). The National Implementation Research Network's (NIRN) implementation framework was applied to the STSI-OA and domain activities loaded onto the three implementation drivers of competency, organization and leadership (Sprang, Ross, & Miller, 2018). Regression analyses were conducted to determine the strength of associations between the implementation drivers of STS informed organizational activity and individual ratings of STS and BO.

Result

Increased use of STS-informed activities affiliated with all three implementation drivers was significantly associated with lower individual STS and BO scores. STS-informed activities associated with the organization driver seemed particularly effective for addressing STS.

Conclusion

This study supports the utility of the integrated framework for enacting STS-informed change in child welfare contexts. Recommendations for organizations and future research are provided.

中文翻译：

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继发性创伤压力 (STS) 的实施驱动因素分析 - 告知组织变革和 STS 的经验以及儿童福利中的倦怠

背景

STS 和倦怠 (BO) 是儿童福利专业人员面临的重大问题（Bride，2007 年；Craig 和 Sprang，2010 年）。面临风险的职业面临的挑战是了解个人和组织如何应对这些情况的潜在影响。

客观的

本研究探讨了组织因素对儿童福利机构中 STS 和 BO 个人经历的影响。

参与者和设置

研究参与者是美国的 382 名儿童福利专业人员，他们正在参与 STS 和相关活动的组织评估。

方法

二次创伤应激知情组织评估(STSI-OA) 工具（Sprang 等人，2014 年）用于评估针对 STS 和 BO 的政策、实践和培训活动的使用情况（Sprang 等人，2014 年）。国家实施研究网络 (NIRN) 实施框架应用于 STSI-OA 和领域活动，加载到能力、组织和领导力这三个实施驱动因素上（Sprang、Ross 和 Miller，2018 年）。进行回归分析以确定 STS 知情组织活动的实施驱动因素与 STS 和 BO 的个人评级之间的关联强度。

结果

增加与所有三个实施驱动因素相关的 STS 知情活动的使用与较低的个人 STS 和 BO 分数显着相关。与组织驱动程序相关的 STS 知情活动似乎对解决 STS 特别有效。

结论

本研究支持综合框架的效用，用于在儿童福利环境中实施 STS 知情变革。提供了对组织和未来研究的建议。