Compassion fatigue has been primarily studied at the micro level and framed as a psychological “personal trouble” that results from one's personality traits, demographic characteristics, or life and work stressors. In addition, compassion fatigue is used to predict other psychological outcomes such as burnout, depersonalization, and stress. This literature on compassion fatigue has been reviewed, in order to illustrate areas where sociologists can contribute to a more nuanced understanding of the phenomenon. In this article we conceptualize compassion fatigue as a sociological concept and overview the potential ways that sociological approaches can enhance our understanding. We draw on the literatures of emotion work, social exchange theory, and macrolevel sociological theories to facilitate the use of compassion fatigue from a sociological perspective. For example, we use concepts such as social integration and anomie to stimulate thinking about rates of compassion fatigue.

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同情疲劳的社会学概念化：扩大我们的理解

对同情疲劳的研究主要是从微观层面进行的，并被归结为心理“人身麻烦”，其源于一个人的性格特征，人口统计学特征或生活和工作压力。此外，同情疲劳可用于预测其他心理结果，例如倦怠，人格解体和压力。对同情疲劳的文献进行了综述，目的是说明社会学家可以在哪些方面有助于对现象进行更细微的了解。在本文中，我们将同情疲劳作为一种社会学概念进行了概念化，并概述了社会学方法可以增进我们的理解的潜在方式。我们借鉴了情感工作的文献，社会交流理论，和宏观社会学理论，从社会学的角度促进同情疲劳的使用。例如，我们使用诸如社会融合和失范之类的概念来激发对同情疲劳率的思考。