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The Professional Is the Personal: A Qualitative Exploration of Self-Care Practices in Clinical Infant Mental Health Practitioners
Journal of Social Service Research ( IF 1.193 ) Pub Date : 2020-10-08 , DOI: 10.1080/01488376.2020.1817228
Tanika Eaves 1 , Laura Mauldin 2 , Cora B. Megan 2 , JoAnn L. Robinson 2
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Abstract

Infant mental health (IMH) as an interdisciplinary field relies on relationships to heal past trauma and promote secure parent-infant attachment. Stress related to performing IMH work has gained more attention in workforce development/well-being literature. Yet, IMH workforce engagement in self-care practices to manage work stress is left unexplored. This qualitative investigation examines a purposive sample (N = 21) of clinical IMH practitioners in two U.S. states to answer the following research questions: a) What self-care practices do clinical IMH practitioners perform? b) Do clinical IMH practitioners rely on reflective supervision as a professional self-care practice? Data include: a) open-ended interviews with clinical IMH practitioners and b) an inventory measuring burnout. Results indicate that on average, the sample reported moderate to high levels of burnout. Yet the majority of the sample engaged in personal and professional self-care practices to manage work-related stress. Saturation of themes: a) heavy reliance on individual coping, b) reflective supervision is insufficient on its own, c) organizational supports may facilitate engagement in self-care and d) competing care demands impede self-care; suggests that individual engagement in self-care outside of work, may not sufficiently manage work-related stress in this group of social service professionals. Highlighted themes offer an ecological framework for considering the interplay between individuals and organizations in promoting IMH workforce well-being. Recommendations for systematic investigation of the role individuals and organizations play in promoting self-care practice and well-being in the broader IMH workforce, employing quantitative methods of inquiry are discussed.



中文翻译:

专业是个人:对临床婴儿心理健康从业者自我保健实践的定性探索

摘要

婴儿心理健康(IMH)作为一个跨学科领域,依赖于治愈过去的创伤并促进父母与婴儿之间牢固依恋的关系。与执行IMH工作有关的压力在劳动力发展/福利文献中得到了越来越多的关注。然而,IMH员工参与自我护理实践以管理工作压力的做法尚待探索。这项定性调查研究了美国两个州的临床IMH从业人员的有目的样本(N = 21),以回答以下研究问题:a)临床IMH从业人员执行哪些自我护理措施?b)IMH的临床从业者是否依赖反思性监督作为专业的自我保健实践?数据包括:a)与临床IMH从业人员的不限成员名额访谈,以及b)测量倦怠的清单。结果表明,平均而言,该样本报告的职业倦怠程度为中度到高度。然而,大多数样本从事个人和专业自我保健实践,以管理与工作有关的压力。主题的饱和:a)严重依赖个人应对,b)仅靠反思不足,c)组织支持可能有助于从事自我保健,d)竞争性保健要求阻碍了自我保健;这表明,个人从事工作以外的自我保健,可能无法充分管理这组社会服务专业人员中与工作相关的压力。突出显示的主题提供了一个生态框架,用于考虑个人和组织之间在促进IMH员工福祉方面的相互作用。

更新日期:2020-10-08
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