Moralisk stress: En undersökning av moralisk stress hos personal som arbetar på Statens institutionsstyrelse
(2024) PSPR14 20241Department of Psychology
- Abstract
- This study investigated the frequency of moral distress among staff in the Swedish organization SiS. Moral distress arises in situations where people, in their professional role, experience that they cannot act in accordance with what they deem to be morally correct because of institutional limits. Earlier studies among healthcare staff have shown that moral distress have negative consequences for both the individual and the organization. However, there has been no research in moral distress among SiS-staff, who works with compulsory care. The purpose of this study was to investigate moral distress among SiS-staff, how moral distress correlates and how moral distress can be predicted by coping, psychological flexibility, stress, and... (More)
- This study investigated the frequency of moral distress among staff in the Swedish organization SiS. Moral distress arises in situations where people, in their professional role, experience that they cannot act in accordance with what they deem to be morally correct because of institutional limits. Earlier studies among healthcare staff have shown that moral distress have negative consequences for both the individual and the organization. However, there has been no research in moral distress among SiS-staff, who works with compulsory care. The purpose of this study was to investigate moral distress among SiS-staff, how moral distress correlates and how moral distress can be predicted by coping, psychological flexibility, stress, and empathy. The result showed that there were no significant differences between the SiS-staff and American healthcare staff concerning moral distress, and that the SiS-staff perceive organizational obstacles as especially morally distressing. The results showed significant relations between the overall score and frequency of moral distress and stress, and significant associations between experienced impact of moral distress and empathy, stress, and problem focused coping strategies. The results also show that stress was a significant predictor för the staff’s total score of moral distress. Empathy, stress, and problem focused coping were also found to be significant predictors of experienced moral distress. Stress was the only significant predictor for the frequency of moral distress. In summary, the results partially differ from previous research, which means that further research is needed to gain further in-depth knowledge about moral distress amongst SiS-staff. (Less)
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Studien undersökte förekomsten av moralisk stress bland SiS-personal och dess relation till coping, psykologisk flexibilitet, stress och empati. Moralisk stress uppkommer i situationer där personer, i sin professionella yrkesroll, upplever att de inte kan agera efter vad de upplever är etiskt eller moraliskt korrekt på grund av institutionella begränsningar. Tidigare studier utförd på hälso-och sjukvårdspersonal har visat att moralisk stress kan leda till negativa konsekvenser för både individen och organisationen. Däremot saknas det forskning på om moralisk stress förekommer bland SiS-personal. Syftet med studien var att undersöka förekomsten av moralisk stress, hur moralisk stress korrelerar med och hur moralisk stress kan prediceras av... (More)
- Studien undersökte förekomsten av moralisk stress bland SiS-personal och dess relation till coping, psykologisk flexibilitet, stress och empati. Moralisk stress uppkommer i situationer där personer, i sin professionella yrkesroll, upplever att de inte kan agera efter vad de upplever är etiskt eller moraliskt korrekt på grund av institutionella begränsningar. Tidigare studier utförd på hälso-och sjukvårdspersonal har visat att moralisk stress kan leda till negativa konsekvenser för både individen och organisationen. Däremot saknas det forskning på om moralisk stress förekommer bland SiS-personal. Syftet med studien var att undersöka förekomsten av moralisk stress, hur moralisk stress korrelerar med och hur moralisk stress kan prediceras av coping, psykologisk flexibilitet, stress och empati, men hjälp av fem självskattningsformulär.
Resultaten visade att det inte fanns någon signifikant skillnad mellan SiS-personalen och den amerikanska hälso-och sjukvårdspersonalen gällande självskattning av moralisk stress, samt att de situationer som upplevs som moraliskt stressande för SiS-personal främst berör organisatoriska hinder. Resultaten visade på signifikanta samband mellan moralisk stress och empati, stress och problemfokuserade copingstrategier, samt stress. Resultatet visade att stress var en signifikant prediktor för helskala av moralisk stress. Empati, stress och problemfokuserade copingstrategier var signifikanta prediktorer för underdimensionen upplevd påverkan av moralisk stress. Stress var den enda signifikanta prediktorn för underdimensionen frekvens av moralisk stress. Sammanfattningsvis tycks resultatet delvis skilja sig från tidigare forskning, vilket innebär att vidare forskning behövs för att få fördjupad kunskap kring moralisk stress inom SiS. (Less)
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- author
- Carlsson, Amanda LU
- supervisor
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- Eva Hoff LU
- organization
- course
- PSPR14 20241
- year
- 2024
- type
- H3 - Professional qualifications (4 Years - )
- subject
- keywords
- Moral distress, coping, psychological flexibility, stress, empathy, SiS, Moralisk stress, psykologisk flexibilitet, empati, statens institutionsstyrelse
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9173310
- date added to LUP
- 2024-09-10 08:42:50
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abstract = {{This study investigated the frequency of moral distress among staff in the Swedish organization SiS. Moral distress arises in situations where people, in their professional role, experience that they cannot act in accordance with what they deem to be morally correct because of institutional limits. Earlier studies among healthcare staff have shown that moral distress have negative consequences for both the individual and the organization. However, there has been no research in moral distress among SiS-staff, who works with compulsory care. The purpose of this study was to investigate moral distress among SiS-staff, how moral distress correlates and how moral distress can be predicted by coping, psychological flexibility, stress, and empathy. The result showed that there were no significant differences between the SiS-staff and American healthcare staff concerning moral distress, and that the SiS-staff perceive organizational obstacles as especially morally distressing. The results showed significant relations between the overall score and frequency of moral distress and stress, and significant associations between experienced impact of moral distress and empathy, stress, and problem focused coping strategies. The results also show that stress was a significant predictor för the staff’s total score of moral distress. Empathy, stress, and problem focused coping were also found to be significant predictors of experienced moral distress. Stress was the only significant predictor for the frequency of moral distress. In summary, the results partially differ from previous research, which means that further research is needed to gain further in-depth knowledge about moral distress amongst SiS-staff.}},
author = {{Carlsson, Amanda}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Moralisk stress: En undersökning av moralisk stress hos personal som arbetar på Statens institutionsstyrelse}},
year = {{2024}},
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