Compassion fatigue bland lärare – reliabiliteten för en befintlig skala, dess samband med närliggande koncept samt kopplingen till benägenhet att agera vid mobbningssituationer i skolan
(2023) PSPR14 20231Department of Psychology
- Abstract
- The purpose of this study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the Compassion Fatigue Inventory (CFI) as a tool for measuring compassion fatigue among teachers. We also examined whether the level of compassion fatigue could predict teachers' propensity to act in a bullying situation. A confirmatory factor analysis was performed, and we found that it provided insufficient support for the three-factor structure presented in previous literature. The CFI showed good reliability (α=0.88) and convergent validity with moderate to strong correlations with scales of mental well-being, professional self-efficacy, school climate, and professional self-care. Additionally, professional self-care and school climate together accounted for... (More)
- The purpose of this study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the Compassion Fatigue Inventory (CFI) as a tool for measuring compassion fatigue among teachers. We also examined whether the level of compassion fatigue could predict teachers' propensity to act in a bullying situation. A confirmatory factor analysis was performed, and we found that it provided insufficient support for the three-factor structure presented in previous literature. The CFI showed good reliability (α=0.88) and convergent validity with moderate to strong correlations with scales of mental well-being, professional self-efficacy, school climate, and professional self-care. Additionally, professional self-care and school climate together accounted for 46% of the variance in compassion fatigue. We also compared the results on the CFI for teachers who self-identified with compassion fatigue and those who did not, and found a significant difference. Finally, we conducted a multiple regression analysis indicating that higher scores on the workplace and reduced compassion subscales predicted a lower propensity to act in a bullying situation. These findings provide some support for the validity and reliability of the CFI, but future research should explore the current and alternative factor structures for the scale. Several limitations of the study were discussed, including the construct validity of compassion fatigue. Further research is needed to examine whether compassion fatigue can be distinguished from related constructs such as burnout and secondary traumatization. (Less)
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka psykometriska egenskaper för Compassion fatigue inventory (CFI), som ett instrument för att mäta compassion fatigue hos lärare. Vi undersökte även om nivån av compassion fatigue kunde predicera lärares benägenhet att agera i en mobbningssituation. En konfirmatorisk faktoranalys utfördes och vi fann att den gav otillräckligt stöd för den tre-faktorstruktur som presenterats i tidigare litteratur. CFI visade en god reliabilitet (α=0.88) och konvergent validitet med medelstarka till starka korrelationer till skalor för psykiskt välbefinnande, professionell självtillit, skolklimat samt professionellt självomhändertagande. Dessutom förklarade professionellt självomhändertagande och skolklimat tillsammans... (More)
- Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka psykometriska egenskaper för Compassion fatigue inventory (CFI), som ett instrument för att mäta compassion fatigue hos lärare. Vi undersökte även om nivån av compassion fatigue kunde predicera lärares benägenhet att agera i en mobbningssituation. En konfirmatorisk faktoranalys utfördes och vi fann att den gav otillräckligt stöd för den tre-faktorstruktur som presenterats i tidigare litteratur. CFI visade en god reliabilitet (α=0.88) och konvergent validitet med medelstarka till starka korrelationer till skalor för psykiskt välbefinnande, professionell självtillit, skolklimat samt professionellt självomhändertagande. Dessutom förklarade professionellt självomhändertagande och skolklimat tillsammans 46% av variansen i compassion fatigue. Vi jämförde även resultaten på CFI för lärare som självidentifierade sig med compassion fatigue med de som inte gjorde det och fann en signifikant skillnad. Slutligen utförde vi en multipel regressionsanalys som indikerade att högre poäng på delskalorna arbetsplatsen och nedsatt medkänsla predicerade en lägre benägenhet att agera i en mobbningssituation. Dessa fynd ger visst stöd för validiteten och reliabiliteten för CFI, men framtida forskning bör undersöka den nuvarande och andra möjliga faktorstrukturer för skalan. Flera begränsningar i studien diskuterades, däribland gällande konstruktvaliditeten för compassion fatigue. Framtida forskning behövs för att undersöka om compassion fatigue kan särskiljas från närliggande konstrukt som utbrändhet och sekundärtraumatisering. (Less)
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- Madholm, Emma LU and Nilsson, Louise LU
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- course
- PSPR14 20231
- year
- 2023
- type
- H3 - Professional qualifications (4 Years - )
- subject
- keywords
- compassion fatigue, lärare, mobbning, compassion fatigue inventory (CFI), psykometriska egenskaper, teacher, bullying
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- Swedish
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- 9126549
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- 2023-06-19 13:04:45
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note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Compassion fatigue bland lärare – reliabiliteten för en befintlig skala, dess samband med närliggande koncept samt kopplingen till benägenhet att agera vid mobbningssituationer i skolan}},
year = {{2023}},
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