Återhämtningsstrategier: en studie om socialsekreterares psykiska hälsa
(2025) PSYK12 20242Department of Psychology
- Abstract
- The profession of social work is a demanding and mentally taxing job. Studies show that social workers use survival strategies that put their health and quality of work at risk, such as the choice to simplify their work and skip tasks. It has been proved that social workers find it challenging to perform their jobs satisfactorily and are often required to work overtime. The Swedish Work Environment Authority carried out an inspection of Swedish social services, which revealed serious issues with unhealthy working environment conditions. The inspection covered 50% of Sweden's social services and identified several risk areas, including the organizational and social work environment. This study aims to investigate if there is a relationship... (More)
- The profession of social work is a demanding and mentally taxing job. Studies show that social workers use survival strategies that put their health and quality of work at risk, such as the choice to simplify their work and skip tasks. It has been proved that social workers find it challenging to perform their jobs satisfactorily and are often required to work overtime. The Swedish Work Environment Authority carried out an inspection of Swedish social services, which revealed serious issues with unhealthy working environment conditions. The inspection covered 50% of Sweden's social services and identified several risk areas, including the organizational and social work environment. This study aims to investigate if there is a relationship between recovery strategies and social workers' mental health. This study is based on a quantitative method where data has been collected through a web survey and sent to participants who are working in Swedish social services. In order to explore this, statistical tests were conducted and the results suggest there is a weak positive relationship between recovery strategies and social workers’ mental health, however the relationship is not statistically significant. Based on the results, it can be concluded that the participants who used recovery strategies more frequently per week experienced a significantly greater improvement in their mental health compared to those who dedicated less time to recovery. Furthermore, the results showed that participants who experienced higher levels of stress at work engaged more in recovery. We therefore conclude that there is a positive relationship between recovery strategies and social workers' mental health, however the relationship is not statistically significant. (Less)
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Yrket som socialsekreterare är ett krävande och psykisk påfrestande jobb. Studier visar att socialsekreterare använder överlevnadsstrategier som riskerar hälsan och kvaliteten i deras arbete, som exempelvis valet att simplifiera deras arbete och skippa arbetsuppgifter. Det visar sig vara utmanande för socialsekreterare att genomföra jobbet på ett tillfredsställande sätt och de tvingas arbeta övertid. Arbetsmiljöverket genomförde en tillsyn som visade att svensk socialtjänst innefattar allvarliga problem på ohälsosamma arbetsmiljöförhållanden. Projektet omfattade 50% av Sveriges socialtjänst och visade flera olika riskområden inom bland annat det organisatoriska och sociala arbetsmiljöområdet. Denna studien syftar till att undersöka ifall... (More)
- Yrket som socialsekreterare är ett krävande och psykisk påfrestande jobb. Studier visar att socialsekreterare använder överlevnadsstrategier som riskerar hälsan och kvaliteten i deras arbete, som exempelvis valet att simplifiera deras arbete och skippa arbetsuppgifter. Det visar sig vara utmanande för socialsekreterare att genomföra jobbet på ett tillfredsställande sätt och de tvingas arbeta övertid. Arbetsmiljöverket genomförde en tillsyn som visade att svensk socialtjänst innefattar allvarliga problem på ohälsosamma arbetsmiljöförhållanden. Projektet omfattade 50% av Sveriges socialtjänst och visade flera olika riskområden inom bland annat det organisatoriska och sociala arbetsmiljöområdet. Denna studien syftar till att undersöka ifall det finns ett samband mellan återhämtningsstrategier och socialsekreterares psykiska hälsa. Studien baseras på en kvantitativ metod där datainsamlingen genomfördes via en webbenkät som skickades ut till deltagare som arbetar inom svensk socialtjänst. För att sedan undersöka sambandet genomfördes statistiska tester och resultatet tyder på att det finns ett svagt positivt samband mellan återhämtningsstrategier och socialsekreterares psykiska hälsa, men att sambandet inte är statistiskt signifikant. Utifrån resultaten kan det konstateras att de deltagare som använde återhämtningsstrategier fler gånger i veckan upplevde en betydligt större förbättring i sin psykisk hälsa jämfört med de som ägnade mindre tid åt återhämtning. Dessutom visade resultaten att deltagare som upplevde högre nivåer av stress på jobbet engagerade sig mer i återhämtning. Vi drar därmed slutsatsen att det finns ett svagt positivt samband mellan återhämtningsstrategier och socialsekreterares psykiska hälsa, men att sambandet inte är statistiskt signifikant. (Less)
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- author
- Faour, Mariam LU and Agovic, Lejla LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- PSYK12 20242
- year
- 2025
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- socialsekreterare, återhämtningsstrategier, psykisk hälsa, svensk socialtjänst, social worker, recovery strategies, mental health, Swedish social services
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9184971
- date added to LUP
- 2025-02-13 15:39:27
- date last changed
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abstract = {{The profession of social work is a demanding and mentally taxing job. Studies show that social workers use survival strategies that put their health and quality of work at risk, such as the choice to simplify their work and skip tasks. It has been proved that social workers find it challenging to perform their jobs satisfactorily and are often required to work overtime. The Swedish Work Environment Authority carried out an inspection of Swedish social services, which revealed serious issues with unhealthy working environment conditions. The inspection covered 50% of Sweden's social services and identified several risk areas, including the organizational and social work environment. This study aims to investigate if there is a relationship between recovery strategies and social workers' mental health. This study is based on a quantitative method where data has been collected through a web survey and sent to participants who are working in Swedish social services. In order to explore this, statistical tests were conducted and the results suggest there is a weak positive relationship between recovery strategies and social workers’ mental health, however the relationship is not statistically significant. Based on the results, it can be concluded that the participants who used recovery strategies more frequently per week experienced a significantly greater improvement in their mental health compared to those who dedicated less time to recovery. Furthermore, the results showed that participants who experienced higher levels of stress at work engaged more in recovery. We therefore conclude that there is a positive relationship between recovery strategies and social workers' mental health, however the relationship is not statistically significant.}},
author = {{Faour, Mariam and Agovic, Lejla}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Återhämtningsstrategier: en studie om socialsekreterares psykiska hälsa}},
year = {{2025}},
}