Empatins pris - En kvalitativ studie om socialarbetares upplevelser av empatitrötthet
(2025) SOPB63 20251School of Social Work
- Abstract
- This thesis aimed to gain a deeper understanding of the phenomenon of compassion fatigue among social workers within the social services, with those who are working in the child and family unit. The study focused on exploring how social workers experienced compassion fatigue in their professional roles and what factors contributed to these experiences. A qualitative method was used, and data were collected through interviews with social workers. The study highlighted the emotional and psychological challenges social workers face in their daily work with vulnerable clients. The results showed that the participants viewed empathy as an important part of social work. They also described how continuously feeling deep empathy over a long and... (More)
- This thesis aimed to gain a deeper understanding of the phenomenon of compassion fatigue among social workers within the social services, with those who are working in the child and family unit. The study focused on exploring how social workers experienced compassion fatigue in their professional roles and what factors contributed to these experiences. A qualitative method was used, and data were collected through interviews with social workers. The study highlighted the emotional and psychological challenges social workers face in their daily work with vulnerable clients. The results showed that the participants viewed empathy as an important part of social work. They also described how continuously feeling deep empathy over a long and intense period could lead to compassion fatigue. This fatigue negatively affected their emotional engagement, making it harder for them to respond empathetically to clients. Furthermore, the social workers emphasized that compassion fatigue impaired the quality of their emotional work. They also explained that managing compassion fatigue was most effectively done through supervision and support from colleagues. (Less)
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- author
- Nyberg, Saga LU and Petersson Price, Emelie LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SOPB63 20251
- year
- 2025
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- empatitrötthet, empati, socialt arbete, emotionellt arbete, compassion fatigue, empathy, social work, emotional work
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9200793
- date added to LUP
- 2025-06-17 09:27:37
- date last changed
- 2025-06-17 09:27:37
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abstract = {{This thesis aimed to gain a deeper understanding of the phenomenon of compassion fatigue among social workers within the social services, with those who are working in the child and family unit. The study focused on exploring how social workers experienced compassion fatigue in their professional roles and what factors contributed to these experiences. A qualitative method was used, and data were collected through interviews with social workers. The study highlighted the emotional and psychological challenges social workers face in their daily work with vulnerable clients. The results showed that the participants viewed empathy as an important part of social work. They also described how continuously feeling deep empathy over a long and intense period could lead to compassion fatigue. This fatigue negatively affected their emotional engagement, making it harder for them to respond empathetically to clients. Furthermore, the social workers emphasized that compassion fatigue impaired the quality of their emotional work. They also explained that managing compassion fatigue was most effectively done through supervision and support from colleagues.}},
author = {{Nyberg, Saga and Petersson Price, Emelie}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Empatins pris - En kvalitativ studie om socialarbetares upplevelser av empatitrötthet}},
year = {{2025}},
}