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- Title
Social Workers' Self-Care Practices: Buffering the Influence of Work–Family Interferences on Burnout and Engagement.
- Authors
Lombardero-Posada, Xoán M; Méndez-Fernández, Ana B; Aguiar-Fernández, Francisco X; Murcia-Álvarez, Evelia; González-Fernández, Antonio
- Abstract
As a reaction to specific job stressors, social workers can experience job burnout. The job demands-resources theory posits that personal characteristics would mediate the influence of job stressors on either burnout or engagement. Within this framework, this cross-sectional research aimed to analyze the relationships between work–family interferences (as predictors), self-care practices (as mediators), and burnout and engagement (as outcomes). The sample included 437 graduate social workers from Spain. Structural equation modeling showed that family–work and work–family conflicts negatively predicted self-care practices and positively predicted burnout. Professional and personal self-care practices positively predicted engagement, negatively predicted burnout, and attenuated the impact of work–family interferences on burnout and engagement. To the authors' knowledge, the present article is the first to test the job demands-resources theory with these variables on social workers. The findings support interventions for social work students and professionals enhancing self-care practices to promote engagement and to reduce burnout, and highlight the need to decrease job stressors and enhance job resources for social workers.
- Subjects
SPAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL burnout; STRUCTURAL equation modeling; SOCIAL workers; JOB stress; CROSS-sectional method; WORK-life balance; FAMILY conflict; STUDENTS; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; DATA analysis software; HEALTH self-care
- Publication
Health & Social Work, 2022, Vol 47, Issue 3, p195
- ISSN
0360-7283
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/hsw/hlac010