Date
8-2020
Department
School of Behavioral Sciences
Degree
Doctor of Education in Community Care and Counseling (EdD)
Chair
Vasti Holstun
Keywords
Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, Compassion Satisfaction, Faculty, Higher Education, Self-care
Disciplines
Education | Educational Psychology
Recommended Citation
Velez-Cruz, Ramon Jose, "Burnout, Compassion Satisfaction, and Secondary Traumatic Stress Among Higher Education Faculty Members" (2020). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. 2635.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/2635
Abstract
This study used a quantitative correlational method to examine the correlation between self-care, burnout, compassion satisfaction, and secondary traumatic stress among higher education faculty members across multiple disciplines. One hundred and fifty-one participants from two higher education institutions and Listservs provided feedback for the study. Participants completed a demographics questionnaire and two surveys, the National Alliance in Mental Illness Self-care instrument and the Professional Quality of Life scale. Results showed collectively significant results between self-care and burnout, compassion satisfaction, and secondary traumatic stress. Physical self-care and emotional self-care had significant, positive relationships with compassion satisfaction. Physical self-care and emotional self-care had significant, negative relationships on burnout, while physical self-care and emotional self-care had significant, negative relationships on secondary traumatic stress. Psychological self-care, spiritual self-care, and workplace self-care were not significant predictors for compassion satisfaction, burnout, or secondary traumatic stress.
