Self efficacy as a predictor of compassion satisfaction, burnout, compassion fatigue: A study on psychological counselors

Abstract

The aim of this study is to reveal the relationship between psychological counselors’ levels of compassion satisfaction, burnout and compassion fatigue and their perception of self-efficacy with regard to multidirectional roles and skills (MRS). The sample of the study is composed of 142 school psychological counselors. In order to collect the research data, the study used personal information form, life quality scale for workers, and school counselor competency expectation scale. In terms of the analysis of the research data, in order to determine whether or not there is any direct relationship between variables, the study calculated the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient. This was followed by the application of the direct multiple regression analysis technique to the data. The findings of the data showed that, there is a positive relationship between perceptions of self-efficacy with regard to the skills of psychological counseling and multidirectional roles, skills and compassion satisfaction; and that there is a negative relationship between burnout and compassion fatigue. The results of the regression analysis, on the other hand, revealed that psychological counseling skills (PCS) and perceptions of self-efficacy as to MRS significantly predicted compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue; and that fatigue is not a significant predictor. Key words: Psychological counselors, self-efficacy, compassion satisfaction, burnout, compassion fatigue.