Professional quality of life of child welfare workers and psychotherapists working with traumatized young unaccompanied refugees in Germany: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Burnout symptoms and secondary traumatic stress are especially high among Child Welfare Workers (CWWs) and psychotherapists and might have increased since the recent increase in refugee numbers. Little is known about the wellbeing of CWW and psychotherapists working with unaccompanied young refugees (UYR), especially in German child and youth welfare facilities where they work closely together. This study aims to assess levels of compassion satisfaction (CS), burnout (BO), and secondary traumatic stress (STS) in German CWWs and psychotherapists, examining connections to demographic variables and group differences.

Methods

N = 198 CWW and N = 97 psychotherapists were assessed via the Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL). Descriptive statistics, t-test for in

SUBMITTER: Schwegler PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12261614 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature