The Influence of Compassion Fatigue and Compassion Satisfaction on Work-Related Quality of Life among Counselling Psychologists

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between Compassion Fatigue, Compassion Satisfaction and Work-Related Quality of Life among Counselling Psychologists. A non-probability purposive sampling method was used to draw a sample of 150 respondents from various parts of India. The Professional Quality of Life (ProQOL)-Revision IV (Beth Hudnall Stamm, 2009) was used to measure Compassion Fatigue and Compassion Satisfaction. The Work-Related Quality of Life Scale –WRQoL (Simon A. Easton and Darren L. Van Leer) was used to measure Work-Related Quality of Life. It was hypothesised that there would be no significant relationship between Compassion Satisfaction and Work-Related Quality of Life. It was also hypothesised that there would be no significant relationship between Compassion Fatigue and Work-Related Quality of Life. Pearson’s Correlation and Multiple Linear Regression was used to analyse the data. It was found that there is a significant relationship between Compassion Satisfaction, Compassion Fatigue and Work-Related Quality of Life among counselling psychologists. Compassion Satisfaction was significantly and negatively associated the Compassion Fatigue Compassion Satisfaction was positively associated with Work-Related Quality of Life. Both Compassion Satisfaction and Compassion Fatigue were significantly associated Work-Related Quality of Life. Implications and limitations of the study are discussed.