PREDICTORS OF COMPASSION SATISFACTION, BURNOUT AND SECONDARY TRAUMATIC STRESS IN FEMALE NURSES

Dr.Anuradha Bhandari and Dr. Harguneet Kaur

Abstract
The present research investigation was designed to study compassion satisfaction, burnout and secondary traumatic stress indices of professional quality of life of nurses. 103 female nurses with nursing experience ranging from 4 to 8 years working in Patiala district comprised the sample for the study. Based on M+-1/2 S.D. nurses were categorized as experiencing low compassion satisfaction or high compassion satisfaction, low burnout or high burnout, low secondary traumatic stress or high secondary traumatic stress. Professional Quality of Life Scale (Stamm, 2010) and Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995) were administered to the participants. Correlation and regression analysis were performed on the data obtained. Depression emerged to be a negative predictor of nurses low on compassion satisfaction and nurses high on compassion satisfaction explaining 12.1% and 8.7% variance respectively. Anxiety emerged to be a positive predictor of nurses low on burnout and nurses high on burnout explaining 16.1% and 29.5% of variance respectively. Depression emerged to be a positive predictor of nurses high on secondary traumatic stress explaining 14.3% of variance. These findings are discussed in the light of mental health of care givers.
Key words: Compassion satisfaction, Burnout, Secondary traumatic stress, Nurses