COVID 19 pandemic: Impact of changes experienced on social workers' professional quality of life in Singapore.

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    • Subject Terms:
      SOCIAL workers; CONCEPTUAL structures; QUALITY of life; QUESTIONNAIRES; COVID-19 pandemic
    • Subject Terms:
      SINGAPORE
    • Abstract:
      COVID-19 has impacted all spheres of life massively. Among the emerging studies on the psychosocial impact of the pandemic, few studies look specifically at how social workers are impacted. To understand this gap, this study surveyed 337 social workers. The findings showed that changes experienced in the workplace were enormous and caused secondary traumatic stress while engendering compassion satisfaction among social workers, but the presence of social support moderated to keep the secondary traumatic stress at bay. Resilience mediated association between social and workplace support and compassion fatigue. Social support seemed to have the largest effect on reducing stress through resilience. Workplace support also helped mitigate burnout. In conclusion, continued social and workplace support will be key to supporting social workers during a pandemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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