ABSTRACT

Human services professionals who work in child welfare face notable risks for burnout, which is associated with higher levels of job stress, job dissatisfaction, and turnover. The authors of this study developed and validated scores on the Inner Wealth Inventory (IWI), a screening tool for appraising Inner Wealth (IW), a strengths-based construct with implications for reducing burnout. The collective results of exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, convergent validity testing, and internal consistency reliability analyses supported the psychometric properties of the IWI with two independent samples of child welfare professionals. Implications for human service managers, researchers, and practitioners are discussed.

摘要

从事儿童福利工作的人性化服务专业人员面临显着的倦怠风险，这与更高的工作压力、工作不满和离职率有关。本研究的作者开发并验证了内部财富清单 (IWI) 的分数，这是一种评估内部财富 (IW) 的筛选工具，这是一种基于优势的结构，具有减少倦怠的意义。探索性因素分析、验证性因素分析、收敛效度检验和内部一致性可靠性分析的集体结果支持 IWI 的心理测量特性，有两个独立的儿童福利专业人员样本。讨论了对人类服务经理、研究人员和从业者的影响。