The history of Greek attitudes to illness is characterised throughout by two oppositions. One concerns aetiology (divine intervention or the operation of fully explicable natural forces) and treatment (by science or by magic). The other opposition concerns the role of the sick or disabled individual in the community : a liability, to be rejected as such, or a fellow-human deserving compassion. ...

The experiences of vicarious unemployment (VU) among 17 undergraduate student participants who had a primary caregiver who was involuntarily unemployed were explored using grounded theory (Charmaz, 2006; Glaser & Strauss, 1967). Data from semistructured interviews with 15 women and 2 men revealed the nuanced nature of experiences with unemployment among those who experience it vicariously. Stru...

Active judges are likely to face numerous work-related experiences (e.g., traumatic cases) that affect performance of their occupational duties. Three occupational experiences (secondary traumatic stress [STS], safety concerns, and burnout) are outlined and applied to the judiciary. Results from nine case study interviews conducted in a single jurisdiction among a homogeneous cohort suggest tha...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to construct and test a structural equation modeling on burnout of clinical nurses based on CS-CF model. METHODS A survey using a structured questionnaire was conducted with 557 clinical nurses. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling. RESULTS The modified hypothetical model yielded the following χ(2)=289.70, p<.001, RMSEA=.09, GFI=.93, TL...

Three studies support the vicarious dissonance hypothesis that individuals change their attitudes when witnessing members of important groups engage in inconsistent behavior. Study 1, in which participants observed an actor in an induced-compliance paradigm, documented that students who identified with their college supported an issue more after hearing an ingroup member make a counterattitudin...

Why do we listen to sad music? We seek to answer this question using a psychological approach. It is possible to distinguish perceived emotions from those that are experienced. Therefore, we hypothesized that, although sad music is perceived as sad, listeners actually feel (experience) pleasant emotions concurrent with sadness. This hypothesis was supported, which led us to question whether sad...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To compare nurses' caring expectations with their caregiving experiences and to identify factors that could potentially be included in a preliminary conceptual model of job satisfaction and compassion fatigue. BACKGROUND Nurses often report emotional reward and satisfaction in their profession from compassionately caring for sick and injured patients. However, being in clo...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To evaluate a resiliency program designed to educate oncology nurses about compassion fatigue. DESIGN Descriptive pilot study. SETTING A National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center in the midwestern United States. SAMPLE 13 oncology nurses employed in an outpatient infusion center. METHODS Nurses attended a five-week program involving five 90-minu...

Aim This study aimed to detect if there were differences in compassion fatigue (CF) among nurses based on substance use and demographic variables of gender, marital status, type of health institution and income. Background Compassion fatigue is considered an outcome of poorly handled stressful situations in which nurses may respond with self-harming behaviours like substance use. Evidence in ...

Partnering in research across disciplines and across countries can be challenging due to differing contexts of practice and culture. This study sought to demonstrate how central constructs that have application across disciplines and countries can be studied while concurrently considering context. Groups of nurses from Botswana, Ireland, Israel, New Zealand, and Spain partnered to identify how ...