How are compassion fatigue, burnout, and compassion satisfaction affected by quality of working life? Findings from a survey of mental health staff in Italy

Table 3 Associations between (continuous) indicators of quality of working life and compassion fatigue, burnout, and compassion satisfaction^a

	Compassion fatigue (N = 400)		Burnout (N = 400)		Compassion satisfaction (N = 400)
	Coefficient	p-value	Coefficient	p-value	Coefficient	p-value
Ergonomic problems	0.23	<0.001	0.27	<0.001	−0.12	0.012
Job complexity	0.13	0.009	0.02	0.650	0.08	0.107
Trust	−0.08	0.126	−0.30	<0.001	0.20	<0.001
Autonomy	−0.04	0.449	−0.20	<0.001	0.20	<0.001
Participation	0.07	0.156	−0.10	0.037	0.15	0.003
Perceived quality of meetings	−0.13	0.013	−0.31	<0.001	0.29	<0.001
Organizational commitment	−0.02	0.749	−0.24	<0.001	0.28	<0.001
Impact of work on life	0.24	<0.001	0.19	<0.001	−0.10	0.052
Impact of life on work	0.18	<0.001	0.09	0.067	−0.02	0.711

^aSpearman’s rank correlations; significance assessed by t-test. Bold indicates effect size with statistical significance

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