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Kriminalvårdaren: empati och upplevd arbetsrelaterad stress
Kristianstad University, Faculty of Education.
Kristianstad University, Faculty of Education.
2020 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
The correctional officer : empathy and work-related stress (English)
Abstract [sv]

Empati är en särskilt viktig förmåga hos kriminalvårdaren och i interaktionen med kollegor samt med intagna på anstalt och häkte. Studien ämnade att undersöka kriminalvårdarnas empati i relation till arbetsrelaterad stress, samt olika demografiska variabler. I undersök- ningen deltog 76 kriminalvårdare som rekryterades via sociala medier, utspridda över Sve- rige. Resultaten visar att det inte fanns några könsskillnader gällande empati. Den arbetsre- laterade stressen är större hos kvinnor än hos män enligt studiens resultat, något som be- kräftar tidigare studier. Vidare visar studiens resultat att fantasi och personlig oro minskade med åldern. För anställningstid visar studiens resultat att empatin minskar med antal anställ- ningsår. Resultaten för utbildningsnivå visar att empatin minskade med högre utbildning, vil- ket motsäger tidigare forskning. Vidare forskning kan fokusera på att inkludera större urval och att undersöka personspecifika faktorer i studiet av relationen mellan empati, stress och demografisk information som ålder, kön och utbildningsnivå.

Abstract [en]

Empathy is a particularly important ability of the correctional officer and in the interaction with their colleagues, also with those in prison and detention centers. The study aimed to investi- gate empathy in prison correctional officers in relation to work-related stress and demo- graphic variables. In the study,76 participants were recruited through social media, with a spread across Sweden. The results showed that there were no difference in empathy re- garding gender. The work-related stress is greater in women than in men according to the study's results, which confirms previous studies. Furthermore, the results of the study show that imagination and personal distress decline with age. For years of employment the results showed a decline in empathy. The results for educational level shows that empathy declined with higher education, which contradicts previous research. Further research can focus on including larger samples and examining person-specific factors along with the variables and demographic information such as age, gender and educational level.

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2020. , p. 25
Keywords [en]
Correctional officer, work related stress, stress, empathy, MBI, IRI, jail, prison
Keywords [sv]
Kriminalvårdare, arbetsrelaterad stress, stress, empati, MBI, IRI, anstalt, häkte, fängelse
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Psychology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-20742OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hkr-20742DiVA, id: diva2:1444368
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Psychology
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Available from: 2020-06-22 Created: 2020-06-21 Last updated: 2020-06-22Bibliographically approved

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