Sitt tungt i stolen! - En kvalitativ studie av kuratorers resilience och copingstrategier

• Main Authors: Thuresson, Sigrid, Larsson, Olivia
• Format: Others
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS) 2019
• Subjects: cancer rehabilitation; coping strategies; counsellor; resilience; personal resources; Social Sciences; Samhällsvetenskap
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-25252

This study is based on 6 in-depth interviews with professional social workers working as counsellors in two different municipalities in Skåne county, Sweden. The counsellors are all working within the field of cancer rehabilitation. The aim of the study is to investigate how the counsellors perceive the work-related psychological stress that their work entails. The study also aims to examine the coping strategies and personal resources related to resilience that the counsellors use to manage what is perceived to be psychologically stressful within the work. The result of the information collected shows that the counsellors experience the profession as psychologically demanding and that they frequently use different coping strategies. It appears that the counsellors use the support of colleagues and their workplace. They also use strategies related to self-care through self-reflection and self-awareness as well as different types of attendance exercises such as meditation and yoga. Some of the counsellors frequently use a local coping strategy which entail to “feel your weight in the chair”. The results also show that the counsellors consciously create an active and rewarding leisure time with a clear boundary to their working life. It appears that their abilities as well as their personal resources related to resilience have been developed with age and experience. The results of the interviews have been analyzed through the theory of resilience, the coping theory and a number of research articles.