Individual and environmental characteristics of residential workers using restraint and seclusion in youth treatment centers

Type de document

Études primaires

Année de publication

2023

Langue

Anglais

Titre de la revue

Residential Treatment for Children and Youth

Première page

238

Dernière page

260

Résumé

The use of restraint and seclusion (R&S) in residential youth treatment centers has been a controversial topic over the past years. This study explored the differences between R&S super users and normal users for residential workers in terms of individual and environmental characteristics over eight weeks. One hundred ninety-eight residential workers completed the questionnaires, and Bayesian independent samples t-tests were conducted to verify the differences between the two groups. The results showed very strong evidence that super users have a greater fear of violence (B10 = 65.57), indeed strong evidence that they perceive more verbal aggression (B10 = 18.264), very strong evidence that they witness more aggression against themselves (B10 = 87.35), and extremely strong evidence that they perceive themselves to be more often victims of physical aggression (B10 = 398.55) than normal users. Moderate evidence also revealed that super users experienced a higher level of traumatic stress and perceived a better work climate than normal user (B10 = 3.751 and B10 = 5.116). Perceived stress, chronic fatigue, acute fatigue, recovery, self-efficacy, compassion fatigue, burnout, and social climate order, and organization (work team’s orientation and sense of cohesion) were not statistically associated with R&S (B10 = 0.166 to 0.415). © 2022 Taylor & Francis.

Mots-clés

Travailleur social, Social worker, Contention, Restraint, Agression, Aggression, Violence, Anxiété, Anxiety, Stress post-traumatique, Posttraumatic stress, Intervention de crise, Crisis intervention

Numéro de projet IRSST

268274

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