Future role aspirations, achievement motivations and perceptions of personal help-seeking among humanitarian aid trainees.

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Autor/Urheber	Kelsey Skeoch; Garry J Stevens; Melanie Taylor
Institution	SpringerOpen
Titel	Future role aspirations, achievement motivations and perceptions of personal help-seeking among humanitarian aid trainees.
Quelle	In: doi:10.1186/s41018-017-0027-y; 2364-3412; 2364-3404; Journal of International Humanitarian Action, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2017)(2017) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
DOI	10.1186/s41018-017-0027-y
Schlagwörter	Humanitarian aid workers; Mental health; Training; Social support; Help-seeking; Anthropology; GN1-890; International relations; JZ2-6530
Abstract	Abstract Humanitarian aid workers experience adverse mental health effects from their work at higher rates than the military, police and other emergency service personnel. Whilst there is considerable literature investigating risk and resilience factors for workers within this field, little is known about the status of such factors among individuals prior to their joining the profession. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with ten commencing undergraduates of a Bachelor of Humanitarian and Development Studies course to explore their aspirations and resilience factors regarding future work. Thematic analysis identified that whilst there was a high level of reported altruism among trainees, these perceptions appeared to constrain individual use of social support networks and help-seeking behaviours. Education and training appeared to shift future work preferences from humanitarian relief work towards development-related roles. The findings suggest that humanitarian aid trainees exhibit known risk and resilience factors before they enter the profession, whilst highlighting practice expectations and personal support perceptions that are amenable to positive change through training.
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