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01-10-2016 | Original Paper

Mental Health Care Providers’ Views of Their Work with Consumers and Their Reports of Recovery-Orientation, Job Satisfaction, and Personal Growth

Authors: Lawrence A. Osborn, Catherine H. Stein

Published in: Community Mental Health Journal | Issue 7/2016

Abstract

The research examined the role of mental health care providers’ perceptions of their professional relationships with consumers in understanding their reports of agency recovery-oriented services and their own sense of job satisfaction and personal growth. Multidisciplinary community mental health care providers (N = 105) responded to an online self-report questionnaire. Providers’ reports of higher levels of working alliance and greater provider directiveness in working with consumers was significantly related to providers’ reports of higher levels of agency recovery-orientation and higher levels of personal growth. Providers’ reports of working alliance accounted for the largest proportion of variance in providers’ reports of job satisfaction. Mental health providers’ perceptions of relationships with consumers are central to understanding providers’ views of agency recovery-orientation and sense of professional and personal well-being.

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Title: Mental Health Care Providers’ Views of Their Work with Consumers and Their Reports of Recovery-Orientation, Job Satisfaction, and Personal Growth
Authors: Lawrence A. Osborn
Catherine H. Stein
Publication date: 01-10-2016
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Community Mental Health Journal / Issue 7/2016
Print ISSN: 0010-3853
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2789
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-015-9927-8

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