TY - JOUR
T1 - Home visitor relationship security
T2 - Association with perceptions of work, satisfaction, and turnover
AU - Burrell, Lori
AU - McFarlane, Elizabeth
AU - Tandon, Darius
AU - Fuddy, Loretta
AU - Duggan, Anne
AU - Leaf, Philip
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by the National Institute for Mental Health (Grant P30MH38725); the Federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau (Grant R40 MC 00029, formerly Grant MCJ-240637, and Grant R40 MC 00123, formerly Grant MCJ-240838); the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Grant 18303); the Annie E. Casey Foundation (Grant 94–4041); the David and Lucile Packard Foundation (Grants 93–6051, 94–7957, 97–8058, and 98–3448) and the Hawaii State Department of Health (Grant 99-29-J).
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Home visiting is widely used to improve outcomes in families at risk for poor parenting. Impact is modest and variable, owing in part to poor fidelity. Attachment theory suggests that home visitors' relationship security influences fidelity because establishing a trusting relationship with parents is central to service delivery. This study describes paraprofessional home visitors' relationship security and relates it to demographics, psychological attributes, and work perceptions and intentions. Home visitors (n = 62) varied widely on the two major domains of relationship security: anxiety and avoidance. Relationship security was stable over time. Relationship anxiety and avoidance were associated with psychological and work constructs in theoretically predicted ways. Relationship anxiety was negatively associated with self-efficacy and positively associated with negative affect and indicators of burnout. Relationship avoidance was negatively associated with self-efficacy, job satisfaction, and tenure as a home visitor. Implications for research and practice are discussed.
AB - Home visiting is widely used to improve outcomes in families at risk for poor parenting. Impact is modest and variable, owing in part to poor fidelity. Attachment theory suggests that home visitors' relationship security influences fidelity because establishing a trusting relationship with parents is central to service delivery. This study describes paraprofessional home visitors' relationship security and relates it to demographics, psychological attributes, and work perceptions and intentions. Home visitors (n = 62) varied widely on the two major domains of relationship security: anxiety and avoidance. Relationship security was stable over time. Relationship anxiety and avoidance were associated with psychological and work constructs in theoretically predicted ways. Relationship anxiety was negatively associated with self-efficacy and positively associated with negative affect and indicators of burnout. Relationship avoidance was negatively associated with self-efficacy, job satisfaction, and tenure as a home visitor. Implications for research and practice are discussed.
KW - Attachment
KW - Burnout
KW - Early intervention
KW - Family support program
KW - Home visitors
KW - Job satisfaction
KW - Relationship security
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U2 - 10.1080/10911350902929005
DO - 10.1080/10911350902929005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:70649087956
SN - 1091-1359
VL - 19
SP - 592
EP - 610
JO - Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment
JF - Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment
IS - 5
ER -