Early Trauma as a Predictor of Burnout and Social Network Structure in Mission Workers

Research has established that adverse experiences in childhood are far-reaching. Attachment persists into adulthood, impacted by internal structures that make sense of relational experience. Dunbar (1993) has estimated that humans maintain approximately 150 personal relationships, structured in conc...

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Published in:Journal of psychology and theology 2017-06, Vol.45 (2), p.106-118
Main Authors: Wilkins, Ashley M., Eriksson, Cynthia B., Pickett, Candace Coppinger, Barrett, Justin L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adverse childhood experiences
Anxiety
Burn out (Psychology)
Burnout
Clergy
Complications and side effects
Health aspects
Job satisfaction
Mental health
Missionaries
Psychic trauma
Psychological aspects
Psychology
Religious aspects
Religious missions
Risk factors
Social networks
Stress
Trauma
Trauma (Psychology)
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Summary:Research has established that adverse experiences in childhood are far-reaching. Attachment persists into adulthood, impacted by internal structures that make sense of relational experience. Dunbar (1993) has estimated that humans maintain approximately 150 personal relationships, structured in concentric rings of decreasing intimacy within the active social network. However, no literature exists examining the relationship among adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), adult attachment dynamics, and social networks. Relational mission workers (N=84) completed a self-report questionnaire. Hierarchical multiple regressions revealed that, after controlling for Extraversion, ACEs and Global Anxiety attachment were significant predictors of the size of the innermost social network ring, and ACEs predicted the change in ratio between the innermost social network ring and the social network as a whole. Interpersonal, internal factors, such as attachment style, and experiential, external factors, such as ACEs, can impact the structure and size of an individual's social network.
ISSN:0091-6471
2328-1162
DOI:10.1177/009164711704500203