Open AccessJob satisfaction of Department of Veterans Affairs peer mental health providers.
Author(s) -
Bei-Hung Chang,
Lisa Mueller,
Sandra G. Resnick,
Katerine Osatuke,
Susan V. Eisen
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
psychiatric rehabilitation journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.767
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1559-3126
pISSN - 1095-158X
DOI - 10.1037/prj0000162
Subject(s) - veterans affairs , mental health , job satisfaction , psychology , student affairs , patient satisfaction , applied psychology , nursing , medicine , psychiatry , social psychology , political science , higher education , law
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) peer specialists and vocational rehabilitation specialists are Veterans employed in mental health services to help other Veterans with similar histories and experiences. Study objectives were to (a) examine job satisfaction among these employees, (b) compare them to other VA mental health workers, and (c) identify factors associated with job satisfaction across the 3 cohorts.