Professional Quality of Life
                         Compassion Satisfaction, Compassion Fatigue
                                   and Secondary Traumatic Stress

ProQOl Test Manuals


This is the August 2009 Edition which supports ProQOL 5

This page is for the most current versions of the ProQOL Manuals. Manuals are dated so that you can make sure you have the most current manual.
The ProQOL is the current version of the measures know as the Compassion Satisfaction and Fatigue Test, the Compassion Fatigue Test and the Compassion Fatigue Self-Test. We no longer support these earlier versions of the ProQOL and strongly advise that it not be used due to the known psychometric problems.

The ProQOL materials, the test and the manuals, may be freely copied as long as (a) author is credited, (b) no changes are made other than those authorized below, and (c) it is not sold.


The ProQOL Concise Manual Table of Contents


This table of contents is not linked to the manual. To see the full manual, click on ProQOL Manual.

·    Section 1: Compassion Satisfaction and Compassion
    
Fatigue

o    Figure 1: Diagram of Professional Quality of Life
o    Background
o    Figure 2: Theoretical path analysis

·    Section 2: Scale Definitions

o    Compassion Satisfaction
o    Compassion Fatigue

·    Section 3: Scale Properties

o    Scale Distribution
o    Table 1: ProQOL Moments
o    Reliability
o    Validity   

·    Section 4: Administration of the ProQOL

o    Individual Administration
o    Group Administration
o    Research Administration

·    Section 5: ProQOL scoring


o   Calculating the Scores on The ProQOL
o   Scale Definitions and Scores
o   Cut Scores
o   Table 2: Cut Scores for the ProQOL

·    Section 6: Interpreting the ProQOL

o   The ProQOL Is Not Diagnostic
o   The Importance of Knowing More than Just the ProQOL
    
Scores
o   Scores Across Demographic Categories
o   Table 3: Gender
o   Table 4: Age Group
o    Table 4: Race
o    Table 5: Income Group
o    Table 6: Years at Current Employer
o    Table 7: Years in Field
o    Interpreting Individual Scales
o    Compassion Satisfaction
o    Compassion Fatigue
o    Interpreting Scale Scores in Combination
o    High Compassion Satisfaction, Moderate to Low Burnout
    
and Secondary Traumatic Stress
o    High Burnout, Moderate to Low Compassion Satisfaction
    
and Secondary Traumatic Stress
o    High Secondary Traumatic Stress with Low Burnout and
     
Low Compassion Satisfaction
o    High Secondary Traumatic Stress and High Compassion
     
Satisfaction with Low Burnout
o    High Secondary Traumatic Stress and High Burnout with
     
Low Compassion Satisfaction
o    Interpreting the ProQOL at a Group Level
o    Section 7: Using the ProQOL for Decision Making
o    Changing the Person-Event Interaction
o    Monitoring Change Across Time

·    Section 8: The ProQOL Test and Handout

o    Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL)
o    ProQOL Self Scoring Worksheet
o    Your Scores on The ProQOL: Professional Quality Of Life
    
Scale

·    SECTION 9: Converting from the ProQOL IV to the
    
ProQOL 5


o    Table for Determining ProQOL t-Score from Raw Scores





Dr. Beth Hudnall Stamm, Ph.D., http://www.proqol.org and Idaho State University
Craig Higson-Smith, M.A., South African Institute of Traumatic Stress
Amy C. Hudnall, M.A., Appalachian State University
Dr. Henry E. Stamm, Ph.D., Pocatello, ID, U.S.A.
Khabir, BA, webmaster