Gene/Protein
Disease
Symptom
Drug
Enzyme
Compound
Pivot Concepts:
Gene/Protein
Disease
Symptom
Drug
Enzyme
Compound
Target Concepts:
Gene/Protein
Disease
Symptom
Drug
Enzyme
Compound
Query: UNIPROT:A7KAX9 (
grit
)
1,275
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
Are helping professionals who have experienced the same types of struggles as their clients more engaged at work? In the current investigation, we examine this question in samples of police detectives (with and without a history of violent victimization) and mental health workers (with and without a history of
mental illness
). Our results indicate that police detectives who have experienced violent victimization and mental health professionals who have experienced the same
mental illness
as their clients do indeed exhibit greater work engagement than their colleagues who lack these parallel life experiences. The link between a professional's firsthand experience of his/her client's hardships and work engagement appears to be partially explained by higher levels of
grit
among police detectives and by a greater sense of life-narrative continuity among mental health professionals.
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PMID:Survivor mission: Do those who survive have a drive to thrive at work? 2474 98
