The Professional Counselor | Volume 14, Issue 2 155 (N = 121) reported an ACEs score of 4 or more. Minoritized PSCs had a particularly higher ACEs score (4.9) than White PSCs (2.96). Females had a higher ACEs score (4.14) than males (3.23). Finally, participants with lower childhood SES (low or working) had slightly lower ACEs scores (3.41) than those with higher SES (middle and upper; 3.82 and 5.04). Then we investigated mean scores of PSCs’ compassion satisfaction, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress. For compassion satisfaction, they scored 30.93, 95% CI [30.1798, 31.6785]. When we explored burnout, they scored 27.58, 95% CI [26.2399, 28.2184]. Finally, they showed a mean secondary traumatic stress score of 31.49, 95% CI [30.6610, 32.3223]. PSCs on average have moderate levels of compassion satisfaction, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress. RQ 2 asked about predictive relationships of ACEs, gender, race/ethnicity, and SES on compassion satisfaction, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress. Three linear regression models, one for each subscale, all produced significant results. Model 1 ran a regression of compassion satisfaction on ACEs, gender, race/ethnicity, and childhood SES, explaining 27.7% of the variance in compassion satisfaction, F(5, 225) = 17.214, p < .001. Gender (β = -0.331), race/ethnicity (β = -0.125), and childhood SES (β = 0.180) significantly predicted compassion satisfaction. ACEs showed nonsignificant results in this model. Being female, being racially minoritized, and having higher childhood SES predicted higher compassion satisfaction (see Table 2). Table 2 Regression Results: Coefficients (compassion satisfaction, burnout, secondary traumatic stress) β Std. Error Beta T Sig Compassion Satisfaction (Constant) 26.298 1.682 -- 15.631 < .001 ACE 0.010 0.121 .006 0.086 = .931 Gendera -3.859 0.704 -.331* -5.483 < .001* Raceb -1.514 0.746 -.125* -2.029 = .044* Childhood SESc R2 = .277 (p < .001) 2.149 0.711 .180* -3.021 = .003* Burnout (Constant) 27.052 1.583 -- 17.089 < .001 ACE 0.176 0.114 .107 1.544 = .124 Gendera 1.714 0.662 .169* 2.588 = .010* Raceb 2.940 0.702 .279* 4.189 < .001* Childhood SESc R2 = .152 (p < .001) -0.175 0.669 -.017 -0.261 = .795 Secondary Traumatic Stress (Constant) 28.695 2.139 -- 13.413 < .001 ACE 0.166 0.154 .079 1.081 = .281 Gendera -2.068 0.895 -.159* -2.311 = .022* Raceb 0.502 0.948 .037 0.530 = .597 Childhood SESc 2.171 0.904 .163* 2.401 = .017* R2 = .059 (p = .017) Note. ACE = Adverse Childhood Experiences; SES = socioeconomic status. aFor statistical purposes in SPSS, we grouped gender as female, male, and transgender or other gender. ᵇFor race, we grouped PSCs as Minoritized and White. cFor Childhood SES, we grouped PSCs as lower or working class, middle-class, or upper middle/upper class.
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