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ArticleEuropean journal of psychotraumatology2019

Caring for the mental health of humanitarian volunteers in traumatic contexts: the importance of organisational support.

Kinan Aldamman, Trina Tamrakar, Cecilie Dinesen, Nana Wiedemann, Jamie Murphy, Maj Hansen, Elsheikh Elsiddig Badr, Tracey Reid, Frédérique Vallières

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Article in European journal of psychotraumatology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 70 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. A Rapid Realist Review of Group Psychological First Aid for Humanitarian Workers and Volunteers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  3. A Multidimensional Assessment of the Impact of Healthcare Volunteering in a War-Affected Setting.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2026
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  9. The challenges of voluntary care provision for hospitalized patients with COVID-19: A qualitative study of the public volunteers' experiences.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Kinan AldammanTrinity Centre for Global Health, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-1805-1936
Trina TamrakarDepartment of Psychology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-6218-1933
Cecilie DinesenThe IFRC Reference Centre for Psychosocial Support, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Nana WiedemannThe IFRC Reference Centre for Psychosocial Support, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Jamie MurphySchool of Psychology, Ulster University, Londonderry, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1821-0025
Maj HansenThRIVE, Department of Psychology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-8328-0807
Elsheikh Elsiddig BadrSudan Medical Specialization Board, Federal Ministry of Health, Khartoum, Sudan.
Tracey ReidThe Police Service of Northern Ireland, Belfast, UK.
Frédérique VallièresTrinity Centre for Global Health, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0001-6315-3029
Trinity College Dublin · IEUniversity of Southern Denmark · DKFederal Ministry of Health · SDPolice Service of Northern Ireland · GBUniversity of Ulster · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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emergency contextshumanitarian workersmental healthorganizational support• Perceived organizational support is associated with both negative and positive aspects of humanitarian volunteers’ mental health.• Perceived psychological stress factors, including perceived helplessness and perceived self-efficacy, mediate the relationship between perceived organizational support and mental health.• Supervision and team support, as key components of managerial systems, are essential contributors to perceived organizational support within the humanitarian sector.• Organizational support theory is a useful framework to understand how organizational factors contribute to the well-being of humanitarian workers, especially volunteers.SudanVolunteerwell-beingwork-related stress

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PMID31839900
PMCPMC6896515
OpenAlexW2970255838

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