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Peer support specialist work and experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic: A national longitudinal study. Psychiatric Services (formerly Hospital and Community Psychiatry). Volume 73(12), Pgs. 1405-1408.
NARIC Accession Number: J92007.
What's this?ISSN:1075-2730.
Author(s): Adams, Wallis E.,
Rogers, E. Sally,
Lord, Emily M.,
Edwards, Jonathan P.,
Barbone, Martha.
Project Number: 90AREM0001.
Publication Year: 2023.
Number of Pages: 4.
Abstract: This study followed up with peer support specialists (PSSs) responding to an earlier survey to assess the ongoing effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. A December 2020 online survey was conducted with respondents to a May 2020 survey. Items on employment status, work tasks, challenges, support, and benefits were included. Responses were analyzed with descriptive and inferential statistics. A total of 496 PSSs completed both surveys. Unemployment remained at 7 percent. The proportion with full-time employment increased by December, but financial instability also increased. Tasks involving individual support and group facilitation, which had decreased significantly, rebounded somewhat by December, when nearly all PSSs (86 percent) reported having some new tasks. Job satisfaction remained stable and high. In both surveys, about 75 percent reported COVID-19 pandemic-related benefits. Symptoms and housing instability among clients increased. Results indicate that pandemic-related PSS unemployment was relatively stable, and work tasks evolved. Respondents reported increasing needs among clients, as well as pandemic-related work benefits.
Descriptor Terms: EMPLOYMENT, IMMUNE SYSTEM DISORDERS, INFECTIONS, LONGITUDINAL STUDIES, MENTAL HEALTH, NATIONAL SURVEYS, PEER COUNSELING, PSYCHIATRIC DISABILITIES, RESPIRATORY DISEASE, WORK PERFORMANCE.
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Citation: Adams, Wallis E., Rogers, E. Sally, Lord, Emily M., Edwards, Jonathan P., Barbone, Martha. (2023.)
Peer support specialist work and experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic: A national longitudinal study. Psychiatric Services (formerly Hospital and Community Psychiatry), 73(12), Pgs. 1405-1408. Retrieved 5/10/2026, from REHABDATA database.
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