Relationship of subdepressive symptoms with phases of emotional burnout in representatives of “assisting professions”

Abstract

Introduction. The study of the problems of human stress resistance in various professions has shown that prolonged exposure to stress leads to such adverse consequences as a decrease in the overall mental stability of the body, the emergence of a sense of dissatisfaction with the results of their activities, the tendency to refuse to perform tasks in situations of increased demands, failures and defeats. Analysis of the factors that cause such symptoms in various activities has shown that there are a number of professions in which a person begins to experience a sense of internal emotional emptiness due to the need for constant contact with other people.The aim of the study is to study the subdepressive symptoms in accordance with the phases of emotional burnout.Materials and methods. The study involved 465 people, of whom 219 men and 246 women were representatives of various professional groups. The indicators of emotional burnout, including three phases-stages: “Tension”, “Resistance”, “Exhaustion” — each of which consists of 4 symptoms, are considered.Results. The correlation coefficient of the level of formation of symptoms of emotional burnout according to the method of V.V. Boyko with the level of severity of each of the components of emotional burnout according to the MBI method are calculated.Conclusions. It was found that people whose personal and professional lives are filled with meaning are only slightly or moderately susceptible to burnout syndrome. On the contrary, subjects with an existential vacuum showed, according to the MVI test, a high degree of severity of burnout syndrome.The authors declare no conflict of interests