Emotional Burnout Research Articles

ЭМОЦИОНАЛЬНОЕ ВЫГОРАНИЕ СРЕДИ СТУДЕНТОВ

The causes and forms of manifestation of emotional burnout among students, ways of its prevention are considered

ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНОЕ ВЫГОРАНИЕ ВРАЧЕЙ И СРЕДНЕГО ПЕРСОНАЛА КАК АКТУАЛЬНАЯ МЕДИЦИНСКАЯ ПРОБЛЕМА (ОБЗОР ЛИТЕРАТУРЫ)

This article is dedicated to the literature review of professional (emotional) burnout syndrome (PBS) among physicians and nursing staff with various specializations and experience. It contains information on the occurrence of the syndrome, how long the issue has been explored in the world so far, and the factors that have led to the syndrome development. PBS is the reaction of the body to continuous professional stressors. The main factor is mental exhaustion. PBS is a type of psychological defense in the form of the partial or total suppression of emotions in response to psycho-trauma. As a result, a common emotional behavior emerges among physicians, where emotional burnout starts having adverse effects on professional activity and increases frequency of medical errors. In this regard, not only does the PBS affect the lives of medical staff, but it also has a direct impact on the quality of medical services. The PBS prevention measures on individual, interpersonal and organizational levels lead to increased professional motivation, decreased tension at work, optimized psychophysiological condition, an equilibrium of physical and psycho-emotional costs, and increased level of professional satisfaction.

Empowered But Isolated: A Qualitative Research on Experiences of Family Caregivers of Patients With Acute Heart Failure in China.

Family caregivers play crucial roles in the self-management of patients with heart failure (HF). However, little is known about caregiving experiences of Chinese family caregivers during acute HF. The aim of this study was to describe Chinese family caregivers' experiences in symptom management and care-seeking during acute HF. This is an exploratory, qualitative study using the Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research guidelines. Data were collected through semistructured interviews and analyzed with thematic analysis. A total of 21 family caregivers of patients with acute HF were enrolled in this study. "Empowered but isolated" was identified as the overarching theme during data analysis, including 3 themes and 6 subthemes: (1) "Responsible symptom managers: leading the home-based symptom management," including 2 subthemes, "Proxy in symptom management" and "Only knowing the surface, instead of the truth"; (2) "Powerless anchors: care-seeking is a torturous journey," including 2 subthemes, "Facing discrepancies in care-seeking" and "Seeing a doctor is the last choice"; (3) "Carrying the weight forward: responsibility combing with emotional burnout," including 2 subthemes, "Living on tenterhooks" and "Submitting to fate." In this study, we described Chinese family caregivers' experiences in symptom management and care-seeking during acute HF. Although empowered as proxy, they were also isolated bearing a great burden, receiving insufficient support from patients, family, and the medical system.

MZ세대 스포츠지도자의 감정노동과 직무소진, 프리젠티즘 및 이직의도의 관계

The purpose of this study is to find out the relationship between emotional labor, job burnout, presenteeism, and turnover intention of MZ generation sports coaches. Data from 430 MZ generation sports leaders working at a sports center were used, and the research results were derived using SPSS 21.0 and AMOS 21.0 programs, and based on the research results, the following conclusions were obtained. First, in the relationship between emotional labor and job burnout of MZ generation sports coaches, internal and surface behaviors had a statistically significant effect on job burnout. Second, in the relationship between emotional labor and presenteeism of MZ generation sports coaches, inner behavior had a statistically significant effect on presenteeism, while surface behavior did not have a statistically significant effect on presenteeism. Third, in the relationship between emotional labor and turnover intention of MZ generation sports coaches, inner behavior did not have a statistically significant effect on turnover intention, while surface behavior had a statistically significant effect on turnover intention. Fourth, it had a statistically significant effect on the relationship between burnout and presenteeism of MZ generation sports coaches. Fifth, there was no statistically significant effect on the relationship between job burnout and turnover intention of MZ generation sports coaches. Sixth, there was a statistically significant effect on the relationship between presenteeism and turnover intention of MZ generation sports coaches.

Prevalence of Burnout Syndrome and its Association with Job Title and Violence among Physicians in Baghdad: A Triangulated Methodology Study

Background: Economic Globalization affects work condition by increasing work stress. Chronic work stress ended with burnout syndrome. Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of burnout syndrome and the association of job title, and violence with it among physicians in Baghdad, and to assess the burnout syndrome at patient and work levels by structured interviews. Subjects and Methods: A cross section study was conducted on Physicians in Baghdad. Sampling was a multistage, stratified sampling to control the confounders in the design phase. A mixed qualitative and quantitative approach (triangulation) was used. Quantitative method used self-administered questionnaires of Maslach Burn out Inventory. Qualitative approach used an open-ended question modified from Copenhagen Burnout Inventory by face-to-face interviews. An ordinal logistic regression used in the analysis phase to overcome confounders. Results: The percentages of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and feeling of inefficacy were 72.5%, 31.9%, and 12.7% respectively. Total burnout syndrome was 56.4%. Being single and hospital workers were significantly associated with emotional exhaustion (p=0.006, 0.001 respectively) and total burnout syndrome (p=0.017, 0.016 in sequence). In addition to emotional exhaustion and burnout syndrome, singles suffered from depersonalization (p=0.010). Administrative responsibilities made physicians less liable for emotional exhaustion but more prone to feeling of inefficacy (p=0.038, 0.017 respectively). Less than 40-year age group had a relation with depersonalization, p=0.003, and total burnout syndrome p=0.013. Being male was significant with total burnout syndrome, p=0.008. All Violence types were associated significantly with burnout syndrome and its dimensions, p=0.001 (except feeling of inefficacy in which only threat was significant with it, p=0.054). In qualitative part, the response rate was 80%. It was formulated from 3 themes. Highest percentages in these themes were gained by female and graded physicians. Conclusion: Burnout affects over half of Baghdad’s doctor. Violence was significant to burnout syndrome but job title was not. In qualitative part female and graded physicians were most groups to be affected.

Emotional labour and burnout among police officers

PurposeWith rare research access to the police service in the United Kingdom, the authors investigate levels of burnout and the performance of emotional labour.Design/methodology/approachUsing 330 surveys completed by serving police officers, the authors investigate levels of burnout and also the performance of the three elements of emotional labour.FindingsInvestigating heterogeneity, the authors create a typology of three different types of officer. In addition to a core group, this includes groups with misaligned and matching values. Surface acting impacts on all groups, and in each group it is associated with increased levels of burnout.Originality/valueA unique feature of this research is the involvement of a practitioner from the police service in the authorship team, together with re-engagement with the police service in order to refine this typology. Possible coping strategies are introduced following this consultation.

Plassotherapy Method in the Prevention of Burnout Syndrome “ZHYTOˮ (Authorʼs Method N. Ya. Balatskaya)

This article is devoted to the prevention of burnout syndrome. The characteristics of the syndrome of emotional burnout, the history of the emergence of interest in the problem among specialists in helping professions are given. A method of working with kinetic sand is presented, which simply and at the same time gives a three-dimensional picture of the psychodiagnostics of the emotional burnout syndrome. In addition, the method makes it possible to see important aspects of one life, analyze and change the tactics of attitude to work and to other areas of one life and interactions with other people, while in the moving sand the client feels comfortable and safe.

Исследование эмоционального выгорания у учителей, работающих с подростками с расстройствами аутистического спектра

<p style="text-align: justify;">In practice of inclusive education teacher emotional burnout is a problem of the critical importance. Working with children with health disabilities requires a high level of competence and is associated with increased cognitive, emo­tional and communicative load. Emotional burnout is a state of physical, mental and emotional exhaustion that re­duces motivation and interest to work. The pilot study was conducted on teachers (N=40) aged 24-55 years in order to study the specifics of emotional burnout in teachers working with adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and working with healthy adolescents. The diagnostic methods are: V.V. Boyko «The study of emotional burnout», multifactorial personality questionnaire 16 PF, S. Rosenzweig «The study of frustration reactions». The predominance of emotional burnout in teachers working with ASD has been indicated. Significant correlations of emotional burnout with age, experience and some personal traits have been identified, that can help design a burnout prevention program for teachers, especially while working in the inclusive education system.</p>

Review of the book «Emotional burnout of relatives of patients with chemical addiction: methodology and assessment»

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Ресурсность профессионального мышления и эмоциональное выгорание в профессиях социономического типа

<p>The analysis of specific features of professional thinking and emotional exhaustion among teachers and doctors in the context of COVID-19 pandemic. The growing demand for practical social psychological support of members of “person to person” professions during the unstable epidemiological situation due to COVID-19 have preconditioned the consideration of emotional exhaustion in the terms of interconnection with professional thinking that is able to contribute new professional and personal meaning to the activity process, thus becoming the cognitive resource that balances the levels and components of emotional exhaustion. The method of content analysis and expert evaluation alongside with mathematical statistical methods, such as correlation method of Charles Spearman and Student’s t-distribution, were used. Participants: 55 people, the members of professions of socionomic type, 25 teachers and 30 doctors, length of time worked – 10-25 years, men – 30%, women – 70%. The methods of studying the specific features of emotional exhaustion (V.V. Boyko; Christina Maslach, S. Jackson, adapted by N.E. Vodopiyanova) and components of professional thinking (the author’s method of self-analysis of the problem situation by I.V. Serafimovich and M.M. Kashapov). It has been demonstrated that suprasituatedness of thinking is negatively correlated with emotional burnout, while situatedness is positively correlated with it. It has been specified that the emotional burnout is more pronounced in doctors. It has been identified that adequacy and sufficiency of analysis of a problem situation are positively associated with the self-esteem of professional success and self-satisfaction, whereas validity is associated with the capability to cope with psychologically destructive circumstances. Under the high efficiency of analysis emotional involvement reduces, and when increasing the depth of analysis emotional burnout enhances. The obtained results about the partial connection of components of professional thinking and signs of emotional exhaustion can be used as the arguments for the author’s position of the ability of usage of thinking as a cognitive resource for solving practical problems.</p>

The Emergence of Professional-Emotional Burnout Syndrome in Teachers of Preschool Education Institutions: Factors, Symptoms, Stages, and Prevention

The article is devoted to the problem of the syndrome of professional and emotional burnout of teachers. The authors analyzed the main factors, indicated the symptoms of professional burnout, and established methods and means of prevention of emotional burnout in the teaching profession. The article describes the content of key concepts, the essence of the categories «emotional burnout», «stress», and «emotional exhaustion», and the emergence and understanding of related concepts in the scientific research of foreign scientists (A. Griffiths, S. Jackson, T. Kox, K. Maslach, H. Selye, H. Freudenberg, etc.). The results of the analysis of scientific works proved that stress has three stages of development: anxiety, resistance, and exhaustion, which can cause professional and emotional burnout in specialists in various fields. The basic symptoms are emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduction of personal achievements. T. Cox and A. Griffiths (about 150) provided a more detailed analysis of the symptoms of professional and emotional burnout and distinguished three groups of symptoms – affective, cognitive, and motivational. The peculiarities of the raised problem in our country are revealed, taking into account the specifics of the teaching profession. The factors of professional burnout of preschool teachers are singled out, namely: high responsibility, daily mental overload, the excessive number of duties, high emotional inclusion, strict control of the administration, etc. Measures to prevent emotional burnout were presented in three aspects: professional and administrative (psycho-training, role-playing, business games, mentoring, a favorable psychological climate in the team, etc.), non-professional (a rational division of work and rest, healthy nutrition, physical exercises, self-regulation, establishing short-term and long-term goals, etc.). It has been established that a comprehensive approach to the prevention of professional burnout in preschool teachers should include correction of the mental, physical, and spiritual components of the individual’s health.

Features of emotional burnout in medical staff

Introduction. The article is devoted to a comparative analysis of the burnout syndrome in military and civilian doctors, as well as nurses. At the present stage of healthcare development, the professional activity of medical personnel is accompanied by increasing requirements for the quality of medical care provided to the population. Recently, in a variety of sources: scientific literature and the media, it is indicated that specialists are overloaded with both a large flow of patients and documentation, as well as the minimum amount of time allotted for one patient. These factors are both the main cause of the ever-decreasing quality of medical care and professional burnout among the majority of medical personnel. There is much less information in the available sources about the activities of military doctors, however, in connection with the well-known events, the problem of burnout syndrome is becoming more and more urgent. Materials and Methods. Analysis of the literature on the syndrome of emotional burnout, the study of literature covering the activities of military doctors for the development of a professiogram. As empirical methods, the questionnaire "System index of burnout syndrome" based on the MBI test (Maslach Burnout Inventory) was used. For statistical processing, the nonparametric Mann-Whitney difference test was used; SPSS 19.0 software was also used to calculate Pearson's Chi-square test. Results. The results of the analysis showed that the level of emotional burnout among civilian doctors is higher in all indicators. In addition, it was found that civilian doctors have a significantly higher level of reduction in professional achievements. In turn, professional burnout in nurses is expressed mainly at the average level. Discussion and Conclusions. The analysis of the differences between civilian and military doctors for all indicators of emotional burnout showed that the average values for all indicators of the scale are higher for civilian doctors, that is, civilian doctors are more susceptible to this process compared to military doctors. The study of the qualities that ensure the success of professional activity revealed that volitional qualities, speed of decision-making, the ability to concentrate, as well as great responsibility for the results of their activities, dominate among military medical specialists. At the same time, the listed qualities are no less important in the work of a doctor in a civilian medical institution. A comparative analysis of the characteristics of the professional activities of military and civilian doctors led to the conclusion that such factors as a greater opportunity for creativity, a greater measure of responsibility and military discipline, and professional growth prospects influence the reduction in the risk of professional burnout among military doctors.

Определение группы риска профессионального выгорания для преподавателей высшей школы

The level of professional emotional burnout of teachers of higher education was studied to identify those most at risk. The technique of K. Maslach and S. Jackson was used, as well as an integral indicator — a systemic index of burnout syndrome. Statistical methods for processing the observation results were used. The sample consisted of 60 people (teachers from two universities in Smolensk: Smolensk State University — 30 people and Smolensk State Medical University — 30 people). The samples of the two universities did not differ significantly in terms of age, length of service, and gender. The study period is April–July 2022. As a result of the study, it was found that, in general, the level of professional burnout of city teachers is average. According to the scales of professional burnout (emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, reduction of personal achievements), there are some differences between universities. So the level of depersonalization of the teaching staff of the medical university is low. A correlation analysis of the levels of professional burnout scales based on the signs: gender, age and length of service were carried out. It has been established that the level of emotional exhaustion of higher school teachers depends on gender: men are more likely to have high and medium levels compared to women. Models for determining risk groups for professional burnout have been developed. The risk of professional burnout according to the depersonalization scale is characteristic of men under the age of 50 and less than 10 years of work experience. This category of faculty is recommended to be allocated to the risk group of professional burnout in order to carry out further measures to prevent and reduce it.

Teachers' Emotional Intelligence, Burnout, Work Engagement, and Self-Efficacy during COVID-19 Lockdown.

Teachers' psychological well-being is a crucial aspect that influences learning in a classroom climate. The aim of the study was to investigate teachers' emotional intelligence, burnout, work engagement, and self-efficacy in times of remote teaching during COVID-19 lockdown. A sample of 65 teachers (Mage = 50.49), from early childhood through lower secondary education, were recruited during a period of school closure to answer self-report questionnaires and other measures assessing study variables. Results showed that during the COVID-19 pandemic, teachers reported higher levels of burnout and lower levels of self-esteem due to multiple challenges related to remote teaching and the growing sense of insecurity regarding health safety in the school environment. However, the negative effects of COVID-19 on teachers' self-efficacy, work engagement, and burnout varied according to their own levels of emotional intelligence. These results demonstrate that emotional intelligence may support teachers in facing these challenges.

The problem of emotional burnout in firefighters-rescuers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations

The article analyzes and evaluates the syndrome of emotional burnout in employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations on the example of the fire and rescue department of Irkutsk. The analysis of the survey showed that all respondents manifested symptoms of emotional burnout. In 25% of 16 employees aged 18 to 35, the syndrome has already developed or was developing. This necessitates the implementation of psychological prevention measures among the fire and rescue department personnel. One of these methods is debriefing. Its goal is to reduce the severity of the psychological consequences of the trauma experienced by responding in safety and confidentiality. When participants share with each other impressions, reactions and feelings about what they have experienced, they have a reduced sense of abnormality in their own reactions, and internal tension decreases. This is such a peculiar way of mutual assistance, which contributes to the mobilization of internal resources.

Association Of Burnout And Depression Symptoms And Their Prevalence Among Medical Students In Karachi, Pakistan

Background — The mental health of medical students has long been a concern. Symptoms of depression and burnout are common among medical students, but the overlap of symptoms of both diseases with risk factors remains unclear. The goal of this study was to determine the prevalence of burnout and depression symptoms’ overlap in medical students. Methods — This cross-sectional study was conducted among students of the clinical course (3rd, 4th and 5th years). A multistage stratified random sampling design was used to select 284students that were offered a validated and structured questionnaire that included a modified Oldenburg Burnout Inventory and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 to assess their emotional burnout and depression, respectively. Chi-square and multinomial regression analyses were done to identify overlapping symptoms of burnout and depression with association of risk factors with dependent variable. Results — Out of 284 students, 13% had symptoms of severe depression, 24% had high burnout symptoms, and 32% had overlapping symptoms of burnout and depression. In regression analysis, higher academic year more than 2 times (5th year, OR 2.03, 95% CI 1.42-7.96, p-value 0.004) and living at dormitory more than 3 times (OR 3.97, 95% CI 1.97-5.01, p-value 0.003) were more likely associated with more extensive overlap of burnout and depression symptoms. Conclusion — There is a high prevalence of burnout and depression symptoms among medical students, with a strong association between the two disorders. Early burnout detection and psychiatric therapies given to affected students and these disorders management training at medical school, may help reduce negative consequences of these conditions.

Preventing mental health disorders in healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Objective: based on a comprehensive assessment of the levels of anxiety and burnout syndrome among medical workers of COVID hospitals, develop measures to prevent mental health disorders. Materials and methods: examined: group 1 — medical workers of COVID hospitals (n=201); group 2 — medical workers of multidisciplinary hospitals (n=195); group 3 — medical workers of the outpatient clinic link (n=186). Control group (n=190) — employees of engineering, technical and economic specialties (healthy). Methods: psychological (“integrative anxiety test”, authors: A.P. Bizyuk, L.I. Wasserman, B.V. Iovlev (2005); method for diagnosing professional burnout according to V.V. Boyko). During statistical processing, the significance of differences was determined using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed by intergroup comparisons according to Dunnet’s test. The obtained data were processed using the statistical package “Statistica” from StatSoft (USA). Results: in the study of the phases of emotional burnout, it was revealed that medical workers in COVID hospitals had significantly higher scores of the phase of stress, phases of resistance compared to medical workers in multidisciplinary hospitals and outpatient services. At the same time, the total score of the exhaustion phase was significantly increased in medical workers in COVID hospitals compared to medical workers in multidisciplinary hospitals, but there were no significant differences in this indicator when compared with medical workers in outpatient services. It has been established that among medical workers of COVID hospitals, the indicator “alarming assessment of prospects” prevails; in medical workers of multidisciplinary hospitals — “asthenic component”; among medical workers of the outpatient clinic link — a «phobic component». Conclusions: among medical workers of COVID hospitals, there is a high level of formation of phases of emotional burnout and anxiety. Measures to prevent mental health disorders of medical workers in COVID hospitals include: socio-psychological, professional and organizational.

ASSESSMENT OF INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH RISKS FOR DENTISTS

Dentists can be classified as a group of specialists with a high level of occupational health risks, since their work is characterized by the presence of various harmful factors. In addition, during the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a decline in the quality of life, an increased level of emotional burnout and non-compliance with the rules for ensuring optimal working conditions among medical staff, as well as increased anxiety associated with uncertainty about the effectiveness of personal protective equipment and the level of risk of infection from colleagues and asymptomatic patients. In this regard, the purpose of the study is to assess the individual occupational health risks of dentists during the COVID-19 pandemic on the basis of the Republican Dental Clinic of the Udmurt Republic. Materials and research methods. Monitoring was carried out to ensure optimal working conditions for 31 dentists using a survey and assessment of their psychological status using psychodiagnostic tools (method “Diagnostics of the level of emotional burnout” by V.V. Boyko). Research results. An increased level of emotional burnout was revealed in the form of the formation of a stress phase, a high level of anxiety, as well as non-compliance with the rules for ensuring optimal working conditions for dentists in the analyzed sample. In connection with the results obtained, we consider it necessary to carry out a number of measures to optimize the working conditions of dentists, as well as increase their psychological stability and reduce anxiety. Conclusions. An increased level of emotional burnout and non-compliance with the rules for ensuring optimal working conditions for dentists in the analyzed sample were revealed. Recommendations are given on possible directions for correcting the identified shortcomings.

Moderating role of job control and coping strategies in the relationship between emotional job demands and burnout among health workers

Health workers are jobs that have a heavy burden. Long and uncertainty of working hours, patients with various characteristics with various diseases causing health workers to tend to have high levels of burnout. The purpose of this study is to aim to see the role of job control and coping strategies as a moderator in the relationship between emotional work demands and burnout. This research is a cross-sectional quantitative study which has a sample of 142 health workers. This study uses instruments from Oldenburg Burnout Inventory, Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire II (COPSOQ II), Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire and Brief COPE Inventory (Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced). Data processing uses process macro moderation analysis by Andrew F. Hayes through the SPSS Program. The results of the study show there are moderation effects of job control and coping strategies on emotional job demands and different dimensions of burnout. Job control as job resources moderates emotional job demands and the exhaustion dimension of burnout. While coping strategies as personal resources between emotional job demands and the burnout dimension of disengagement. Health workers can use their job control to overcome the emotional work demands experienced by health workers. Other than that, health workers can also be given activities or programs that can improve their coping skills, either those that focus on behavior or those that focus on emotions. This study might be implicating on health workers’s well-being from the findings, that job resources and personal resources could decrease the burnout level on health workers.

Особенности ресурсности мышления профессионалов социономического типа

For the first time, the thinking potential is interpreted as an intellectual ability of the subject to use any impulse in a constructive way. The relevance of the research lies in the given answer to the question of how this ability contributes to the awareness and involvement of all possible external and internal resources to complete the task in the context of the subject’s socialization and professionalization. The purpose of the research is to study the features of the thinking potential of professionals of the socionomic type. The study hypothesizes that there are different peculiarities in the formation and manifestation of thinking potential of teachers and medical workers. The study was carried out on a sample of pedagogical (n = 110) and medical workers (n = 106) (Yaroslavl). The sample of teachers: the average work experience in the profession is 10.1 years, and the total work experience is 15.3 years. The sample of medical workers: the average work experience in the profession is 13.3 years, and the total work experience is 17.3 years. The authors used such a research method as diagnosing the potential of professional thinking (for the professions of a socionomic type) (by I. V. Serafimovich, E. A. Medvedeva, N. V. Surina) in order to fix the components of thinking potential. To diagnose personal characteristics, the following methodologies were used: Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (by Ruth A. Bear, T.G. Smith, J. Hopkins, J. Krietemeyer, L. Toney) (adaptation by N. M. Yumartova, N. V. Grishina); the methodology for diagnosing subjective well-being of the individual (by R. M. Shamionov, T. V. Beskova); the methodology for diagnosing the level of emotional burnout (by V. V. Boyko). The study proves that all the components of the professional thinking potential and its general level are characterized by an average indicator of development. The results of the study show how teachers and doctors, having certain personal and cognitive characteristics, provide an effective solution to the urgent tasks in their professional activity through awareness, involvement and effective use of external and internal resources. According to the study results, definition of the thinking potential proposed by the authors can be equally applied to the thinking potential of both teachers and doctors.