Dev Vinayak, Fernando Antonio T, Consedine Nathan S
Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Mindfulness (N Y). 2020;11(5):1170-1181. doi: 10.1007/s12671-020-01325-6. Epub 2020 Feb 11.
Work stress is common in healthcare and reliably predicts negative outcomes, including burnout and lower quality of life (QOL). However, few studies have investigated factors that might attenuate the impact of stress on these negative outcomes. We investigated whether the tendency to be kind to the self during times of difficulty-self-compassion-might buffer the effect of work stress on outcomes.
Registered nurses ( = 801), physicians ( = 516), and medical students ( = 383) were recruited using convenience sampling in New Zealand. Following consent, participants ( = 1700) completed a survey including the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory, Satisfaction with Life Scale, and Self-Compassion Scale-Short Form.
Across groups, greater work stress consistently predicted greater burnout and lower QOL, while greater self-compassion predicted lower burnout and better QOL. Self-compassion moderated the relationship between stress and burnout in nurses (albeit in the opposite direction to what had been predicted), but not in doctors or medical students.
While self-compassion predicted better outcomes (and may thus represent a target to enhance wellbeing), it strengthened the association between stress and burnout in nurses. How self-compassion impacts the experience of stress and its correlates and why it does so differently in different groups of professionals remains unclear.
工作压力在医疗保健领域很常见，并且能可靠地预测负面结果，包括职业倦怠和较低的生活质量（QOL）。然而，很少有研究调查可能减轻压力对这些负面结果影响的因素。我们调查了在困难时期善待自己的倾向——自我同情——是否可能缓冲工作压力对结果的影响。
在新西兰采用便利抽样法招募注册护士（n = 801）、医生（n = 516）和医学生（n = 383）。在获得同意后，参与者（n = 1700）完成了一项调查，包括哥本哈根倦怠量表、生活满意度量表和自我同情量表简版。
在所有组中，更大的工作压力一直预示着更高的职业倦怠和更低的生活质量，而更强的自我同情预示着更低的职业倦怠和更好的生活质量。自我同情调节了护士压力与职业倦怠之间的关系（尽管与预测的方向相反），但在医生或医学生中没有这种情况。
虽然自我同情预示着更好的结果（因此可能是提高幸福感的一个目标），但它强化了护士压力与职业倦怠之间的关联。自我同情如何影响压力体验及其相关因素，以及为什么在不同专业群体中会有不同的影响，目前尚不清楚。
