Hashem Zeena, Zeinoun Pia
Department of Psychology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
Department of Psychiatry, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
Mindfulness (N Y). 2020;11(11):2542-2551. doi: 10.1007/s12671-020-01469-5. Epub 2020 Sep 10.
Healthcare professionals are prone to experience burnout-a psychological syndrome resulting from chronic stressors at work. Some individual differences, like self-compassion-the non-judgmental observation of one's own pain and failure, while understanding that these are part of being human-can protect against burnout.
We administered the Maslach Burnout Inventory, the Self-Compassion Scale, and the Stressful Life Events Scale to a sample of healthcare professionals (medical residents, nurses, and physicians) in Lebanon ( = 93).
The sample demonstrated a high degree of Emotional Exhaustion ( = 27, SD = 11.79), average levels of Depersonalization ( = 9.46, SD = 6.35), and Personal Accomplishment ( = 34.95, SD = 6.58), and moderate levels of Self-compassion ( = 3.25). All burnout components were significantly and inversely associated with self-compassion, with the strongest association found between Emotional Exhaustion and Self-compassion ( = -.37, < .001). Self-compassion significantly explained burnout, above and beyond sociodemographic and occupational variables (Emotional Exhaustion: = .11, (1.85) = 12.71, < .01; Depersonalization: = .07, (1.85) = 6.73, = .01; Low Personal Accomplishment: = .11, (1.85) = 11.29, < .01).
Burnout is prevalent in the sample, yet self-compassion may be a possible protective factor.
医疗保健专业人员容易出现职业倦怠——一种由工作中的慢性压力源导致的心理综合征。一些个体差异,比如自我同情——对自身痛苦和失败进行不带评判的观察,同时明白这些是人类生存的一部分——可以预防职业倦怠。
我们对黎巴嫩的93名医疗保健专业人员(住院医师、护士和医生)样本进行了马氏职业倦怠量表、自我同情量表和应激性生活事件量表的测试。
该样本表现出高度的情感耗竭(均值=27,标准差=11.79)、中度的去个性化(均值=9.46,标准差=6.35)和个人成就感(均值=34.95,标准差=6.58),以及中等程度的自我同情(均值=3.25)。所有职业倦怠成分均与自我同情显著负相关,情感耗竭与自我同情之间的关联最强(相关系数=-0.37,p<0.001)。自我同情显著解释了职业倦怠,超出了社会人口统计学和职业变量的影响(情感耗竭:β=0.11,t(1.85)=12.71,p<0.01;去个性化:β=0.07,t(1.85)=6.73,p=0.01;低个人成就感:β=0.11,t(1.85)=11.29,p<0.01)。
职业倦怠在该样本中普遍存在,但自我同情可能是一个潜在的保护因素。