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Self‐image and burnout in psychiatric staff
Author(s) -
Jeanneau M.,
Armelius K.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1365-2850
pISSN - 1351-0126
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2850.2000.00321.x
Subject(s) - burnout , self image , psychology , coping (psychology) , clinical psychology , medicine , social psychology
Burnout was tested for in 754 mental health workers and related to self‐image as assessed with Structural Analysis of Social Behavior (SASB, Benjamin 1974). A positive relation was found between burnout and negative self‐image, and between the experience of personal accomplishment and positive self‐image. Compared to self‐image, gender, age and work setting did not explain any variance in burnout. Highly burned‐out persons had a significantly more negative self‐image than staff who had rated themselves as low burnout. Finally, the relation between self‐image and burnout was studied in 210 subjects who had completed their self‐image ratings one year before burnout was measured, with the same results: a negative self‐image was related to higher burnout one year later. One general conclusion is that a tendency in staff to treat themselves in negative ways may function as a negative filter for coping with difficulties at work and thus be a risk factor for burnout.