A non-linear relationship between the cumulative exposure to occupational stressors and nurses’ burnout and the potentially emotion regulation factors

Abstract

A non-linear relationship exists between the cumulative exposure to occupational stressors and nurses' burnout. Those who less frequently use cognitive reappraisal, more frequently use rumination and expressive suppression, and have a high level of stressors may be more likely to experience burnout.

Psychosocial Job Stressors and Mental Health

“…The current findings and other evidence (25,40) suggest that training in effective emotion regulation strategies may provide opportunities to lessen the adverse impact of job stressors. For example, affect regulation training (41) has been found to improve emotion regulation skills and mental wellbeing in elderly healthcare employees (42).…”

“…Cognitive reappraisal was positively linked with job satisfaction and negatively linked with negative affect, while expressive suppression was negatively linked with job satisfaction and positively linked with negative affect (24). Individuals who used cognitive reappraisal less frequently and used expressive suppression more frequently tended to experience burnout when work stress was high (25). Nevertheless, the evidence on the moderating role of emotion regulation in the association between psychosocial work stressors and mental health is scarce.…”

Predictors of patient‐centered care provision among nurses in acute care setting

“…Exposure to stressors increases the risk of burnout (Sun, Lin, Zhang, Li, & Cao, 2018), which is a psychological status that is resulted from an exposure to severe stress, such as heavy workload, debilitation, maladministration and unfairness (Maslach, 1982). Burnout occurs when an employee has difficulties performing their assigned job effectively due to feelings of hopelessness (Mooney et al, 2017); it may cause nurses to become insensitive towards patients' suffering because there is a negative association between burnout and nurses' empathy (Salvarani et al, 2019).…”

Assessment of pediatric residents burnout in a tertiary academic center

“…The causes of burnout can be broadly categorized into demographic characteristics, individual factors, and socio-cultural factors. Burnout varies according to demographic and personal characteristics 4 , 5 and depends on the needs of organizational culture, socio-cultural dimensions. In the present study, the prevalence of burnout in married residents was higher than in unmarried individuals.…”

“…This outcome may be different from the outcome of previous studies suggesting that the presence of emotional supporters is associated with burnout. Additional studies, 4 , 5 which examine the relationship between burnout and demographic characteristics and individual characteristics such as personality factors, (introversion and extroversion, instability) and degree of job satisfaction, can be useful in providing psychological counseling and developing guidance manual to prevent burnout among residents.…”