Alexithymia and its association with burnout, depression and family support among Greek nursing staff

Bratis, Dionisios; Tselebis, Athanasios; Sikaras, Christos; Moulou, Aikaterini; Giotakis, K.; Zoumakis, Emmanouil; Ilias, Ιoannis

doi:10.1186/1478-4491-7-72

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“…Averages for Maslach Burnot Inventory by subscales among Latvian surgical care nurses sample were comparable with current study -for Emotional Exhaustion subscale -23,49 (SD=10,82), for Depersonalization subscale was 6,65 (SD=5,36) and for rank of personal success subscale -36,73 (SD=6,97).The highest indicators of emotional exhaustion, comparing with the data of the selected nurses, are found in the research carried out in the Hungary and Greece (Kovacs et al, 2010;Bratis et al, 2009), on the other hand, the lowest indicators are found in research done in Poland and Belgium (Van Bogaert et al, 2009;Ksiazek et al, 2011). This may be explained by the different economic situation among the countries, as well as the peculiarities of working conditions, salary and other factors.…”

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Stress Coping Mechanisms and Professional Burnout among Latvian Nurses

Deklava

Circenis

Millere

2014

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

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The reason of burnout is the negative influence of job stress. Due to burnout nurses work may become less productive, employees are absent due to illness, as well as the fluctuation of staff increases. It shows the need to develop adaptive coping strategies among nurses. The aim of the study was to find out stress coping mechanisms and burnout presence among nurses practicing in Latvia. The instruments which used for data collection: demographic questionnaire, R.S. Lazarus and S. Folkman's The Ways of Coping Scale and Maslach Burnout Inventory. The Ways of Coping Scale completed by 484 nurses working in healthcare institutions in different regions of Latvia in the age range from 21 to 66 years. The highest values have: planful problem-solving, self-controlling and positive reappraisal, accepting responsibility and seeking social support; while the lowest values can be seen in two scales -confrontive coping and escape/avoidance. The prevailing ways of coping stress in the sample are planful problem solving, self-controlling and positive reappraisal. Maslach burned out inventory which was completed by 587 practicing nurses. Age range of respondents was from 22 to 68 years. Descriptive statistical parameters for Maslach Burnot Inventory by subscales: mean for Emotional Exhaustion subscale -22.75 (SD=10.75), for Depersonalization subscale was 7.52 (SD=5.30) and for rank of Personal achievement subscale -34.57 (SD=8.22).

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confidence: 77%

Stress Coping Mechanisms and Professional Burnout among Latvian Nurses

Deklava

Circenis

Millere

2014

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

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“…Four studies have provided some indication that burnout is linked to alexithymia [22][23][24]. Bratis et al [22] found that alexithymia was positively correlated with emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, while negatively associated with personal accomplishment.…”

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“…Bratis et al [22] found that alexithymia was positively correlated with emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, while negatively associated with personal accomplishment. Mattila et al [24] found that all three alexithymia dimensions were associated with burnout after controlling for sociodemographic factors and depression.…”

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The impact of alexithymia on burnout amongst relatives of people who suffer from traumatic brain injury

Katsifaraki

Wood

2014

Brain Injury

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“…However, De Sousa (2010) asserts that the alexithymia scores of the mothers with mentally disabled children are higher than mothers with autistic children; in addition, while alexithymia is regarded as a personality trait independent from the daily stress-generating situations, it affects the response given to such situations. Bratis, et al (2009), on the other hand, state that individuals experiencing feelings such as emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and those without sufficient family support and with a low sense of personal accomplishment have alexithymic characteristics more. At this point, the issue of self-compassion is considered to be one of the characteristics enabling parents with mentally disabled and autistic children to deal with the problems resulting from the disability of their children and to feel good about themselves.…”

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A Comparison of the Alexithymia, Self-compassion and Humour Characteristics of the Parents with Mentally Disabled and Autistic Children

Aydın

2015

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

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In this research study, the scores of parents with mentally disabled and autistic children in the alexithymia, self-compassion and humour styles scales are compared and their scores are investigated focusing on the diagnosis of their children variable. Based on the relational screening model, this research study involves 120 mothers and fathers having children diagnosed with alexithymia and autism. As a result of the study, it was found that the comparison of the fathers-mothers' total scores in the alexithymia, selfcompassion and humour styles scales and their sub-scale scores revealed that the only difference is in the over-identification subdimension of the self-compassion scale; moreover, regarding the question whether the scale scores vary depending on the variable of the diagnosis of their children, it was found that there is no statistically significant difference in the scale scores considering this variable.

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Alexithymia and its association with burnout, depression and family support among Greek nursing staff

Cited by 83 publications

References 15 publications

Stress Coping Mechanisms and Professional Burnout among Latvian Nurses

Stress Coping Mechanisms and Professional Burnout among Latvian Nurses

The impact of alexithymia on burnout amongst relatives of people who suffer from traumatic brain injury

A Comparison of the Alexithymia, Self-compassion and Humour Characteristics of the Parents with Mentally Disabled and Autistic Children

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