Alterations in attention capture to auditory emotional stimuli in job burnout: An event-related potential study

Sokka, Laura; Huotilainen, Minna; Leinikka, Marianne; Korpela, Jussi; Henelius, Andreas; Alain, Claude; Müller, Kiti; Pakarinen, Satu

doi:10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2014.11.001

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“…The participants in the present study were the same as reported in Sokka et al (2014) except for one participant who did not complete the n-back paradigm, resulting in a total of 66 participants. The grouping of the participants into the burnout and control groups was implemented as follows: the Finnish version of the Maslach Burnout Inventory -General Survey (MBI-GS; Kalimo, Hakanen, & Toppinen-Tanner, 2006) was completed after the ERP recordings, and used as a grouping criterion (cut-off point: the total score 1.5, i.e., at least mild job burnout).…”

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“…In fact, in a population-based study of young adults with relatively mild symptoms, no association between self-rated symptoms of burnout and cognitive difficulties was observed (Castaneda et al, 2011). So far, only a few related electrophysiological studies have been published suggesting reduced allocation of attentional resources to the task at hand (van Luijtelaar, Verbraak, van den Bunt, Keijsers, & Arns, 2010), and more recently, an attention capture tendency towards negative over positive emotional sounds in individuals who complain of job burnout (Sokka et al, 2014). In the present study, we extend our previous work by measuring event-related brain potentials (ERPs) to task-relevant visual stimuli in tasks with varying memory loads as well as task-irrelevant distractor sounds (no response required) in participants suffering from job burnout and in their matched non-burnout peers.…”

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Job burnout is associated with dysfunctions in brain mechanisms of voluntary and involuntary attention

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Individuals with job burnout symptoms often report having cognitive difficulties, but related electrophysiological studies are scarce. We assessed the impact of burnout on performing a visual task with varying memory loads, and on involuntary attention switch to distractor sounds using scalp recordings of event-related potentials (ERPs). Task performance was comparable between burnout and control groups. The distractor sounds elicited a P3a response, which was reduced in the burnout group. This suggests burnout-related deficits in processing novel and potentially important events during task performance. In the burnout group, we also observed a decrease in working-memory related P3b responses over posterior scalp and increase over frontal areas. These results suggest that burnout is associated with deficits in cognitive control needed to monitor and update information in working memory. Successful task performance in burnout might require additional recruitment of anterior regions to compensate the decrement in posterior activity.

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Job burnout is associated with dysfunctions in brain mechanisms of voluntary and involuntary attention

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“…Despite the fact that burnout has well-documented effects on psychophysical states, a limited number of studies have examined its influence on specific cognitive functions (e.g., van der Linden et al, 2005; Schmidt et al, 2007; Castaneda et al, 2011; Oosterholt et al, 2012, 2014; Deligkaris et al, 2014; Sokka et al, 2014, 2017; Giorgi et al, 2016). Regarding the broader context of the current economic situation (Mucci et al, 2016), the dynamics of workplace changes (Rachiotis et al, 2014; Giorgi et al, 2015), and the prevalence of work-related stress and burnout problems, it is particularly important to study its impact on mental health, well-being and individual functioning.…”

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Cognitive Impairments in Occupational Burnout – Error Processing and Its Indices of Reactive and Proactive Control

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The presented study refers to cognitive aspects of burnout as the effects of long-term work-related stress. The purpose of the study was to investigate electrophysiological correlates of burnout to explain the mechanisms of the core burnout symptoms: exhaustion and depersonalization/cynicism. The analyzed errorrelated electrophysiological markers shed light on impaired cognitive mechanisms and the specific changes in information-processing in burnout. In the EEG study design (N = 80), two components of error-related potential (ERP), error-related negativity (ERN), and error positivity (Pe), were analyzed. In the non-clinical burnout group (N = 40), a significant increase in ERN amplitude and a decrease in Pe amplitude were observed compared to controls (N = 40). Enhanced error detection, indexed by increased ERN amplitude, and diminished response monitoring, indexed by decreased Pe amplitude, reveal emerging cognitive problems in the non-clinical burnout group. Cognitive impairments in burnout subjects relate to both reactive and unconscious (ERN) and proactive and conscious (Pe) aspects of error processing. The results indicate a stronger 'reactive control mode' that can deplete resources for proactive control and the ability to actively maintain goals. The analysis refers to error processing and specific task demands, thus should not be extended to cognitive processes in general. The characteristics of ERP patterns in burnout resemble psychophysiological indexes of anxiety (increased ERN) and depressive symptoms (decreased Pe), showing to some extent an overlapping effect of burnout and related symptoms and disorders. The results support the scarce existing data on the psychobiological nature of burnout, while extending and specifying its cognitive characteristics.

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“…Burnout has been linked to disturbances such as impaired attention and memory, incident dementia, sleep disturbances, depression, anxiety, decreased work capacity, sickness absence from work and a host of poor health behaviours [2,3,4]. It has further been implicated in somatic syndromes such as cardiovascular diseases, and evidence is emerging for associations between burnout and disorders such as the metabolic syndrome, systemic inflammation, and dysregulation of coagulation functions [2,5].…”

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Cynicism as subscale of burnout

Viljoen

Claassen

2017

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Background: Cynicism, as a personality trait, has adverse effects on health. The question was asked whether cynical attitudes that develop due to work-related stress correlate with stress levels and whether it has a negative influence on health.Objectives: To investigate associations of the cynicism subscale scores of the Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey (MBI-GS) with levels of stress, anxiety, questionnaire-based physical health and with a number of physiological health risk indicators.Methods: Cynicism, anxiety, questionnaire-based physical health scores, as well as allostatic load, heart rate variability and C-reactive protein, were assessed in 27 males working between 40 and 80 irregular hours per week. Results:Cynicism scores related to stress levels (r=0.411, p=0.030). Effects of work-related cynicism on physical health were suggested by negative associations with questionnaire-based scores on physical health (r=-0.383, p=0.044) and heart rate variability indicators (r=-0.379, p=0.047 to r=-0.496, p=0.007), and by positive associations with anxiety levels (r=0.408, p=0.031), heart rate (r=0.449, p=0.017), BMI (r=0.426, p=0.024) allostatic load (r=0.360, p=0.065) and levels of the inflammatory marker C-reactive protein (r= 0.407, p=0.035).Conclusions: Cynicism, as reflected by the MBI-GS, increases with increases in stress levels and could contribute to the decline in the health reported for burnout.

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Alterations in attention capture to auditory emotional stimuli in job burnout: An event-related potential study

Cited by 41 publications

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Job burnout is associated with dysfunctions in brain mechanisms of voluntary and involuntary attention

Job burnout is associated with dysfunctions in brain mechanisms of voluntary and involuntary attention

Cognitive Impairments in Occupational Burnout – Error Processing and Its Indices of Reactive and Proactive Control

Cynicism as subscale of burnout

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