Are Resilient Occupational Therapists at Low Risk of Burnout? A Structural Equation Modeling Approach Combined with Latent Profile Analysis in a Greek Sample

Abstract

This study focused on the following research objectives: 1) to examine how resilience is related to personal accomplishment of Occupational Therapists; 2) to examine the relationship between personal accomplishment, depersonalization, and emotional exhaustion; 3) to profile Occupational Therapists based on resilience, personal accomplishment, emotional exhaustion, and depersonalization. The sample included 315 Greek Occupational Therapists. Data was collected on resilience (CD-RISC 10), personal accomplishment, emotional exhaustion, and depersonalization (MBI-HSS). A Structural Equation Model (SEM) was successfully specified with the two-step approach to examine how resilience is related to personal accomplishment and how personal accomplishment, emotional exhaustion, and depersonalization interact. The measurement and full SEM model showed a good fit and adequate model-based reliability. The SEM analysis suggested that increased resilience predicted a major increase in personal accomplishment with a standardized direct effect > 0.70, p < 0.001 (49% explained variance). Additionally, there was a mediation effect of depersonalization in the relationship between personal accomplishment and emotional exhaustion with a significant indirect and total effect, p < 0.001. Then, Latent Profile Analysis (LPA) followed to describe the Occupational Therapists based on their score on resilience, personal accomplishment, emotional exhaustion, and depersonalization. During the LPA the optimal profile model was selected using an integrative model fit calcula-

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“…Similarly, a 2021 study found that Greek occupational therapists who were found to be more resilient (resilience measured using the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale) had a greater sense of personal accomplishment and lower risk for experiencing burnout. Participants with less resilience were at greater risk for experiencing burnout 27 . Therefore, it is important for occupational therapy clinicians, educators, and students, to develop self-knowledge and an ability to identify their own risk of burnout.…”