Burnout syndrome in psychotherapists: A comparative analysis of five nations.

Abstract

Burnout is a common phenomenon among psychotherapists. The purpose of this study was to test the Counselor Burnout Inventory (CBI; Lee et al., 2007) measurement invariance, as well as compare means of five latent variables (i.e., CBI subscales of Exhaustion, Incompetence, Negative Work Environment, Devaluing Client, and Deterioration in Personal Life) across five nations (United States, Korea, Japan, Philippines, and Hong Kong) using structural equation modeling. The results indicated that the assumptions of configural, factor loading, and intercept invariance were satisfied across the five nations. When comparing means of five latent variables, the results indicated differential burnout tendencies across the five nations. Implications for psychotherapists' burnout prevention and future research are discussed.

Emotional Intelligence and the Counselor: Examining the Relationship of Trait Emotional Intelligence to Counselor Burnout

“…The subscale with the highest degree of symptomology were Exhaustion (M = 2.39, SD = .83), Deterioration in Personal Life (M = 2.08, SD = .68), and Negative Work Environment (M = 2.03, SD = .95) with Incompetence (M = 1.90, SD = .61) and Devaluing Client (M = 1.34, SD = .43) as the lower-scoring subscales. These results are similar to other studies using the CBI (e.g., Lee et ah, 2007;Lee et ah, 2010;Puig, Yoon, Callueng, An, & Lee, 2014) and indicates that the respondents indicated moderate to low levels of burnout across the five domains examined in the CBI.…”

Being a Psychotherapist in Times of the Novel Coronavirus Disease: Stress-Level, Job Anxiety, and Fear of Coronavirus Disease Infection in More Than 1,500 Psychotherapists in Austria

“…Previous research suggested that emotional stressors and existential stressors due to financial concerns range among the major stressors’ psychotherapists are exposed to ( Petrowski et al, 2014 ; Puig et al, 2014 ). The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the measures necessary to fight it (i.e., quarantine, isolation, and social distancing; see Nussbaumer-Streit et al, 2020 ) are new stressors, which can increase and even cause public mental health problems ( Brooks et al, 2020 ; Hossain et al, 2020 ; Sharma et al, 2020 ).…”

Burnout and Engagement in Fourth-Year Social Work Students: Why We Should Be Concerned

“…Among young adult populations in the United Kingdom, Taiwan and Finland, students have been found to experience high levels of burnout, a finding that could be expected given the pressures experienced during the completion of studies (Collins et al, 2010;Huang & Lin, 2010;Parker & Salmena-Aro, 2011). Professionals in the helping professions such as psychotherapy (Puig et al, 2014) and nursing (Iglesias et al, 2010) seem more likely to experience burnout. Importantly, studies from abroad identified high levels of burnout in social work students (Harr & Moore, 2011;Ngai & Cheung, 2009;Piatkowska, 2014).…”

“…Burnout was considered a social problem long before the phenomenon drew the attention of researchers (Maslach, Schaufeli & Leiter, 2001). The emotional demands that are characteristic of many helping professions such as nursing, psychotherapy, medicine and social work can result in individuals experiencing distress and developing burnout over time (Acker, 2012;Chang, Eddins-Follensbee & Coverdale, 2012;Iglesias, Vallejo & Feuntes, 2010;Puig, Yoon, Callueng, An & Lee, 2014). Local research by Rothmann and Malan (2003) found high levels of burnout and cynicism, and low to average levels of a sense of personal efficacy, in a sample of 107 social workers.…”