Characteristics of Job Burnout and Humor among Psychotherapists

Malinowski, Alfred J.

doi:10.1515/humor-2013-0007

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“…Three papers used COR (Hobfoll, 1989 ), with five using the JD-R model (Demerouti et al, 2001 ). Other theories utilized include Maslach and Jackson's ( 1996 ) model of burnout by Malinowski ( 2013 ), Rupert and Kent ( 2007 ), and Vredenburgh et al ( 1999 ). Malinowski ( 2013 ) also employs the theory of multidimensional humor (Martin et al, 2003 ).…”

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“…Other theories utilized include Maslach and Jackson's ( 1996 ) model of burnout by Malinowski ( 2013 ), Rupert and Kent ( 2007 ), and Vredenburgh et al ( 1999 ). Malinowski ( 2013 ) also employs the theory of multidimensional humor (Martin et al, 2003 ). Two papers employ stress models in their studies, Acker ( 2012 ) with the role stress theory and Ben-Zur and Michael ( 2007 ) who use cognitive model of stress and coping (Lazarus, 1999 ).…”

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The Prevalence and Cause(s) of Burnout Among Applied Psychologists: A Systematic Review

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Purpose: Burnout has been shown to develop due to chronic stress or distress, which has negative implications for both physical and mental health and well-being. Burnout research originated in the “caring-professions.” However, there is a paucity of research which has focused specifically on how job demands, resources and personal characteristics affect burnout among practitioner psychologists.Methods: This PRISMA review (Moher et al., 2009) involved searches of key databases (i.e., Web of Knowledge, SCOPUS and Google Scholar) for articles published prior to 1st January, 2017. Articles concerning the prevalence and cause(s) of burnout in applied psychologists, that were published in the English language were included. Both quantitative and qualitative investigative studies were included in the review. The Crowe Critical Appraisal Tool (CCAT; Crowe, 2013) was used to appraise the quality of each paper included in this review. An inductive content analysis approach (Thomas, 2006) was subsequently conducted in order to identify the developing themes from the data.Results: The systematic review comprised 29 papers. The most commonly cited dimension of burnout by applied psychologists was emotional exhaustion (34.48% of papers). Atheoretical approaches were common among the published articles on burnout among applied psychologists. Workload and work setting are the most common job demands and factors that contribute to burnout among applied psychologists, with the resources and personal characteristics of research are age and experience, and sex the most commonly focused upon within the literature.Conclusions: The results of the current review offers evidence that burnout is a concern for those working in the delivery of psychological interventions. Emotional exhaustion is the most commonly reported dimension of burnout, with job and personal characteristics and resources also playing important roles in the development of burnout in the mental health care profession. Finally, tentative recommendations for those within the field of applied psychology.

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The Prevalence and Cause(s) of Burnout Among Applied Psychologists: A Systematic Review

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“…These coping strategies were reported to be useful in both typical and extremely stressful professional situations. Malinowski (2013) found that "self-enhancing" humor contributed to a sense of personal accomplishment and guarded against a therapist's likelihood of burnout. Finding adaptive modes of coping may require time and effort, which some may feel are two resources that are in short supply for the typical psychologist.…”

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Stressors and Resources for Oregon Psychologists: How Are Helpers Being Helped?

Engle¹

2014

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Professional psychology requires the navigation of a complex set of skills including clinical work, research, and consultation while also demanding a level of personal investment, which can tax the psychologists' emotional and physical resources. Bearse, McMinn, Seegobin, & Free (2013) highlighted the deleterious impact of these stressors. The American Psychological Association (APA) has shown an awareness of impactful professional stress and responded by encouraging state psychological associations to create a Colleague Assistance Program (APA, 2006). Although the research and professional guild agree on the existence of professional stress, there is little research regarding the effectiveness of strategies and resources used to manage the stress. The results from a pilot survey administered to Oregon psychologists (May 2012) were consistent with national findings showing that psychologists experienced a variety of biopsychosocial stressors. The current study identifies stressors experienced by Oregon Psychologists and the coping strategies used to manage professional and personal stress. I would like to express my deepest appreciation to my committee chair, Mary Peterson, PhD. She guided and inspired me throughout my graduate training, not to mention offered her personal kindness during times of great personal difficulty. Her commitment to my growth and the quality of student training truly models professional and relational zeal. This dissertation, and so much more, would not have been possible without her presence. I would also like to thank my committee members, Mark McMinn, PhD, and Nancy Taylor-Kemp, PhD. Both contributed graciously to my development as a researcher and as a person. In addition, thank you, Dr. Taylor-Kemp, for being the CAC's liaison and a gracious friend to me. Special appreciation goes to the Oregon Psychology Association and the Colleague Assistance Committee. Their belief in and partnership with graduate training promotes a breadth of opportunities across professional psychology generations.

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“…Humour may be perceived as a specific attitude towards others, self and events (Andreev, 2008) that could be affiliative (positive, other-focused humour), self-enhancing (positive, self-focused humour), self-defeating (negative, self-focused humour, detrimental for one's well-being), and aggressive (negative, other-focused humour) (Hall, 2013;Kuiper, 2012;Malinowski, 2013;Sullivan, 2013;Martin et al, 2003;Dozois, Martin & Faulkner, 2013;Ciieung & Yue, 2013). Aggressive humour is perceived when people laugh at other people's infirmities (Popescu, 2010;Taylor & Raskin, 2012).…”

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A series of experiments on humour perception and memorization – a case of humour associations and remembering humorous stories

Stoyanova

2015

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Four experiments with 48 participants were conducted to study humour perception and memorization. A computerized method (FVW) from Vienna Test System was used (Kessler, Pietrzyk & Puhr, 2003), as well as humour associations, the recall of three funny stories, a short text evoking admiration and respect. The research was focused on what was associated with the word "humour" and on the types of the best remembered stories. The results indicated that the participants remembered better concrete rather than abstract stimuli, as well as meaningful rather than meaningless stimuli. The participants remembered well short verbal stimuli. They associated humour mainly with positive meaning, positive emotions (joy, happiness, amusement, satisfaction). The participants remembered better and nonintentionally the verbal stories heard by them that they estimated as the funniest compared to the stories estimated by them as less funny or the sentences provoking other positive emotions (admiration and respect). The funniest estimated stories were relevant to their personal experience, no matter if they contained puns or not. The estimated least funny story also contained puns, but contradicted some social norms related to the appropriate behaviour at the workplace.

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Characteristics of Job Burnout and Humor among Psychotherapists

Cited by 19 publications

References 28 publications

The Prevalence and Cause(s) of Burnout Among Applied Psychologists: A Systematic Review

The Prevalence and Cause(s) of Burnout Among Applied Psychologists: A Systematic Review

Stressors and Resources for Oregon Psychologists: How Are Helpers Being Helped?

A series of experiments on humour perception and memorization – a case of humour associations and remembering humorous stories

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