Resilience: Distinct Construct or Conglomerate of Existing Traits?

Fogarty, Gerard J.; Perera, Harsha N.

doi:10.1017/iop.2016.33

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“…The view that burnout and depression are distinct entities may thus reflect the jangle fallacy , that is, the erroneous assumption that two constructs are dissimilar because they are labeled differently (Bianchi et al ., in press). The jangle fallacy is likely to occur when a supposedly new construct is released without a careful consideration of the existing literature (Fogarty & Perera, ). Judging from the seminal articles on burnout (e.g., Freudenberger, ; Maslach, ), no comprehensive review of the literature dedicated to already described stress‐related conditions was conducted prior to the release of the construct.…”

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Burnout‐depression overlap: Nomological network examination and factor‐analytic approach

Bianchi

Schonfeld

2018

Scandinavian J Psychology

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Burnout has been defined as a condition in which individuals are left exhausted by a long-term confrontation with unmanageable job stressors. The question of whether burnout reflects anything other than depressive responses to unresolvable stress remains an object of debate. In this 911-participant study (83% female; mean age: 42.36), we further addressed the issue of burnout-depression overlap. Burnout was assessed with the exhaustion subscale of the Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey (MBI-GS) and depression with the PHQ-8. The relationships of burnout and depression with three job-related variables - illegitimate work tasks, work-nonwork interference, and job satisfaction - and three "context-free" variables - social support, general health status, and trait anxiety - were examined. Burnout and depression were found to be strongly correlated, to cluster together, and to exhibit overlapping nomological networks. Remarkably, the average correlations of burnout and depression with job-related variables were almost identical. A principal component analysis and a principal axis factor analysis both showed that the items of the MBI-GS and of the PHQ-8 loaded on a single dimension. All in all, our findings are consistent with the view that burnout is a depressive condition. The distinction between burnout and depression may be an instance of the jangle fallacy.

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Burnout‐depression overlap: Nomological network examination and factor‐analytic approach

Bianchi

Schonfeld

2018

Scandinavian J Psychology

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“…All in all, these findings support the view that burnout overlaps with depression (Taris, 2006 ; Ahola et al, 2014 ; Bianchi et al, 2017a , b , f ). Construct proliferation—a violation of the scientific canon of parsimony—has become a major problem in psychology (Schmidt, 2010 ), particularly in work and organizational psychology (Le et al, 2010 ; Cole et al, 2012 ; Allen et al, 2014 ; Newman and Harrison, 2015 ; Fogarty and Perera, 2016 ; Shaffer et al, 2016 ; Taris et al, 2017 ). We recommend that greater attention be paid to this problem that threatens theory building and transdisciplinary communication (Bianchi et al, 2017d ).…”

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Burnout, Depression, and Borderline Personality: A 1,163-Participant Study

2018

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We examined the association of burnout with borderline personality (BP) traits in a study of 1,163 educational staff (80.9% women; mean age: 42.96). Because burnout has been found to overlap with depression, parallel analyses of burnout and depression were conducted. Burnout symptoms were assessed with the Shirom-Melamed Burnout Measure, depressive symptoms with the PHQ-9, and BP traits with the Borderline Personality Questionnaire. Burnout was found to be associated with BP traits, controlling for neuroticism and history of depressive disorders. In women, burnout was linked to both the “affective insecurity” and the “impulsiveness” component of BP. In men, only the link between burnout and “affective insecurity” reached statistical significance. Compared to participants with “low” BP scores, participants with “high” BP scores reported more burnout symptoms, depressive symptoms, neuroticism, and occupational stress and less satisfaction with life. Disattenuated correlations between burnout and depression were close to 1, among both women (0.91) and men (0.94). The patterns of association of burnout and depression with the main study variables were similar, pointing to overlapping nomological networks. Burnout symptoms were only partly attributed to work by our participants. Our findings suggest that burnout is associated with BP traits through burnout-depression overlap.

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“…On the other hand, resilience has been considered a function or behavioural outcome [ 8 ], while fewer commentators consider it to be a two-stage process allowing people to adapt [ 9 , 10 ]. In the current study, following Fogarty and Perera, resilience was conceptualized as a distinguishing and very stable personality characteristic [ 11 ].…”

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Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Resilience Scale (RS-14): Preliminary results

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Background In recent years, resilience has received extensive attention in psychology. The 14-Item Resilience Scale (RS-14) has been developed as a newer and shorter version of the resilience scale and has been applied in Western countries. In Eastern cultures, however, and particularly among Chinese populations, its factor structure remains unverified. The purpose of this study is to realize the first evaluation of the psychometric characteristics of the Chinese version of the RS-14 in young adults from Mainland China. Methods The resilience scale, Connor-Davidson resilience scale, general health questionnaire 12, perceived stress scale 14, general self-efficacy scale and meaning in life questionnaire were used to investigate 1010 undergraduates (321 male college students, 689 female college students, aged 17–25 years; mean age = 20.27; SD = 1.572). We evaluated the item quality, latent structure, reliability, criterion validity and differential item functioning on the gender variable. Results Through the analysis methods of exploratory and confirmatory factor-analytic, the original single-factor model has been proven to be applicable within the Chinese population. Both an adequate construct validity and an excellent degree of reliability were reflected in the data. In addition, test-retest evinced good stability. The current study interrogates associations with external criteria, as well as providing evidence in support of the RS-14. Conclusion To sum up, this study showed that the RS-14 is a reliable assessment for measuring resilience in China, and provides an alternative to the original scale.

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Resilience: Distinct Construct or Conglomerate of Existing Traits?

Cited by 13 publications

References 21 publications

Burnout‐depression overlap: Nomological network examination and factor‐analytic approach

Burnout‐depression overlap: Nomological network examination and factor‐analytic approach

Burnout, Depression, and Borderline Personality: A 1,163-Participant Study

Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Resilience Scale (RS-14): Preliminary results

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