Burnout in Professional Psychotherapists: Relationships with Self-Compassion, Work–Life Balance, and Telepressure
Journal article
Authors | Kotera, Y., Maxwell-Jones, Robert, Edwards, Ann-Marie and Knutton, Natalie |
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Abstract | Though negative impacts of COVID-19 on occupational mental health have been reported, the mental health of psychotherapists has not been evaluated in depth. As this occupational group treats ever-increasing mental health problems, it is essential to appraise key factors for their mental health. Accordingly, this study aimed to explore burnout of professional psychotherapists. A total of 110 participants completed self-report measures regarding burnout, self-compassion, work-life balance and telepressure. Correlation, regression and moderation analyses were conducted. Both of the burnout components-emotional exhaustion and depersonalisation-were positively associated with weekly working hours and telepressure, and negatively associated with age, self-compassion and work-life balance. Weekly working hours and work-life balance were significant predictors of emotional exhaustion and depersonalisation. Lastly, self-compassion partially mediated the relationship between work-life balance and emotional exhaustion but did not mediate the relationship between work-life balance and depersonalisation. The findings suggest that maintaining high work-life balance is particularly important for the mental health of psychotherapists, protecting them from burnout. Moreover, self-compassion needs to be cultivated to mitigate emotional exhaustion. Mental health care for this occupational group needs to be implemented to achieve sustainable mental health care for workers and the public. |
Keywords | burnout; depersonalisation; emotional exhaustion; self-compassion; telepressure; work-life balance |
Year | 2021 |
Journal | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
Journal citation | 18 (10), p. 5308 |
Publisher | MDPI AG |
ISSN | 1660-4601 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105308 |
Web address (URL) | http://hdl.handle.net/10545/625847 |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
hdl:10545/625847 | |
Publication dates | 17 May 2021 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 29 Jun 2021, 16:04 |
Accepted | 07 May 2021 |
Contributors | University of Derby |
File | File Access Level Open |
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https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/934z5/burnout-in-professional-psychotherapists-relationships-with-self-compassion-work-life-balance-and-telepressure
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