Predictors of Burnout in Social Workers: The COVID-19 Pandemic as a Scenario for Analysis
Autor: | Cristina Lázaro-Pérez, José Ángel Martínez-López, José Gómez-Galán |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Adult
Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Social Workers Burnout Logistic regression Article 050906 social work stress prevention Depersonalization medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Emotional exhaustion Burnout Professional Pandemics Social work burnout SARS-CoV-2 pandemic 05 social sciences Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health COVID-19 Workload Middle Aged Simple random sample anxiety Spain Medicine Anxiety 0509 other social sciences medicine.symptom Psychology 050104 developmental & child psychology Clinical psychology |
Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume 18 Issue 10 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 5416, p 5416 (2021) |
ISSN: | 1660-4601 1661-7827 |
Popis: | The current health crisis resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic increases the stress and anxiety levels in some professions, including social work. The present research aimed to determine the burnout levels of social workers in Spain during the first wave of the pandemic and the predictive variables. The methodological approach used was developed from a quantitative perspective through a simple random sampling from the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) on a sample of Spanish social workers. The results showed high levels of emotional exhaustion (70.1%) and depersonalization (48.5%), although the data related to a reduced sense of personal accomplishment (36.6%) was low. The burnout level was 20.4%, a reduced record considering the values of the first two subscales. In contrast, the logistic regressions carried out showed that teleworking and psychological treatment are predictive variables of emotional exhaustion. With depersonalization, age (41–50 years) and the perception of needing psychological or psychiatric treatment in the future act as predictive variables. In critical scenarios such as a pandemic, work organizations should implement measures to reduce the high percentages of emotional exhaustion, the workload, and the dehumanization of professionals, a consequence linked to depersonalization. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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