The relationship between physicians' selfkindness and professional fulfillment and the mediating role of personal resilience and work-home interference: A cross-sectional study

Autor: Rosa Bogerd, Maarten P. M. Debets, Debby G. Keuken, Rutger J. Hassink, José P. S. Henriques, Kiki M. J. M. H. Lombarts
Přispěvatelé: Graduate School, Medical Psychology, APH - Quality of Care, Cardiology, ACS - Atherosclerosis & ischemic syndromes
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: PLoS ONE, 18(4 April):e0284507. Public Library of Science
ISSN: 1932-6203
Popis: Background Professional fulfillment is crucial for physicians’ well-being and optimal patient care. Highly demanding work environments, perfectionism and self-critical attitudes jeopardize physicians’ professional fulfillment. Objective To explore to what extent a kinder attitude towards the self, i.e. self-kindness, was associated with physicians’ professional fulfillment and whether this relationship was mediated by personal resilience and work-home interference. Methods In 2020, cardiologists (n = 374) in the Netherlands participated in a web-based survey. Self-kindness was measured by the self-kindness subscale of the Self-Compassion Scale, personal resilience by the Brief Resilience Scale, work-home interference by the negative Work-Home Interference subscale of the Survey Work-Home Interaction–Nijmegen, and professional fulfillment by the corresponding subscale of the Professional Fulfillment Index. Using Hayes’ SPSS macro PROCESS v3.5, the authors tested the parallel mediation model. Results Self-kindness was not directly associated with professional fulfillment (direct effect = .042, p = .36, 95% CI: -0.048, 0.132). Self-kindness was indirectly related to professional fulfillment through individual resilience (indirect effect = .049, 95% CI: .020, 0.086) and work-home interference (indirect effect = .057, 95% CI: .023, 096). Conclusions This study suggests that improving physicians’ self-kindness may enhance professional fulfillment through personal resilience and work-home interference. Our findings may stimulate and remind physicians to be kind towards themselves as it may benefit them and their patients.
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