Article
Psychology, Clinical
Irina-Georgeta Timofeiov-Tudose, Cornelia Mairean
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between workplace humour and professional quality of life among medical staff, as well as the moderating role of compassion in this relationship. The results showed that positive humour and affiliative humour were positively related to compassion satisfaction, while self-defeating humour was negatively related to it. Burnout and secondary traumatic stress were negatively related to positive humour and positively related to self-defeating humour. Compassion moderated the relationship between affiliative humour and secondary traumatic stress. Encouraging adaptive humour strategies and raising awareness about negative humour strategies could contribute to an increase in the quality of life among healthcare providers.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOTRAUMATOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Oriane Razakarivony, Nagham Khanafer, Jean-Marc Philippe, Nathalie Prieto
Summary: The study found that CUMP professionals may experience psychological and emotional impacts after the Hurricane Irma event, especially psychiatrists. Volunteer psychiatrists reported higher burnout scores compared to permanent staff. The results highlight the importance of providing supportive accompaniment for such teams.
Article
Nursing
Asli Yesil, Sehrinaz Polat
Summary: This study aimed to investigate nurses' levels of compassion fatigue, compassion satisfaction, burnout, various psychopathological symptom levels, coping skills, and the relationship between them. The findings showed that nurses had low-level burnout, moderate-high compassion satisfaction, and low-moderate compassion fatigue symptoms. Mental disengagement and planning coping strategies can reduce compassion fatigue, and positive reinterpretation and growth methods can reduce burnout and increase compassion satisfaction. Providing counseling and training for nurses to use the right coping methods may be useful.
Article
Surgery
Rana M. Higgins, Karen Marcdante, Kristina Kaljo, Erin Strong, Caitlin Patten
Summary: This study aimed to explore the perception of behaviors that impact mattering among third year medical students on their surgery clerkship. The findings revealed that behaviors related to awareness, importance, and reliance can enhance students' sense of mattering on their surgery clerkship.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Blanca Rojas, Elena Catalan, Gustavo Diez, Pablo Roca
Summary: This pilot study examines the feasibility of Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) to reduce psychological distress and improve well-being in medical students. The study finds that the CCT program can reduce anxiety and stress, improve compassion, mindfulness, and psychological well-being, and these improvements are maintained at a two-month follow-up.
Article
Pediatrics
Jeanie L. Gribben, Samuel M. Kase, Katherine F. Guttmann, Elisha D. Waldman, Andrea S. Weintraub
Summary: This study aims to explore the distress and well-being of pediatric subspecialists during the pandemic, focusing on the relationship between compassion fatigue, burnout, and compassion satisfaction, as well as physicians' perception of feeling valued by their institution. The results show that compassion fatigue and burnout scores increased significantly, while compassion satisfaction scores decreased over time. Additionally, 52% of respondents did not feel valued by their employing institution. The content analysis revealed themes of gratitude, perks vs. penalties, safety, and leadership. Therefore, institutional leadership should prioritize a healthy workplace culture and reconsider emotional and mental health support within the health system.
PEDIATRIC RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Nursing
Almaz Mirutse, Zuriyash Mengistu, Ketema Bizuwork
Summary: The study aimed to assess the effects of compassionate care among nurses. The results showed high compassion fatigue and low compassion satisfaction. Low income and neuroticism personality were associated with compassion fatigue, while agreeableness, consciousness, and openness personality were associated with compassion satisfaction.
Article
Nursing
Nazmiye Yildirim, Hamit Coskun, Sehrinaz Polat
Summary: This study explored the relationship between psychological capital and burnout and compassion fatigue among general hospital nurses, finding that psychological capital plays a key role in nurses' well-being and the quality of care they provide. The findings can be used to design interventions to support nurses' psychological health and improve their resources.
JOURNAL OF NURSING SCHOLARSHIP
(2021)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
YueYi Sun, ShuYue Zhu, GanXin ChenHuang, LiYa Zhu, ShuHan Yang, XiaoCong Zhang, Zheng Zheng
Summary: This study explores the psychological impact of pandemic-related isolation on Chinese college students and the relationships between COVID-19 burnout, resilience, and psychological distress. The findings indicate that isolation is a risk factor for psychological distress, while resilience can buffer the negative effects of COVID-19 burnout and improve college students' wellbeing during the pandemic.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
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Nursing
Andrew McVicar, Ann Pettit, Pamela Knight-Davidson, Adelle Shaw-Flach
Summary: The findings suggest that the application of the Compassionate Mind Model may reduce practitioners' fears of compassion, which is linked to a decreased risk of compassion fatigue.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING
(2021)
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Psychology, Applied
Herbert W. Marsh, Theresa Dicke, Phil Riley, Philip D. Parker, Jiesi Guo, Geetanjali Basarkod, Andrew J. Martin
Summary: This study examines the long-term effects of demands and resources on the health and well-being of school principals. The findings suggest that prior demands and resources lead to small changes in subsequent outcomes, with resources having beneficial effects and demands having adverse effects.
APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY-HEALTH AND WELL BEING
(2022)
Article
Nursing
Phoebe Long Franco, LeeAnn M. Christie
Summary: The study findings suggest that attending a one-day Self Compassion for Healthcare Communities program can significantly improve nurses' self-compassion, mindfulness, compassion to others, resilience, and compassion satisfaction, while significantly reducing anxiety and stress.
JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC NURSING-NURSING CARE OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES
(2021)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Qinghua Wang, Wei Sun, Huazhang Wu
Summary: Research shows that there are connections among academic burnout, resilience, and life satisfaction in medical students. Resilience predicts life satisfaction positively, while academic burnout predicts life satisfaction negatively. Resilience plays a mediating role in the relationship between academic burnout and life satisfaction.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2022)
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Polly Yeung, Bridey White, Michael Ziccardi, B. Louise Chilvers
Summary: Oil spills can have severe environmental effects and impact the health and wellbeing of first responders. Oiled wildlife responders play a crucial role in rescuing and rehabilitating affected wildlife. Effective training and support from professional organizations are essential for responders to combat stress and compassion fatigue during incidents.
Article
Ethics
John Camilo Garcia-Uribe, Boris Julian Pinto-Bustamante
Summary: This article discusses the issues of compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction in the caregiving setting, and proposes a theoretical synthesis to view compassion as a virtue in Aristotelian terms. Through etymologies, translations, and classical theoretical references, the article aims to explore the dichotomies and suggests rethinking compassion as a reasoned middle ground.