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| Title |
Defense Styles Mediate the Association Between Empathy and Burnout Among Nurses
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease, July 2018
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| DOI | 10.1097/nmd.0000000000000837 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Natasha Fitzgerald-Yau, Jonathan Egan |
| Abstract |
Research has extensively identified empathic skills as essential in health trainings, policies, and recommendations. However, there have been conflicting views of the impact of empathy on burnout. Some studies contend that empathy serves a protective role, whereas other studies have shown that burnout leads to a diminished capacity to empathize. To date, studies have not yet explored whether defense styles mediate associations between empathy and burnout. A total of 442 nurses completed questionnaire measures of empathy, burnout, and defense mechanisms as part of a large-scale research study on nurse burnout. Findings reflected very high levels of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization among the nursing staff. The nurses in this study endorsed a predominantly immature defense style. In addition, immature defense styles mediated the association between empathy and emotional exhaustion and between empathy and depersonalization. The study provides further knowledge about the role of defense styles in nurse burnout and empathy. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 6 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 33% |
| Ireland | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 3 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 33% |
| Scientists | 2 | 33% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 17% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 17% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 49 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 49 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 24% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 8% |
| Librarian | 3 | 6% |
| Researcher | 3 | 6% |
| Student > Master | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 6 | 12% |
| Unknown | 18 | 37% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 9 | 18% |
| Psychology | 8 | 16% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 12% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 4% |
| Arts and Humanities | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 4 | 8% |
| Unknown | 19 | 39% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 April 2019.
All research outputs
#6,241,141
of 25,382,440 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease
#687
of 3,265 outputs
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#99,369
of 341,606 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease
#7
of 45 outputs
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