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Emotional exhaustion is a symptom of burnout, [1] a chronic state of physical and emotional depletion that results from excessive work or personal demands, or continuous stress. [2] It describes a feeling of being emotionally overextended and exhausted by one's work.
She also found that the perceived judgment of coworkers towards burnout is worrisome. van der Klink and van Dijk suggested stress inoculation training, cognitive restructuring, and graded activity to help workers with burnout symptoms, although insufficient high-quality research has been carried out on their efficacy. [80]
There are three important components of Compassion Fatigue: Compassion satisfaction, secondary stress, and burnout. [40] It is important to note that burnout is not the same as Compassion Fatigue; Burnout is the stress and mental exhaustion caused by the inability to cope with the environment and continuous physical and mental demands. [41]
The most disseminated version of burnout was developed by Christina Maslach, and is defined by the triad of emotional exhaustion, cynicism and an experience of reduced professional capacity. [ 90 ] [ 88 ] The syndrome of burnout was initially exclusively focused on occupation related stress-inducers, but was later expanded to include other ...
Christina Maslach (born January 21, 1946) [1] is an American social psychologist and professor emerita of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, [2] known for her research on occupational burnout. [3] She is a co-author of the Maslach Burnout Inventory [4] and Areas of Worklife Survey. [5]
Herbert J. Freudenberger (1926–1999) was a German-born American psychologist.Though Freudenberger had many jobs during his life, including practitioner, editor, theoretician, and author, his most significant contribution is in the understanding and treatment of stress, chronic fatigue and substance abuse.
The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) is a psychological assessment instrument comprising 22 symptom items pertaining to occupational burnout. [1] The original form of the MBI was developed by Christina Maslach and Susan E. Jackson with the goal of assessing an individual's experience of burnout. [ 2 ]
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