Burnout and depression in medical students: Relations with avoidance and disengagement
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Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) has been reported to be effective in reducing burnout and depression among a variety of healthcare professionals as well as medical students.
“Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), a psychotherapy that targets the facilitation of psychological flexibility, has been used and reported to be effective in reducing burnout and depression among a variety of healthcare professionals as well as medical students [23, 32–35].”
Burnout risk is higher among medical students who engage in experiential avoidance or non-values-based actions.
“Furthermore, burnout risk is higher among medical students who engage in experiential avoidance [11,32] or non–values-based actions [60].”
From Evaluation of an App-Delivered Psychological Flexibility Skill Training Intervention for Medical Student Burnout and Well-being: Randomized Controlled Trial (2023) · cites this paper as [60]
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- Authors
- Kroska, E. B., Calarge, C., O’Hara, M. W., Deumic, E., & Dindo, L.
- Affiliations
- University of Iowa (US)
- Baylor College of Medicine (US)
- Corresponding author
- Dindo, Lilian
- Venue
- Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-10
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 404-408
- ISSN
- 2212-1447 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2742555526
- Cited by
- 41
- References
- 37
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 4
- FWCI
- 6.65
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Santen
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
- Keywords
- burnout, depression, medical students, disengagement, emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, personal accomplishment, acceptance and commitment therapy, coping strategies, psychological well-being, maladaptive coping
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