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Burnout among the addiction counseling workforce: The differential roles of mindfulness and values-based processes and work-site factors

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Vilardaga, Roger, Luoma, Jason B., Hayes, Steven C., Pistorello, Jacqueline, Levin, Michael E., Hildebrandt, Mikaela J., Kohlenberg, Barbara, Roget, Nancy A. +1 more·2011·Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Abstract

Although work-site factors have been shown to be a consistent predictor of burnout, the importance of mindfulness and values-based processes among addiction counselors has been little examined. In this study, we explored how strongly experiential avoidance, cognitive fusion, and values commitment related to burnout after controlling for well-established work-site factors (job control, coworker support, supervisor support, salary, workload, and tenure). We conducted a cross-sectional survey among 699 addiction counselors working for urban substance abuse treatment providers in six states of the United States. Results corroborated the importance of work-site factors for burnout reduction in this specific population, but we found that mindfulness and values-based processes had a stronger and more consistent relationship with burnout as compared with work-site factors. We conclude that interventions that target experiential avoidance, cognitive fusion, and values commitment may provide a possible new direction for the reduction of burnout among addiction counselors.

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  • Findings from this study confirm the role played by mindfulness and values in explaining significant proportions of variance in physical fatigue (14%).

    “Commensurate with several previous studies (McCracken & Yang, 2008; Noone & Hastings, 2011; Vilardaga et al., 2011), findings from this study also confirm the role played by mindfulness and values in explaining significant proportions of variance in psychological distress (31%), and several aspects of burnout: physical fatigue (14%)”

    From Wellbeing, burnout, and safe practice among healthcare professionals: predictive influences of mindfulness, values, and self-compassion (2022) · cites this paper as Vilardaga et al., 2011

    The Results (§3.2; page unavailable) report that ACT processes, including values commitment, significantly predicted burnout dimensions and explained 12% of the variance in exhaustion. But the Methods (§2.2.3; page unavailable) distinguish the study’s measure of emotional exhaustion from physical debilitation; the paper does not establish a result for physical fatigue. The 14% figure is presented as the citing study’s own finding, not Vilardaga et al.’s. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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  • Findings from this study confirm the role played by mindfulness and values in explaining significant proportions of variance in psychological distress (31%).

    “Commensurate with several previous studies (McCracken & Yang, 2008; Noone & Hastings, 2011; Vilardaga et al., 2011), findings from this study also confirm the role played by mindfulness and values in explaining significant proportions of variance in psychological distress (31%)”

    From Wellbeing, burnout, and safe practice among healthcare professionals: predictive influences of mindfulness, values, and self-compassion (2022) · cites this paper as Vilardaga et al., 2011

    The Results (section 3.2; page unavailable) show that ACT processes, including commitment to values, explained additional variance in burnout among addiction counselors. That supports the comparison to previous findings, but this paper studied burnout rather than psychological distress. The 31% figure describes the citing authors’ own study, not a result attributed to Vilardaga et al. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Findings from this study confirm the role played by mindfulness and values in explaining significant proportions of variance in emotional exhaustion (8%).

    “Commensurate with several previous studies (McCracken & Yang, 2008; Noone & Hastings, 2011; Vilardaga et al., 2011), findings from this study also confirm the role played by mindfulness and values in explaining significant proportions of variance in psychological distress (31%), and several aspects of burnout: physical fatigue (14%), emotional exha”
  • Findings from this study confirm the role played by mindfulness and values in explaining significant proportions of variance in cognitive weariness (10%).

    “Commensurate with several previous studies (McCracken & Yang, 2008; Noone & Hastings, 2011; Vilardaga et al., 2011), findings from this study also confirm the role played by mindfulness and values in explaining significant proportions of variance in psychological distress (31%), and several aspects of burnout: physical fatigue (14%), emotional exha”

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Authors
Vilardaga, R., Luoma, J. B., Hayes, S. C., Pistorello, J., Levin, M. E., Hildebrandt, M. J., Kohlenberg, B., Roget, N. A., & Bond, F.
Affiliations
  • University of Nevada, Reno (US)
  • Goldsmiths University of London (GB)
Corresponding author
Vilardaga, Roger
Venue
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2011-06
Volume
40
Issue
4
Pages
323-335
ISSN
0740-5472 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2053641034
Cited by
142
References
106
Citations by year
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FWCI
9.60
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University) (submittedVersion)
Funders
National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01DA017868, R21DA017644)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
Keywords
burnout, addiction counselors, mindfulness, experiential avoidance, cognitive fusion, job control, coworker support, supervisor support, workload, counselor well-being
MeSH terms
Adult, Burnout, Professional, Cognition, Counseling, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Regression Analysis, Workplace, Problem-Based Learning, Substance-Related Disorders

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