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Burnout in Psychiatric Nurses: Contributions of the Work Environment and a Sense of Coherence

Levert, Tanya, Lucas, Marilyn, Ortlepp, Koren·2000·South African Journal of Psychology
DOI 10.1177/008124630003000205
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Burnout not only affects psychiatric nurses' ability to provide optimal patient care, but its consequences extend to the nurse's psychological and physical health. Couched in a cognitive-transactional model, the broad aim of the current study was to measure burnout levels for psychiatric nurses and to determine the respective roles of the environment and the individual on burnout levels. Burnout levels were measured using Maslach and Jackson's (1986) Burnout Inventory. Environmental variables measured included work load, collegial support, role conflict and role ambiguity. Finally, Antonovsky's (1987) sense of coherence (SOC) measured the characteristics of the individual. Although burnout levels were generally high, a low sense of personal accomplishment was particularly problematic. Emotional exhaustion and depersonalisation correlated significantly with all factors of the work environment and with the SOC. Personal accomplishment related only to role conflict. Multiple regression analyses showed the sense of coherence and work load to explain a large proportion of both emotional exhaustion and depersonalisation, and role conflict to explain a small but significant amount of the variance in personal accomplishment. Moderated multiple regression analyses added to a growing body of research pointing towards a possible direct effect of the SOC on burnout.

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  • Role ambiguity correlates with Emotional Exhaustion and Depersonalisation, but not Personal Accomplishment.

    “They also considered role ambiguity, which correlated with Emotional Exhaustion and Depersonalisation, but not Personal Accomplishment [39]”

    From Burnout in nursing: a theoretical review. (2020) · cites this paper as [39]

  • Role conflict correlates with Emotional Exhaustion, Depersonalisation, and Personal Accomplishment.

    “Levert and colleagues reported that role conflict correlated with Emotional Exhaustion, Depersonalisation, and Personal Accomplishment.”

    From Burnout in nursing: a theoretical review. (2020) · cites this paper as [39]

  • Collegial support is related to Emotional Exhaustion and Personal Accomplishment.

    “Collegial support was related to Emotional Exhaustion and Personal Accomplishment [39]”

    From Burnout in nursing: a theoretical review. (2020) · cites this paper as [39]

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Authors
Levert, T., Lucas, M., & Ortlepp, K.
Affiliations
University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
Venue
South African Journal of Psychology
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2000-06
Volume
30
Issue
2
Pages
36-43
ISSN
0081-2463 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1177/008124630003000205
OpenAlex
W1526519961
Cited by
194
References
66
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 16 · 2013: 9 · 2012: 11
FWCI
8.67
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
South African Journal of Psychology (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Occupational Therapy › Occupational Health and Burnout
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
Keywords
burnout, psychiatric nurses, sense of coherence, work environment, workload, collegial support, role conflict, role ambiguity, emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, personal accomplishment, occupational stress

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