Prevalência e Fatores Associados à Síndrome de Burnout em Psicólogos

Abstract

This study evaluated the prevalence and the factors associated with the Burnout Syndrome in a sample of 518 psychologists working in the state of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil). The Cuestionario para la Evaluación del Síndrome de quemarse por el Trabajo-CESQT-and a questionnaire for demographic and labor variables were used as research instruments. Results show a 7,5% prevalence of psychologists with Profile 1 of Burnout and 9,8% prevalence with Profile 2. Men, professionals without a steady partner, people who have no children, professionals with smaller financial gains, lower weekly working hours and a greater number of counseling sessions/day, those engaged in activities beyond Psychology or those who work with only one area of Psychology, and those who are employed and do not participate in study groups or psychological associations face greater risks of developing Burnout Syndrome. This study points to the need to promote interventions of prevention and rehabilitation.

Burnout Syndrome in Public Servants: Prevalence and association with Occupational Stressors

“…The analysis of Burnout profiles reveals that 35 participants (6.5%) belong to Profile 1, and 23 (4.4%) to Profile 2, considered as the most serious one. Both results are inferior to those identified in school teachers (n = 714) conducted by Gil-Monte, Carlotto and Câmara (2011), which identified 12.0% classified into Profile 1 and 5.6% into Profile 2, and in a study with a sample of 518 psychologists, whose prevalence was 7.5% in Profile 1 and 9.8% in Profile 2 (Rodriguez & Carlotto, 2014). This result, in what concerns profile 1, may be related to the characteristics of a public servant's job, whose activity is based on a formal and impersonal model expressed as documented norms, complying with a legal rite that precisely defines roles, systematicity of routines and work processes (Mota & Pereira, 2004).…”

“…The psychological exhaustion dimension reveals that nearly a third of the servants are performing their activities with feelings of emotional and physical fatigue, being superior to the prevalence of 26.1% (n=518) found in psychologists (Rodriguez & Carlotto, 2014) and 17.8% (n=169) in professors (Costa et al, 2013). This dimension, generally related to work overload (Alarcon, 2011;Gil-Monte et al, 2016) can be explained by the nature of the activities of public servants, performed within a context of intensified work pace, high level of demands for productivity and fast processes (Carmo, 2014;Gomes, Guimaraes, & Akutsu, 2017).…”

“…The indolence dimension evidenced a prevalence of 17.3%, figure superior to that found in professors (5.9%, n = 169) (Costa et al, 2013) and higher to that of doctors (9.9%, n = 631) (Tejada & Gómez, 2012) and psychologists (11.2%, n = 518) (Rodriguez & Carlotto, 2014). This dimension is usually associated with the amount of assisted people and the need to deal with a specific public that comes with problematic situations, such as patients and students.…”

Estratégias de coping frente à síndrome de burnout entre os professores: uma revisão integrativa da literatura nacional

“…Conforme observado na Tabela 2, existe uma grande variedade de estratégias de coping na literatura. No artigo de Carlotto, (2014) são utilizados os termos estratégias de coping focadas no problema e focadas nas emoções. Tabela 2.…”

“…Observamos que dois dos estudos fazem referência às estratégias de coping com foco na emoção. O primeiro foi o artigo de Carlotto (2014), o qual, além de auxiliar no desenvolvimento de estratégias de coping com foco no problema, também auxiliou os professores no desenvolvimento de estratégias de coping focadas na emoção (busca de suporte social por razões emocionais). No entanto, este artigo não avaliou as estratégias que os professores utilizavam antes da intervenção, apenas selecionou uma estratégia de coping entendida como positiva pela literatura e a utilizou como forma de prevenção a SB.…”