Medical rescuers’ occupational health during COVID-19: Contribution of coping and emotion regulation on burnout, trauma and post-traumatic growth
Autor(a) principal: | |
---|---|
Data de Publicação: | 2022 |
Outros Autores: | , , , , , , , |
Tipo de documento: | Artigo |
Idioma: | eng |
Título da fonte: | Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) |
Texto Completo: | https://doi.org/10.14417/ap.1868 |
Resumo: | The COVID-19 pandemic places unique challenges to medical rescuers’ occupational health. Thus, it is crucial to assess its direct and indirect impacts on key psychological outcomes and adaptation strategies. This study aims to analyse the impact of this pandemic on medical rescuers’ coping and emotion regulation strategies, and their levels of work-related psychological outcomes, such as burnout, trauma and post-traumatic growth. Additionally, it aims to analyse the contribution of coping and emotion regulation strategies, employed to manage the COVID-19 pandemic, on burnout, trauma and post-traumatic growth. A sample of 111 medical rescuers answered the Brief Cope, Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, Oldenburg Burnout Inventory, Impact of Event Scale-Revised and Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory. Medical rescuers resorted moderately to coping and emotion regulation strategies, since the beginning of COVID-19. They presented moderate burnout and post-traumatic growth and low trauma. Coping presented a higher weight on burnout, trauma and post-traumatic growth, than emotion regulation. Expressive suppression and dysfunctional coping predicted burnout and trauma, and problem and emotion-focused coping predicted post-traumatic growth. Dysfunctional coping mediated and, thus, exacerbated the effect of expressive suppression on burnout and on trauma. Practitioners should pay closer attention to professionals with higher burnout and trauma. Occupational practices should focus on reducing dysfunctional coping and expressive suppression and promoting problem-focused coping. |
id |
RCAP_1bca63249bcf3c8ef3d40f55d98fdb0e |
---|---|
oai_identifier_str |
oai:ojs.localhost:article/1868 |
network_acronym_str |
RCAP |
network_name_str |
Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) |
repository_id_str |
7160 |
spelling |
Medical rescuers’ occupational health during COVID-19: Contribution of coping and emotion regulation on burnout, trauma and post-traumatic growthA saúde ocupacional dos profissionais do pré-hospitalar na COVID-19: Contributo do coping e regulação emocional no burnout, trauma e crescimento pós-traumáticoCOVID-19, Occupational health, Medical rescuers, Coping strategies, Emotion regulation strategies.COVID-19, Saúde ocupacional, Profissionais de emergência médica pré-hospitalar, Estratégias de coping, Estratégias de regulação emocional.The COVID-19 pandemic places unique challenges to medical rescuers’ occupational health. Thus, it is crucial to assess its direct and indirect impacts on key psychological outcomes and adaptation strategies. This study aims to analyse the impact of this pandemic on medical rescuers’ coping and emotion regulation strategies, and their levels of work-related psychological outcomes, such as burnout, trauma and post-traumatic growth. Additionally, it aims to analyse the contribution of coping and emotion regulation strategies, employed to manage the COVID-19 pandemic, on burnout, trauma and post-traumatic growth. A sample of 111 medical rescuers answered the Brief Cope, Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, Oldenburg Burnout Inventory, Impact of Event Scale-Revised and Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory. Medical rescuers resorted moderately to coping and emotion regulation strategies, since the beginning of COVID-19. They presented moderate burnout and post-traumatic growth and low trauma. Coping presented a higher weight on burnout, trauma and post-traumatic growth, than emotion regulation. Expressive suppression and dysfunctional coping predicted burnout and trauma, and problem and emotion-focused coping predicted post-traumatic growth. Dysfunctional coping mediated and, thus, exacerbated the effect of expressive suppression on burnout and on trauma. Practitioners should pay closer attention to professionals with higher burnout and trauma. Occupational practices should focus on reducing dysfunctional coping and expressive suppression and promoting problem-focused coping.A pandemia COVID-19 coloca desafios únicos à saúde ocupacional dos profissionais do pré-hospitalar. Assim, é fundamental avaliar o seu impacto psicológico, para sintomatologia direta ou indiretamente relacionada com a COVID-19. Pretende-se analisar o impacto desta pandemia nos outcomes psicológicos laborais, como burnout, trauma e crescimento pós-traumático, e nas estratégias de coping e regulação emocional. Pretende-se também analisar o contributo do coping e regulação emocional para estes outcomes. Uma amostra de 111 profissionais de emergência médica pré-hospitalar responderam ao Brief Cope, Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, Oldenburg Burnout Inventory, Impact of Event Scale-Revised e Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory. Os profissionais recorreram moderadamente a estratégias de coping e regulação emocional, desde o início da pandemia. Reportaram moderado burnout e crescimento pós-traumático e baixo trauma. O coping apresentou maior peso para os outcomes. A supressão emocional e o coping disfuncional contribuíram para o burnout e trauma, e o coping problema e emoção contribuíram para o crescimento pós-traumático. O coping disfuncional mediou e exarcebou o efeito da supressão emocional no burnout e trauma. Assim, poderá ser dada especial atenção a profissionais com elevado burnout e trauma e as práticas poderão ser focadas na redução do coping disfuncional e supressão emocional, bem como na promoção do coping problema.ISPA - Instituto Universitário2022-06-14info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.14417/ap.1868https://doi.org/10.14417/ap.1868Análise Psicológica; Vol 40, No 1 (2022); 1-13Análise Psicológica; Vol 40, No 1 (2022); 1-131646-60200870-8231reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttp://publicacoes.ispa.pt/index.php/ap/article/view/1868http://publicacoes.ispa.pt/index.php/ap/article/view/1868/pdfhttp://publicacoes.ispa.pt/index.php/ap/article/downloadSuppFile/1868/367http://publicacoes.ispa.pt/index.php/ap/article/downloadSuppFile/1868/368http://publicacoes.ispa.pt/index.php/ap/article/downloadSuppFile/1868/369Copyright (c) 2022 Análise Psicológicainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessFonseca, Sílvia MonteiroCunha, SóniaCampos, RuiFaria, SaraSilva, MárcioRamos, M. JoaquinaAzevedo, GuilhermeBarbosa, António RuãoQueirós, Cristina2023-05-11T10:19:35Zoai:ojs.localhost:article/1868Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T17:51:08.577789Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv |
Medical rescuers’ occupational health during COVID-19: Contribution of coping and emotion regulation on burnout, trauma and post-traumatic growth A saúde ocupacional dos profissionais do pré-hospitalar na COVID-19: Contributo do coping e regulação emocional no burnout, trauma e crescimento pós-traumático |
title |
Medical rescuers’ occupational health during COVID-19: Contribution of coping and emotion regulation on burnout, trauma and post-traumatic growth |
spellingShingle |
Medical rescuers’ occupational health during COVID-19: Contribution of coping and emotion regulation on burnout, trauma and post-traumatic growth Fonseca, Sílvia Monteiro COVID-19, Occupational health, Medical rescuers, Coping strategies, Emotion regulation strategies. COVID-19, Saúde ocupacional, Profissionais de emergência médica pré-hospitalar, Estratégias de coping, Estratégias de regulação emocional. |
title_short |
Medical rescuers’ occupational health during COVID-19: Contribution of coping and emotion regulation on burnout, trauma and post-traumatic growth |
title_full |
Medical rescuers’ occupational health during COVID-19: Contribution of coping and emotion regulation on burnout, trauma and post-traumatic growth |
title_fullStr |
Medical rescuers’ occupational health during COVID-19: Contribution of coping and emotion regulation on burnout, trauma and post-traumatic growth |
title_full_unstemmed |
Medical rescuers’ occupational health during COVID-19: Contribution of coping and emotion regulation on burnout, trauma and post-traumatic growth |
title_sort |
Medical rescuers’ occupational health during COVID-19: Contribution of coping and emotion regulation on burnout, trauma and post-traumatic growth |
author |
Fonseca, Sílvia Monteiro |
author_facet |
Fonseca, Sílvia Monteiro Cunha, Sónia Campos, Rui Faria, Sara Silva, Márcio Ramos, M. Joaquina Azevedo, Guilherme Barbosa, António Ruão Queirós, Cristina |
author_role |
author |
author2 |
Cunha, Sónia Campos, Rui Faria, Sara Silva, Márcio Ramos, M. Joaquina Azevedo, Guilherme Barbosa, António Ruão Queirós, Cristina |
author2_role |
author author author author author author author author |
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv |
Fonseca, Sílvia Monteiro Cunha, Sónia Campos, Rui Faria, Sara Silva, Márcio Ramos, M. Joaquina Azevedo, Guilherme Barbosa, António Ruão Queirós, Cristina |
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv |
COVID-19, Occupational health, Medical rescuers, Coping strategies, Emotion regulation strategies. COVID-19, Saúde ocupacional, Profissionais de emergência médica pré-hospitalar, Estratégias de coping, Estratégias de regulação emocional. |
topic |
COVID-19, Occupational health, Medical rescuers, Coping strategies, Emotion regulation strategies. COVID-19, Saúde ocupacional, Profissionais de emergência médica pré-hospitalar, Estratégias de coping, Estratégias de regulação emocional. |
description |
The COVID-19 pandemic places unique challenges to medical rescuers’ occupational health. Thus, it is crucial to assess its direct and indirect impacts on key psychological outcomes and adaptation strategies. This study aims to analyse the impact of this pandemic on medical rescuers’ coping and emotion regulation strategies, and their levels of work-related psychological outcomes, such as burnout, trauma and post-traumatic growth. Additionally, it aims to analyse the contribution of coping and emotion regulation strategies, employed to manage the COVID-19 pandemic, on burnout, trauma and post-traumatic growth. A sample of 111 medical rescuers answered the Brief Cope, Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, Oldenburg Burnout Inventory, Impact of Event Scale-Revised and Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory. Medical rescuers resorted moderately to coping and emotion regulation strategies, since the beginning of COVID-19. They presented moderate burnout and post-traumatic growth and low trauma. Coping presented a higher weight on burnout, trauma and post-traumatic growth, than emotion regulation. Expressive suppression and dysfunctional coping predicted burnout and trauma, and problem and emotion-focused coping predicted post-traumatic growth. Dysfunctional coping mediated and, thus, exacerbated the effect of expressive suppression on burnout and on trauma. Practitioners should pay closer attention to professionals with higher burnout and trauma. Occupational practices should focus on reducing dysfunctional coping and expressive suppression and promoting problem-focused coping. |
publishDate |
2022 |
dc.date.none.fl_str_mv |
2022-06-14 |
dc.type.status.fl_str_mv |
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
dc.type.driver.fl_str_mv |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
format |
article |
status_str |
publishedVersion |
dc.identifier.uri.fl_str_mv |
https://doi.org/10.14417/ap.1868 https://doi.org/10.14417/ap.1868 |
url |
https://doi.org/10.14417/ap.1868 |
dc.language.iso.fl_str_mv |
eng |
language |
eng |
dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv |
http://publicacoes.ispa.pt/index.php/ap/article/view/1868 http://publicacoes.ispa.pt/index.php/ap/article/view/1868/pdf http://publicacoes.ispa.pt/index.php/ap/article/downloadSuppFile/1868/367 http://publicacoes.ispa.pt/index.php/ap/article/downloadSuppFile/1868/368 http://publicacoes.ispa.pt/index.php/ap/article/downloadSuppFile/1868/369 |
dc.rights.driver.fl_str_mv |
Copyright (c) 2022 Análise Psicológica info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
rights_invalid_str_mv |
Copyright (c) 2022 Análise Psicológica |
eu_rights_str_mv |
openAccess |
dc.format.none.fl_str_mv |
application/pdf |
dc.publisher.none.fl_str_mv |
ISPA - Instituto Universitário |
publisher.none.fl_str_mv |
ISPA - Instituto Universitário |
dc.source.none.fl_str_mv |
Análise Psicológica; Vol 40, No 1 (2022); 1-13 Análise Psicológica; Vol 40, No 1 (2022); 1-13 1646-6020 0870-8231 reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informação instacron:RCAAP |
instname_str |
Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informação |
instacron_str |
RCAAP |
institution |
RCAAP |
reponame_str |
Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) |
collection |
Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) |
repository.name.fl_str_mv |
Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informação |
repository.mail.fl_str_mv |
|
_version_ |
1799131590212714496 |