Work-Related Stress

?
  • Created by: Yasmetron
  • Created on: 30-03-23 12:26
What is mental health stigma from the public?
endorsement of negative stereotypes of people with mental illness by the public
1 of 20
What is mental health stigma from the self?
people with mental illnesses agree with and internalise negative stereotypes
2 of 20
What did Foster et al. (2018) find?
news articles will present a more
negative tone
Middle market (daily mail, express) are more likely to be negative compared to tabloid (daily mirror, daily star) and quality (times, guardian)
3 of 20
What did Corrigan (2012) find?
Educational and contact-based intervention can reduce negative attitudes. This is generalisable in both Western and Eastern cultures
4 of 20
what are the negatives of a superhero narrative?
Media cycles promoting is often a poor substitute for what medical professionals really want – better conditions, better pay.
Potentially only focuses on a select few care workers
Potentially absolves those in the government from doing anything to solve t
5 of 20
What is the expert patient?
These individuals may have knowledge and expertise of their own bodies, but they are evidently not experts in either risk assessment, the nature and effects of influenza or of the nature and effects of vaccination against the flu. In fact, they display ne
6 of 20
What are the three feelings of burn out
o Emotional exhaustion = depletion of emotional resources, loss of energy (physically and emotionally)
o Cynicism = emotional detachment, lack of empathy
o Reduced personal accomplishment = feelings of incompetence, lack of personal achievement.
7 of 20
What risk factors are associated with burnout?
high workload, long working hours, personality traits: EE increase, neuroticism increase, but conscientiousness, agreeableness, extraversion and openness to experience decrease, breaking bad new to patients, ineffective communication and insufficient rewa
8 of 20
What are the criticisms of burnout?
o The focus is predominantly on the individual and not the organisation.
o Nuanced individual differences are not accounted for.
o Over simplified: blue collar vs white collar workers and the key differences.
o Is it unique to work only?
9 of 20
What is vicarious trauma?
o Increase in emotional distress, conflicts, patient care, increased risk in developing symptoms of depression.
o Changes in self-protective beliefs regarding safety, self- identity, and spirituality, as well as cognition when working empathically with t
10 of 20
What risk factors are associated with vicarious trauma?
younger healthcare professionals possible explanation have not yet developed resiliances strategies, exposure to trauma or past history of truama, research has found associations between working with trauma and emotional exhaustion and avoiding coping str
11 of 20
What is compassion fatigue?
o Not able to show compassion and care due to targets set by the organisation.
o Can be applied to patient facing healthcare professionals working with trauma (similar to VT!)
o Comprises of secondary traumatic stress, burnout and compassion satisfaction
12 of 20
What risk factors are associated with compassion fatigue?
prolonged exposure to high stress at work, working with trauma, empathy- too much/lack of conceptualisation, lack of support and information provided to the public.
13 of 20
What are the criticisms of compassion fatigue?
o Ambiguity in the term: described as the loss in the ability to nurture, but has been adopted in carious caregiving occupations and related to other terms (Coetzee & Klopper, 2010)
o The role of empathy: increases the risk of CMF (Figley, 2002), argued
14 of 20
What are the two measures of work related stress?
The European Working Conditions Survey - asks if their work has affected their health in terms of stress

Self-Reported Work-Related illness Survey- considers stress, anxiety and depression combined.
15 of 20
What are the issues with the measures?
• Lack of validation studies
• State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (Spielberger, Gorsuch, Lushene, Vagg, & Jacobs, 1983)
• The Brief COPE 28 item (Carver 1997)
• Validation studies for specific populations
• The Revised Life Orientation Test (Sheier et al 1994
16 of 20
What helps work-related stress?
Empathy based stress = the process of trauma exposure combined with the experience of empathy can lead to empathy based strain
Post traumatic growth
Empathic engagement is crucial to traumatic growth-related constructs
17 of 20
How does resilience impact work related stress?
The buffering approach: Seen as the opposite at risk and looks at how the process interacts with the negative experience to reduce the stress.
18 of 20
How does peer support impact work related stress?
To shift away from emotional suppression, detachment from patients, burnout and other negative consequences, the program aimed to:
Normalise through debrief and empathise with the narrative
Championing the team, emotions and open communication
19 of 20
What is the humanistic approach?
To help individuals recognise their strengths, creativity and choice in the here and now Increasing of awareness to address underlying motives and defences.
Dispositional: Focus on the innate qualities within a person that exert a major influence over the
20 of 20

Other cards in this set

Card 2

Front

What is mental health stigma from the self?

Back

people with mental illnesses agree with and internalise negative stereotypes

Card 3

Front

What did Foster et al. (2018) find?

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

What did Corrigan (2012) find?

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

what are the negatives of a superhero narrative?

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
View more cards

Comments

No comments have yet been made

Similar Psychology resources:

See all Psychology resources »See all How Can Psychology Change the World? resources »