Pallich, Gianandrea; Blättler, Larissa; Gomez Penedo, Juan Martin; grosse Holtforth, Martin; Hochstrasser, Barbara (2020). Emotional competence predicts outcome of an inpatient treatment program for burnout. Journal of Affective Disorders, 274, pp. 949-954. Elsevier 10.1016/j.jad.2020.05.139
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BACKGROUND
Previous research has shown an association between burnout and low emotional competence (EC), defined as the ability to adequately regulate the intensity and expression of emotions. EC might also play a maintaining role in depression. The current paper aimed at studying the effect of improved EC on the course of burnout and depression.
METHODS
113 psychiatric inpatients completed a set of standardized self-report questionnaires at intake, discharge and three months after treatment, assessing EC, burnout, and depression. Multi-level analyses investigated the effect of improved EC on burnout and depression.
RESULTS
Improved EC including a better emotion regulation during treatment predicted favourable treatment outcomes regarding burnout and depression symptoms.
LIMITATIONS
The present results should be considered in light of some methodological limitations. Most importantly, the patient sample consists of patients of one inpatient ward and is therefore not representative of all burnout patients.
CONCLUSIONS
This study supports EC as a putative mechanism of change in the multimodal treatment of inpatients with a stress-related depressive disorder and burnout. Clinical and research consequences of the findings will be discussed.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Head Organs and Neurology (DKNS) > Clinic of Neurology > Centre of Competence for Psychosomatic Medicine 07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy |
UniBE Contributor: |
Gomez Penedo, Juan Martin, Grosse Holtforth, Martin |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
0165-0327 |
Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Annette Barbara Kocher |
Date Deposited: |
26 Jan 2021 16:02 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:44 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1016/j.jad.2020.05.139 |
PubMed ID: |
32664037 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Aftercare needs Burnout Depression Emotional competence Predictor |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/150758 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/150758 |
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