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Professional burnout among psychotherapists during COVID-19 pandemic

Psychotherapists are at risk of professional burnout, which may be exacerbated during global adverse events such as the coronavirus pandemic. Researchers from several countries, including Ewa Gruszczyńska, Ph.D. / Associate Professor from SWPS University, investigated factors that might contribute to burnout in this professional group.

#professional burnout #psychotherapists #COVID-19 #pandemic #individual differences #international study

What we researched:

  • The researchers examined factors contributing to professional burnout among psychotherapists during the COVID-19 pandemic. They focused on the multilevel approach to investigate if individual- and country-aggregated level values could explain differences in burnout intensity after controlling for sociodemographic, work-related characteristics and COVID-19-related distress among participants.

How we did it:

  • The study included 2,915 psychotherapists from 12 European countries (Austria, Bulgaria, Cypress, Finland, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK.) The participants completed the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Service Survey, the revised version of the Portrait Values Questionnaire, and a survey questionnaire on sociodemographic, work-related factors and the COVID-19 related distress.

What we discovered:

  • The lowest mean level of burnout was noted for Romania, whereas the highest mean burnout intensity was reported for Cyprus. Multilevel analysis revealed that burnout at the individual level was negatively related to self-transcendence and openness-to-change but positively related to self-enhancement and conservation values. However, no significant effects on any values were observed at the country level. Male sex, younger age, being single, and reporting higher COVID-19-related distress were significant burnout correlates.

Why is it important:

  • Burnout among psychotherapists may be a transcultural phenomenon, where individual differences among psychotherapists are likely to be more important than differences between the countries of their practice.

This finding enriches the discussion on training in psychotherapy in an international context and draws attention to the neglected issue of mental health among psychotherapists in the context of their professional functioning.