TY - JOUR
T1 - Predictors of distress in hospital physicians: Protective and vulnerability factors
AU - Ato-García, Manuel
AU - Pastor-Ruiz, Yolanda
AU - Solanes-Puchol, Ángel
AU - Benavides-Gil, Gemma
AU - Martín-del-Río, Beatriz
AU - Fernández-Castro, Jordi
AU - Martínez-Zaragoza, Fermín
PY - 2014/4/14
Y1 - 2014/4/14
N2 - This study investigates the relationship between protective and vulnerability factors affecting health (distress) in medical staff. Participants were 127 doctors from four public hospitals, who were administered the Occupational Stress in Health Professionals Inventory, the Ways of Coping Questionnaire, the Maslach Burnout Inventory, the Symptom Checklist-90 Revised Questionnaire, and the Flow Trait Scale-2. Following the methodology of Partial Least Squares modeling (PLS), an explanation is given for distress in hospital physicians, where the avoidance coping strategy produces distress directly (β =.296) and indirectly (β =.139) through its influence on the increase of burnout (β =.314), which in turn is increased by occupational stress (β =.209). Professional flow, measured by professional efficacy and flow, acts as a good protector against distress (β = -.133), partly compensating the effects of the variables which have an increasing impact on an individual's distress (GoF =.983). To sum up, when trying to predict a physician's distress, four key elements should be considered: avoidance coping and its indirect effect through burnout on distress; the burnout construct itself and professional flow. © 2014: Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Murcia. Murcia (España).
AB - This study investigates the relationship between protective and vulnerability factors affecting health (distress) in medical staff. Participants were 127 doctors from four public hospitals, who were administered the Occupational Stress in Health Professionals Inventory, the Ways of Coping Questionnaire, the Maslach Burnout Inventory, the Symptom Checklist-90 Revised Questionnaire, and the Flow Trait Scale-2. Following the methodology of Partial Least Squares modeling (PLS), an explanation is given for distress in hospital physicians, where the avoidance coping strategy produces distress directly (β =.296) and indirectly (β =.139) through its influence on the increase of burnout (β =.314), which in turn is increased by occupational stress (β =.209). Professional flow, measured by professional efficacy and flow, acts as a good protector against distress (β = -.133), partly compensating the effects of the variables which have an increasing impact on an individual's distress (GoF =.983). To sum up, when trying to predict a physician's distress, four key elements should be considered: avoidance coping and its indirect effect through burnout on distress; the burnout construct itself and professional flow. © 2014: Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Murcia. Murcia (España).
KW - Burnout
KW - Partial least squares modeling
KW - Distress
KW - Hospital physicians
KW - Flow
UR - https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=4654710
U2 - 10.6018/analesps.30.2.161421
DO - 10.6018/analesps.30.2.161421
M3 - Article
SN - 0212-9728
VL - 30
SP - 579
EP - 587
JO - Anales de Psicologia
JF - Anales de Psicologia
ER -