Self-Stigma of seeking help and job burnout in mental health care providers: the comparative study of Lithuanian and the USA samples

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Mokslo publikacijos / Scientific publications
Document Type:
Straipsnis / Article
Language:
Anglų kalba / English
Title:
Self-Stigma of seeking help and job burnout in mental health care providers: the comparative study of Lithuanian and the USA samples
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In the Journal:
Journal of workplace behavioral health. 2019, 34, 2, p. 129-148
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Darbas / Labour. Work; Psichikos sveikata / Mental health; Sveikatos priežiūra / Health care.
Summary / Abstract:

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Darbinis pervargimas; Pagalbos prašymo stigma; Perdegimo sindromas; Psichikos sveikatos specialistai; Psichinės sveikatos priežiūros specialistai; Stigma; Tarpkultūrinis palyginimas; Burnout; Crosscultural comparison; Job burnout; Mental health care providers; Mental health providers; Stigma; Stigma of seeking help.

ENThis study aimed to explore the correlation between job burnout and self-stigma of seeking help among nonmedical mental health care providers (psychologists, social workers, and counselors) in two countries – Lithuania and the US. The study included 234 professionals (111 social workers and 123 psychologists) from Lithuania and 93 professionals (33 counselors, 23 social workers, and 37 psychologists) from the US on a voluntary basis (93% females, mean age – 39.81 years). They completed a self-reported questionnaire with the Self-Stigma of Seeking Help Scale (SSOSH) and the Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey (MBI-GS). The results revealed a statistically significant positive correlation between self-stigmatization and burnout in the Lithuanian sample, but only weak positive correlation between depersonalization and self-stigma of seeking help in the US sample. The relationship between the self-stigma of seeking help and burnout was stronger in the Lithuanian sample of professionals when compared to their colleagues in the US. [From the publication]

DOI:
10.1080/15555240.2019.1586549
ISSN:
1555-5240; 1555-5259
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2021-02-02 19:07:55
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