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An Inquiry Into the Job-Relatedness of Burnout

Authors: Eilertsen, Emilie Sofie;

An Inquiry Into the Job-Relatedness of Burnout

Abstract

“Burnout” eller utbrenthet er et mye brukt begrep i arbeids og organisasjonspsykologi. Mens det ofte hevdes at utbrenthet er et eget konsept på grunn av dens arbeidsrelaterte årsaker, setter flere nylige studier spørsmål ved påstanden. Funnene setter mer spesifikt spørsmål ved om utbrenthet er så arbeidsrelatert som antatt, og viser at utbrenthet overlapper med andre lidelser. Vår studie undersøkte i hvilken grad deltakerne i studien tilskrev opplevde utbrenthetssymptomer til arbeidet deres, og sammenlignet utbrenthet med to generelle tilstander, utmattelsessyndrom og andre ikke-spesifikke psykologiske lidelser. Studien var en tversnittstudie og utvalget bestod av norske arbeidstakere over 18 år (N=813) som fullførte spørreskjemaet. Deltakerne våre fullførte «Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT), Karlolinska Exhaustion Disorder Scale (KEDS), og K6 som målte ikke-spesifikke psykologiske lidelser, i tillegg til 11 arbeidsrelaterte variabler fra NIOSH WellBQ. Resultatene fra frekvensanalysene fant at 46% av deltakerne ikke tilskrev utbrenthetssymptomene sine til arbeid, likt prosentene for utmattelsessyndrom (43%) og andre ikke-spesifikke psykologiske lidelser (49%). Korrelasjonsanalysene fant høye korrelasjoner mellom utbrenthet og utmattelsessyndrom (r = .69), og utbrenthet og ikke-spesifikke psykologiske lidelser (r = .66). Regresjonsanalysene indikerte variansen forklart av de arbeidsrelaterte variablene var større for utbrenthet (R² = .45), enn utmattelsessyndrom (R² = .27), og ikke-spesifikke psykologiske lidelser (R² = .33). Det var også positive korrelasjoner mellom “work-nonwork conflict” og utbrenthet (r = .38)., og “nonwork-work conflicts” og utbrenthet (r = .35). Funnene fra studien stiller spørsmål ved antakelsen om at utbrenthet er et arbeidsspesifikt fenomen.

Burnout is a widely used construct in occupational health psychology. While it is often argued that burnout is a distinct concept because of its job-related causes, recent findings question this assumption. More specifically, these findings question whether burnout is as job-related as assumed, and find that it overlaps with other disorders. Our study examined the extent to which participants attributed experienced burnout symptoms to their job and compared burnout with two general conditions, exhaustion and nonspecific psychological distress. The study was cross-sectional, and the sample consisted of employed Norwegian adults (N=813). Our participants completed the Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT), the Karolinska Exhaustion Disorder Scale (KEDS), the K6 to measure nonspecific psychological distress, and 11 job-related items from the NIOSH WellBQ. Results from frequency analyses found that 46% of participants did not attribute their burnout symptoms to their work, which was similar to the rates obtained for exhaustion (43%) and nonspecific psychological distress (49%). Correlational analyses found large correlations between burnout and exhaustion (r = .69) as well as burnout and nonspecific psychological distress (r = .66). Regression analyses indicated that the variance explained by the job-related variables were higher for burnout (R² = .45), than for exhaustion (R² = .27) and nonspecific psychological distress (R² = .33). There were also positive correlations between work-nonwork conflicts and burnout (r = .38)., and nonwork-work conflict and burnout (r = .35). The findings from the study questions the assumption that burnout is a work-specific entity.

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