scholarly journals A Theology of Rest: Sabbath Principles for Ministry

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 134-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luisa J. Gallagher
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Exhaustion ◽  
Sacred Space ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Essential Component ◽  
Lay Ministers ◽  
Prolonged Stress ◽  
Ministry Professionals

This article argues that a theology of rest is an essential component in the training of ministry professionals. The practice of Sabbath rest is a balm for the contemporary issues of emotional exhaustion, prolonged stress, and burnout that many full-time and lay ministers experience during their ministry career. Developing a robust theology of rest and Sabbath rhythm will equip ministry professionals to create sacred space for God, contributing to longevity of ministry and holistic rest.

scholarly journals Burnout and Substance Use in Collegiate Athletic Trainers

2020 ◽  
Vol 55 (7) ◽  
pp. 744-751
Author(s):  
Leslie W. Oglesby ◽  
Andrew R. Gallucci ◽  
Christopher J. Wynveen ◽  
Kelly R. Ylitalo ◽  
Nicholas F. Benson
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Binge Drinking ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Emotional Exhaustion ◽  
Athletic Trainers ◽  
Maslach Burnout Inventory ◽  
Personal Accomplishment ◽  
Heavy Episodic Drinking ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Care Providers

Context The Smith Cognitive-Affective Model of Athletic Burnout suggests that athletic trainers (ATs) suffering from burnout may engage in substance use as a coping behavior. Increases in self-reported burnout symptoms are often associated with increases in heavy episodic drinking and tobacco use among various health care providers. However, this relationship has not been examined thoroughly. Objective To investigate the prevalence of substance use in ATs and identify relationships between symptoms of burnout and substance use among ATs. Design Cross-sectional study. Setting Web-based survey. Patients or Other Participants A total of 783 certified ATs working full time in the collegiate or university setting were sampled for this study. Graduate assistant and other part-time ATs were excluded. The survey was distributed via the National Athletic Trainers' Association membership directory e-mail broadcast service. Main Outcome Measure(s) A 100-item online questionnaire consisting of items from previously used scales was used for this study. The survey included the Maslach Burnout Inventory and questions on substance use from the Monitoring the Future study. Multiple regression analyses were performed to analyze the survey data. All independent (Maslach Burnout Inventory subscales) and dependent (use of alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana) variables were mapped to the Smith Cognitive-Affective Model of Athletic Burnout to determine which dimensions of burnout altered the odds of self-reported substance use. Results Almost half (46.3%) of participants admitted to at least 1 binge-drinking episode. However, the use of cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, marijuana, and energy drinks during the previous month was less pronounced in the sample. Emotional exhaustion (B = 0.008, P = .023) and personal accomplishment (B = −0.016, P = .02) were significantly correlated with binge drinking. Emotional exhaustion (Exp[B] = 1.017, P < .001) was also significantly positively correlated with energy-drink consumption. Conclusions Some ATs engaged in heavy episodic drinking. Emotional exhaustion and a decreased sense of personal accomplishment were significantly correlated with this behavior.

scholarly journals Burnout and Peritraumatic Distress of Healthcare Workers in the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yeonhhon Jang ◽  
Myoungsoon You ◽  
Heeyoung Lee ◽  
Minjung lee ◽  
Yeji Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Emotional Exhaustion ◽  
Organizational Support ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Peritraumatic Distress

Abstract Background To evaluate the current status of emotional exhaustion and peritraumatic distress of healthcare workers (HCWs) in the COVID-19 pandemic, and identify factors associated with their mental health status. Methods An online survey involving 1,068 HCWs that included nurses, physicians, and public health officers was conducted. Descriptive statistics and multivariate regression analyses were performed on the collected data. Results Although no significant difference in peritraumatic distress was observed among the surveyed HCWs, the workers’ experience of emotional exhaustion varied according to work characteristics. Respondents who were female, older, living with a spouse, and/or full-time workers reported higher levels of emotional exhaustion. Public health officers and other medical personnel who did not have direct contact with confirmed patients and full-time workers had a higher level of peritraumatic distress. Forced involvement in work related to COVID-19, worry about stigma, worry about becoming infected, and perceived sufficiency of organizational support negatively predict emotional exhaustion and peritraumatic distress. Conclusions Job-related and emotional stress of HCWs should not be neglected. Evidence-based interventions and supports are required to protect HCWs from mental illness and to promote mental health of those involved in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Multidimensional Workaholism Scale in a Korean Population: A Cross-Cultural Validation Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 106907272110399
Author(s):  
Nanhee Kim ◽  
Jinsoo Choi ◽  
Yonguk Park ◽  
Young Woo Sohn
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Exhaustion ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Structure Study ◽  
Model Fit ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Confirmatory Analysis ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Practical Implications

This study aimed to provide a reliable and valid measure of workaholism for Korean workers. We translated the Multidimensional Workaholism Scale (MWS) into Korean and validated it with a sample of 1020 full-time Korean employees. An exploratory factor analysis revealed a four-factor solution (Study 1; N = 524), and a confirmatory analysis further demonstrated good model fit of the four-factor structure (Study 2; N = 496). The scale’s concurrent and construct validity was supported by positive correlations with other existing measures of workaholism, emotional exhaustion, and work–family conflict (WFC) and by a negative correlation with psychological detachment. Moreover, the MWS demonstrated a moderate association with work engagement, but no significant association with job satisfaction. It further showed significant incremental validity in predicting emotional exhaustion and WFC. The findings support the Korean MWS version’s reliability and validity for measuring workaholism among Korean employees. Theoretical implications for the workaholism literature and practical implications for corporate counselors and human resource practitioners are discussed.

¿Que Estoy Loca? –– Crazy?

2021 ◽  
pp. 197-213
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Emotional Symptoms ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
Seeking Help ◽  
Time Position ◽  
Prolonged Stress ◽  
National Alliance

Mental health does not discriminate against race, color, gender, or religion. Unfortunately, anyone can experience symptoms of mental distress or illness at some point of their lives. The National Alliance of Mental Illness acknowledged that there exists a stigma among Latinos associated with mental health issues. They are ashamed to be seen as loco/crazy or débil/weak. Through the process of collecting data for my study, several participants shared that they have suffered from severe stress in the process of achieving tenure or securing a full-time position in their journey in academe. The symptoms of stress (emotional tension), depression (despondency and dejection), and ultimately, burnout (emotional, physical, and mental fatigue from prolonged stress) have, in many cases, caused setbacks in careers or health issues. This chapter will present the characteristics of stress, depression, and burnout, which are some of the socio-emotional symptoms of mental health problems. The purpose will be to create awareness about them and to point out the importance of seeking help if a person experiences any of these symptoms, especially Latinas in higher education institutions.

A Canadian-Dutch Comparison of Teachers' Burnout

1997 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
pp. 371-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan E. van Horn ◽  
Wilmar B. Schaufeli ◽  
Esther R. Greenglass ◽  
Ronald J. Burke
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School Teachers ◽  
Emotional Exhaustion ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
Maslach Burnout Inventory ◽  
Personal Accomplishment ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Full Time ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Type Of School

Scores on burnout among 631 Canadian and 1,180 Dutch teachers were compared with various demographic variables (sex and age) and factors related to work (experience in teaching, type of school, and number of hours employed). Burnout was assessed with the Maslach Burnout Inventory of three dimensions, Emotional Exhaustion, Depersonalization, and Personal Accomplishment. Analysis indicated that, over-all, Canadian teachers reported higher scores on Emotional Exhaustion and Depersonalization than their Dutch peers. Differences in the number of hours employed were also significant: full-time Canadian teachers scored higher on Depersonalization than their Dutch colleagues. Across countries, sex and type of school appeared significantly related to burnout. Male teachers rated higher on Emotional Exhaustion and Depersonalization than the women. Especially with regard to the attitudinal components of burnout, i.e., Depersonalization and Personal Accomplishment, secondary school teachers reported higher scores than elementary school teachers. Age was not significantly related to measures.

Burnout and humor relationship among university lecturers

2007 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Songül Tümkaya
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Exhaustion ◽  
Maslach Burnout Inventory ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Personal Accomplishment ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Humor Styles ◽  
Demographic Information ◽  
Aggressive Humor ◽  
University Lecturers

AbstractThis research is aimed to identify the relationship between burnout and the variables of lecturers' humor styles, demographic information, occupational conditions, and ability to cope with humor in general. The effects of these variables in relation to burnout prediction were also investigated. Two hundred eighty-three full-time lecturers working at Çukurova University, Turkey, participated in this study. Data was collected through the “Maslach Burnout Inventory,” “Humor Styles Questionnaire,” “Coping Humor Scale” and “Demographic Information and Occupational Conditions Questionnaire.” The results revealed that in terms of age, younger lecturers experience much more burnout, and female lecturers experience more emotional exhaustion than do males. In addition, a significantly negative or low relationship was found between the dimensions of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, personal accomplishment, coping humor scale, affiliative humor, and self-enhancing humor, while there existed a positive but low relationship between the three dimensions of burnout, aggressive humor, and self-defeating humor. Thus, the results suggest that academic status may account for a considerable difference between the dimension scores of emotional exhaustion and personal accomplishment. Furthermore, the regression analysis indicates that occupational variables and humor are important predictors of the dimensions of burnout.

scholarly journals Effects of organisational and patient factors on doctors’ burnout: a national survey in China

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. e024531
Author(s):  
Yao Cheng ◽  
Fang Wang ◽  
Liuyi Zhang ◽  
Ping Zhang ◽  
Beizhu Ye ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Exhaustion ◽  
Primary Outcome ◽  
Job Involvement ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Personal Accomplishment ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Patient Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Convenience Sampling ◽  
Organisational Factors

ObjectivesTo measure the burnout of doctors affiliated with western medicine (WM) and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) hospitals and to evaluate its relationships with organisational and patient factors.DesignA national cross-sectional study in China.SettingBy convenience sampling, this study was conducted in 64 general hospitals from six provinces and Beijing between July 2014 and April 2015. There were a total of 2576 eligible participants, including 1766 WM doctors and 810 TCM doctors in this study.Primary outcome measuresBurnout symptoms of emotional exhaustion, job involvement and personal accomplishment were measured.ResultsIn total, 73.6% of doctors reported emotional exhaustion, the core component of burnout. In multivariable models, emotional exhaustion was significantly associated with organisational factors, including salary fairness [WM: odds ratio (OR)=2.36, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.80 to 3.09; TCM: OR=1.59, 95% CI: 1.08 to 2.33], participation in organisational decision-making (WM: OR=1.58, 95% CI: 1.21 to 2.08; TCM: OR=1.84, 95% CI: 1.23 to 2.74), professional value (WM: OR=1.74, 95% CI: 1.35 to 2.25), frequency of participation in full-time training (TCM: OR=1.48, 95% CI: 1.01 to 2.16) and frequency of participation in clinical meetings (WM: OR=1.53, 95% CI: 1.11 to 2.10; TCM: OR=2.48, 95% CI: 1.57 to 3.92). Patient factors are also associated with burnout among both WM and TCM doctors, including respect (WM: OR=1.73, 95% CI: 1.31 to 2.28; TCM: OR=1.65, 95% CI: 1.10 to 2.45) and unreasonable demands (WM: OR=2.31, 95% CI: 1.68 to 3.20; TCM: OR=3.44, 95% CI: 2.15 to 5.49). Moreover, job involvement and personal accomplishment among both WM and TCM doctors were significantly associated with organisational and patient factors.ConclusionsOur results suggest that improving organisational management and patient behaviours may be beneficial to reduce doctors’ burnout. Our findings require further validation in different organisational settings.

scholarly journals Viewing the impact of Covid-19 through the eyes of retired clergy

Theology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 124 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-31
Author(s):  
Leslie J. Francis ◽  
Andrew Village
Keyword(s):  
Sacred Space ◽  
Church Of England ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Full Time ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Church ◽  
Effective Contribution

Although largely invisible in the ministry statistics published by the Church of England, ministry-active retired clergy continue to make an effective contribution to liturgical and pastoral provision. The present study compares the responses of 231 ministry-active retired clergy with the responses of 748 full-time stipendiary clergy to the Coronavirus, Church & You Survey, to test the contrasting theses that retired clergy may be seen either as a helpful repository of wisdom or as unhelpfully out of date. The data suggest that retired clergy espoused the trajectory to the digital age with as much enthusiasm as stipendiary clergy. At the same time, however, retired clergy clung more keenly than stipendiary clergy to an Anglican model of ministry that valued both local place and sacred space.

scholarly journals A Revisit of the Ministerial Concept of Lay and Full-Time Ministers in Classical Pentecostal Churches in Ghana and its Missional Implications

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter White ◽  
John Ntsiful
Keyword(s):  
Church History ◽  
Missio Dei ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Executive Council ◽  
Lay Ministers ◽  
Ministerial Council ◽  
Lay Ministries ◽  
Pentecostal Churches ◽  
Theological Understanding ◽  
The Church

In their article “Pentecostal Mission Approaches” White and Niemandt (2015, 241–269) make a case for how some Pentecostal Churches in Ghana have made good use of lay/tent ministry in their missionary agenda. However, among the Classical Pentecostal Churches in Ghana, lay ministers are not recognised as full-time ministers of the church. The understanding of these churches is that the lay/tent ministers by their definition do not operate in the five-fold ministry. In some of the churches, they are not accredited by the church to be part of their General Ministerial Council Meetings and the Annual General Meetings. Unlike the mainline churches, the lay or tent ministers in the Classical Pentecostal Churches in Ghana are also not allowed to vote or to be recommended for Executive Council positions. These issues therefore make it essential to investigate the historical and theological understanding of the concept of the lay and full-time ministers in church history, Ghanaian Pentecostals’ view of the concept, as well as the missional importance of lay ministries in the church and the missio Dei.

scholarly journals A Theoretical Model Explaining the Development and Maintenance of Clinical Burnout

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niclas Almén
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Sick Leave ◽  
Memory Deficits ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Stress Reactions ◽  
Residual Symptoms ◽  
Stress Theory ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Recovery Processes ◽  
Prolonged Stress

Burnout is common in many countries and is associated with several other problems, such as depression, anxiety, insomnia and memory deficits, and prospectively it predicts long-term sick-leave, cardiovascular disease and death. Clinical burnout or its residual symptoms often last several years and a common assumption is that recovery takes a long time by nature despite full time sick-leave and absence of work stress. Literature suggests models that hypothetically explain the development, but not maintenance, of the syndrome. Based on cognitive and behavioral principles and stress theory this paper describes a theoretical model explaining how clinical burnout can develop and be maintained. While the development of clinical burnout is mainly explained by prolonged stress reactions and disturbed recovery processes due to work related stressors, maintenance of the syndrome is particularly explained by prolonged stress reactions and disturbed recovery processes due to the new context of experiencing burnout and being on sick-leave. Worry about acquired memory deficits, passivity and excessive sleep, shame, fear of stress reactions, and the perception of not being safe are examples of responses that can contribute to the maintenance. The model has important implications for research and how to intervene clinical burnout.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document