scholarly journals Individual Differences and Susceptibility to Burnout Syndrome: Sensory Processing Sensitivity and Its Relation to Exhaustion and Disengagement

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krystyna Golonka ◽  
Bożena Gulla
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Sensory Processing ◽  
Emotional Reactivity ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Burnout Syndrome ◽  
Highly Sensitive ◽  
Sensory Processing Sensitivity ◽  
Sensitive Person

The aim of the study is to analyze the relationship between sensory processing sensitivity and occupational burnout. This analysis makes it possible to explore the problem of sensitivity as a predictor of burnout syndrome and to discuss adequate coping strategies in the work environment to improve employee well-being. The sample consists of 516 employees (236 women; Mage = 28.97, SD = 6.62 years). The Highly Sensitive Person Scale (HSPS; 27 items) was used to measure sensory processing sensitivity; the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory (OLBI; 16 items) was used to measure exhaustion and disengagement from work. The analysis of sensitivity is based on the ‘DOES’ model of a highly sensitive person, which includes depth of processing (D), overstimulation (O), emotional reactivity and empathy (E), and sensing the subtle (S). Burnout due to exhaustion and disengagement is analyzed. The factor analysis of the HSPS confirms its three-factor structure. The results indicate significant relationships between sensory processing sensitivity and burnout symptoms. However, the influence of specific aspects of sensitivity on the burnout problem varies: the results indicate that higher emotional reactivity is linked to worse burnout symptoms, but sensing the subtle shows the opposite effect and may be a protective factor against exhaustion. Significant gender differences were observed [F(511,1) = 136.63, p < 0.001; η2 = 0.21]; women revealed a significantly higher level of general sensitivity (Mwomen = 4.66, SD = 0.62) as compared to men (Mmen = 4.01; SD = 0.64). Awareness of one’s high sensory-processing sensitivity and its potential outcomes in the work environment may be essential in order to implement appropriate regulatory strategies. Proactive strategies aimed at reducing prolonged emotional overload may be critical for highly sensitive employees. Recognizing high sensitivity may reduce burnout symptoms and improve well-being at work.

scholarly journals Exploring Protective Factors in Wellbeing: How Sensory Processing Sensitivity and Attention Awareness Interact With Resilience

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bożena Gulla ◽  
Krystyna Golonka
Keyword(s):  
Protective Factors ◽  
Sensory Processing ◽  
Emotional Reactivity ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Stress Factors ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Highly Sensitive ◽  
Mindful Attention Awareness Scale ◽  
Sensory Processing Sensitivity

The aim of the study is to analyze the relationship between sensory processing sensitivity (SPS), attention awareness, and resilience and to determine whether attention awareness may moderate the relation between sensitivity and resilience. The sample consisted of 273 adults (239 women; Mage=24.12, SD=6.59years). The highly sensitive person scale, the resiliency assessment scale, and the mindful attention awareness scale were used in the study. The results indicate significant relationships between SPS and resilience; emotional reactivity is especially associated with lower resilience, whereas sensing the subtle is associated with higher resilience. The regression analyses revealed that SPS is a significant predictor of resilience, but diverse aspects of sensitivity explain resilience differently. Attentional awareness was found to be a significant moderator that strengthens the positive relationship between sensing the subtle and tolerance of negative emotions. The consequences of high sensitivity include high levels of distress, anxiety, and a sense of overload; therefore, searching for protective factors is important to maintain the wellbeing of highly sensitive people. As one of the characteristics of highly sensitive persons, sensing the subtle may be an important resource that allows to them to deal effectively with difficult situations. Training on attention awareness and conscious presence may be an important way to deal with negative emotions and develop personal competences. The results indicate that these strategies may be of high significance for improving wellbeing and protecting highly sensitive persons against various stress factors.

scholarly journals Relationship Between the Temperament Trait of Sensory Processing Sensitivity and Emotional Reactivity

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jadzia Jagiellowicz ◽  
Arthur Aron ◽  
Elaine N. Aron
Keyword(s):  
Sensory Processing ◽  
Emotional Reactivity ◽  
Emotional Stimuli ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Highly Sensitive ◽  
Sensory Processing Sensitivity ◽  
Quality Of Parenting ◽  
First Time ◽  
Temperament Trait

Sensory processing sensitivity (SPS) is a temperament trait found in around 20% of humans, which has been found to enhance responsiveness to diverse stimuli. In this study, we investigated for the first time the extent to which SPS, and its interaction with quality of parenting, predicts positive and negative experiences in response to emotional stimuli. Participants (N = 96) from the upper and lower quartiles on the standard SPS measure (the Highly Sensitive Person Scale) rated the valence and their arousal level when viewing emotionally evocative and neutral pictures selected from the International Affective Picture System. High (vs. low) SPS individuals rated pictures eliciting emotion, and especially positive ones, as significantly more valenced, and tended to respond faster to the positive pictures; also, high, vs. low, SPS individuals who had reported having high-quality parenting reported greater arousal in response to positive pictures. Overall, results suggest that high SPS individuals respond more strongly to emotional stimuli—especially positive—without being more aroused unless they had especially high-quality parenting.

scholarly journals Highly Sensitive Adolescents: The Relationship Between Weekly Life Events and Weekly Socioemotional Well-Being

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuhei Iimura
Keyword(s):  
Life Events ◽  
Sensory Processing ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Environment Interaction ◽  
Positive Events ◽  
Highly Sensitive ◽  
Low Sensitivity ◽  
The Relationship

Recent research into Person x Environment interaction has supported the view that sensitivity to environmental influences is a susceptibility factor rather than a vulnerability factor. Given this perspective, this study examined the role of the adolescent’s sensory-processing sensitivity in the context of weekly life events and weekly socioemotional well-being. In the study, 114 adolescents repeatedly self-reported their sensitivity, recent life events, and recent socioemotional well-being in four surveys at one-week intervals. The results suggested the shape of Sensitivity x Life Events interaction significantly varied from week to week, which is consistent with the vantage sensitivity and diathesis-stress framework. In specific weeks, adolescents with high sensitivity are more likely to benefit from positive events than those with low sensitivity. These sensitive adolescents can be described as developmentally susceptibility rather than vulnerability.

scholarly journals Betrayed by the nervous system: a comparison group study to investigate the ‘unsafe world’ model of selective mutism

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siebke Melfsen ◽  
Marcel Romanos ◽  
Thomas Jans ◽  
Susanne Walitza
Keyword(s):  
Nervous System ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Sensory Processing ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Selective Mutism ◽  
World Model ◽  
System A ◽  
Highly Sensitive ◽  
Dissociative Experience Scale ◽  
Sensory Processing Sensitivity

Abstract The study presented in the following verifies some assumptions of the novel ‘unsafe world’ model of selective mutism (SM). According to this model, SM is a stress reaction to situations erroneously experienced via cognition without awareness as ‘unsafe’. It assumes a high sensitivity to unsafety, whereby the nervous system triggers dissociation or freeze mode at relatively low thresholds. We examine whether there is a correlation between SM, sensory-processing sensitivity and dissociation. We compared a sample of 28 children and adolescents with SM (mean age 12.66 years; 18 females) to 33 controls without SM (mean age 12.45 years; 21 females). Both groups were compared using a medical history sheet, the ‘Selective Mutism Questionnaire’ (SMQ), a ‘Checklist for Speaking Behaviour’ (CheckS), the ‘Highly Sensitive Person Scale’ (HSPS), the ‘Child Dissociative Checklist’ (CDC), the ‘Adolescent Dissociative Experience Scale’ (A-DES) and the ‘Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory for Children’ (SPAIK). Appropriate parametric and non-parametric tests were conducted to examine differences between groups. The results indicate that sensory-processing sensitivity was significantly higher in the group of children and adolescents with SM [X2(1) = 7.224, p = 0.0007; d = 1.092]. Furthermore, dissociative symptoms were more common in children and adolescents with SM than in controls [F(1, 33) = 13.004, p = 0.001; d = 0.986]. The results indicate that sensory-processing sensitivity and dissociation are important factors of SM that may hold important implications for the treatment. Trial Registration This study is registered with the ClinicalTrials.gov number NCT04233905.

scholarly journals Highly sensitive persons, caregiving strategies and humour: the case of Italian and Israeli medical clowns

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Dionigi ◽  
Alon Goldberg
Keyword(s):  
Sensory Processing ◽  
The Self ◽  
Healthcare Practitioner ◽  
Demographic Questionnaire ◽  
Highly Sensitive ◽  
Medical Clown ◽  
Sensory Processing Sensitivity ◽  
General Populations ◽  
Sensitive Person

The medical clown is a healthcare practitioner whose character is strictly associated with the performer’s own personality. In this study, the relationships between level of sensory processing sensitivity (SPS), caregiving strategies and humour in Italian and Israeli clowns were compared. Participants were 159 medical clowns (97 Italian and 62 Israeli), ranging from 22 to 74 years of age, who completed a demographic questionnaire, the self-reported Highly Sensitive Person Scale, the Caregiving Strategies Scale and the BenCor. Results showed that higher SPS was related to higher hyperactivation and deactivation, and that hyperactivation was related to lower benevolent humour and greater corrective humour. Hyperactivation negatively predicts benevolent humour but positively predicts corrective humour, beyond the effect of SPS. Deactivation had no relationship to either benevolent or corrective humour. The results are also discussed in reference to differences between the two groups and to previous studies conducted with general populations.

scholarly journals A psychometric evaluation of the highly sensitive person scale: the components of sensory-processing sensitivity

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Regina V. Ershova ◽  
Ekaterina V. Yarmotz ◽  
Tatiana M. Koryagina ◽  
Ivan V. Semeniak ◽  
Dmitriy A. Shlyakhta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sensory Processing ◽  
Psychometric Evaluation ◽  
Highly Sensitive ◽  
Sensory Processing Sensitivity ◽  
Sensitive Person

scholarly journals The Highly Sensitive Child as a challenge for education – introduction to the concept

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-62
Author(s):  
Monika Baryła-Matejczuk ◽  
Małgorzata Artymiak ◽  
Rosario Ferrer-Cascales ◽  
Moises Betancort
Keyword(s):  
Sensory Processing ◽  
Research Question ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Eligibility Criteria ◽  
Study Selection ◽  
Highly Sensitive ◽  
Preparation Stage ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Sensory Processing Sensitivity

The main aim of this paper is to summarize available findings related to the subject of high sensitivity from both the educational and parenting perspectives. According to the authors of the concept of Sensory Processing Sensitivity (SPS), between 15% and 20% of the population exhibit such traits, therefore one has to say that it is necessary to raise the awareness of this subject amongst parents and teachers. High sensitivity may exhibit itself in many ways, depending on the environmental and other temperamental conditions. Understanding its main characteristics (DOES) will allow one to appreciate the potential of this condition instead of focusing on its deficiencies. Such a perspective opens up possible avenues of supporting the Highly Sensitive Child’s resources by both parents and teachers. A review was carried out to answer a research question by collecting and summarizing theo-retical and empirical evidence that fits pre-specified eligibility criteria. The study selection criteria was to find literature/paper reviews and primary studies published in indexed journals included in various databases and focused on Sensory Processing Sensitivity directly, transdisciplinary and ho-listic approaches were central to the process. In the research strategy, the following databases were consulted: PSYCinfo, Scopus and PubMed. The keywords sensory processing, sensitive, environ-mental sensitivity, education were placed in all electronic databases and set to be found in the titles, abstracts or keywords of the documents. No limits on dates were established. At the preparation stage, articles relevant to the topic were selected and supplemented with publications related to child development and educational context. The search was conducted from December 2018 to July 2019.

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