Burnout (psychology)
Template:Tocright Robert G. Badgett, M.D.[1]
Template:Otheruses4 Template:DiseaseDisorder infobox Burnout is a concept in industrial and organizational psychology for "an excessive stress reaction to one's occupational or professional environment. It is manifested by feelings of emotional and physical exhaustion coupled with a sense of frustration and failure". According to the World Health Organization (WHO), "Burn-out is included in the 11th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) as an occupational phenomenon. It is not classified as a medical condition." [1]
Burnout has three dimensions:
- Emotional exhaustion
- Depersonalization (cynicism)
- Diminished personal accomplishment (inefficacy)
The WHO describes the three dimensions as[1]:
- Feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion;
- Increased mental distance from one’s job, or feelings of negativism or cynicism related to one's job; and
- Reduced professional efficacy
Subsequent research suggests the third dimension, personal accomplishment, better fits with the concept of professional engagement rather than with burnout.
Burnout is due to loss of control at work, and also "burnout is mainly predicted by job demands but also by lack of job resources".
Burnout is now being studied in its reported antitheses, job satisfaction, job engagement and thriving. Thriving may protect against burnout. Engagement is both negatively associated with burnout, but also unhealthy engagement may lead to burnout.
Engagement may not simply be the opposite of burnout.
Prevalence
The prevalence of burnout in the general, employed population of the United States, aged is:
- General, employed U.S. population
- (2010): aged 31-47 30%
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 World Health Organization. Burn-Out an “Occupational Phenomenon”: International Classification of Diseases. Available online: https://www.who.int/mental_health/evidence/burn-out/en/