Development of support intervention methods to prevent post-traumatic stress and burnout among human services workers

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K13487
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Clinical psychology
• Research Institution: Oita University
• Principal Investigator: Ueno Tokumi 大分大学, 医学部, 教授 (50144788)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 安達 圭一郎 山口大学, 大学院医学系研究科, 教授 (90300491)
• Research Collaborator: NEGI TOMOKO
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 外傷性ストレス / 外傷的体験 / バーンアウト予防 / 抑うつ / 心的外傷性ストレス症状 / 支援介入法 / 対人援助職

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we examined the effects of traumatic stress (traumatic experience) experienced by nurses on current work, burnout, depression, traumatic stress symptoms etc. In order to devise the psychological intervention to prevent and decrease burnout and depression, we examined the effect of resilience and support seeking on prevention and reduction of burnout. As a result, the traumatic experience strongly influenced current work, burnout, depression and so on. One quarter of the experiences was very strong in traumatic stress symptoms. And it was shown that resilience of nurses is an important factor contributing to the prevention of burnout and depression, and support seeking for workplace boss reduce burnout and anxiety.

Free Research Field

健康心理学