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Underutilization of effective coping styles in male physicians with burnout

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  • Sarah A Holzgang
  • Mary Princip
  • Aju P Pazhenkottil
  • Bianca Auschra
  • Roland von Känel

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Ineffective coping is a risk factor for burnout among physicians, in whom the prevalence of burnout is high and has also increased in recent years. We examined in a cross-sectional study whether physicians with burnout show different coping styles compared with healthy controls. Male physicians (n = 60) were recruited into two groups (burnout vs. healthy). The Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS) and the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) were applied. Wilcoxon rank-sum test showed group differences in two of the three coping styles, task-oriented and emotion-oriented, and also in one of the two subscales of the avoidance-oriented coping: social-diversion-oriented coping. Multiple binomial logistic regression, controlling for age, showed that lower task-oriented coping (OR = 0.38 (0.13 – 0.93), p = 0.048, d = 0.534) and lower social-diversion-oriented coping (OR = 0.33 (0.11 – 0.80), p = 0.024, d = 0.611) significantly predicted the burnout group. The findings suggest that male physicians with burnout differ from healthy controls in terms of less frequent utilization of effective coping styles. These findings could be explored for their utility in preventing burnout in future studies.

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  • Sarah A Holzgang & Mary Princip & Aju P Pazhenkottil & Bianca Auschra & Roland von Känel, 2023. "Underutilization of effective coping styles in male physicians with burnout," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 18(9), pages 1-12, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0291380
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0291380
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