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Resilience and associative stigma among mental health professionals in a tertiary psychiatric hospital: a cross-sectional study in Singapore.
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- Impostor phenomenon and its association with resilience in medical education - a questionnaire study among Swedish medical students.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Resilience and coping behaviour among adolescents in a high-income city-state during the COVID-19 pandemic.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Mental health nurses' resilience in the context of emotional labour: An interpretive qualitative study.International journal of mental health nursing · 2022Article
- The perspectives of healthcare professionals in mental health settings on stigma and recovery - A qualitative inquiry.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Influencing factors of burnout and its dimensions among mental health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.Nursing open · 2022Article
- Individual Stress Burden and Mental Health in Health Care Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Moderating and Mediating Effects of Resilience.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Exploring the effect of perceived organizational support and resilience on Chinese pharmacists' engagement in stressful and competitive pharmaceutical work at hospitals.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2021Article
- Exploring Barriers, Facilitators, and Needs Related to Mental Health Promotion for Police Officers: A Qualitative Approach.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingArticle
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Abstract
objectivesThe mental health profession exposes healthcare workers to unique stressors such as associative stigma (stigmatisation that is extended from the stigmatised patients to psychiatric professionals and is based on affiliation with an individual with mental illness). Enhancing resilience, or the ability to 'bounce back' from adversity, is found to be useful in reducing occupational stress and its negative effects. In view of the high burnout rates reported among mental health professionals, this study aimed to examine resilience in this group of professionals and to explore the association between resilience and associative stigma.
designObservational study-cross-sectional design.
settingTertiary psychiatry hospital in Singapore.
participantsThe study was conducted among 470 mental health professionals (doctors, nurses and allied health professionals) working in the hospital. MEASURES: Resilience was assessed using the Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) and participants completed questionnaires that examined associative stigma. Participants provided their sociodemographic information, length of service, and information on whether they knew of a close friend or family member who had a mental illness.
resultsMean resilience score for the overall sample was 3.59 (SD=0.64). Older age (β=0.012, 95% CI 0.004 to 0.019, p=0.003) and having known a family member or close friend with a mental illness (β=0.155, 95% CI 0.019 to 0.290, p=0.025) predicted higher BRS score. Associative stigma remained significantly associated with resilience score after controlling for sociodemographic factors whereby higher associative stigma predicted lower resilience scores.
conclusionThe present finding suggests that resilience building programmes among mental health workers should target those of the younger age group, and that addressing the issue of associative stigma is essential.
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