Individual factors in the relationship between stress and resilience in mental health psychology practitioners during the COVID-19 pandemic. (September 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Panourgia, Constantina; Wezyk, Agata; Ventouris, Annita; Comoretto, Amanda; Taylor, Zoe; Yankouskaya, Ala
• Is Part Of: Journal of health psychology. Volume 27:Number 11(2022)
• Page Start: 2613
• Page End: 2631
• Publication Date: 2022-09
• Subjects: burnout -- COVID-19 -- optimism -- resilience -- secondary traumatic stress; Clinical health psychology -- Periodicals; 613.019
• DOI: 10.1177/13591053211059393
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1359-1053

Abstract

Utilising an online survey, this study aimed to investigate the concurrent effects of pre-pandemic and COVID-19 stress on resilience in Mental Health Psychology Practitioners (MHPPs) ( n = 325), focussing on the mediation effects of specific individual factors. Optimism, burnout and secondary traumatic stress, but not coping strategies, self-efficacy, compassion satisfaction, or self-compassion, mediated both the relationship between pre-pandemic stress and resilience and COVID-19 stress and resilience. Increased job demands caused by the pandemic, the nature and duration of COVID-19 stress may explain this finding. Training and supervision practices can help MHPPs deal with job demands under circumstances of general and extreme stress.