Dispositional resilience predicted the perceived stress experienced by psychotherapists during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Psychol Serv
; 19(Suppl 1): 5-12, 2022.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1661945
ABSTRACT
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic elicited huge stress responses in most world populations, and at this time psychotherapy is an important protective service against this stress. However, a somewhat neglected question is How stressful was the COVID-19 outbreak for psychotherapists themselves? The main aim of the present study was to investigate whether dispositional resilience predicted the perceived stress reported by psychotherapists during the COVID-19 outbreak. A total of 338 psychotherapists organized within the national psychotherapy associations of three European countries (Czech Republic, Germany, and Slovakia) were included in this online study (mean age 46.7, 77.8% female, 22.2% male). The participants were administered the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) and the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC). For the data analysis, nonparametric ANOVA and two-level (mixed-effect) linear regression models were used. Dispositional resilience significantly predicted the perceived stress reported by psychotherapists during the COVID-19 outbreak. Higher dispositional resilience significantly reduced the level of perceived stress among psychotherapists (adjusted ß = -0.47, p < .001). Those with moderate resilience (between mean ± SD values) had a lower perceived stress score than those with low resilience (
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Resilience, Psychological
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Psychol Serv
Year:
2022
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Article
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