AUTHOR=Molero Jurado María del Mar , Pérez-Fuentes María del Carmen , Gázquez Linares José Jesús , Barragán Martín Ana Belén 

TITLE=Burnout in Health Professionals According to Their Self-Esteem, Social Support and Empathy Profile

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=9

YEAR=2018

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00424

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00424

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=<p><bold>Introduction:</bold> Professionals in the healthcare field are in situations that could be a source of stress and sometimes develop burnout syndrome. Self-esteem, social support, and empathy are variables which intervene and influence the appearance of this syndrome.</p><p><bold>Objective:</bold> Identify healthcare professional profiles based on self-esteem, empathy and perceived social support, and analyze the extent to which these profiles show differences in developing burnout.</p><p><bold>Method:</bold> The sample was made up of 719 healthcare professionals with a mean of 38.52 years of age. The Short Questionnaire of Burnout, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, the Perceived Social Support Questionnaire and the Basic Empathy Scale were used.</p><p><bold>Results:</bold> The results of a cluster analysis with self-esteem, empathy, and perceived social support showed four groups/profiles. Two of them, which included professionals with low self-esteem, differed in the rest of the characteristics. Furthermore, significant differences in burnout scores were found among the groups identified.</p><p><bold>Conclusion:</bold> The results show the need to study burnout with attention to individual and or social characteristics, where self-esteem is shown to be one of the explanatory variables making the main differences among the groups.</p>