Resource topic: Personal Factors
Caring for the Caregivers: Factors Contributing to Secondary Traumatic Stress in Oncology Nurses

Oncology nurses are susceptible to the development of secondary traumatic stress due to their continuous interaction with cancer patients who often have traumatic...

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Self-Transcendence and Burnout in Hospice and Oncology Nurses

Published in the Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing, the following study examines differences in self-transcendence between hospice and oncology nurses and...

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The Structure of Work-Related Stress and Coping among Oncology Nurses in High-Stress Medical Settings: A Transactional Analysis

Published in the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, the following study utilizes a transactional approach to examine stress and coping in oncology nurses....

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Social Support, Personality, and Burnout in Nurses

Published in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Eastburg's research aims to find evidence for (1) a relationship between increased levels of work-related...

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Satisfaction, Commitment, and Psychological Well-Being Among HMO Physicians

This study, published in Western Journal of Medicine, sought to identify the factors that predict professional satisfaction, organizational commitment, and burnout...

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Prevalence of Burnout in Board Certified Family Physicians

Published in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, the following study sought to assess the prevalence of burnout among board-certified family...

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Assessment of Burnout and Associated Risk Factors Among Pharmacy Practice Faculty in the United States

Published in the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, the following study sought to measure the level of burnout among pharmacy practice faculty members at...

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Quality of Life, Burnout, Educational Debt, and Medical Knowledge Among Internal Medicine Residents

This study, published in JAMA, sought to measure well-being in a national sample of internal medicine residents and to evaluate relationships with demographics,...

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Work-Family Conflict and the Sex Difference in Depression Among Training Physicians

This study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, sought to assess whether depression disproportionately affects female physicians compared with male physicians...

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Burnout Among US Medical Students, Residents, and Early Career Physicians Relative to the General US Population

This study, published in Academic Medicine, sought to compare the prevalence of burnout and other forms of distress across career stages and the experiences of...

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