Volunteer-aholism: A comprehensive model of personality, burnout, and mental distress in a sample of healthcare first responders of the Italian Red Cross Auxiliary Corps
Introduction: Whether burnout can be extended to explain occupational distress in unwaged personnel is an ongoing debate. Possible divergences could be observed for burnout among nontraditional working figures. Methods: A total of 823 first responders during the COVID-19 pandemic were surveyed amon...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Edizioni FS
2023-06-01
|
| Series: | Journal of Health and Social Sciences |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://journalhss.com/wp-content/uploads/JHSS_Tarchi-et-al-103-120.pdf |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1832595536483450880 |
|---|---|
| author | Livio TARCHI Pietro CRESCENZO Giovanni CASTELLINI Valdo RICCA Kristian TALAMONTI Fabio RISPOLI Sefa BULUT Amelia RIZZO Salvatore ZAFFINA Gabriele GIORGI Francesco CHIRICO |
| author_facet | Livio TARCHI Pietro CRESCENZO Giovanni CASTELLINI Valdo RICCA Kristian TALAMONTI Fabio RISPOLI Sefa BULUT Amelia RIZZO Salvatore ZAFFINA Gabriele GIORGI Francesco CHIRICO |
| author_sort | Livio TARCHI |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Introduction: Whether burnout can be extended to explain occupational distress in unwaged personnel is an ongoing debate. Possible divergences could be observed for burnout among nontraditional working figures.
Methods: A total of 823 first responders during the COVID-19 pandemic were surveyed among Red Cross volunteers enrolled in the Italian Auxiliary Corps to the Armed Forces. An online questionnaire was proposed as composed of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Assessment, Patient Health Questionnaire, Single-item PTSD Screener, Maslach Burnout Inventory, and Big Five Inventory. A comprehensive model accounting for both personality and mental distress in influencing burnout dimensions was carried over through structural equation modeling.
Results: Almost perfect goodness of fit was achieved for the model (TLI >0.99; CFI >0.99; RMSEA <0.03). Emotional stability was negatively associated with depression (beta=-0.21) and anxiety (beta=-0.25). Conscientiousness (beta=0.29) and emotional stability (beta=0.21) were positively associated with personal accomplishment. Depression, anxiety, and personal accomplishment were positively associated with emotional exhaustion and depersonalization (minimum beta=0.2, maximum beta=0.36, all p<0.001).
Discussion: A theoretical framework was offered to interpret results, according to which the defining characteristic predisposing for burnout was not whether operators were waged or not, but rather their degree of involvement with the occupational demands. |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-52157e711ce3422993ceb4a2789f35ee |
| institution | Kabale University |
| issn | 2499-2240 |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2023-06-01 |
| publisher | Edizioni FS |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Journal of Health and Social Sciences |
| spelling | doaj-art-52157e711ce3422993ceb4a2789f35ee2025-01-18T18:20:30ZengEdizioni FSJournal of Health and Social Sciences2499-22402023-06-018210312010.19204/2023/VLNT3Volunteer-aholism: A comprehensive model of personality, burnout, and mental distress in a sample of healthcare first responders of the Italian Red Cross Auxiliary Corps Livio TARCHIPietro CRESCENZOGiovanni CASTELLINI Valdo RICCAKristian TALAMONTIFabio RISPOLISefa BULUT Amelia RIZZOSalvatore ZAFFINAGabriele GIORGIFrancesco CHIRICOIntroduction: Whether burnout can be extended to explain occupational distress in unwaged personnel is an ongoing debate. Possible divergences could be observed for burnout among nontraditional working figures. Methods: A total of 823 first responders during the COVID-19 pandemic were surveyed among Red Cross volunteers enrolled in the Italian Auxiliary Corps to the Armed Forces. An online questionnaire was proposed as composed of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Assessment, Patient Health Questionnaire, Single-item PTSD Screener, Maslach Burnout Inventory, and Big Five Inventory. A comprehensive model accounting for both personality and mental distress in influencing burnout dimensions was carried over through structural equation modeling. Results: Almost perfect goodness of fit was achieved for the model (TLI >0.99; CFI >0.99; RMSEA <0.03). Emotional stability was negatively associated with depression (beta=-0.21) and anxiety (beta=-0.25). Conscientiousness (beta=0.29) and emotional stability (beta=0.21) were positively associated with personal accomplishment. Depression, anxiety, and personal accomplishment were positively associated with emotional exhaustion and depersonalization (minimum beta=0.2, maximum beta=0.36, all p<0.001). Discussion: A theoretical framework was offered to interpret results, according to which the defining characteristic predisposing for burnout was not whether operators were waged or not, but rather their degree of involvement with the occupational demands.https://journalhss.com/wp-content/uploads/JHSS_Tarchi-et-al-103-120.pdffirst respondersvolunteersdepressionanxietyburnout syndromepost traumatic stress disorders |
| spellingShingle | Livio TARCHI Pietro CRESCENZO Giovanni CASTELLINI Valdo RICCA Kristian TALAMONTI Fabio RISPOLI Sefa BULUT Amelia RIZZO Salvatore ZAFFINA Gabriele GIORGI Francesco CHIRICO Volunteer-aholism: A comprehensive model of personality, burnout, and mental distress in a sample of healthcare first responders of the Italian Red Cross Auxiliary Corps Journal of Health and Social Sciences first responders volunteers depression anxiety burnout syndrome post traumatic stress disorders |
| title | Volunteer-aholism: A comprehensive model of personality, burnout, and mental distress in a sample of healthcare first responders of the Italian Red Cross Auxiliary Corps |
| title_full | Volunteer-aholism: A comprehensive model of personality, burnout, and mental distress in a sample of healthcare first responders of the Italian Red Cross Auxiliary Corps |
| title_fullStr | Volunteer-aholism: A comprehensive model of personality, burnout, and mental distress in a sample of healthcare first responders of the Italian Red Cross Auxiliary Corps |
| title_full_unstemmed | Volunteer-aholism: A comprehensive model of personality, burnout, and mental distress in a sample of healthcare first responders of the Italian Red Cross Auxiliary Corps |
| title_short | Volunteer-aholism: A comprehensive model of personality, burnout, and mental distress in a sample of healthcare first responders of the Italian Red Cross Auxiliary Corps |
| title_sort | volunteer aholism a comprehensive model of personality burnout and mental distress in a sample of healthcare first responders of the italian red cross auxiliary corps |
| topic | first responders volunteers depression anxiety burnout syndrome post traumatic stress disorders |
| url | https://journalhss.com/wp-content/uploads/JHSS_Tarchi-et-al-103-120.pdf |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT liviotarchi volunteeraholismacomprehensivemodelofpersonalityburnoutandmentaldistressinasampleofhealthcarefirstrespondersoftheitalianredcrossauxiliarycorps AT pietrocrescenzo volunteeraholismacomprehensivemodelofpersonalityburnoutandmentaldistressinasampleofhealthcarefirstrespondersoftheitalianredcrossauxiliarycorps AT giovannicastellini volunteeraholismacomprehensivemodelofpersonalityburnoutandmentaldistressinasampleofhealthcarefirstrespondersoftheitalianredcrossauxiliarycorps AT valdoricca volunteeraholismacomprehensivemodelofpersonalityburnoutandmentaldistressinasampleofhealthcarefirstrespondersoftheitalianredcrossauxiliarycorps AT kristiantalamonti volunteeraholismacomprehensivemodelofpersonalityburnoutandmentaldistressinasampleofhealthcarefirstrespondersoftheitalianredcrossauxiliarycorps AT fabiorispoli volunteeraholismacomprehensivemodelofpersonalityburnoutandmentaldistressinasampleofhealthcarefirstrespondersoftheitalianredcrossauxiliarycorps AT sefabulut volunteeraholismacomprehensivemodelofpersonalityburnoutandmentaldistressinasampleofhealthcarefirstrespondersoftheitalianredcrossauxiliarycorps AT ameliarizzo volunteeraholismacomprehensivemodelofpersonalityburnoutandmentaldistressinasampleofhealthcarefirstrespondersoftheitalianredcrossauxiliarycorps AT salvatorezaffina volunteeraholismacomprehensivemodelofpersonalityburnoutandmentaldistressinasampleofhealthcarefirstrespondersoftheitalianredcrossauxiliarycorps AT gabrielegiorgi volunteeraholismacomprehensivemodelofpersonalityburnoutandmentaldistressinasampleofhealthcarefirstrespondersoftheitalianredcrossauxiliarycorps AT francescochirico volunteeraholismacomprehensivemodelofpersonalityburnoutandmentaldistressinasampleofhealthcarefirstrespondersoftheitalianredcrossauxiliarycorps |