Burnout syndrome among physicians - The role of personality dimensions and coping strategies

Psychiatria Danubina

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 389-395

  Pejušković, Bojana ^a   Lečić Toševski, Dušica ^a,b   Priebe, Stefan ^c   Tošković, Oliver ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Burnout syndrome; Coping strategies; Personality dimensions; Physicians

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BURNOUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPERSONALIZATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHIATRIST; SELF CONTROL; SURGEON; WAYS OF COPING QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CHARACTER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHYSICIAN IMPAIRMENT; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; SERBIA;

EID: 82155185304     PISSN: 03535053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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