Is there an independent association between burnout and increased allostatic load? Testing the contribution of psychological distress and depression

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1576-1586

  Hintsa, Taina ^a   Elovainio, Marko ^b   Jokela, Markus ^a   Ahola, Kirsi ^c   Virtanen, Marianna ^c   Pirkola, Sami ^b,d,e,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^d LAPLAND CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^f HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

allostatic load; burnout; depression; psychological distress

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ALLOSTASIS; BURNOUT; COMPLICATION; DEPRESSION; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ALLOSTASIS; BIOMARKERS; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84979871558     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105314559619     Document Type: Article

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