The Toxicity of Self-Blame: Sex Differences in Burnout and Coping in Internal Medicine Trainees

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1147-1152

  Spataro, Brielle M ^a,b   Tilstra, Sarah A ^a   Rubio, Doris M ^a   McNeil, Melissa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

burnout; Graduate medical education; mentoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; ATTITUDE; BRIEF COPING ORIENTATION TO PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED; BURNOUT; BURNOUT INVENTORY GENERAL SURVEY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; COPING BEHAVIOR ASSESMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYNICISM; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMOTIONAL SUPPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMOR; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; POSTGRADUATE STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF BLAME; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; PHYSICIANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84995814780     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: 1931843X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2015.5604     Document Type: Article

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