In an attempt to understand better the ways in which relatives' expressed emotion (EE) interacts with the patient's behavior to influence patterns of relapse, the correlates of EE have been examined. Four characteristics that tend to distinguish relatives who show high criticism and/or marked emotional overinvolvement from those who do not have been identified. These concern the relative's emot...

We assessed expressed emotion (EE) with an adapted version of the five-minute speech sample in 847 pregnant women. The prevalence of high EE was 6%. High EE was significantly associated with having a first child, low income, maternal childhood trauma and lack of parental emotional warmth during childhood.

background: people's personality and psychological factors usually affects job satisfaction or job dissatisfaction and so level of burnout. in this study the role of personality characteristics in nurses' burnout is examined. methods: it is a correlation study. the statistic population is consisted of all nurses in a state hospital of shahr-e kord who've been working there during 2007. one hund...

The substantial body of research employing subjective measures indicates that burnout syndrome is associated with cognitive and emotional dysfunctions. The growing amount of neurophysiological and neuroimaging research helps in broadening existing knowledge of the neural mechanisms underlying core burnout components (emotional exhaustion and depersonalization/cynicism) that are inextricably ass...

In order to gain more knowledge on how the positive leadership concept of authentic leadership impacts follower strain, this study tries to uncover procedural justice as an underlying mechanism. In contrast to previous work, we exclusively base our theoretical model on justice theories. Specifically, we hypothesize that authentic leadership negatively predicts emotional exhaustion through perce...

Objectives The 2007 UK National Radiotherapy Advisory Group (NRAG) report indicated the number and type of staff available is one of the „rate limiting‟ steps in improving productivity in radiotherapy departments. Retaining well trained, satisfied staff, is key to meeting the objectives of the report; burnout is an important factor linked to satisfaction and attrition. Results of a survey measu...

Objectives The 2007 UK National Radiotherapy Advisory Group (NRAG) report indicated the number and type of staff available is one of the „rate limiting‟ steps in improving productivity in radiotherapy departments. Retaining well trained, satisfied staff, is key to meeting the objectives of the report; burnout is an important factor linked to satisfaction and attrition. Results of a survey measu...

Kindergarten teachers’ emotions are an essential factor in their physical and psychological wellbeing. Previous studies mainly focused on the relationship between kindergarten students’ while ignoring important relationships own wellbeing (e.g., health, job satisfaction, burnout). Therefore, this study explores teacher as predictor variables, illness symptoms, satisfaction criterion emotional e...