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Coping with Burnout Symptoms through Task Significance in Professionals Working with Individuals with Intellectual Disability

Yolanda EstrederEsther GraciaVicente Martínez-turInés TomásCarolina Moliner

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Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementCoping (psychology)Social Psychologylcsh:BF1-990educationIntellectual disabilityBurnoutteamsTask (project management)Teamstask significanceCynicismIntervention (counseling)Intellectual disabilitymedicineBurnoutPractical implicationsburnoutprofessionalsProfessionalsmedicine.diseasehumanitieslcsh:Psychologyintellectual disabilityMixed-design analysis of varianceTask significancePsychologypsychological phenomena and processesClinical psychology

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ABSTRACT This study examined an intervention that links task significance (one’s job has a positive impact on other people) to burnout symptoms of professionals working in organizations for individuals with intellectual disability. Professionals assigned to the experimental condition participated in teams designed to enhance the positive impact of their work on others (task significance). To do so, teams focused on a task to improve the quality of life of individuals with intellectual disability. Professionals assigned to the control condition did not participate in these teams, and they continued with their usual work. All the participating professionals answered a questionnaire about burnout before and after the intervention. Mixed ANOVA indicated that professionals who participated in teams reduced their exhaustion symptoms (comparing pre vs. post intervention scores) and kept their cynicism levels stable. Professionals assigned to the control condition increased their cynicism symptoms. We conclude with a discussion of theoretical and practical implications.

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2021-03-01Revista de Psicología del Trabajo y de las Organizaciones
https://doi.org/10.5093/jwop2021a2