Burnout among the addiction counseling workforce: the differential roles of mindfulness and values-based processes and work-site factors.
Roger Vilardaga, Jason B. Luoma, Steven C Hayes, Jacqueline Pistorello, Michael Levin, Mikaela J Hildebrandt, Barbara Kohlenberg, Nancy A Roget, Frank Bond
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment January 22, 2011 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2010.11.015 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Cross-sectional survey Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 699 |
| Population | Addiction counselors working for urban substance abuse treatment providers in six U.S. states |
| Topics | Addiction Meditation |
| Keywords | Humans Substance-related disorders Regression analysis Cross-sectional studies Cognition Problem-based learning Counseling Burnout, professional Adult Middle aged Workplace Female |
| Key findings | Work-site factors (job control, coworker support, supervisor support, salary, workload, tenure) were corroborated as relevant to burnout, but experiential avoidance, cognitive fusion, and values commitment had a stronger and more consistent relationship with burnout than work-site factors. The authors propose that interventions targeting these mindfulness and values-based processes may be a possible new direction for reducing burnout among addiction counselors. |
Abstract
Although work-site factors have been shown to be a consistent predictor of burnout, the importance of mindfulness and values-based processes among addiction counselors has been little examined. In this study, we explored how strongly experiential avoidance, cognitive fusion, and values commitment related to burnout after controlling for well-established work-site factors (job control, coworker support, supervisor support, salary, workload, and tenure). We conducted a cross-sectional survey among 699 addiction counselors working for urban substance abuse treatment providers in six states of the United States. Results corroborated the importance of work-site factors for burnout reduction in this specific population, but we found that mindfulness and values-based processes had a stronger and more consistent relationship with burnout as compared with work-site factors. We conclude that interventions that target experiential avoidance, cognitive fusion, and values commitment may provide a possible new direction for the reduction of burnout among addiction counselors.
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