The role of psychological detachment in burnout and depression

A longitudinal study of Malaysian workers

Bibliographic Data

ID21391969
AuthorsNurfazreen Aina Muhamad Nasharudin (0000-0002-6199-7276, Department of Continuing Education and Professional Development Faculty of Educational Studies Universiti Putra Malaysia Selangor Malaysia, corresponding author), Mohd Awang Idris (0000-0001-7995-9617, Department Anthropology and Sociology Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences University of Malaya Kuala Lumpur Malaysia), May Young Loh (0000-0002-5104-5060, Asia Pacific Centre for Work Health and Safety University of South Australia Adelaide SA Australia), Michelle Tuckey (Asia Pacific Centre for Work Health and Safety University of South Australia Adelaide SA Australia), Michelle R Tuckey (0000-0002-7448-6045, University of South Australia)
Year2020
Volume61
Issue3
Pages423-435
Publication date2020-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueScandinavian Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0036-5564 • E-ISSN: 1467-9450
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/sjop.12622
PMID32079048
OpenAlexW3007755282
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited84

The current study aimed to examine the role of psychological detachment in the relationship between working conditions and burnout and depression. First, the study proposed that job demands would increase burnout after four months but not depression. Second, it proposed that psychological detachment would moderate the impact of job demands and job resources on burnout and depression. Third, it was proposed that the interaction between job demands, job resources and psychological detachment would predict burnout and depression. The longitudinal study design involved 345 workers (at both Time 1 and Time 2). The hierarchical regression analysis showed that increasing psychological detachment reduced the negative relationship between physical demands and depression four months later. In contrast, high psychological detachment increased the negative association between emotional resources and burnout, but not between emotional resources and depression. Overall, this study, in its discovery of the impact of working conditions on psychological health, has made a new contribution to psychological detachment studies by using different sub‐constructs of job demands and job resources (i.e., emotional and physical) with four‐month gaps, as previous studies did not address the impact within this time frame

Burnout · Depression (economics) · Longitudinal study · Clinical Psychology · Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Medicine · Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies · Psychology

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