Emotional exhaustion and its relationship with suicide risk in emergency responders

The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the relationship between emotional exhaustion and suicide risk in emergency responders. Participants included 643 actively employed emergency responders who responded to an online research based survey. Participants were administered the Maslach Burno...

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Published in:Psychiatry research 2020-11, Vol.293, p.113379, Article 113379
Main Authors: Edwards, Derrick L., Wilkerson, Natasha D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Burnout, Professional - diagnosis
Burnout, Professional - epidemiology
Burnout, Professional - psychology
Emergency Responders - psychology
Emotions - physiology
Fatigue - diagnosis
Fatigue - epidemiology
Fatigue - psychology
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Psychological Distress
Risk Factors
Suicide - prevention & control
Suicide - psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Young Adult
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Summary:The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the relationship between emotional exhaustion and suicide risk in emergency responders. Participants included 643 actively employed emergency responders who responded to an online research based survey. Participants were administered the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI; Maslach & Jackson, 1981) and the Suicide Behaviors Questionnaire (SBQ-R; Osman, Bagge, Gutierrez, Konick, Kooper, & Barrios, 2001). Using a categorical measure of emotional exhaustion, responders reported a statistically significant increased suicide risk [F(2, 640) = 45.01, p < .001] between levels of emotional exhaustion. Post hoc analysis confirmed significant differences between each level of emotional exhaustion with a significant increase of risk at each category (Low [M = 4.60, SD= 2.38], Moderate [M = 5.56, SD= 2.50], High [M = 6.95, SD= 3.26]). Emergency responders with high levels of emotional exhaustion had an average suicide risk score approaching the significant risk cut-off of 7.
ISSN:0165-1781
1872-7123
DOI:10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113379