Critical Incidents and Chronic Stressors at Work: Their Impact on Forensic Doctors

Workers in medium- or high-risk professions are often confronted with critical incidents at the workplace. The impact of these acute stressors may be serious and enduring. Many workers also experience chronic job stressors, such as work overload or role conflicts. This study examined the frequently...

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Published in:Journal of occupational health psychology 2003-04, Vol.8 (2), p.157-166
Main Authors: van der Ploeg, Eleonore, Dorresteijn, Sasja M, Kleber, Rolf J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acute Disease
Adult
Burnout, Professional - epidemiology
Burnout, Professional - psychology
Chronic Disease
Chronic Stress
Emotional Trauma
Employee Attitudes
Fatigue - epidemiology
Fatigue - psychology
Female
Forensic Medicine
Human
Humans
Job Burnout
Male
Models, Psychological
Netherlands - epidemiology
Occupational Diseases - epidemiology
Occupational Diseases - psychology
Occupational Stress
Physicians
Physicians - psychology
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - epidemiology
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - psychology
Stress, Psychological - epidemiology
Stress, Psychological - psychology
Well Being
Working Conditions
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Summary:Workers in medium- or high-risk professions are often confronted with critical incidents at the workplace. The impact of these acute stressors may be serious and enduring. Many workers also experience chronic job stressors, such as work overload or role conflicts. This study examined the frequently neglected relationship of acute and chronic stressors with self-reported health symptoms, such as posttraumatic responses, fatigue, and burnout. This association was investigated in a sample of forensic doctors in the Netherlands ( N = 84). It was found that the more traumatic events the respondents experienced, the more problems they reported in coping with the traumatic events. Chronic job stressors were associated with posttraumatic responses (intrusions and avoidances) and with burnout and fatigue.
ISSN:1076-8998
1939-1307
DOI:10.1037/1076-8998.8.2.157