The Supervisory Relationship from an Attachment Perspective: Connections to Burnout and Sense of Coherence in Health Professionals.

The Supervisory Relationship from an Attachment Perspective: Connections to Burnout and Sense of Coherence in Health Professionals. Clin Psychol Psychother. 2020 Jul 20;: Authors: Hiebler-Ragger M, Nausner L, Blaha A, Grimmer K, Korlath S, Mernyi M, Unterrainer HF Abstract Supervision is an essential part of the training and work environment of health professionals, especially of psychotherapists and clinical/health psychologists. However, while the supervisory process is always a relational one and may therefore be influenced by attachment dynamics, the importance of the supervisory relationship for the professional's performance and the well-being of the supervisee has yet to be fully examined. In this cross-sectional observational study, the Experiences in Close Relationships - Revised (avoidant and anxious attachment; ECR-RD), the Supervisory Relationship Questionnaire (SRQ), the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and the Sense of Coherence Scale (SOC-13) were analyzed for 346 (81.8% female) health professionals. Considering professional experience and number of supervision sessions as control variables, a better supervisory relationship negatively predicted burnout symptoms (β = -.31) but positively predicted sense of coherence (β = .31, both p < .01). The final model, including avoidant and anxious attachment as additional predictors, explained 30% of the variance in burnout symptoms and 41% of the variance in sense of cohere...
Source: Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy - Category: Psychiatry Tags: Clin Psychol Psychother Source Type: research