Burnout among the addiction counseling workforce: the differential roles of mindfulness and values-based processes and work-site factors.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
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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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Vilardaga, R; Luoma, JB; Hayes, SC; Pistorello, J; Levin, ME; Hildebrandt, MJ; Kohlenberg, B; Roget, NA; Bond, F
Published Date
- June 2011
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 40 / 4
Start / End Page
- 323 - 335
PubMed ID
- 21257281
Pubmed Central ID
- PMC3081943
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1873-6483
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1016/j.jsat.2010.11.015
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States