Unveiling Work Strain: Exploring Stressors, Controllability, Burnout, and Health in Healthcare and Human Services matters because it changes what a BCBA notices when decisions have to hold up in home routines, treatment sessions, interdisciplinary consultation, and health-related skill support. In Stressors, Controllability, Burnout, and Health in Healthcare and Human, for this course, the practical stakes show up in safe, humane intervention that respects health variables and daily-life feasibility, not in abstract discussion alone.
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Join Free →Job stress and burnout have become inescapable topics in discussions about work, mental health, and overall well-being. Often, recommendations to alleviate job stress and burnout place the burden on individuals rather than acknowledging the need to address underlying work conditions. This presentation offers an overview of job burnout from both traditional and behavioral perspectives, as well as its causes and consequences for both individuals and organizations. Then, I will share findings from a recent research project focused on identifying work-related stressors that disrupt the smooth flow of work and cause unnecessary psychological and physiological strain. Combining qualitative and quantitative methods, we investigated how hindrance stressors vary among healthcare and human service professionals with varying levels of job-rated burnout. Additionally, we examined employees' perceptions of control over the most impactful hindrance stressor. Moreover, our analysis explored the associations between job burnout, stress, chronic health condition severity, and various sociodemographic and job-related factors. By uncovering these complex relationships, we lay the groundwork for the development of targeted interventions aimed at mitigating work stressors, reducing burnout consistent behaviors, promoting employee well-being, and fostering a healthier work environment. I will conclude with a discussion of avenues for future research and implications for practice.
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| BACB® | 1.5 | General |
Julie M. Slowiak, Ph.D. is a Full Professor of Psychology at the University of Minnesota Duluth, Executive Director of the Behavior Analysis in Health, Sport, and Fitness Special Interest Group, and Founder of InJewel LLC, a values-focused coaching and consulting company. Dr. Slowiak earned a BA. in Psychology and Organizational Communication, M.A. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and Ph.D. in Behavior Analysis. She is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst-Doctoral. Dr. Slowiak’s research, teaching, and applied work focus on designing physical and social environments to support individual and organizational health, performance, and well-being. Her research is best described as an interdisciplinary exploration at the intersection of behavior analysis, industrial/organizational psychology, and occupational health psychology. Dr. Slowiak’s work examines worker performance, well-being, and their interplay with organizational contexts. Dr. Slowiak's current research interests focus on issues related to worker well-being, particularly within human service professions, and specifically as they relate to personal and professional self-care and burnout. In addition, she is interested in issues related to psychological safety in sport and how it affects both student-athlete mental health and coach burnout. A newer interest of Dr. Slowiak's focuses on exploring organizational factors that influence well-being and sustained employment of those with invisible and episodic chronic health conditions. Dr. Slowiak has presented at local, regional, and national conferences. Her empirical work has been published in the American Journal of Health Promotion, Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice, Behavior Analysis in Practice, Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, Quality Management in Health Care, and The Psychological Record. She served as the Lead Guest Editor for a recent special issue on Behavior Analysis in Health, Sport, and Fitness in the journal Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice and recently authored a chapter titled Sickness, Health, and Love: Managing Life and Work Demands in the text, Women in Behavior Science: Observations on Life Inside and Outside the Academy.
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