Emotional exhaustion

Emotional exhaustion is a symptom of burnout,[1] a chronic state of physical and emotional depletion that results from excessive work or personal demands, or continuous stress.[2] It describes a feeling of being emotionally overextended and exhausted by one's work. It is manifested by both physical fatigue and a sense of feeling psychologically and emotionally "drained".[3]

An emotional hangover refers to the symptoms associated with a prolonged state of emotional exhaustion, which might occur following a highly emotional event, traumatic event or a stressful conversation or situation due to cognitive dissonance and emotional processing, that may last for hours or days. They can also arise following intense emotional experiences such as a move or a large financial purchase.[4]

  1. ^ Maslach, Christina; Leiter, Michael P. (June 2016). "Understanding the burnout experience: recent research and its implications for psychiatry". World Psychiatry. 15 (2): 103–111. doi:10.1002/wps.20311. PMC 4911781. PMID 27265691.
  2. ^ Wright TA, Cropanzano R (June 1998). "Emotional exhaustion as a predictor of job performance and voluntary turnover". J Appl Psychol. 83 (3): 486–93. doi:10.1037/0021-9010.83.3.486. PMID 9648526.
  3. ^ Zohar D. (1997). "Predicting burnout with a hassle-based measure of role demands". Journal of Organizational Behavior. 18 (2): 101–115. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1099-1379(199703)18:2<101::AID-JOB788>3.0.CO;2-Y. JSTOR 3100244.
  4. ^ Pattemore, Chantelle (4 October 2023). "Feeling fatigued and fuzzy-headed? It could be an 'emotional hangover'". Women's Health. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.