Attachment style, existential loneliness and depression among resident physicians in public hospitals of Athens

Abstract

The Attachement Theory, as formulated by Bowlby, suggests that the quality of the attachement formed at the beginning of life, between the child and the caregiver, has a direct association with mental health and general functioning when the child passes into adulthood. Several mental health professionals, such as psychologists and psychiatrists, have long recognized the usefulness of Attachement Theory, as it relates to the provision of care to their patients and the psychotherapeutic interventions they apply. Physicians are often under stressful and pressing conditions, such as increased responsibility for others, life or death decisions, overtime shifts, longlasting education (Maslach & Jackson, 1982). Their emotional exhaustion, due to their burdens, has been found to be associated with the patient's satisfaction of the services that the physician has to offer (Anagnostopoulos, Liolios, Persefonis, Sluter, Kafetsios & Niakas, 2012). Already from the first year of their specialty, r ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/42988
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/42988
ND
42988
Alternative title
Δεσμός, υπαρξιακή μοναξιά και κατάθλιψη στους ειδικευόμενους ιατρούς των δημοσίων νοσοκομείων της Αθήνας
Author
Papagianni, Eftychia (Father's name: Dimitrios)
Date
2018
Degree Grantor
Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences
Committee members
Κορδούτης Παναγιώτη
Αναγνωστόπουλος Φώτιος
Καζή Σμαράγδα
Στυλιανίδης Στυλιανός
Σταλίκας Αναστάσιος
Μαντόγλου Σουλτάνα
Κατερέλος Ιωάννης
Discipline
Social Sciences
Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
Keywords
Attachment theory; Existential Loneliness; Resident doctors
Country
Greece
Language
Greek
Description
188 σ., tbls.
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