Emotional information processing in depression and burnout: an eye-tracking study
Emotional information processing in depression and burnout: an eye-tracking study
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DOI：
10.1007/s00406-014-0549-x
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发表时间：
2015-02-01
影响因子：
4.7
通讯作者：
Laurent, Eric
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作者：
Bianchi, Renzo;Laurent, Eric
倦怠是否是抑郁症的一种形式尚不清楚。本研究的目的是通过比较倦怠和抑郁者对情绪信息的注意加工来检验倦怠-抑郁区别的相关性。眼动追踪技术被用于评估外显注意部署。54名人类服务员工的目光被监测，因为他们自由地观看了一系列情绪图像，标记为焦虑，积极，焦虑和中性。与抑郁症类似，倦怠与焦虑刺激的注意力增加和积极刺激的注意力减少有关。分层多元回归分析显示，倦怠不再预测这些注意力的变化时，抑郁症的控制，反之亦然，这表明在这个问题上的两个实体的可互换性。据我们所知，这项研究是第一个（a）调查情绪注意的倦怠和（B）解决的问题，倦怠抑郁重叠在认知和行为水平上使用眼动测量。总的来说，我们的研究结果指出倦怠和抑郁之间的结构相似性，从而加深了对倦怠现象的单一性的关注。
Whether burnout is a form of depression is unclear. The aim of this study was to examine the relevance of the burnout-depression distinction by comparing attentional processing of emotional information in burnout and depression. Eye-tracking technology was employed for assessing overt attentional deployment. The gaze of 54 human services employees was monitored as they freely viewed a series of emotional images, labeled as dysphoric, positive, anxiogenic, and neutral. Similar to depression, burnout was associated with increased attention for dysphoric stimuli and decreased attention for positive stimuli. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses revealed that burnout no longer predicted these attentional alterations when depression was controlled for and vice versa, suggesting interchangeability of the two entities in this matter. To our knowledge, this study is the first to (a) investigate emotional attention in burnout and (b) address the issue of the burnout-depression overlap at both cognitive and behavioral levels using eye movement measurement. Overall, our findings point to structural similarities between burnout and depression, thus deepening concerns regarding the singularity of the burnout phenomenon.