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  • Psychology
  • Nursing

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  • Emotional distancing is a coping mechanism for managing emotional labor in healthcare.
  • It protects healthcare workers from challenging patient interactions and prevents burnout.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To define emotional distancing.
  • To identify its critical attributes and empirical applications.

Main Methods:

  • Comprehensive literature review using Walker and Avant's method.
  • Systematic identification of antecedents, characteristics, and consequences.

Main Results:

  • Emotional distancing is a self-controlled defensive strategy.
  • It involves emotional separation from patients to maintain professional neutrality.

Conclusions:

  • Emotional distancing protects nurses' mental health and improves patient care.
  • It reduces emotional labor and upholds professionalism.
  • Further research is needed to develop practical implementation tools.