Related Experiment Video
Updated: Nov 5, 2025

A New Method for Inducing a Depression-Like Behavior in Rats
Published on: February 22, 2018
Healthcare employees' social networks, burnout, and health
Erin Sesemann1, Katharine Didericksen1, Angela Lamson1
1Department of Human Development and Family Science, East Carolina University.
Introduction:
The purpose of this article is to introduce how social networks can be utilized as an effective approach to health informatics and to provide evidence from a quantitative research study regarding the effects of interpersonal interactions at work on healthcare employees' burnout and health.
Methods:
Tests of moderation were calculated to explore whether interpersonal interactions at work changed the associations between job stress and burnout and health. The study used cross sectional data from a North Carolina convenience sample. Participants were 237 multidisciplinary employees from healthcare organizations who were at least 18 years of age.
Results:
The results from this study provided evidence that more frequent friendly work-related communication benefitted employees' health, while more frequent hostile or difficult communication was detrimental to employees' burnout and health.
Discussion:
In this article, an explanation for using social networks to collect quantitative, relational data to determine when interpersonal interactions at work are beneficial or detrimental to employees' health and burnout is provided. The article concludes with a discussion regarding how these results and methods can be used to advance the national movements aimed at addressing healthcare employees' health and burnout. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
More Related Videos
12:22Mindfulness in Motion MIM: An Onsite Mindfulness Based Intervention MBI for Chronically High Stress Work Environments to Increase Resiliency and Work Engagement
Published on: July 1, 2015
11:13The Social Dimension of Stress: Experimental Manipulations of Social Support and Social Identity in the Trier Social Stress Test
Published on: November 19, 2015
Related Concept Videos
Social Relationships and Well-Being
Importance of Need for Affiliation
Stress and Mental Health
Individuals with depression often experience challenges in both their personal and professional...
Current Trends in Nursing II
Nurses' Legal Responsibilities II
Communication between nurses and...
Ethical Issues
Ethical Concerns in Healthcare: