Síndrome de Burnout e aspectos sociodemográficos, ocupacionais e psicossociais em advogados

Abstract

This research aimed to investigate the association between sociodemographic aspects, occupational stressors, psychosocial aspects, work-family interaction and Burnout Syndrome in male and female lawyers, in two studies. The first study evaluated the predictive role of sociodemographic aspects, work characteristics and occupational stressors in the occurrence of Burnout Syndrome. It was observed that 58.3% of the participants are affected by Burnout Syndrome. Linear regression analysis showed models capable of explaining each of the dimensions of Burnout. The dimension “work illusion” showed job satisfaction as its main predictor. Work-family interference proved to be the predictor with the greatest explanatory contribution to the dimension “psychological exhaustion”. In the dimensions “indolence” and “guilt”, the main predictors identified were the stressors “work environment” and “self-responsibility for negative outcomes”, respectively. The second study identified differences between male and female lawyers in the dimensions of Burnout Syndrome, work-family interaction and occupational stressors related to law. The results show that female lawyers have higher scores in the dimensions of work/family conflict and family/work, as well as in occupational stressors related to expressions of violence, such as “bullying/harassment”, “silencing” and “rejection/exclusion”, indicating that law is experienced differently according to the gender of the professional. This dissertation contributes to the advancement of knowledge regarding the risk factors for the development of Burnout Syndrome in lawyers, as well as identifies gender as an element that can qualify the exposure to occupational stressors among women.