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- Mental health and well-being among psychologists: Protective role of social support at workPublication . Barros, Carla; Fonte, Carla; Alves, Sónia; Gomes, InêsWork is a significant part of an individual’s life that affects mental health and well-being. The achievement of well-being is one key factor of a positive work environment. Although psychologists’ well-being has often been conceptualized in ways that highlight each individual’s responsibility to maintain their well-being, the work context may well affect the experience of compassion, fatigue, and burnout (Thompson et al. 2014), because the practice of psychology can be chanllenging and emotionally exhausting (Barnett et al. 2007, Lee et al. 2011).
- Psychosocial risks factors among psychologists: what are we talking about?Publication . Barros, Carla; Baylina, Pilar; Fonte, Carla; Alves, SóniaMental health professionals, as psychologists, have a demanding and emotionally exhausting profession which makes it susceptible to occupational risks, namely psychosocial risks. The three psychology specialties recognized in Portugal, Education Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Work Psychology, are expose to different working contexts. The purpose of this study was to evaluate psychosocial risks factors and their differences between the three psychology specialties. 339 psychologists participated in the study and results identified high demands and work intensity, lack of autonomy, high levels of emotional demands and some significant factors including, employment relations.