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  • Psychosocial risks factors among psychologists: what are we talking about?
    Publication . Barros, Carla; Baylina, Pilar; Fonte, Carla; Alves, Sónia
    Mental 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.