Table 3.
Sources of personal stress pertinent to veterinary and other healthcare professional burnout and wellbeing (4–6, 23, 75, 84, 141, 187, 188, 190–195, 197).
| Personal stressors |
|---|
| · Career stage, especially recent qualification or entry into the profession |
| · Poor work-life integration |
| · Personality traits of overachievement, perfectionism, neuroticisim, idealistic self-expectation, and need for recognition |
| · Imposter syndrome, perceptions of inadequacy or reduced competency in one's job |
| · Trait of people pleasing behaviors (including suppression of one's own needs) |
| · Feeling irreplaceable in an area or areas of work |
| · Choice of work as one's only meaningful activity |
| · Choice of work as a substitute for social life |
| · Loss of meaning or joy in work |
| · Preference to work with animals/social isolation/poor social support |
| · Lack of personal skills in communication, coping, delegation, organization, or teamwork |
| · Alignment of societal expectations and gender/race/sexual orientation |
| · Educational debt or other personal financial issues |
| · Personal loss/death/divorce |
| · Personal caregiver responsibilities and other family situations |
| · Personal life-related sleep loss |
| · Stigmatization of mental illness |
| · Insufficient exercise |
| · Injury/chronic pain/chronic illness |