The emotional exhaustion component of burnout is concerningly prevalent in psychologists providing psychotherapy. Emotional labor is a known contributor to burnout through the pathway of emotional dissonance and is beginning to develop attention in psychologist wellbeing literature. Although the relationship between emotional dissonance and emotional exhaustion in psychologists has been observed previously, constructs within an individual's locus of control that affect this relationship are not known. We attempted to explore possible variables that may affect emotional dissonance's relationship with emotional exhaustion in psychologists to identify possible factors amenable to future interventions aimed at improving psychologist wellbeing. Specifically, we examined how self-compassion, psychological flexibility, and career experience may affect the relationship between emotional dissonance and emotional exhaustion. We conducted a path analysis on data gathered from 454 psychologists recruited internationally. Results indicated that self-compassion may affect burnout indirectly through the mechanism of emotional dissonance. Additionally, results suggest that psychological flexibility may exert a conditional effect on the relationship between emotional dissonance and emotional exhaustion such that higher rates of psychological flexibility may weaken this relationship. We found no evidence to support career experience's hypothesized conditional effects. Our findings provide the first examination of these constructs in this occupational group and support the potential role of self-compassion and psychological flexibility in assisting psychologists to improve their wellbeing.

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心理学家的情绪劳动和情绪耗竭：自我慈悲和心理灵活性保护作用的初步证据

在提供心理治疗的心理学家中，倦怠的情绪疲惫成分非常普遍。众所周知，情绪劳动是通过情绪失调途径导致倦怠的一个因素，并且开始引起心理学家健康文献的关注。尽管心理学家之前已经观察到情绪失调和情绪耗竭之间的关系，但影响这种关系的个人控制点内的结构尚不清楚。我们试图探索可能影响心理学家情绪失调与情绪耗竭关系的可能变量，以确定适合未来旨在改善心理学家福祉的干预措施的可能因素。具体来说，我们研究了自我慈悲、心理灵活性和职业经历如何影响情绪失调和情绪疲惫之间的关系。我们对从国际上招募的 454 名心理学家收集的数据进行了路径分析。结果表明，自我慈悲可能通过情绪失调机制间接影响倦怠。此外，结果表明，心理灵活性可能对情绪失调和情绪耗竭之间的关系产生有条件的影响，因此较高的心理灵活性可能会削弱这种关系。我们没有发现任何证据支持职业经历假设的条件效应。我们的研究结果首次对这一职业群体中的这些结构进行了检验，并支持自我慈悲和心理灵活性在协助心理学家改善他们的福祉方面的潜在作用。