社会比较和倦怠：社会支持对于相对倦怠的作用外文翻译（可编辑）.docVIP

社会比较和倦怠：社会支持对于相对倦怠的作用外文翻译 外文翻译 原文 Social comparison and burnout: The role of relative burnout and received social support Material source:Anxiety, Stress CopingAuthor:Jonathon R. B. Halbeslebena; M. Ronald Buckley Implications for theory and practice The notion that relative burnout plays a role in the experience of burnout extends models of burnout to include social comparison as an important contextual factor. Moreover, it sheds light on the processes underlying and perpetuating burnout. This research also underscores the importance of the trend of looking at upward and downward comparison and their affective consequences. Nonetheless, a number of issues are implied by this study that must be addressed in future research efforts. First, this research does not address the question of the likelihood of upward or downward comparison as the function of burnout; we focused on the outcome of relative burnout rather than the choice of a social comparison target. Work by Wheeler and Miyake 1992 would suggest that those who are burned out, because of priming of negative thoughts,would be more likely to engage in upward comparison which our study suggests would lead to a spiral of increasing burnout. Nonetheless, this is an empirical question, one that can be addressed through further longitudinal study of the relationship between burnout and social comparison processes. More research is also needed on the potential negative outcomes of downward comparison. For example, Smith 2000 suggested that one consequence of downward comparison is Schadenfreude, the feeling of pleasure that is the result of another’s misfortune see also Brigham, Kelso, Jackson, Smith, 1997; Smith et al., 1996. One might suspect that drawing pleasure from the burnout of others, particularly if coupled with a lack of support provided to those experiencing the burnout, might lead one to experience guilt over time. It is unclear whether such a process could serve