depersonalization

[dē‚pərs·ən·ə·lə′zā·shən]

(psychology)

Loss of the sense of one's identity or of reality concerning the self.

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Depersonalization

a disturbance of the consciousness of self, a feeling of alteration of the ego.

Depersonalization is a symptom of several mental illnesses (schizophrenia, cyclothymia, psychasthenia, epilepsy). It is manifested by a feeling of the personality’s loss of unity of self, a split in the personality, and estrangement from one’s own thoughts and actions; it is usually combined with de-realization. Therapy for depersonalization involves treatment of the primary disease.

Depersonalization also refers to standardization of the human being by the conditions of life in contemporary capitalist society and so-called mass bourgeois culture.

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Among all participants, 46.5% had a high standard for emotional exhaustion, 54.7% had a low standard for personal accomplishment and 32.7% had high scores for depersonalization, which were higher than those of literature (24).

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Also, a considerable percentage of the individuals had a high score in the depersonalization dimension which is a lot higher than the percentages obtained in the studies performed and conducted by Arab et al.

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In the multiple regression analysis, it was observed that depersonalization, which is the dependent variable, was affected by 2 unwanted student behaviors, which is the independent variable (Table 7).

The Relationship between Negative Behaviors of Students with Intellectual Disabilities in Physical Education and Sports Lessons and Teachers' Burnout Levels

We used the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Educator Survey (MBI-ES; Maslach et al., 1996) to measure participants' level of burnout, determined by three subscales: emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization (DP), and reduced personal accomplishment (PA).

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In terms of work experience and job burnout, a significant association was observed (the p-values for emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and perceived lack of personal achievement were, respectively, 0.84, 0.25, and 0.07).

Burnout and its related demographic factors among the medical staff working in hospitals associated with Bushehr University of Medical Sciences

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