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Association of resilience and psychological flexibility with surgeons' mental wellbeing.

Maddy Greville-HarrisCatherine WithersAgata WezykKevin ThomasHelen BolderstonAmy KaneSine McDougallKevin J Turner
Published in: BJS open (2024)
Findings suggest that it is not only a surgeon's personality that is associated with their mental health, but the extent to which a surgeon demonstrates specific psychological qualities and skills (psychological flexibility and resilience). This has important implications for improving surgeons' mental wellbeing, because psychological flexibility and resilience are malleable, and can be successfully targeted with interventions in a way that personality traits cannot.
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