Occupational stress, coping and wellbeing among registered psychologists working with people with intellectual disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom

Peter E. Langdon; Magdalena Marczak; Clair Clifford; Paul Willner

doi:10.3109/13668250.2021.1967588

Occupational stress, coping and wellbeing among registered psychologists working with people with intellectual disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom

Peter E. Langdon^*
, Magdalena Marczak
, Clair Clifford
, Paul Willner

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Objectives: To characterise the changes at work experienced by psychologists working with people with intellectual disabilities during the pandemic and whether these changes, stressors and aspects of working life were associated with mental wellbeing and occupational stress.

Methods: Ninety-seven psychologists completed an online survey. Free text comments were analysed using thematic analysis and triangulated with our quantitative findings.

Results: Occupational stress, learning new roles, demands at home, and changes due to COVID-19 were associated with poorer mental wellbeing, while uncertainty about the role, a shortage of personal protective equipment, and poorer mental wellbeing were associated with occupational stress. Two main themes emerged during the thematic analysis: being human and being an employee, and triangulation revealed agreement.

Conclusions: The wellbeing and occupational stress of psychologists working with people with intellectual disabilities have been affected during the pandemic. It is of note that almost a quarter of our sample reported having been redeployed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	195-205
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability
Volume	47
Issue number	3
Early online date	28 Sept 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3109/13668250.2021.1967588
Publication status	Published - 2022

Bibliographical note

The authors wish to thank all the registered psychologists who took the time to complete our survey. Your participation was gratefully appreciated. The data that support the findings of this study are available in the Warwick Research Archive Portal at http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/143182/ Reference number 143182.

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

COVID-19
intellectual disabilities
learning disabilities
mental health
neurodevelopmental disabilities
psychologist
SARS-CoV-2

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Education
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
General Psychology

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Occupational stress, coping and wellbeing among registered psychologists working with people with intellectual disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. / Langdon, Peter E.; Marczak, Magdalena; Clifford, Clair et al.
In: Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Vol. 47, No. 3, 2022, p. 195-205.

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Occupational stress, coping and wellbeing among registered psychologists working with people with intellectual disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom

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