Dellink, Annelies (2019) An Evolutionary Explanation of Burnout. Master's Thesis / Essay, Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosciences.
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Abstract
Although medical research has exterminated diseases such as the black plague and typhus, our modern environment exposed us to new epidemics like diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and Crohn’s disease. One of those non-deadly but harmful threats to modern human beings is the risk of burnout. Burnout is a state of physical, emotional and mental exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress. But what exactly is causing individuals to feel emotionally and physically exhausted and cognitively worn out? There is still no unambiguous mechanism found that could underlie burnout. Modern medicines’ inability to fit this syndrome in a conceptual framework restrains the chance of finding a solution. Besides, medical research is focused on understanding ‘how’ the syndrome develops, while there are no strong hypotheses yet on ‘why’ it even exists. Therefore, it would be valuable to look at alternative research strategies. A scientific approach that is getting increasing attention lately, and which keeps individual differences in focus, is the field of Evolutionary Medicine. Therefore, in this essay I will attempt to find an evolutionary explanation for burnout.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master's Thesis / Essay) |
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| Supervisor name: | Billeter, J.C. and Elliot, M.G. |
| Degree programme: | Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosciences |
| Thesis type: | Master's Thesis / Essay |
| Language: | English |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Feb 2020 13:47 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Feb 2020 13:47 |
| URI: | https://fse.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/21500 |
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