Helper Syndrome and Pathological Altruism in nurses – a study in times of the COVID-19 pandemic

BackgroundPathological Altruism and the concept of Helper Syndrome are comparable. We focused on Schmidbauer’s description because it provides a comprehensive and testable definition. Nevertheless, this concept of Helper Syndrome has not yet been empirically investigated in a sample of helping profe...

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Main Authors: Victoria E. Maringgele, Martin Scherr, Wolfgang Aichhorn, Andreas K. Kaiser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1150150/full