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Burnout in counseling psychologists: Type of practice setting and pertinent demographics

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In this article, the authors investigated the extent of burnout experienced by conseling psychologists and the relationship between levels of burn out and different types of practice settings, selected demographic and work-related variables were investigated.
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Extent of burnout experienced by conseling psychologists and the relationship between levels of burnout and different types of practice settings, selected demographic and work-related variables were investigated in this study. Burnout was defind in terms of the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) subsxales. Multiple regression anslyses were perforned on the data (n = 521). Counseling psychologists in private practice reported the lowest levels of burnout, while those employed in hospital settings reported the highest levels of Burnout. A positive relationship was found between hours of client contact per week and sense of personal accomplishment. Finally, an inverse relationship was reported between age and burnout, and males experienced greater depersonalization of clients than females.

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Teaching Self-Care to Caregivers: Effects of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on the Mental Health of Therapists in Training

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the effects of one approach to self-care, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), for therapists in training and found that participants in the MBSR program reported significant declines in stress, negative affect, rumination, state and trait anxiety, and significant increases in positive affect and self-compassion.
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Gender differences in burnout: A meta-analysis

TL;DR: This paper conducted a meta-analysis of the relationship between gender and burnout using 409 effect sizes from 183 studies and found that women are slightly more emotionally exhausted than men, while men are somewhat more depersonalized than women.
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Compassion Fatigue, Compassion Satisfaction, and Burnout: Factors Impacting a Professional's Quality of Life

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the relationship between three variables, compassion fatigue (CF), compassion satisfaction (CS), and burnout, and provider and setting characteristics in a sample of 1,121 mental health providers in a rural southern state.
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Compassion fatigue among healthcare, emergency and community service workers: a systematic review

TL;DR: More research is recommended to determine how best to protect vulnerable workers at work to prevent not only CF, but also the health and economic consequences related to the ensuing, and more disabling, physical and mental health outcomes.
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Validation of the Maslach Burnout Inventory - General Survey: An Internet Study

TL;DR: Schaufeli et al. as discussed by the authors examined the factorial validity of the Maslach Burnout Inventory - General Survey (MBI-GS), and concluded that the MBIGS is accurate.
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The measurement of experienced burnout

TL;DR: A scale designed to assess various aspects of the burnout syndrome was administered to a wide range of human services professionals as discussed by the authors, and three subscales emerged from the data analysis: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal accomplishment.
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Maslach Burnout Inventory

TL;DR: In this paper, the Maslach Burnout Inventory is used to measure and evaluate mental health in counseling and development, and the results show that the majority of participants report burnout.
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