Showing papers on "Emotional exhaustion published in 1985"

Self-reported job burnout among female human service professionals.

Abstract: A sample of 135 female human service professionals completed the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and the Staff Burnout Scale for Health Professionals (SBS), along with measures of job satisfaction, role stress, self-esteem, alienation, and locus of control. Principal components factor analysis of this battery indicates considerable covariation of self-reported burnout with job dissatisfaction and perceived role stress, and moderate overlap with more general feelings of alienation and low self-esteem. Item factor analysis of the 22 MBI items resulted in two independent factors, one defined by the Emotional Exhaustion and Depersonalization items, the other by the Personal Accomplishment items. Item factoring of the SBS produced one large factor which was highly correlated with the MBI exhaustion-depersonalization factor. Implications of these findings for the construct validity of the MBI and SBS are discussed.

Academic Self-Concept Correlates of Potential Burnout in a Sample of First-Semester Elementary-School Practice Teachers: A Concurrent Validity Study:

Abstract: For a sample of 109 graduate students beginning their first semester of practice teaching at the elementary-school level the concurrent validity of each of five subscales of the measure of academic self-concept entitled Dimensions of Self-Concept (DOSC)-Level of Aspiration, Anxiety, Academic Interest and Satisfaction, Leadership and Initiative, and Identification versus Alienation-was found relative to each of three criterion scales of the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) scored for both frequency and intensity of response: (a) Emotional Exhaustion, (b) Depersonalization, and (c) Personal Accomplishment. It was concluded that for the most part the subscales of the DOSC demonstrated promising concurrent validity relative to the criterion measures afforded by the MBI. Substantial evidence was present that those student teachers who exhibited scores on the DOSC indicative of a positive or facilitative academic self-concept tended to register scores on the MBI associated with minimal tendency toward burnout be...

Burnout in psychiatric nursing.

Abstract: Burnout is a syndrome characterized by progressive physical and emotional exhaustion involving the development of negative job attitudes and perceptions and a loss of empathic concern for patients. It is caused by chronic emotional stress resulting from prolonged intensive involvement with people. If unchecked, burnout will lead to a deterioration in the quality and quantity of nursing care received by patients. This study examines staff burnout among 31 registered psychiatric nurses working in a variety of clinical areas in the hospital setting. The Staff Burnout Scale for Health Professionals (SBS-HP) was used to determine the relationship of SBS-HP scores to respondents age, sex, and area of work. A comparison is made between this study and current research.

Work environment and burnout in two social service agencies.

Abstract: Burnout is defined by Maslach and Jackson (1981a:99) as "...a syndrome of emotional exhaustion and cynicism that occurs frequently among individuals who do 'people-work' of some kind.99 [1] Research on the meaning and measurement of burnout has profited from the recent publication and psycho metric study of self-report burnout scales. (Jones, 1980; Maslach and Jackson, 1981b) Given the availability of these measures, it is important that researchers use them to examine potential contributors to the onset and/or amelioration of job stress, frequently identified (Perlman and Hartman, 1982) as a principal cause -of worker burnout. One factor identified by previous research is the psychosocial or perceived work environment. (Billings and Moos, 1982) The Berkeley Planning Associates (1977), using their own burnout questionnaire, found significant relationships between burnout and staff perceptions of non-supportive leadership, poor communication, underemphasis on task orientation, lack of worker autonomy, lack of clarity in expectations of workers, lack of innovation, and inadequate peer support. They concluded that interventions in the work environment, particularly in human service settings, can diminish worker burnout and enhance worker performance. Unfortunately, the burnout questionnaire used in the Berkeley study is not available commercially and their findings have not been replicated.

Role stress and perceived intensity of burnout among reading specialists

Abstract: This study investigated the relationship between role stress and perceived intensity of burnout for 324 public school reading specialists. It also investigated differences in role stress and burnout for reading specialists and four other teacher groups: classroom teachers, guidance counselors, school psychologists, and school social workers. Both measures of role stress, Role Conflict and Role Ambiguity, were found to be statistically significant predictors of burnout for reading specialists. Concerning the three measures of burnout, reading specialists reported the lowest comparable level of burnout for the Emotional Exhaustion subscale, a middle range level on the Depersonalization subscale, and the highest level of burnout on the Personal Accomplishment subscale. Reading specialists also reported the lowest comparative level of Role Conflict and a middle range of Role Ambiguity. Implications of these findings and suggestions for further research are offered.