title: Burnout and stress among employees at a state institution for mentally retarded persons.
abstract: The effects of burnout of 192 employees of a state institution were examined to determine whether these problems were different from conditions resulting from stress. Each subject completed a packet including the Maslach Burnout Inventory and Ivancevich's Job Stress Scale. For all groups, high burnout emerged in the form of low personal accomplishment, with moderate degrees of burnout measured by the Burnout Inventory subscales Emotional Exhaustion and Depersonalization. One of the stress variables (underutilization) correlated significantly with one Burnout Inventory subscale (Emotional Exhaustion). Results generally indicated that stress and burnout were separate constructs that can be best thought of as distinct entities.
authors.affiliation: Eastern Area Health Education Center Greenville, NC.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Caton
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Grossnickle
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Cope
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Mitchell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000523:psychology*; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D005260:Female; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006783:Hospitals, State; D006801:Humans; D007326:Institutionalization; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D009657:North Carolina; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology*