Burnout syndrome in the helping professions.
Burnout can be defined as a long-term reaction to occupational stress which involves, particularly, the helping professions. The main aim of this study was the assessment of burnout in a sample of professional and voluntary health care workers and comparison of the two samples on scores from the Maslach Burnout Inventory. Analysis suggests a significant difference in mean scores for Emotional Exhaustion of volunteers vs professional workers. Some evidence has supported the hypothesis of a fourth dimension, called Behavioral Exhaustion, in the burnout syndrome.
Gabassi
Pier Giorgio
PG
Department of Psychology, University of Trieste, Italy. gabassi@pug.univ.trieste.it
Cervai
Sara
S
Rozbowsky
Patrizia
P
Semeraro
Arianna
A
Gregori
Dario
D
D000328:Adult; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory; D014838:Volunteers / Q000523:psychology*