title: Burnout syndrome in the helping professions.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Trieste, Italy. gabassi@pug.univ.trieste.it
authors.forename: Pier Giorgio
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Gabassi
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cervai
authors.forename: Patrizia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rozbowsky
authors.forename: Arianna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Semeraro
authors.forename: Dario
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gregori
mesh_terms: 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*