title: Staff members of community services for people with intellectual disability and severe mental illness: values, attitudes, and burnout.
abstract: The study focused on the connections between the value preferences, attitudes toward community living, and burnout among staff members of community services for people with intellectual disability (n=126) and severe mental illness (n=96) in Israel. A higher preference for the self-transcendence values and a lower preference for the self-enhancement values were associated with the staff members' positive attitudes toward their clients' empowerment, a higher sense of similarity, and a negative attitude toward exclusion. In addition, a higher preference for the self-transcendence values and a lower preference for the self-enhancement values were associated with a lower level of depersonalization and a higher sense of professional accomplishment. Finally, a more positive attitude toward empowerment, a higher sense of similarity, and a more negative attitude toward exclusion were associated with a lower level of burnout.
authors.affiliation: The Bob Shapell School of Social Work, Tel-Aviv University, P.O.B. 39040, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel. Electronic address: etartakov@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Eugene
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tartakovsky
authors.forename: Adi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gafter-Shor
authors.forename: Moran
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Perelman-Hayim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000451:nursing*; D007557:Israel; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012945:Social Values; D012946:Social Welfare / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Burnout; Community living attitudes; Community services; Intellectual disability; Severe mental illness; Values