title: Occupational characteristics and Burnout Syndrome in Brazilian correctional staff.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In the correctional context, occupational characteristics may contribute to the development of burnout.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To compare the scores of Emotional Exhaustion (EE), Cynicism (CY) and Professional Efficacy (PE) of staff members according to occupational variables in two correctional facilities (CF1 and CF2).
  
  
  METHODS
  339 Brazilian employees from two correctional facilities completed a socio-demographic/occupational questionnaire and the Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey (MBI-GS). The comparison between the scores obtained on each MBI-GS factor, according to variables of interest vs. correctional facilities, was performed using analysis of variance (ANOVA-two way: p < 0.05).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Statistically significant differences were observed between the levels of EE, CY and PE between the correctional facilities (p < 0.001); staff from CF2 presented worse levels. Women (p = 0.014) and individuals with a 10-year tenure or higher (p = 0.041) presented higher levels of EE. Lower scores of professional efficacy were found in CF2 staff members with a 10-year tenure or higher (p = 0.018). The prison escort and surveillance agents presented mean values of EE (p = 0.030) and CY (p = 0.008) that were significantly lower than those of the correctional security officers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The scores of EE, CY and PE of the staff members suffered a significant influence from the correctional facility, gender, professional category and tenure.
authors: Departamento de Ciências Psicológicas & William James Center for Research, ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Lisbon, Portugal.|Florida State University, College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Tallahassee, FL, USA.
authors: Raquel Velez
authors: RV
authors: Oliveira
authors: Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Departamento de Alimentos e Nutrição, Universidade Estadual Paulista. Araraquara, São Paulo, Brasil.
authors: Valéria
authors: V
authors: Schneider
authors: Faculdade de Odontologia de Araraquara, Departamento de Odontologia Social, Universidade Estadual Paulista. Araraquara, São Paulo, Brasil.
authors: Fernanda Salloume Sampaio
authors: FS
authors: Bonafé
authors: Departamento de Ciências Psicológicas & William James Center for Research, ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Lisbon, Portugal.
authors: João
authors: J
authors: Maroco
authors: Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Departamento de Alimentos e Nutrição, Universidade Estadual Paulista. Araraquara, São Paulo, Brasil.|Faculdade de Odontologia de Araraquara, Departamento de Odontologia Social, Universidade Estadual Paulista. Araraquara, São Paulo, Brasil.
authors: Juliana Alvares Duarte Bonini
authors: JA
authors: Campos
keywords: Prison employees; occupational characteristics; professional exhaustion