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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BURNOUT AND ROLE STRESSORS AMONG DIRECT SERVICE PROVIDERS AT CENTERS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING IN REGION V

Abstract

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The purpose of this study is to determine the levels of burnout and role stresses among direct service providers at centers for independent living in Region V, and investigate the relationship between burnout and role stressors among the population. Results showed that the respondents have average level of emotional exhaustion, high level of depersonalization, and low level of personal accomplishment in categorization of MBI scores. When comparing with the MBI-HSS normative samples, it indicated that these providers experience higher burnout than overall samples and the sample in social services. The obtained results supported the previous view that CIL management problems including low salaries, high staff turnover, insufficient resources, excessive caseload, unsatisfactory reward, or general lack of control over job tasks and responsibilities that may effect to high burnout.

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
Doctor of Philosophy
Level thesis:degree_level
Campus Only Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Rehabilitation
Year
2012

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Sin, Sukkyung
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Taylor, Darrel

Subjects

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Identifiers

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Repository record dc:identifier
https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/561
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:opensiuc.lib.siu.edu:dissertations-1562

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Sin, Sukkyung. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BURNOUT AND ROLE STRESSORS AMONG DIRECT SERVICE PROVIDERS AT CENTERS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING IN REGION V. Campus Only Dissertation thesis, 2012. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/561