The influence of risk and protective factors on burnout experienced by those who work with maltreated children

The aim of the study was to explore the degree (and type) of burnout and trauma symptoms, personal histories and coping strategies retrospectively reported by those who work with maltreated children and their families. A self‐selected sample of workers (N = 44) completed a self‐report questionnaire assessing childhood maltreatment, family background characteristics, current adjustment, coping strategies and burnout. Workers reported high levels of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, and a low to moderate sense of personal accomplishment. Family background characteristics predicted the occurrence of maltreatment and current adjustment, and a personal history of maltreatment predicted current trauma symptoms, but not burnout. Workers most frequently used problem‐focused coping strategies and sought social support; however, coping strategies were not associated with the level of either trauma symptoms or burnout. Despite employing positive coping strategies, their efficacy may be affected by other interpersonal, intra‐individual and job resource issues. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

江苏省基层医务人员工作压力研究

对905名基层医务人员进行问卷调查,了解基层医务人员工作压力情况及其影响因素,为建立适合基层卫生机构的良性人才发展机制提供依据。基层医务人员整体工作压力得分为56.54分;单因素方差分析显示,不同性别、年龄、婚姻状况、学历、职称、机构类型、工作量、工作年数、受患者尊重程度和社会地位的医务人员工作压力得分差异具有统计学意义;多元线性回归分析结果显示,社会地位、工作量、工作年数、受患者尊重程度、最高学历和性别对基层医务人员工作压力的影响具有统计学意义。需要着重关注乡镇卫生院医生的工作压力情况,重点应放在提升基层医务人员社会地位、及时关注中坚力量等方面,从而减轻其工作压力,提高工作积极性。     

Vocational education,self‐employment and burnout among Australian workers

We examine the relationship between vocational education and occupational burnout among workers in different forms of employment. Although the self‐employed enjoy higher levels of job autonomy and work‐related satisfaction, we do not know whether they experience lower rates of occupational burnout, and whether vocational education plays a role in this relationship. This latter consideration is important, given that vocational qualifications often lead to self‐employment and prior research demonstrated that formal training may reduce burnout. However, formal education was previously measured in years of schooling, without considering the distinction between academically‐oriented and vocational courses. Therefore, using data from a 2001 national survey of working Australians, we first establish that the self‐employed are significantly less likely to experience burnout. We then demonstrate that some resilience to burnout can be attributed to the attainment of skilled vocational training, net of employment characteristics which are also very important.     

论高校教师的职业倦怠

不同个体、不同类型的职业倦怠其产生原因各不相同,归结起来,高校教师产生职业倦怠的主要原因有四个:学术权利和行政权利的不均衡;高校教师职称评聘、业绩考核制度存在弊端;高校教师录用和选聘过程缺乏有力的人才测评以及社会对高校教师报赏的失衡。因此,缓解和克服高校教师的职业倦怠也要从这几个方面考虑。     

Self-Stigma of seeking help and job burnout in mental health care providers: the comparative study of Lithuanian and the USA samples

This study aimed to explore the correlation between job burnout and self-stigma of seeking help among nonmedical mental health care providers (psychologists, social workers, and counselors) in two countries – Lithuania and the US. The study included 234 professionals (111 social workers and 123 psychologists) from Lithuania and 93 professionals (33 counselors, 23 social workers, and 37 psychologists) from the US on a voluntary basis (93% females, mean age – 39.81?years). They completed a self-reported questionnaire with the Self-Stigma of Seeking Help Scale (SSOSH) and the Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey (MBI-GS). The results revealed a statistically significant positive correlation between self-stigmatization and burnout in the Lithuanian sample, but only weak positive correlation between depersonalization and self-stigma of seeking help in the US sample. The relationship between the self-stigma of seeking help and burnout was stronger in the Lithuanian sample of professionals when compared to their colleagues in the US.     

Racial battle fatigue and activist burnout in racial justice activists of color at predominately White colleges and universities

Activist burnout scholarship has inadequately considered challenges marginalized-identity activists, such as racial justice activists of color, experience in the course of their activism – challenges from which privileged identity activists, such as white racial justice activists, are protected. This article attempts to address this gap through a phenomenological study examining activist burnout in racial justice activists of color whose primary sites of activism are predominantly white colleges and universities in the United States at which they work. In order to stretch activist burnout theory to differentiate unique marginalized-identity activists’ burnout causes from general causes that do not consider specific activist identities, the lens of racial battle fatigue is employed. Findings show that, although participants shared many causes of burnout that are consistent with general non-identity-specific causes described in existing literature, racial battle fatigue hastened their burnout while their activist commitments elevated their battle fatigue.     

工科院校思想政治课教师职业倦怠探析

高校思想政治理论课是对大学生进行系统思想政治教育的主要渠道和主阵地。思政教师教育作用的发挥至为关键。但思政教师却弥漫着职业倦怠的气息。对教师自身、想政治理论课教学效果以及整个社会都产生负面的影响。现以工科院校思政教师为主体分析其职业倦怠的危害、成因,探讨预防及缓解对策。     

员工的工作倦怠及其预防和干预

工作倦怠是员工由于长期从事特定工作而感到身心俱疲,以致于面对工作时感到焦虑、烦恼,想逃避工作、不愿工作的心理状态。工作倦怠降低员工的工作积极性,对组织的生产效率的提高不利。文章对员工的工作倦怠的本质、表现和原因进行了剖析,提出了员工工作倦怠的预防的方法和干预的措施。     

中学教师职业倦怠的状况分析

教师心理健康问题得到广泛关注,而职业倦怠是近年来关注的热点。对170名中学教师进行职业倦怠情况调查的结果表明,中学教师的职业倦怠程度并不严重,但仍有一定比率的教师经历严重的倦怠。调查结果还发现,女性教师、重点学校的教师、工作2至3年和工作11至20年两个教龄段的教师更多地经历情绪衰竭;未婚教师在去个性化维度上得分更高。未来研究需要探讨预防和缓解教师发生职业倦怠的干预措施。     

高校教师工作倦怠、人格特质与工作满意度的关系

采用问卷法调查全国15所高校1655名教师,通过结构方程模型考察工作倦怠与人格特质、工作满意度的关系。结果表明：（1）高校教师工作倦怠存在显著的性别和年龄段差异;（2）工作满意度与倦怠总分及各因子之间均呈显著负相关,人格特质中的内外向与倦怠总分及各因子之间均呈显著负相关,而神经质和精神质与倦怠总分及各因子之间均呈显著正相关;（3）工作倦怠在内外向与工作满意度之间具有完全中介效应,工作倦怠在神经质与工作满意度之间起着部分中介作用。