RELATIONSHIP OF BURNOUT TO PERSONALITY AND DEMOGRAPHIC TRAITS IN NURSES.
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Title
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RELATIONSHIP OF BURNOUT TO PERSONALITY AND DEMOGRAPHIC TRAITS IN NURSES.
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Identifier
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AAI8319758
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identifier
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8319758
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Creator
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DAMES, KENNETH ALBERT.
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Contributor
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Harold Wilensky
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Date
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1983
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Psychology, Clinical
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Abstract
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The study explored the relationship between selected personality characteristics, demographics and burnout. It was hypothesized that autonomy, abasement, nurturance, intraception, anxiety and aggression, along with specific personal and work variables, serve to significantly heighten or offset the effects of burnout among nurses. The study further developed a quantitative, single score measure of Burnout from subscale scores of the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI).;A mail survey of 685 female graduates of a university nursing school was conducted, with a return of 16% (109), to assess the personality and demographic characteristics and levels of Burnout. Respondents completed the MBI, the Spielberger Trait Anxiety Inventory, the Gough Adjective Check List, and a social and work history inventory. The analysis of the data used a canonical multivariate correlational model. The personality measures and social and work demographic variables were treated as predictor variables. Burnout scores served as the criterion or predicted variable. The canonical multiple regression analysis determined the relative weights of each predictor variable towards maximum correlational with the criterion measure.;In accord with the hypotheses regarding personality traits, Burnout was found to be negatively correlated with nurturance and intraception, while positive correlations were found between Burnout and anxiety, abasement and aggression. Regarding social and work characteristics, age, marital status, years in nursing full-time, income and the percentage of time spent working with patients with good prognoses negatively correlated with Burnout. Positively related to Burnout were the percentage of time respondents worked in close proximity to terminally ill patients, length of time at current institution, and work at institutions and assignments requiring close and continuous patient contact, as hypothesized. Anxiety consistently manifested the highest relation to Burnout.;The study's findings suggest methods of assessing nurses' compatability for various institutional and work assignments, propensities for burnout and career advisements. With further validation, the methods developed may be used to assess levels of burnout in other homogeneous work groups.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Psychology
