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Burnout and Perceptions of Child Behavior among Childcare Professionals
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Christina F. Mondi; Sophia W. Magro; Tripat K. Rihal; Elizabeth A. Carlson – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2024
Burnout is an increasing concern among working professionals; however, relatively little research has examined burnout among those in the childcare field. This is a major gap, given high demand for childcare services in the United States coupled with high rates of turnover in the field. Between February 2019 and January 2020, 320 home- and…
Descriptors: Burnout, Child Behavior, Child Caregivers, Caregiver Attitudes
Relationship between Life Satisfaction, Burnout and Emotional Intelligence among Professionals Who Work Directly with People with Intellectual Disabilities
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Gavín-Chocano, Oscar; Molero, David; García-Martínez, Inmaculada – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2020
Introduction: The work environment of professionals who work directly with people with intellectual disabilities plays a key role in people's lives, since they are directly or indirectly responsible for improving the living conditions of those who receive these services. Specifically, these workers' risk of suffering burnout has an important…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Burnout, Emotional Intelligence, Intellectual Disability
Can the Job Demand-Control-(Support) Model Predict Disability Support Worker Burnout and Work Engagement?
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Vassos, Maria; Nankervis, Karen; Skerry, Trevor; Lante, Kerrie – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2019
Background: Research shows that up to 43% of disability support workers (DSWs) report poor psychosocial work outcomes (e.g., stress, job burnout, low job satisfaction). This study examined whether the job demand-control-(support) model offers a valid explanation of DSW burnout and work engagement. Method: 325 DSWs completed online measures of…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Stress Variables, Burnout, Job Satisfaction
The Equity Perception Scale -- Intellectual Disability Services (EPS-IDS): Evaluating the Reliability and Validity of a New Measure
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Disley, Philip; Hatton, Chris; Dagnan, Dave – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2013
Background: The aim of this paper was to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Equity Perception Scale -- Intellectual Disability Services (EPS-IDS), a detailed measure of staff equity perceptions in services for people with intellectual disability (ID). The EPS-IDS contains 3 relationship indices that assess staff relationships with their…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Test Reliability, Intellectual Disability, Caregiver Attitudes
Negative Emotional Reactions to Challenging Behaviour and Staff Burnout: Two Replication Studies
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Rose, David; Horne, Sharon; Rose, John L.; Hastings, Richard P. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2004
Background: Hastings, R. P. ["American Journal on Mental Retardation" (2002) Vol. 107, pp. 455-467] hypothesized that staff negative emotional reactions to challenging behaviour might accumulate over time to affect staff well-being. Only one previous study (Mitchell, G.& Hastings, R. P. ["American Journal on Mental…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Emotional Response, Burnout, Negative Attitudes
Perceptions of the Work Environment and Burnout in Canadian Child Care Providers.
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Boyd, Brenda J.; Schneider, Nancy I. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 1997
Used the Maslach Burnout Inventory and Early Childhood Work Environment Survey to identify workplace predictors of burnout in 137 female child-care providers in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Found that age, decision making, and goal consensus were the only significant predictors of burnout, suggesting the need to balance the freedom of persons to make…
Descriptors: Age, Burnout, Caregiver Attitudes, Child Caregivers