ERIC Number: ED648289
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 69
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ISBN: 979-8-3514-5055-1
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Crash and Burn: The Association between Self-Care and Burnout among Professional Psychology Graduate Students
Leanna Billings
ProQuest LLC, Psy.D. Dissertation, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
There are approximately 35,000 psychology graduate students in the United States (American Psychological Association, 2015) juggling coursework, clinical experiences, research activities, and other professional commitments all while being exposed to different types of clients and trauma in their clinical work. Over 70% of graduate students report stress that interferes with their functioning, (El-Ghoroury, Galper, Sawaqdeh, & Bufka, 2012) and reported constant strain, unhappiness and depression, decreased sleep, not being able to overcome difficulties, and not enjoying day-to-day activities, (Katia. et al. 2017). Around 21-67% of mental health professionals reported experiencing high levels of burnout (Monroe-DeVita, Morse, Pfahler, Rollins, & Salyers, 2012) and a meta-analysis found that self-care is associated with positive benefits for graduate students in professional psychology (Colman et al. 2016). The present research was an exploratory quantitative study to determine the self-care components psychology graduate students are endorsing as well as determine if there is a correlation between these endorsements and the three domains of burnout, (emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal accomplishment) using the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS) and the Mindful Self-Care Scale-SHORT (MSCS). Demographic data was also collected and considered when concluding? the data obtained. This study adds to the gaps in the literature by increasing the understanding of burnout and self-care correlations among professional psychology graduate students. Graduate schools should incorporate this information into their programs of study and training and provide psychoeducation to their students to reduce the possibility of early career burnout. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
Descriptors: Self Management, Burnout, Graduate Students, Psychology, Stress Variables, Fatigue (Biology), Academic Achievement, Measures (Individuals), Psychoeducational Methods
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Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Maslach Burnout Inventory
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