ERIC Number: EJ1205504
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 4
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ISSN: ISSN-0744-8481
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Overloaded and Overlooked: Improving Resident Advisors' Self-Care
McLaughlin, Whitney Grace
Journal of American College Health, v66 n8 p831-833 2018
Objective: The purpose of this viewpoint is to discuss the lack of research on resident advisor (RA) self-care and how behavioral interventions can be used in housing programs to educate and improve RA self-care. It is essential for live-in housing staff (both professional and paraprofessional) to learn how to develop appropriate strategies that target problem behaviors to improve self-care. An overview of the RA position, the effects of increased demands (i.e., burnout), and the research on self-care behavioral interventions are discussed. Lastly, the call to use behavioral interventions within housing programs to educate RAs on self-care awareness and improve and monitor their health behaviors to prevent burnout and psychological distress is provided.
Descriptors: Resident Advisers, Daily Living Skills, Behavior Problems, Intervention, Behavior Modification, Health Behavior, Burnout, College Housing, Research
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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