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Correlates of Burnout in Inpatient Substance Abuse Treatment Therapists
Author(s) -
Elman Barnett D.,
Dowd Edmund Thomas
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of addictions and offender counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 2161-1874
pISSN - 1055-3835
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1874.1997.tb00114.x
Subject(s) - depersonalization , burnout , psychology , substance abuse , clinical psychology , emotional exhaustion , social work , psychotherapist , economics , economic growth
Recovering substance abuse therapists had a higher sense of personal accomplishment than nonrecovering therapists. Therapists who had more social support had a greater sense of personal accomplishment. Length of service was related to greater depersonalization and greater personal accomplishment. Burnout was strongly associated with occupational stress. Personal stress was associated with depersonalization.