BURNOUT IN NURSES: THE EFFECT OF SPECIFIC COPING MECHANISMS (LOCUS OF CONTROL).
Contributors: California School of Professional Psychology (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Published: 1996
Number of pages: 145
Subjects: Psychology, Personality.; Psychology, Social.; Psychology, Industrial.; Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: This study assesses for the outcome of burnout or no burnout in nurses and for the difference between two groups of nurses, hospital (n = 87) and field (home health) (n = 95). Within the framework of attribution and expectancy theory, the variables studied are; (1) internal locus of control, (2) powerful others manipulative, (3) optimism, (4) age, (5) level of education and (6) time on the present job. Burnout is measured by the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), internal locus of control and powerful others manipulative are measured by the Zelen O'Reilly Locus of Control Scale (ZORLOC) and Optimism is measured by the Attribution Style Questionnaire (ASQ). MANOVA, ANOVA, MRC and Pearson's product moment correlations support the hypotheses that optimism and increasing age are negatively associated with burnout in subject nurses and that slight differences exist between the two groups. Field nurses report lower levels of burnout and stronger tendency to use optimistic coping mechanisms.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 57-02, Section: B, page: 1487.

Thesis (PH.D.)--CALIFORNIA SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY - LOS ANGELES, 1996.

School code: 0068.