How Gratitude Relates to Burnout and Job Satisfaction in Mental Health Professionals

This study investigated how gratitude relates to burnout and job satisfaction in mental health professionals. Sixty-five mental health professionals (counselors, case managers, clinical administrators/supervisors, employment/housing specialists, social workers, psychologists) completed questionnaire...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of Mental Health Counseling 2012-10, Vol.34 (4), p.341-354
Hauptverfasser: Lanham, Michelle E, Rye, Mark S, Weill, Liza S. Rimsky Sydney R
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This study investigated how gratitude relates to burnout and job satisfaction in mental health professionals. Sixty-five mental health professionals (counselors, case managers, clinical administrators/supervisors, employment/housing specialists, social workers, psychologists) completed questionnaires assessing demographics, job context variables, hope, gratitude, burnout, and job satisfaction. Consistent with hypotheses, workplace-specific gratitude predicted emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and job satisfaction after controlling for demographic/job contextual variables, hope, and dispositional gratitude. In addition, dispositional gratitude predicted personal accomplishment after controlling for demographic/job contextual variables but not after controlling for hope. Implications for counselors and suggestions for future research are discussed.
ISSN:1040-2861
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DOI:10.17744/mehc.34.4.w35q80w11kgpqn26