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The Effects Of Demographic And Church Related Factors On Burnout Among Ministers And Church Leaders., Senta Eastern

Dissertations (2016-Present)

Church leaders met with increasing workload demands, meeting high expectations and being able to manage their time are subject to elevated and prolonged levels of stress leading to burnout. The burnout phenomenology evolved from observations made of helping professionals working with chronic drug users while becoming increasingly fatigued and experiencing a daily loss of motivation. In a similar fashion, ministers’ emotional, physical, cognitive, and even spiritual reserves may be depleted when faced with elaborate demands. Meanwhile, few studies have been conducted to examine job satisfaction and implications for burnout within ministry. The purpose of this study was to examine the …

Attitudes Of International Students Toward University Counseling Services., Behnaz Hashemi

Dissertations (Pre-2016)

The purpose of this study was to obtain attitudes of international students toward university counseling services. Specifically, the study was designed to determine whether attitudes of international students toward university counseling services are affected by the variables of continent, number of years in the United States, academic classification, age, sex, immigration status, and previous experience with professional counseling. The population consisted of 4,617 international students, of which 922 were contacted with 465 (50.43%) responding to the questionnaire representing 62 countries. The International Student Attitudinal Counseling Questionnaire was designed by the researcher and used to collect data. Analysis of variance (ANOVA), …

Counseling Experiences Perceived By Black Freshmen And Seniors Enrolled At A Historically Black And A Historically White Urban University., Genevieve Gooden Gaynor

Dissertations (Pre-2016)

Problem

The purpose of this study was to determine the perceptions of Black freshmen and seniors toward counseling experiences at a historically Black urban university and at a historically White urban university.

Methodology

Four hundred and thirty-eight Black freshmen and seniors enrolled at a historically Black urban university and at a historically White urban university located in the Southeastern area of Texas during the spring session of the 1982-83 academic year constituted the available sample size from the identified population. To determine the perceived counseling experience of the Black freshmen and seniors, the Counseling Evaluation Inventory (Linden, Shertzer, & Stone, …