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Stress, Burnout, And Depression Among African Immigrant Direct Support Professionals Working With Adults With Intellectual Disabilities, Mary A. Onyejose
Stress, Burnout, And Depression Among African Immigrant Direct Support Professionals Working With Adults With Intellectual Disabilities, Mary A. Onyejose
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractStress and burnout are recognized problems among staff working with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs). However, information on stress and burnout in African immigrant direct support professionals (DSPs) is lacking. The purpose of this correlational mediation study was to investigate whether burnout mediates the relationship between stress and depression among African immigrants working with adults with IDDs. Job stress theory and burnout theory served as the theoretical framework for the study. Overall, 111 DSPs completed self-report questionnaires: the Maslach Burnout Inventory, Parker and DeCotiis’ Job Stress Scale, and the Beck Depression Inventory. Results revealed that stress significantly predicted …