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The Relationship Between Burnout Among Secondary School Counselors And Selected Personal And School Variables, Paula P. Johnson
The Relationship Between Burnout Among Secondary School Counselors And Selected Personal And School Variables, Paula P. Johnson
Theses
The purpose of the study was to: (1) assess the level of burnout and stress of public school counselors, (2) detem1ine if public school counselors differed in the reported level of burnout based on selected personal variables, and selected school variables. A convenient, volunteer sample was used from 42 public school counselors in a suburban area of St. Louis, Missouri. The instruments used for the study were the Maslach Burnout Inventory (Form Educational) and a demographic questionnaire.
The findings suggested that that level of burnout in the sample was in the moderate range on the Emotional Exhaustion subscale and in …
A Comparison Of Occupational Stress Between Elementary And Secondary School Counselors, Denise L. Dismukes
A Comparison Of Occupational Stress Between Elementary And Secondary School Counselors, Denise L. Dismukes
Theses
The purpose of this study is to compare the occupational stress felt by school counselors at the elementary level to the occupational stress felt by secondary school counselors. Occupational stress is measured using the Occupational Stress Inventory Revised Edition (OSJ-R). Participants in this study are employed school counselors randomly selected from the Directory of Illinois Public Schools and the Missouri School Directory. Analysis of the data is conducted using a 2-sample t-test of means to determine if the level of occupational stress differs in the two groups. Results of this study suggest that there is a difference in the occupational …