Study limitations are acknowledged. This study updates the results of a prior 1996 PRP survey (Blankertz & Robinson, 1996) using a demographically comparable (i.e., gender, race, education level, primary area of study) sample. Reducing one's personal involvement with clients seems important to reducing PRP emotional exhaustion and depersonalization. Emotional exhaustion is generally acknowledged to be the key component to burnout and reducing it via peer support group sessions is recommended.

The nine performance domain scales should be useful for future PRP job analyses. In addition, individual performance domain scales can be applied to other PRP research issues. Study limitations are acknowledged. Future research validating this 70-item measure is encouraged using other sources (e.g., supervisor) as well as other data collection methods (e.g., interview), from various psychiatric rehabilitative agency settings.