Psychological and Organizational Factors Related to Burnout in Athletic Trainers

Capel, Susan

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“…On the other hand, no sex differences were found with dental educators 15 or ATs 8 on any of the subscale scores. Contradictory to our findings, Capel 6 found that male ATs experienced more depersonalization than female ATs.…”

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“…5 Burnout is a concern within the athletic training profession, but few investigators have examined this issue. [6][7][8] Hendrix et al 7 assessed burnout using the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) for certified athletic trainers (ATs) who were serving as clinicians only (no educational role) at the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I level. They reported that clinically practicing ATs who scored lower on hardiness (a personality construct that reflects control, commitment, and challenge) and social support and higher on athletic training issues (high athlete-to-AT ratio, minimal financial support, and dualrole responsibilities) had higher perceived stress.…”

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An Assessment of Burnout in Undergraduate Athletic Training Education Program Directors

Walter

Lunen

Walker

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Journal of Athletic Training

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Context: Athletic training education program directors (ATEPDs) often manage their time among students, program administration, and patient care. Objective: To assess the level of burnout in ATEPDs and to determine the relationship between burnout and various demographics of ATEPDs.Design: Cross-sectional study. Main Outcome Measure(s): The MBI consisted of 21 items assessing 3 characteristics of burnout: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal accomplishment. Another component of the survey requested demographic information about the ATEPDs. We used univariate, multivariate, and factorial analyses of variance with the a level set a priori at .05. We also calculated Pearson product moment correlation coefficients.Results: Women had greater emotional exhaustion than men (20.67 6 9.43 and 16.47 6 9.64, respectively) (P 5 .001).The difference between tenure-status groups for emotional exhaustion was significant (P 5 .014), with tenure-track ATEPDs scoring higher on emotional exhaustion than tenured ATEPDs. Pearson product moment correlation coefficients revealed a weak negative relationship among emotional exhaustion and age (r 5 20.263, P , .001), years of program director experience (r 5 20.157, P 5 .013), and years at current job (r 5 20.162, P 5 .010), indicating that as ATEPDs aged, gained more experience, and stayed in their current jobs, their emotional exhaustion scores decreased. There was also a weak negative relationship between age and depersonalization (r 5 20.171, P 5 .007). There was a weak positive relationship between years at current job and personal accomplishment (r 5 0.197, P 5 .002).Conclusions: We found that ATEPDs experienced a moderate form of emotional exhaustion burnout and low depersonalization and personal accomplishment burnout, with women experiencing greater emotional exhaustion than males. Additionally, ATEPDs in tenure-track positions experienced greater emotional exhaustion than tenured ATEPDs. The ATEPDs need to obtain healthy coping strategies early within their directorships to manage components related to burnout.Key Words: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, personal accomplishment Key Points N Emotional exhaustion scores were higher for women, were higher for tenure-track participants, and increased as the number of years in the current positions increased.N Emotional exhaustion scores decreased as the ages and experience levels of the athletic training education program directors increased.N We found no difference between athletic training education program directors who had clinical responsibilities and those who did not on any of the subscale scores.N Personal accomplishment scores increased as experience in current positions increased. N Depersonalization scores were greater for athletic training education program directors who practiced 20 hours or more per week than for those who practiced 10 to 15 hours per week, and these scores decreased as age increased.N Components of burnout need to be discussed with athletic training education program director...

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An Assessment of Burnout in Undergraduate Athletic Training Education Program Directors

Walter

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Journal of Athletic Training

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“…4 Human service providers (eg, medical and health professionals, social workers, teachers) are especially likely to experience occupational stress and the symptoms of burnout, which include a callous attitude toward clients and emotional exhaustion in and out of the workplace. 5,6 Within the athletic training profession, stress and burnout have been studied for at least 2 decades, [7][8][9][10][11] and this empirical attention is justified due to the thousands of certified athletic trainers (ATs) who work in public and private settings (eg, collegiate, Olympic, or professional sports organizations or industry) around the country. When the health and psychological well-being of ATs are reduced as a result of occupational stress and burnout, the level of care provided to clients will likely suffer.…”

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“…[7][8][9][10][11] First and foremost, it is unclear whether burnout is as prevalent in the AT profession as in other health and human service professions. With a few exceptions, 8 none of the authors used random sampling procedures, which may result in biases in the data observed. Without accurate data to document the extent of burnout among ATs, intervention efforts intended to alleviate the effects of this deleterious psychological state are difficult to undertake in a methodologically sound manner.…”

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Low Burnout and High Engagement Levels in Athletic Trainers: Results of a Nationwide Random Sample

Giacobbi

2009

Journal of Athletic Training

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Objective: To assess the prevalence of occupational burnout, engagement, and somatic health complaints and the associations among these constructs experienced by certified athletic trainers (ATs). A secondary objective was to examine differences between men and women, those with more versus less postcertification experience, and ATs who worked in different occupational settings.Design: Survey-based, stratified, proportionate random sample of full-time ATs.Setting: Data were collected online from ATs employed full time in the college or university, secondary school or youth, and industrial or clinical settings.Patients or Other Participants: Of 3998 invited ATs, 934 replied, for a response rate of 24%. The mean age of the participants was 33.84 6 8.29 years, and each AT worked with an average of 90 clients.Main Outcome Measure(s): The dependent variables were perceived stress, occupational burnout, engagement, and somatic health complaints.Results: Although 17.2% of participants were in the most advanced stages of burnout, low levels of burnout and high degrees of occupational engagement were observed. Women ATs and those working in the college or university settings scored higher for burnout, whereas men and those in the clinical or industrial settings scored higher for engagement. Women also reported significantly more somatic health complaints than men did.Conclusions: The overall prevalence of burnout in ATs was relatively small, but sex and occupational-setting differences were observed and deserve greater scrutiny.Key Words: stress, health, athletic training careers, psychology Key Points N Female athletic trainers and athletic trainers working in college or university settings displayed more signs of burnout. N Occupational stress was positively related to various elements of burnout and somatic health complaints but negatively related to occupational engagement.N Compared with other health care providers, athletic trainers were relatively less burned out and exhibited higher levels of engagement.

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An analysis of burnout and job satisfaction between Turkish headteachers and teachers

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This study attempted to explore Turkish headteachers' and teachers' burnout and job satisfaction relating to work status, gender and years work-experiences. The purpose of this study is to find out whether there is difference between headteachers' and teachers' burnout and job satisfaction in terms of work status, gender and years work-experiences. In this study, quantitative approach was used. A total of290 subjects (80 headteachers and 210 teachers) responded to the survey. As research instruments, the Job Satisfaction Scale (JSS) and the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBl), were used to measure dimensions ofheadteachers , and teachers' burnout. The study results indicated that headteachers have more job dissatisfaction and depersonalisation than teachers. Males have less emotional exhaustion but higher depersonalisation than their female counterparts. Subjects participated in this study seemed to be different on depersonalisation and personal accomplishment dimensions on the scale in relation to their work years. More experienced subjects have higher depersonalisation and less job satisfaction than their less experienced counterparts. In contrast, more experienced subjects have higher personal accomplishment than the others.

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Psychological and Organizational Factors Related to Burnout in Athletic Trainers

Cited by 48 publications

References 9 publications

An Assessment of Burnout in Undergraduate Athletic Training Education Program Directors

An Assessment of Burnout in Undergraduate Athletic Training Education Program Directors

Low Burnout and High Engagement Levels in Athletic Trainers: Results of a Nationwide Random Sample

An analysis of burnout and job satisfaction between Turkish headteachers and teachers

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