This study explored a model predicting burnout among clinical social workers in terms of their perception of: role conflict and role ambiguity in their organizations; job strain at work; social support from supervisors, co-workers, partners, friends, and significant others; coping strategies employed by clinical social workers; and their level of burnout. / The purposes of this study were threefold: First, to test a theoretical model of the clustering effect of work role stressors and job strain mediated by coping strategy and social support, on the level of burnout; second, to explore the implications of specifying mediators such as social support and coping strategy to buffer role stressors and job strain; and third, to investigate how the level of burnout is affected by work role stressors and job strain in clinical social workers. / This study used sixteen Likert-type scales to collect data. Data were collected from the sample of 506 clinical social workers in Florida, who were randomly selected from the registry of clinical social workers (N = 2,780) in the Department of Professional Regulations. A total of 161 cases were included in the final analysis. / This study used LISREL analysis to establish magnitude of linkage between variables, including construction of a diagram depicting path coefficients that measure the strength of the path. Although the initial model was not supported by the data, the revised model fitted the data adequately. Role Conflict and Role Ambiguity had direct effects on Job Strain which in turn had a direct effect on burnout. Neither social support nor coping strategy acted as a mediating factor. This study provided a basis for the development of a micro theory on burnout among clinical social workers. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 54-02, Section: A, page: 0684. / Major Professor: Charles R. Figley. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1993.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76835 |
| Contributors | Um, Myung-Yong., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 200 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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