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Influence Of Personal Functioning And Behaviour Type On Burnout Among Public Health Workers
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The study investigated influence of Personal functioning and Behavior type on burnout among public health workersâ€. Two hundred and thirty-one (231) health workers comprising of Hundred and one (101) males (44.5%) and Hundred and twenty-six (126) females (55.5%) were selected from hospitals in Uyo metropolis. Participants were selected using convenient sampling technique. Their age ranged between 18 and 62 years with a mean age of 38 years. Maslach Burnout Inventory -General survey (MBI-GS) developed by Maslach and Jackson, (1986), Personal functioning Inventory (PFI) developed by John, Brien Wood, Pickering and Decicco (2003), and Behaviour type inventory developed by Peter Omoluabi (1997) Were the instruments used for the study. The study was a survey that used a cross-sectional design. independent t-test, was used for data analysis. Result revealed that public health workers with high level of personal functioning did not report higher burnout (Mean=76.19) compared to public health workers with low level of personal functioning (Mean=76.58), p>0.05, t = -0.20. Result revealed that public health workers with Type A scored higher on burnout (Mean=79.48) as compared with public health workers with Type B behaviour (Mean=73.07) with p < 0.05 (t = 3.48). Result also revealed that older public health workers scored slightly higher on burnout (Mean=77.06) as compared with younger public health workers (Mean=75.67) with p > 0.05 (t = 0.74). It was concluded that high level of personal functioning and older health workers did not predict burnout, type A behavior type predicts burnout am public health workers in Uyo. Implications and recommendations were made on the basis of the findings in this study.
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CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 5 ]Thornton & Ryckman (2011), maintained
that the ability of health workers to cope with day to day functioning
in the worker place irrespective of their behavior type will hinder the
occurrence of burnout in response to chronic emotion strain in daily
interactions with clients. Human providers may feel emotionally over
stretched and drained by the interactions with other people. A way of
coping with this is emotionally distancing oneself from them. Decrease
involvement and also by re ... Continue reading---
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CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 5 ]Thornton & Ryckman (2011), maintained
that the ability of health workers to cope with day to day functioning
in the worker place irrespective of their behavior type will hinder the
occurrence of burnout in response to chronic emotion strain in daily
interactions with clients. Human providers may feel emotionally over
stretched and drained by the interactions with other people. A way of
coping with this is emotionally distancing oneself from them. Decrease
involvement and also by re ... Continue reading---
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