Burnout, Informal Social Support and Psychological Distress among Social Workers.

Previous research has shown that social workers are a profession at risk of suffering a high incidence of so-called burnout syndrome. Burnout is in turn related to psychological distress. Social support from informal sources is a factor with potential to reduce the psychological distress caused by b...

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Published in:British Journal of Social Work Vol. 45; no. 8; pp. 2368 - 2387
Main Authors: Sánchez-Moreno, Esteban, de La Fuente Roldán, Iria-Noa, Gallardo-Peralta, Lorena P., Barrón López deRoda, Ana
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA Dec2015
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