Burnout among Palestinian School Counselors in Gaza Strip

Sami Awad Abu Ishaq

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Burnout among Palestinian School Counselors in Gaza Strip

Sami Awad Abu Ishaq

Published in American Journal of Applied Psychology (Volume 3, Issue 3)

Received: 22 May 2014 Accepted: 7 June 2014 Published: 20 June 2014

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Abstract

This study determined the prevalence of burnout among Palestinian school counselors in Gaza Strip. The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and Self-Esteem Scale (Richardson & Benbow, 1990) questionnaire were distributed to 230 subjects, while 164 participants completed and returned the questionnaire (RR=71.30%). Participants reported high prevalence of burnout syndrome which represented as follows: 53.6% high level of Emotional Exhaustions (EE), 59.8% high level of Depersonalization (DP) and 73.8% high level of Reduced Personal Accomplishment (RPA). Positive self-esteem was correlated negatively with burnout. Results indicated significant differences in burnout due to age, experience and type of employer. Females were more burnout but did not reach significant difference. It can be concluded that Palestinian school counselors in Gaza are highly burnout. Burnout reduction program is suggested and comfortable working environment is recommended.

Published in	American Journal of Applied Psychology (Volume 3, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajap.20140303.14
Page(s)	66-71
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2014. Published by Science Publishing Group

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Burnout, Self-Esteem, School Counselor, Gaza

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Al-Quds Open University, Khan Younis Educational Region, Gaza Strip, Palestine

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