Burnout, Stress and Direct Student Services Among School Counselors

The burnout and stress experienced by school counselors is likely to have a negative influence on the services they provide to students, but there is little research exploring the relationship among these variables. Therefore, we report findings from our study that examined the relationship between...

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Published in:The Professional Counselor (Greensboro, N.C.) N.C.), 2016-12, Vol.6 (4), p.344-359
Main Author: Mullen, Patrick R. Gutierrez, Daniel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Behavior
Burn out (Psychology)
Burnout
Careers
Case Studies
Coping
Correlation
Counseling Effectiveness
Counseling Services
Counselor Attitudes
Counselor Training
Funding
Job stress
Measures (Individuals)
Online Surveys
Practice
Psychological aspects
Quality
Researchers
School counseling
School Counselors
School districts
Secondary school students
Statistical Analysis
Stress Variables
Student counselors
Studies
Supervision
Supervisors
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Summary:The burnout and stress experienced by school counselors is likely to have a negative influence on the services they provide to students, but there is little research exploring the relationship among these variables. Therefore, we report findings from our study that examined the relationship between practicing school counselors' (N = 926) reported levels of burnout, perceived stress and their facilitation of direct student services. The findings indicated that school counselor participants' burnout had a negative contribution to the direct student services they facilitated. In addition, school counselors' perceived stress demonstrated a statistically significant correlation with burnout but did not contribute to their facilitation of direct student services. We believe these findings bring attention to school counselors' need to assess and manage their stress and burnout that if left unchecked may lead to fewer services for students. We recommend that future research further explore the relationship between stress, burnout and programmatic service delivery to support and expand upon the findings in this investigation.
ISSN:2164-3989
2164-3989
DOI:10.15241/pm.6.4.344