Burnout and reactions to social comparison information among volunteer caregivers

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 391-410

  van der Zee, Karen I ^a   Bakker, Arnold B ^b   Buunk, Bram P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Burnout; Depersonalization; Emotional exhaustion; Identification contrast processes; Personal accomplishment; Social comparison; Volunteer caregiving

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035650101     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615800108248363     Document Type: Article

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