Personality, Social Support and Burnout among Human Service Professionals in India

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 320-324

  Brown, Nathan C ^a   Prashantham, Baddam J ^a,b   Abbott, Martin ^a  

^a SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Chrstn Counselling Ctr S   (India)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Burnout; Human service professionals; Personality; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038165108     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.734     Document Type: Article

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