Social support and coping as mediators or moderators of the impact of work stressors on burnout in intellectual disability support staff

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 367-377

  Devereux, Jason M ^a   Hastings, Richard P ^a   Noone, Stephen J ^a   Firth, Alison ^a   Totsika, Vaso ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burnout; Coping; Intellectual disability; Mediators; Moderators; Support; Support staff; Work stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; BURNOUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; JOB STRESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 57149112743     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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