Job stress of school-based speech-language pathologists

Communication Disorders Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 103-111

  Ferney Harris, Stephanie ^a   Prater, Mary Anne ^b   Dyches, Tina Taylor ^b   Allen Heath, Melissa ^b  

^a Alpine School District   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult age; SLPs; Speech language pathologists

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; EMOTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RURAL AREA; SALARY; SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST STRESS INVENTORY; URBAN AREA;

EID: 63849102151     PISSN: 15257401     EISSN: 15384837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1525740108323856     Document Type: Article

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