Predicting Burnout and Career Choice Satisfaction in Counseling Psychology Graduate Students

The Counseling Psychologist

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 580-606

  Kovach Clark, Heddy ^a   Murdock, Nancy L ^a   Koetting, Kristin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249092733     PISSN: 00110000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011000008319985     Document Type: Article

References (98)

1. Ackerley, G.D., Burnell, J., Holder, D.C., & Kurdek, L.A. (1988). Burnout among licensed psychologists. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 19, 624-631.
2. Aiken, L.S., & West, S.G. (1991). Multiple regression: Testing and interpreting interactions. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
3. Alcalde, J., & Walsh-Bowers, R. (1996). Community psychology values and the culture of graduate training: A self-study. American Journal of Community Psychology, 24, 389-411.
4. Balogun, J.A., Hoeberlein-Miller, T.M., Schneider, E., & Katz, J.S. (1996). Academic performance is not a viable determinant of physical therapy students’ burnout. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 83, 21-22.
5. Baron, R.M., & Kenny, D.A. (1986). The moderator-mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51, 1173-1182.
6. Baruch-Feldman, C., Brondolo, E., Ben-Dayan, D., & Schwartz, J. (2002). Sources of social support and burnout, job satisfaction, and productivity. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 7(1), 84-93.
7. Blustein, D.L. (2001). The interface of work and relationships: Critical knowledge for 21st century psychology. The Counseling Psychologist, 29, 179-192.
8. Boice, R., & Myers, P.E. (1987). Which setting is healthier and happier, academe or private practice? Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 18, 526-529.
9. Bryk, A.S., & Driscoll, M.E. (1988). The high school as community: Contextual influences and consequences for students and teachers. Madison, WI: National Center on Effective Secondary Schools, University of Wisconsin.
10. Burke, R.J., & Greenglass, E. (1993). Work stress, role conflict, social support, and psychological burnout among teachers. Psychological Reports, 73, 371-380.
11. Burke, R.J., Greenglass, E.R., & Schwarzer, R. (1996). Predicting teacher burnout over time: Effects of work stress, social support, and self-doubts on burnout and its consequences. Anxiety, Stress, and Coping, 9, 261-275.
12. Caplan, R.D., Cobb, S., French, J.R.P., Jr., Van Harrison, R., & Pinneau, S.P. (1975). Job demands and worker health: Main effects and occupational differences (HEW Publication No. NIOSH 75-160). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.
13. Chang, E.C., & Rand, K.L. (2000). Perfectionism as a predictor of subsequent adjustment: Evidence for a specific diathesis-stress mechanism among college students. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 47, 129-137.
14. Chavis, D.M., & Newbrough, J. (1986). The meaning of “community” in community psychology. Journal of Community Psychology, 14, 335-340.
15. Cohen, J., & Cohen, P. (1983). Applied multiple regression/correlation analysis for the behavioral sciences (2nd ed.). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
16. Cohen, S. (2004). Social relationships and health. American Psychologist, 59, 676-684.
17. Cohen, S., Kamarck, T., & Mermelstein, R. (1983). A global measure of perceived stress. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 24, 386-396.
18. Cohen, S., & Wills, T.A. (1985). Stress, social support and the buffering hypothesis. Psychological Bulletin, 98, 310-357.
19. Cronan-Hillix, T., Gensheimer, L.K., Cronan-Hillix, W.A., & Davidson, W.S. (1986). Students’ views of mentors in psychology graduate training. Teaching of Psychology, 13, 123-127.
20. Dunham, P.J., Hurshman, A., & Litwin, E. (1998). Computer-mediated social support: Single young mothers as a model system. Journal of Community Psychology, 26, 281-306.
21. Dunkley, D.M., Blankstein, K.R., Halsall, J., Williams, M., & Winkworth, G. (2000). The relation between perfectionism and distress: Hassles, coping, and perceived social support as mediators and moderators. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 47, 437-453.
22. Duquette, A., Kerouac, S., Sandhu, B.K., & Beaudet, L. (1994). Factors related to nursing burnout: A review of empirical knowledge. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 15, 337-358.
23. Frazier, P.A., Tix, A.P., & Barron, K.A. (2004). Testing moderator and mediator effects in counseling psychology research. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 51, 115-134.
24. Friedman, I.A. (1995). Student behavior patterns contributing to teacher burnout. Journal of Educational Research, 88, 281-289.
25. Friedman, I.A. (2000). Student behavior patterns contributing to teacher burnout. Journal of Educational Research, 88, 281-289.
26. Gaensbauer, T.J., & Mizner, G.L. (1980). Development stresses in medical education. Psychiatry, 43, 60-70.
27. Ganster, D.C., Fusilier, M.R., & Mayes, B.T. (1986). Role of social support in the experience of stress at work. Journal of Applied Psychology, 71, 102-110.
28. Gelso, C.J., & Fretz, B.R. (1992). Counseling psychology. Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt Brace College.
29. Gelso, C.J., & Lent, R.W. (2000). Scientific training and scholarly productivity: The person, the training environment, and their interaction. In S. D. Brown & R. W. Lent (Eds.), Handbook of counseling psychology (3rd ed., pp. 109-139). New York: John Wiley.
30. Girves, J.E., & Wemmerus, V. (1988). Developing models of graduate student degree progress. Journal of Higher Education, 59, 163-189.
31. Goodyear, R.K., Murdock, N.L., Lichtenberg, J.W., McPherson, R., Koetting, K., & Petren, S. (2008). Stability and change in counseling psychologists’ identities, roles, functions, and career satisfaction across fifteen years. The Counseling Psychologist, 36, 220-249
32. Goplerud, E. (1980). Social support and stress during the first year of graduate school. Professional Psychology, 11, 283-289.
33. Gore, S. (1974). The influence of social support and related variables in ameliorating the consequences of job loss (Doctoral dissertation, University of Pennsylvania, 1973). Dissertation Abstracts International, 34, 5330A-5331A. (University Microfilms No. 74-2416)
34. Greenglass, E.R. (1993). Gender, work stress, and coping: Theoretical implications. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 10, 121-134.
35. Greenglass, E.R., Burke, R.J., & Konarski, R. (1997). The impact of social support on the development of burnout in teachers: Examination of a model. Work and Stress, 11, 267-278.
36. Greenglass, E.R., Burke, R.J., & Konarski, R. (1998). Components of burnout, resources, and gender-related differences. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 28, 1088-1106.
37. Greenglass, E.R., Fiksenbaum, L., & Burke, R.J. (1994). The relationship between social support and burnout over time in teachers. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 9, 219-230.
38. Greenhaus, J.H., & Parasuraman, S. (1987). A work-nonwork interactive perspective of stress and its consequences. In J. M. Ivancevich & D. C. Ganster (Eds.), Job stress: From theory to suggestion (pp. 37-60). New York: Haworth.
39. Gunter, B., & Furnham, A. (1996). Biographical and climate predictors of job satisfaction and pride in organization. The Journal of Psychology, 130, 193-208.
40. Gusfield, J.R. (1975). The community: A critical response. New York: Harper Colophon.
41. Haack, M.R. (1988). Stress and impairment among nursing students. Research in Nursing and Health, 11, 125-134.
42. Hanson, J.G., & McCullagh, J.G. (1997). Satisfaction with the social work profession: A ten-year analysis of undergraduate students’ perceptions. Psychological Reports, 80, 835-838.
43. Hartnett, R.T., & Centra, J.A. (1977). The effects of academic departments on student learning. Journal of Higher Education, 48, 491-507.
44. Huebner, E.S. (1992). Burnout among school psychologists: An exploratory investigation into its nature, extent, and consequences. School Psychology Quarterly, 7, 129-136.
45. Huebner, E.S. (1994). Relationships among demographics, social support, job satisfaction, and burnout among school psychologists. School Psychology International, 15, 181-186.
46. Jackson, D. (1970). A sequential system for personality scale development. In C. Spielberger (Ed.), Current topics in clinical and community psychology (Vol. 2, pp. 61-96). New York: Academic Press.
47. Jackson, S.E., Schwab, R.L., & Schuler, R.S. (1986). Toward an understanding of the burnout phenomenon. Journal of Applied Psychology, 71, 630-640.
48. Kahill, S. (1986). Relationship of burnout among professional psychologists to professional expectations and social support. Psychological Reports, 59, 1043-1051.
49. Kahill, S. (1988). Symptoms of professional burnout: A review of the empirical evidence. Canadian Psychology, 29, 284-297.
50. Koeske, G.F., & Koeske, R.D. (1989). Construct validity of the Maslach Burnout Inventory: A critical review and reconceptualization. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 25, 131-144.
51. Koniarek, J., & Dudek, B. (1996). Social support as a buffer in the stress-burnout relationship. International Journal of Stress Management, 3, 99-106.
52. Kruger, L.J., Maital, S.L., Macklem, G., Shriberg, D., Burgess, D.M., Kalinsky, R., et al. (2001). SOC among school psychologists on an Internet site. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 32, 642-649.
53. LaRocco, J.M., House, J.S., & French, J.R.P., Jr. (1980). Social support, occupational stress, and health. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 21, 202-218.
54. Leiter, M.P. (1991). Coping patterns as predictors of burnout: The function of control and escapists coping patterns. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 12, 123-144.
55. Lepore, S.J., Evans, G.W., & Schneider, M.L. (1991). Dynamic role of social support in the link between chronic stress and psychological distress. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 61, 899-909.
56. Likert, R. (1961). New patterns of management. New York: McGraw-Hill.
57. Lopez, S.J., Mygyar-Moe, J.L., Petersen, S.E., Krieshok, T.S., O’Byrne, K.K., Lichtenberg, J.W., et al. (2006). Counseling psychology’s focus on positive aspects of human functioning. The Counseling Psychologist, 34(2), 205-227.
58. Lounsbury, J.W., & DeNeui, D. (1995). Psychological SOC on campus. College Student Journal, 29, 270-277.
59. Lounsbury, J.W., & DeNeui, D. (1996). Collegiate psychological SOC in relation to size of college/university and extroversion. Journal of Community Psychology, 24, 381-394.
60. Magoon, T.M., & Holland, J.L. (1984). Research training and supervision. In S. D. Brown & R. W. Lent (Eds.), Handbook of counseling psychology (pp. 682-715). New York: John Wiley.
61. Maslach, C. (1982). Burnout: The cost of caring. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
62. Maslach, C., & Jackson, S.E. (1986). Maslach Burnout Inventory (2nd ed.). Palo Alto, CA: Consulting Psychologists Press.
63. Maslach, C., Schaufeli, W.B., & Leiter, M.P. (2001). Job burnout. Annual Review of Psychology, 52, 397-422.
64. McCarthy, M.E., Pretty, G.M.H., & Catano, V. (1990). Psychological sense of community and student burnout. Journal of College Student Development, 31, 211-216.
65. McCullagh, J.G. (1985). Satisfaction with the profession and career status among BSW social workers. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 12, 154-160.
66. McManus, S.E., & Russell, J.E.A. (1997). New directions for mentoring research: An examination of related constructs. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 51, 145-161.
67. McMillan, D. (1976). SOC: An attempt at definition. Unpublished manuscript, George Peabody College for Teachers, Nashville, TN.
68. Meier, S.T., & Schmeck, R.R. (1985). The burned-out college student: A descriptive profile. Journal of College Student Personnel, 25, 63-69.
69. Meinert, R.G. (1975). Professional satisfaction of social workers. Social Work, 20, 64-65.
70. Moos, R., & Van Dort, B. (1977). Physical and emotional symptoms and campus health center utilization. Social Psychiatry, 2, 107-115.
71. Moos, R., & Van Dort, B. (1979). Student physical symptoms and the social climate of college living groups. American Journal of Community Psychology, 7, 31-43.
72. Myers, J.E., Mobley, A.K., & Booth, C.S. (2003). Wellness of counseling students: Practicing what we preach. Counselor Education & Supervision, 42, 264-274.
73. Pines, A., Aronson, E., & Kafry, D. (1981). Burnout: From tedium to personal growth. New York: Free Press.
74. Pinneau, S.R., Jr. (1972). Complementarity and social support. Unpublished manuscript, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
75. Pretty, G.M.H., Andrewes, L., & Collett, C. (1994). Exploring adolescents’ sense of community and its relationship to loneliness. Journal of Community Psychology, 22, 346-358.
76. Ray, E.B., & Miller, K.L. (1994). Social support, home/work stress, and burnout: Who can help? Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 30, 357-373.
77. Repetti, R.L., & Cosmas, K.A. (1991). The quality of the social environment at work and job satisfaction. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 21, 840-854.
78. Rhodes, J.E. (2004). Family, friends, and community: The role of social support in promoting health. In P. M. Camic & S. J. Knight (Eds.), Clinical handbook of health psychology: A practical guide to effective interventions (2nd rev. ed., pp. 289-296). Ashland, OH: Hogrefe & Huber.
79. Ross, R.R., Altmaier, E.M., & Russell, D.W. (1989). Job stress, social support, and burnout among counseling center staff. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 36, 464-470.
80. Rozenholtz, S.J. (1989). Workplace conditions that affect teacher quality and commitment implications for teacher induction. Elementary School Journal, 4, 421-438.
81. Russell, D., Altmaier, E.M., & Van Velzen, D. (1987). Job-related stress, social support, and burnout among classroom teachers. Journal of Applied Psychology, 72, 269-274.
82. Sarason, S.B. (1974). The psychological SOC: Prospects for a community psychology. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
83. Schlosser, L.Z., & Gelso, C.J. (2001). Measuring the working alliance in advisor-advisee relationships in graduate school. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 48, 157-167.
84. Taylor, D.L., & Tashakkori, A. (1995). Decision participation and school climate as predictors of job satisfaction and teachers’ sense of efficacy. Journal of Experimental Education, 63, 217-230.
85. Taylor, J.C., & Bowers, D.G. (1972). Survey of organizations. Ann Arbor, MI: Institute for Social Research.
86. Taylor, S.E., Dickerson, S.S., & Klein, L.C. (2002). Toward a biology of social support. In C. R. Snyder & S. J. Lopez (Eds.), Handbook of positive psychology (pp. 556-569). New York: Oxford University Press.
87. Taylor, S.E., Klein, L.C., Lewis, B.P., Gruenewald, T.L., Gurung, R.A., & Updegraff, J.A. (2000). Biobehavioral responses to stress in females: Tend-and befriend, not fight-or-flight. Psychological Review, 107, 411-429.
88. Tobin, P.J., & Carson, J. (1994). Stress and the student social worker. Social Work & Social Sciences Review, 5, 246-255.
89. Trickett, E.J., Irving, J.B., & Perl, H. (1984). Curriculum issues in community psychology: The ecology of programme development and the socialization of students. American Journal of Community Psychology, 12, 141-155.
90. Ulku-Steiner, B., Kurtz-Costes, B., & Kinlaw, C.R. (2000). Doctoral student experiences in gender-balanced and male-dominated graduate programs. Journal of Educational Psychology, 92(2), 296-307.
91. Valdez, R. (1982). First year doctoral students and stress. College Student Journal, 16, 30-37.
92. Vredenburgh, L.D., Carlozzi, A.F., & Stein, L.B. (1999). Burnout in counseling psychologists: Type of practice setting and pertinent demographics. Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 12, 293-302.
93. Watkins, C.E., Lopez, F.G., Campbell, V.L., & Himmell, C.D. (1986). Contemporary counseling psychology: Results of a national survey. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 33, 301-309.
94. Williams, K.B. (2000). Perceptions of social support in doctoral programs among minority students. Psychological Reports, 86, 1003-1010.
95. Willis, T.A., & Fegan, M.F. (2001). Social networks and social support. In A. Baum, T. A. Revenson, J. E. Singer (Eds.), Handbook of health psychology (pp. 209-234). Mahwah, NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum.
96. Winston, R.B., Jr. (1976). Graduate school environments: Expectations and perceptions. Journal of College Student Personnel, 17, 43-49.
97. Wolf, T.M. (1994). Stress, coping and health: Enhancing well-being during medical school. Medical Education, 28, 8-17.
98. Wolpin, J., Burke, R.J., & Greenglass, E.R. (1991). Is job satisfaction an antecedent or a consequence of psychological burnout? Human Relations, 44, 193-209.