Burnout Tendencies and Mental Health Issues of Administrative Staff of the University
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2016
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University of Management & Technology
Abstract
The current study is an attempt to explore the relationship between Burnout tendencies and Mental Health functioning in Administrative staff of University. The current study was carried out in four stages in the first stage the phenomenology of the Burnout tendencies was explored through open ended approach from 20 participants. This phase resulted into 75 items the final list of 53 items was further validated by 10 experts and piloted on 30 participants age range Mean. In the final stage a sample of 193 (75% male, 25% female) with the age range of (M 32.35, SD 8.40) was selected through purposive sampling from Private Sector University and given Burnout Scale, Depression Anxiety Stress Scale DASS, (Lovibond, & Lovibon, 1995) along with the demographic form. The results of factor analysis revealed a three factor solution namely Feeling Exhausted, Feeling of Dysfunctional and Somatic Complaints. The Burnout scale was found to have high internal consistency and concurrent validity the results of Hierarchical Regression analysis revealed that Burnout was found to be significant predictor of Mental Health issues in Administrative staff of the University. The results are discussed in terms of stress management and counseling for the administrative staff of the university
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Dr. Zahid Mahmood
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Mental Health functioning, Burnout tendencies, Feeling of Dysfunctional and Somatic Complaints, MS