A rational-emotive stress management intervention for reducing job burnout and dysfunctional distress among special education teachers: An effect study.
Medicine (Baltimore)
; 97(17): e0475, 2018 04.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Job-related burnout and distress are adverse stress responses which affect individuals in their occupational environment. This study aimed at investigating the effect of a rational-emotive stress management program on job burnout and dysfunctional distress among special education teachers in Nigeria.METHODS:
A pretest-posttest randomized control group design was used. The participants in the study were 54 special education teachers. Data were collected using self-report questionnaires. Participants were allocated to either the treatment group (nâ=â28 [59.1%]) or the waitlist control group (nâ=â26 [48.1%]), respectively. A rational-emotive stress management manual was used to deliver the intervention. We statistically analyzed the data collected at three-time points with repeated-measures analysis of variance.RESULTS:
At baseline, the job-related burnout symptoms and distress scores of participants were high. However, an intention-to-treat analysis showed that the rational-emotive stress management intervention program was efficacious in reducing the levels of job-related burnout symptoms and dysfunctional distress among participants assigned to the treatment group, compared to a waitlisted group at post-treatment and follow-up meetings.CONCLUSION:
Our study demonstrates the effectiveness of a rational-emotive stress management intervention in reducing the level of job-related burnout and distress in a sample of special education teachers in Nigeria. Occupational health counsellors and other clinicians with sufficient knowledge of rational-emotive behavior therapy framework are urged to employ this approach in assisting other employees in managing job burnout symptoms, and distress.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Terapia Conductista
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Agotamiento Profesional
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Lugar de Trabajo
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Educación Especial
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Maestros
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
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Guideline
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Qualitative_research
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Medicine (Baltimore)
Año:
2018
Tipo del documento:
Article