Volume : III, Issue : VIII, August - 2014

JOB BURNOUT AMONG BULGARIAN PRISON STAFF

Stanislava N. Harizanova

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Working in a prison is a stressful, challenging and socially important job. The aim of the present study was to assess the job burnout among Bulgarian prison staff. The cross-sectional study took place through individual, voluntary and anonymous interviewing of 307 employees from three district prisons in Bulgaria (209 men and 98 women) at the mean age of 40.59±0.48 years, as the only criterion for their selection was to have direct contacts with inmates. The Maslach Burnout Inventory was used to collect data. This study revealed that the prison employees do suffer from burnout (10.42%, 25.73% and 50.49% of respondent experienced high levels of burnout in the emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and reduced personal accomplishment subscales, respectively). The high levels of burnout among prison employees were related to maladaptive coping (depersonalization and emotional exhaustion are significantly related to alcohol consumption, while emotional exhaustion is signifcantly associated with substance use).

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Stanislava N. Harizanova Job Burnout Among Bulgarian Prison Staff International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 3, Issue : 8 August 2014

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