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Burnout and empowerment attitudes in direct support professionals: exploring the potential influence of individual-level factors and occupational stress

Crane, Jill Marie, Crane
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3952-7048
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1534158631271664

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2018, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Psychology.
Direct support professionals have an important role in supporting and empowering the people with intellectual and developmental disabilities they serve. Occupational stress, burnout, and turnover are high among direct support professionals (DSPs). Personality traits, values, and attitudes toward empowerment likely contribute to the degree to which an individual is well suited to direct support work, which may impact occupational stress and burnout. This study explored relationships between the individual-level factors of motivation and values, empowerment attitudes, occupational stressors, burnout, and turnover in a sample of 195 DSPs working with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. A series of multiple regression analyses, structural equation modeling, and binomial logistic regression analyses was conducted. Findings indicate that being non-competitive, being motivated to care for loved ones, wishing to avoid breaking rules or offending others, and valuing pleasure-seeking were associated with stronger empowerment attitudes. Considering one's duties as a DSP to be more abstract and constantly changing, less likely to exhibit indicators of poor job performance less likely to be emotionally distant from their clients and coworkers, and more likely to feel personally accomplished by their work. Binomial logistic regression revealed that feeling that one's work is too challenging was significantly related to intentions to leave one's job within a year. This research offers insight into desirable individual-level factors in DSPs which may have implications for recruitment, training, and sustaining the direct support workforce.
Susan Havercamp (Advisor)
Marc Tassé (Committee Member)
Luc Lecavalier (Committee Member)
85 p.
Psychology

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  • Crane, Crane, J. M. (2018). Burnout and empowerment attitudes in direct support professionals: exploring the potential influence of individual-level factors and occupational stress [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1534158631271664

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Crane, Crane, Jill. Burnout and empowerment attitudes in direct support professionals: exploring the potential influence of individual-level factors and occupational stress. 2018. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1534158631271664.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Crane, Crane, Jill. "Burnout and empowerment attitudes in direct support professionals: exploring the potential influence of individual-level factors and occupational stress." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1534158631271664

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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