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| The role of individual, interpersonal and organizational factors in mitigating burnout among elderly Chinese volunteers | | Author(s) | Elsie Chan-wai Yan, Catherine So-kam Tang |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 18, no 9, September 2003 |
| Pages | pp 795-802 |
| Keywords | Chinese people ; Stress ; Learning capacity ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Voluntary work [elderly] ; Social surveys ; Hong Kong. |
| Annotation | 295 older Chinese volunteers were interviewed for this Hong Kong study regarding burnout symptoms and their satisfaction of and perceived benefit from voluntary work. Exploratory factor analysis was performed to determine underlying dimensions of burnout experience. Correlation analyses were then conducted to explore associations among major variables. Hierarchical regression analyses were performed to unearth the relative contributions of various factors in producing burnout. A 2-factor structure of burnout, namely lack of personal accomplishment and emotional depletion, was found. Demographics, individual, interpersonal and organisational factors were significant predictors of lack of personal accomplishment. In particular, personal accomplishment was best predicted by a long duration of voluntary work service and high levels of self-efficacy, work satisfaction, and perceived benefit. For emotional depletion, only demographics and individual factors were significant factors. A low level of emotional depletion was best predicted by older age, a short duration of voluntary work experience, and good health. Burnout experience was evident in this study, but with different predictors of affective and cognitive components of burnout. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-031001218 A |
| Classmark | TKL: QNH: DE: F: GHH: 3F: 7DR |
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