In this powerful exploration of youth solidarity, a conversation takes place between two youth activists in the climate movement: the Pacific Climate Warrior Brianna Fruean, whose island of Samoa is already affected by cyclones and floods, and Anna Taylor, who kickstarted the United Kingdom's school strikes network. They compare notes on what…

This position paper reviews four intersecting trends impacting the burnout and turnover of clinical staff in counseling centers in the 2020s: ever expanding service demand, mismatched clinical models, the emergence of third party vendors, and uncompetitive salaries. The authors provide a framework and make recommendations for institutions to take…

In this commentary we first examine psychometric issues in the ambitious enterprise of cross-cultural application of the Parental Burnout Assessment (PBA). The present reports span a wide range of cultural places. Overall, the PBA presents good face validity and a strong replication of factor structure; future multi-group confirmatory factor…

Discusses the characteristics, causes, and remedies of job stress or burnout. (JOW)

Presents previously unpublished paper written by Abraham Maslow during the mid-1960s in which he outlined dozens of methods for overcoming ennui and "burnout" thereby enriching peoples' lives. Discusses the realm of honesty, pride, and dignity and entering the being-realm. (Author/ABL)

This article presents a review of literature addressing professional burnout, designed to help professionals recognize at-risk patterns and characteristics of burnout. A conceptual model is presented for managing work setting and work style characteristics that place early intervention providers at risk for burnout. (Author/PB)

Draws on current social science literature and applies it to the library reference setting in order to identify the symptoms of burnout in reference librarians. Remedies are suggested for individuals afflicted by burnout. A reference list and bibliography are included. (JL)

Burnout among psychotherapists appears to be low; most psychotherapists seem quite satisfied with their work and untouched by the dysfunctional symptoms of burnout. Interviews with 60 therapists revealed that most considered "lack of therapeutic success" to be the single most stressful aspect of therapeutic work. Burnout was most often attributed…

Reviews the roles the department chairperson is expected to fill and offers a firstline defense against burnout. (PD)

Proposes that an important psychological variable, codependence, may help to account for the phenomenon of burnout among resident assistants and other high-achieving, socially able college students. Explores characteristics of codependency. Suggests ways that institutional policy can help to decrease resident assistant burnout and related…

Notes that burnout among caregivers of the terminally ill is related to the various ways in which people meet their death. Provides examples of reactions to different types of death and makes suggestions for identifying and coping with caregiver burnout throughout the spectrum of individuals, relationships, and modes of death. (Author/NB)

Cooperative education can be an antidote for student and faculty burnout. For students, cooperative job experience shows the relationship between classes and the real world, making classwork seem more relevant. When these highly motivated students return to the classroom, the excitement deters professorial burnout. (JOW)

Because of increasing incidence of burnout among midlevel managers, many companies are reducing workload schedules, an arrangement that would have been unthinkable 10 years ago. Surveys have made the case that flexible work arrangements increase employee happiness and, therefore, productivity. (JOW)

Suggests that the structure of collegiate debate tournaments and the pressures placed on directors has necessarily created an unsustainable cycle that threatens the physical and mental well being of coaches and undermines the long-term health of the activity of collegiate debate. Outlines some problems and pitfalls faced by coaches and some…

Suggests theoretical renewal as protection against counselor burnout. Theoretical renewal involves a review of the practical value of a theory, objective criteria that offer credibility, subjective elements that influence theoretical preference, and the importance of maintaining a balance between objective and subjective factors. (JAC)