The overwhelming focus of the lives of 43 poor, at-risk Hispanic women was coping with threats to their role as providers for their children. Threats included poverty, potential loss of health, drug addiction, lack of social support, low self-esteem, helplessness, and loss of control. Contains 27 references. (SV)

Presents a framework used for viewing stress and organizational stress interventions. Reviews the stress management intervention literature in the context of this framework. Provides examples of corporations committed to stress management programs. Identifies future needs appropriate for organizational psychologists to address. (Author/JS)

Discussion of burnout among library personnel includes a susceptibility profile, indicators of burnout, and administrative contributors. Techniques by which administrators can reduce stress are suggested, including participative management; improved communications; staff development; informal staff gatherings; staff meetings; flexible work…

Looks at academic burnout from the perspective of the transplanted humanist teaching business communication. Describes disparities of fit between the quantitative methods of a business school and the qualitative approach of a humanist. (SR)

A study examined the relationships between components of quality of learning experience and student burnout and the effect of these factors on students' commitment to their college. Results of path analysis are presented. (MSE)

Many women find it difficult to reconcile the responsibilities of a career and a family. Issues discussed are: sexual discrimination on campus, women faculty members less productive than male colleagues and therefore less qualified for promotion, family responsibilities restricting women's opportunities for advancement, the 1978 Pregnancy…

High school students (n=322) participating in a year-long study of the college selection decision-making process showed greater certainty and readiness to make a decision over the year, but rated the stressfulness of the decision high throughout. Students evidently saw this decision as a life-framing one. (SLD)

This article considers how special and general educators can apply cognitive-behavioral techniques with academically at-risk students to improve their academic self-concept, improve study skills, help them control anger, reduce their anxiety and stress, and reduce their test anxiety. (DB)

This study used path analysis to examine the effects of work-related factors--including principal support, stress, role problems, job satisfaction, and commitment--on 542 Virginia special educators' expressions of intent to stay in teaching. The study concluded that these work-related variables should be included in strategies for retaining…

Investigated the relationship between marital adjustment and children's functioning at school and home. Marital adjustment was significantly related to two achievement measures (grades and teacher reports of school performance) and a trend was found for a third (achievement test scores). Significant associations also were found for other measures…

Evaluation of job-related tension as perceived by 52 New Zealand rehabilitation service providers found a positive relationship between job tension and general psychological distress, a negative relationship between self-esteem and both job tension and distress, and a moderating effect of positive self-esteem on effects of job tension. (Author/DB)

Investigates the degree and character of career burnout among mass communication educators, using the Maslach Burnout Inventory which conceptualizes burnout as a three-dimensional variable consisting of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced feelings of personal accomplishment. Discusses results in terms of rank and tenure, gender…

Evaluated the impact of chronic illness on the psychological functioning and social behavior of adolescent patients. A questionnaire was given to thalassaemics (n=90) and a control group (n=100) investigating coping strategies in stressful situations. Study supports hypothesis that chronic illness does not necessarily imply psychopathologies, but…

This 7-year study examined effects of the stigma of disability in terms of manifestations of stress, stressors, and stress mediators in 131 parents of children with moderate or severe intellectual disabilities at 3 age levels: children, teenagers, and adults. Parental stress was associated with "controlled affect" and "disassociation." Verbal…

Six sets of data from previous studies are used to investigate the factor structure of the Maslach Burnout Inventory. In all 6 sets, the 22 inventory items divided between 2 clearly replicable factors. The larger, the Core of Burnout Factor, divides in turn into two equally replicable factors. (SLD)