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标题：MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF BURNOUT SYNDROME IN LATIN-AMERICAN PRIESTS
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作者：Helena López Herrera ; Ignacio Pedrosa ; Mª Purificación Vicente Galindo 等
期刊名称：Psicothema
印刷版ISSN：0214-9915
电子版ISSN：1886-144X
出版年度：2014
卷号：26
期号：2
页码：227-234
DOI：10.7334/psicothema2013.178
出版社：Cologio Oficial de Psicólogos del Principado
摘要：Background: Burnout syndrome is a highly prevalent disorder in a wide range of professional groups, and is associated with substantial psychophysiological alterations. Nevertheless, this syndrome has not been analyzed in depth among the clergy, a group which fulfils a fundamental social function and has to deal with numerous stressors that increase the risk of burnout onset. Method: In the present study, the authors assessed 881 Catholic priests from Latin America. The Maslach Burnout Inventory-22, the General Health Questionnaire-28 and the CAGE were applied; we also recorded the priests’ rates of cigarette-smoking. Specific cut-off points were set for burnout syndrome in priests. Results: The original factor structures of the questionnaires are confirmed in the clerical sample, and the reliability is adequate. As regards the dimensions of the syndrome as a function of the countries studied, no statistically significant differences were found, except for the exhaustion dimension. Conclusions: The authors established the typology that defines the relevance and effect of each dimension, as well as its prevalence in this group, with a figure of 25.39%. Furthermore, burnout shows a clear relationship with general health and may be associated with addiction to substances such as alcohol or tobacco.
关键词：Burnout; health; priests; clergy; latent class analysis; canonical correspondence analysis.