Date of Conferral

2021

Degree

Ph.D.

School

Psychology

Advisor

Reginald Taylor

Abstract

Burnout is an individual reaction to high levels of emotional demands in different social fields, such as counseling. Counselors who experience constant stress are more vulnerable to professional impairment, such as burnout. Understanding factors that impact burnout can aid in developing interventions to support and educate counselors. Grounded in the gender role theory, the purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to examine the impact of counselor gender on three measures of burnout (depersonalization, emotional exhaustion, and personal accomplishment) after controlling for counselor’s years of experience. Secondary data records (N = 123) were collected from a national survey of Thai psychiatrists and analyzed using three ANCOVAs. After adjustment for the counselor years of service, there was a statistically significant depersonalization gender mean difference, F (1, 123) = 17.13, p = .001; partial eta squared = .071. The counselor’s years of service were not statistically significant. After adjustment for the counselor’s years of service, there was a statistically significant emotional exhaustion gender mean difference, F (1, 123) = 5.59, p = .019, partial eta squared = .024. The counselor’s years of service were not statistically significant. After adjustment for the counselor years of service, there was a statistically significant personal accomplishment gender mean difference, F (1, 123) = 15.79, p = .001, partial eta squared = .066. The counselor’s years of service were statistically significant, F (1, 123) = 8.24, p = .004, partial eta squared =.036. The implications for positive social change include the potential for developing counselor training programs addressing self-regulation and the effects of burnout.

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