The relations between personality characteristics, work environment, and the professional well-being of music therapists

The purpose of this correlational study was to investigate the relations between professional well-being (as characterized by positive attitudes toward work and longevity as a practicing music therapist) and the following factors: age, level of education, income, attitudes regarding the workplace (e.g., perceived control, feeling valued, as well as the amount of perceived comfort and input into administrative policies), attitudes toward work as measured by the Maslach Burnout Inventory (Maslach & Jackson, 1986a), and measures of stress and stress management as measured by the Stress Profile (Nowack, 1999a). Participants included 49 music therapists who had between one to 36 years of work experience. Correlations indicated that those respondents with greatest professional longevity tended to have higher ratings on items regarding cognitive coping strategies (e.g., positive appraisal and threat minimization) and greater perception of personal achievement. These correlational results are related to psychological theories regarding occupational burnout and cognitive hardiness.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2006

Erschienen:

2006

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:43

Enthalten in:

Journal of music therapy - 43(2006), 3 vom: 15., Seite 174-97

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fowler, Kelly L [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Journal Article

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Date Completed 07.12.2006

Date Revised 10.11.2019

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM165957689