Authors : Marketa Elichova, Monika Flidrova and Alena Jileekova
Abstract: Burnout syndrome is a problem of modern times. Helping professions whose performance accompanies high psychological burden are affected by burnout for the very nature of their job content, the current status and perception in society. The situation in the Czech Republic corresponds with the one in Western societies but it is more complicated due to unclear and often conflicting input, output and content of professiographic aspects of the social work profession and job content which is evident even in the educational area. The survey carried out among social workers showed burnout in at least one area in 51% of them. Most often it was the area of depersonalization which represents the interpersonal dimension. The workers in young adulthood with about 5 year practice are the most threatened by the syndrome. Respondents who prevent stress and its consequences in several ways were threatened significantly less.
Marketa Elichova, Monika Flidrova and Alena Jileekova, 2016. Burn out Syndrom in Social Workers in the Czech Republic. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 11: 1617-1622.