Slowiak Julie M, DeLongchamp Amanda C
Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota Duluth, 1207 Ordean Ct., 320 Bohannon Hall, Duluth, MN 55812-3011 USA.
Behav Anal Pract. 2021 Jun 8;15(2):414-432. doi: 10.1007/s40617-021-00570-y. eCollection 2022 Jun.
Applied behavior analysis (ABA) practitioners report high levels of burnout, exhibited as exhaustion and disengagement. Turnover, a stressful and costly experience for individual practitioners and the human service organizations that employ them, is a potential consequence of burnout. Work-life balance and work engagement are associated with lower burnout and lower intention to quit. Research concerning behavioral predictors of work-life balance, work engagement, and burnout-all of which are associated with turnover intentions-among ABA service providers is scant. Therefore, the purpose of the current study was to explore whether and how the use of self-care strategies and job-crafting practices influences perceived levels of work-life balance, work engagement, and burnout among ABA practitioners who work in human service settings. In a sample of 826 ABA practitioners, 72% reported medium to high levels of burnout. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that the use of both self-care strategies and job-crafting practices strongly predicted work-life balance, work engagement, and burnout above and beyond sociodemographic variables (gender and years of experience). Findings can inform the development of effective organizational/systems- and individual-level self-care and job-crafting interventions that support sustainable individual, organizational, and client-related outcomes. We contend that self-care and job-crafting interventions support a culture of well-being in graduate programs, training/supervision curricula, and mentor-mentee relationships.
应用行为分析（ABA）从业者报告称职业倦怠程度较高，表现为疲惫和工作投入度降低。人员流动对个体从业者以及雇佣他们的人类服务组织来说是一种压力大且成本高的经历，是职业倦怠可能导致的后果。工作与生活的平衡以及工作投入度与较低的职业倦怠和较低的离职意愿相关。关于ABA服务提供者中工作与生活平衡、工作投入度和职业倦怠（所有这些都与离职意愿相关）的行为预测因素的研究很少。因此，本研究的目的是探讨自我护理策略和工作重塑实践的运用是否以及如何影响在人类服务环境中工作的ABA从业者所感知的工作与生活平衡、工作投入度和职业倦怠水平。在826名ABA从业者的样本中，72%报告称职业倦怠程度为中度至高度。分层回归分析表明，自我护理策略和工作重塑实践的运用在社会人口统计学变量（性别和工作年限）之外，能有力地预测工作与生活平衡、工作投入度和职业倦怠。研究结果可为制定有效的组织/系统层面和个人层面的自我护理及工作重塑干预措施提供参考，这些干预措施有助于实现可持续的个人、组织和与客户相关的成果。我们认为，自我护理和工作重塑干预措施有助于在研究生项目、培训/督导课程以及师徒关系中营造一种幸福文化。
