California State University, San Bernardino CSUSB ScholarWorks Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations Office of aduateGr Studies 6-2016 PREDICTING BURNOUT AMONG PSYCHIATRIC TECHNICIANS Sarah E. Hernandez California State University, San Bernardino Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd Part of the Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Commons, and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons Recommended Citation Hernandez, Sarah E., "PREDICTING BURNOUT AMONG PSYCHIATRIC TECHNICIANS" (2016). Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations. 304. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/304 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Office of aduateGr Studies at CSUSB ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of CSUSB ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. PREDICTING BURNOUT AMONG PSYCHIATRIC TECHNICIANS A Project Presented to the Faculty of California State University, San Bernardino In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Social Work by Sarah Elizabeth Hernandez June 2016 PREDICTING BURNOUT AMONG PSYCHIATRIC TECHNICIANS A Project Presented to the Faculty of California State University, San Bernardino by Sarah Elizabeth Hernandez June 2016 Approved by: Dr. Tom Davis, Faculty Supervisor, Social Work Dr. Janet Chang, Research Coordinator © 2016 Sarah Elizabeth Hernandez ABSTRACT This thesis attempted to examine stressors associated with the psychiatric technician profession and levels of burnout amongst them. This was accomplished with the use of a survey that included demographic data, the Maslach Burnout Inventory Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS), an adaptation of the Nursing Stress Scale (NSS) and a self-care assessment tool.