Raimundo Aguayo-Estremera, María José Membrive-Jiménez, Luis Albendín-García, José L Gómez-Urquiza, José Luis Romero-Bejar, Emilia Inmaculada De la Fuente-Solana, Gustavo R Cañadas
There is abundant literature suggesting that university students in helping professions experience high levels of stress, leading to an increased risk of developing burnout. The objective of this study was to identify burnout profiles in a sample of 1162 Spanish nursing and psychology undergraduates using latent profile analysis, a person-oriented statistical method that can identify hidden homogenous subgroups within a heterogeneous population. We expected to replicate in university students the five-profile structure (burnout, overextended, disengaged, ineffective, and engagement) proposed by Leiter and Maslach using the burnout dimensions (emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and inefficacy) as indicators...
February 8, 2024: Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)