Coping in Adult and Young Offender Center Correctional Officers
H1: To what extent is burnout responsible for absenteeism, high turnover and poor physical health of the correctional officers? The independent variable in this context us the rate of employee burnout while the dependent variables are the elements associated with burnout 7such as ill-health, turnover rates and absenteeism of the officers from duty (Gould et al. 36).
H2: The rate of burn out is relatively high among junior correctional officers as compared to senior officers. In this case, the independent variable is the age of an officer awhile dependent variable is the rate of burnout. This is because, in this second hypothesis, the rate is examined concerning the age of the correctional officers (Gould et al. 39).
The participants in the experiment comprised of correctional officers drawn from 10 correctional centres. The research was based in the province of Alberta. The officers were drawn from different levels such as WS, CPO 1, 2 and 3, CSW 1, 2 and 3. The total sample space was 208 officers from various departments (Gould et al. 41). Data was gathered from the participants using an online survey. The survey had three different questionnaires that were targeting responses of the officer on burnout and coping. Again a variety of psychometric questionnaires were also used in the research. The demographic surveys demanded answers on age, gender, level of education, rank, length of experience and place of work (station). The study established that increased tenure is linked to the rate of employee burnout. Further, it revealed that there is no relationship between the duration of experience and burnout. Further, the study established that the rate of burnout among the correctional officers also varied significantly based on the type of offenders (Gould et al. 46)
Works Cited
Gould, Drew D. et al. The relationship between burnout and coping in adult and young offender centre correctional officers: An exploratory investigation. American Psychological Association. 2013, Vol. 10 (1), 37-47