Joann Johnson

The Rela(onship of Social Support and Communica(on

Competence to Burnout
 1:1 services

Mental health diagnoses &

developmental disabilities

Independent living skills

 Burnout

Communication Social
Competence Support
H1: As perceptions of social support increase, reported levels of burnout decrease

H2: As perceptions of communication competence increase reported levels of

burnout decrease

H3: People who have higher perceived communication competence also perceive
that they have higher social support
 Method
Participants

Materials

Procedure
 H1

Social Support

Burnout- Exhaustion r = -.004

P= .490
N= 38

Burnout- Personal Efficacy r = .24

P= .075
N = 37

Burnout- Cynicism r = -.212

P= .101
N= 38
 H2

Burnout Exhaustion Personal Efficacy Cynicism

Communication r = -.33 r = .57 r = -.67

Competence P= .027 P= .000 P= .000
N= 34 N= 33 N= 33
 H3

Social Support

Communication Competence r = .30

P= .045
N= 33
Implications
Limitations