| This study investigated the health and well-being of school psychologists practicing in the school setting by measuring the presence of burnout and the occurrence of physical ailments. Secondly, work setting and role diversity (traditional service delivery model compared to problem solving model/RtI) were also investigated in relation to burnout.;School psychologists with state association memberships in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Wyoming as well as school psychologists following school psychology social media websites were invited to participate in an on-line survey. A total of 265 individuals responded to the request to participate in the study. However, 101 respondents did not go past the informed consent document resulting in 164 questionnaires completed on the Mind Garden website. Of the 164 respondents 140 were employed full-time as school psychologists and included in the current study. The participants completed a questionnaire that included the demographics, the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey and additional questions about current health ailments.;Of the school psychologists responding 37.9% reported high levels of burnout on the Emotional Exhaustion domain, 7.1% on the Depersonalization domain and 46.4% reported low levels (indicating high levels of burnout) on the Personal Accomplishment domain. Furthermore, a significant relationship was found between Emotional Exhaustion and the following health conditions: high blood pressure, back/neck/shoulder pain, headaches, sleep disturbance, depression and anxiety. There was also a significant relationship between Depersonalization and the following health conditions: heart disease, headaches, respiratory infections, sleep disturbance, depression and anxiety. Finally, there were no significant relationships found between Personal Accomplishment and the health conditions. Further analysis using a series of logistic regressions found that as burnout increases, the odds of having health ailments increases for anxiety, headaches, and back/neck/shoulder pain. Organizational factors such as service delivery models and number of school districts worked in did not significantly mitigate the phenomenon of burnout; however, number of buildings did predict burnout. |
