Date of Award
8-2010
Degree Name
Master of Music
Department
Music
First Advisor
Dr. Brian L. Wilson
Second Advisor
Edward Roth
Third Advisor
Dr. John Lychner
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Campus Only
Abstract
This study examined the relationship between professional well-being and the participant characteristics of: age, gender, income, level of education, and longevity in a randomly selected sample of music therapists residing in the Great Lakes Region. The aforementioned characteristics were correlated with attitudes toward work as measured by the Maslach Burnout Inventory (Maslach & Jackson, 1986), and measures of stress and stress management as measured by the Stress Profile (Nowack, 1999). Participants scored in the low range for overall stress scores and in the moderate range for overall burnout scores. The results also indicated that high stress scores are indicative of higher scores on the emotional exhaustion subscale of the MBI. The findings in this study supported earlier research in the field which found that, overall, music therapists reported moderate levels of burnout.
Recommended Citation
Irwin, Christine M., "Personality Characteristics and Professional Well-Being of Music Therapists Practicing In The Great Lakes Region of the American Music Therapy Association" (2010). Masters Theses. 358.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/358