Abstract
Job burnout is an important issue to address among practicing school psychologists. Although job satisfaction in the field remains high, many school psychologists experience feelings of burnout due to reasons including dissatisfaction with salary, work demands, and strained relationships with coworkers. The current study surveyed recent graduates of a school psychology training program in the Southeast regarding feelings of burnout as well as perceptions of contributory factors. Most participants expressed experiencing at least moderate feelings of burnout at some point during their careers with role overload, level of school resources, salary, insignificant recognition for work, and setting worked in identified most often as sources of burnout. Although no one variable emerged as clearly predictive of burnout, a model containing multiple diverse factors was significant in predicting levels of burnout both in the past and currently. Implications for future research as well as current trainers of school psychologists are also discussed.
