Solution) Burnout of human services professionals Emotional exhaustion, or burnout, is a significant problem

Question: Burnout of human services professionals

Emotional exhaustion, or burnout, is a significant problem for people with careers in human services. A sample of 25 human services professionals at a public hospital was studied. Emotional exhaustion was measured with a questionnaire, the Maslach Burnout Inventory. One of the independent variables considered, called concentration, measured the concentration of an individual’s social contacts within their work group. The table below lists the sample values of the emotional exhaustion index (higher values indicate greater exhaustion) and concentration.

Concentration, x	Exhaustion Index, y	Concentration, x	Exhaustion Index, y
20	100	86	493
60	525	83	892
38	300	79	527
88	980	75	600
79	310	81	855
87	900	75	709
68	410	77	791
12	296	77	718
35	120	77	684
70	501	17	141
80	920	85	400
92	810	96	970
77		506