01131nas a2200205   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653001200118653001100130653002100141653001100162100002500173700002800198245007800226300001200304490000600316520057500322022001400897020001400911       1995                            d  c07/1995bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10aBurnout10aStress10alocus of control10aPrison1 aJosé Buendía Vidal1 aAntonio Riquelme Marín00aBurnout, stress factors, and locus of control in a group of prison guards  a195-2040 v13 aThe relationship between burnout, stress factors and locus of control are being studied in a group of 85 prison guards. Among the assessment instruments, the following were applied: The Maslach Burnout Inventory, (Maslach and Jackson, 1981), the Rotter s Locus of Control Scale, (Rotter, 1954), and a questionnaire developed to evaluate the source s of work stress in a prison context. Results indicate a greater predictive capacity of stress factors concerning emotional exhaustion, and a bigger predisposition to exhaustion in people with an external locus of control.  a1134-7937  a2174-0437