TY - JOUR KW - Burnout KW - Stress KW - locus of control KW - Prison AU - José Buendía Vidal AU - Antonio Riquelme Marín AB - The 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. IS - 2-3 M3 - Journal article N2 - The 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. PB - Sociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés PY - 1995 SN - 2174-0437/1134-7937 SP - 195 EP - 204 T2 - Ansiedad y Estrés TI - Burnout, stress factors, and locus of control in a group of prison guards VL - 1 ER -