Abstract Aim and Background: The key purpose of the study was to investigation the relationship of job burnout and some of job variables like type and level of responsibility, service and mangement experiences. Method and Materials: This descriptive study was conducted on 245 managers and vice-chancellors randomly selected by the cluster-sampling technique. They were assessed by Job Burnout Questionnaire. Data were analyzed by t and analysis of variance tests. Findings: There was a relationship between job burnout (emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and lack of personal accomplishment dimensions) and the type and level of responsibility, service and management experiences. Conclusions: This research indicated that type and level of responsibility of managers has an important role in managers’ job burnout.
Aim and Background:The purpose of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of meta-diagnostic therapy and therapy based on acceptance and commitment on mental rumination and emotional exhaustion of divorced female heads of households. Methods and Materials:semi-experimental research method with a pre-test, post-test and follow-up design with two experimental groups and a control group and a statistical population including all divorced female heads of the household in Isfahan city in 1402, which was selected by available sampling method of 45 people And they were randomly placed in two experimental groups (acceptance and commitment treatment group of 15 people and extra diagnostic treatment group of 15 people) and control group (15 people). Then, 8 sessions of 90 minutes were given to the experimental group of acceptance and commitment therapy, and 8 sessions of 90 minutes were given to the experimental group of extra diagnostic therapy.In addition, there was no intervention for the control group. Data collection tools included Nolen-Hoeksema and Moro (1991) mental rumination questionnaire, Maslach and Jackson (1981) emotional exhaustion questionnaire. The data was analyzed by the statistical method of analysis of variance with repeated measurements. Findings:The results showed that there was a significant difference between the mean scores of the post-test and the follow-up test of the variable of mental rumination and the mean scores of the post-test of emotional exhaustion, and the treatment based on acceptance and commitment was more effective than the extra-diagnostic treatment on reducing Divorced women had mental rumination and worry. Conclusions:Acceptance and commitment therapy and transdiagnostic therapy by teaching appropriate methods of dealing with emotional issues have increased the adaptive strategies of divorced female heads of households to regulate emotions and have improved the level of mental health and reduced mental rumination and emotional exhaustion, and this has led to the experience there are fewer physiological and emotional disorders.
