APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
Examining Goal Disengagement and Burnout through Cognitive Energetics Theory
- To'Nee Mutswairo
University of Maryland, College Park - Jessica Fernandez
University of Maryland, College Park - Adam Factor
University of Maryland, College Park - Arie Kruglanski
University of Maryland, College Park
Abstract
Cognitive Energetics Theory (CET) posits that goal attainment is a function of oppositional driving and restraining forces. The present analysis examines common symptoms of burnout as manifestations of restraining forces, finding that the CET model can be successfully applied to burnout in various domains including helping professions, academia, and activism.
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