Job Frustration in Substance Abuse Counselors Working With Offenders in Prisons Versus Community Settings

This study also investigated whether organizational support was associated with job frustration after controlling for counselor characteristics and workplace setting. This was accomplished utilizing data that were collected from 267 counselors as part of the Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Studies research cooperative. Results indicated that counselors employed in community settings, as compared with those employed in prisons, are more likely to report higher levels of perceived organizational support. In addition, ordinal logistic regression results reveal that counselors who are non-White and have greater levels of organizational support have less job frustration, after controlling for counselor characteristics and workplace setting. The researches to practice implications are discussed.
Source: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: Articles Source Type: research