The Relationship of Occupational Stress, Psychological Strain, and Coping Resources to the Turnover Intentions of Rehabilitation Counselors

Abstract

The Occupational Stress Inventory—Revised (Osipow, 1998) and an individual data form were used to determine the turnover intentions of rehabilitation counselors, based on an interactive model of stress, strain, and coping as well as various demographic variables. The sample consisted of counselors who considered themselves to be employed full-time as rehabilitation counselors, regardless of job setting, and who are members of the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association. The results indicate that it is the occupational stress inherent in the job functions of rehabilitation counselors, and not individual coping resources or demographic variables, that accounts for the turnover intentions of counselors in the field of rehabilitation.