A STUDY ON THE BURNOUT SYNDROME IN SOCIAL WORKERS AT VARIOUS STAGES OF AGE DEVELOPMENT

This article is an analytical description of the results of the study on professional burnout among specialists involved in social support of various population groups in our country. The scientific interest in the problem of professional burnout among social workers was shown due to the high relevance of the problem of the burnout syndrome development among professionals in the “person-to-person” field. To describe the characteristics of the manifestation of symptoms of professional burnout in social workers, the authors used one of the main distinctive biopsychic characteristics of a person - his/her age, or rather the various stages of age development, during which, according to the authors’ assumption, the changeable psychological traits inherent in a particular age group may be associated with factors and indicators of the burnout syndrome, which can be expressed in significant differences in the severity of indicators of professional burnout among professionals belonging to different age groups.