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76 TPC D igest Full article and references: Bardhoshi, G., Schweinle, A., & Duncan, K. (2014). Understanding the impact of school factors on school counselor burnout: A mixed-methods study. The Professional Counselor , 4 , 426–443. doi:10.15241/gb.4.5.426 work environment and deterioration in personal life. Hierarchical regression analysis supported that for all but one dimension of burnout (devaluing clients), unique school factors such as caseload size, Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) status and perceived principal support significantly added to the prediction of burnout, over and above the increase accounted for by assignment of noncounseling duties. Moderation analyses supported that certain school factors can moderate the effect of noncounseling duties as they relate to school counselor burnout. Mainly, meeting AYP and caseload size moderated the effects of noncounseling duties on exhaustion, while caseload also moderated the effects of noncounselor duties as they relate to incompetence, devaluing clients and deterioration in personal life. Major themes from qualitative data indicated that participants related their experience of burnout in terms of emotional exhaustion, reduced effectiveness, performing noncounseling duties, job dissatisfaction and being tied to unique organizational factors in their school setting. The majority of school counselors viewed the assignment of noncounseling duties as having adverse personal and professional effects (supporting the quantitative results), or resignedly accepted them as a reality of the job. However, some counselors also reframed the performance of noncounseling duties within the context of their school, conceptualizing them as fair share duties and suggesting that performing them was part of being a team, and even an opportunity to better perform their job. Implications for both school counselors and counselor educators are discussed. The Professional Counselor DIGEST Volume 4, Issue 5 http://tpcjournal.nbcc.org © 2014 NBCC, Inc. and Affiliates