Christina Maslach
Christina Maslach is a prominent psychologist known for her groundbreaking research on burnout. She developed the Maslach Burnout Inventory, a widely used tool for measuring burnout in various professions. Through her interviews with individuals in emotionally taxing jobs such as nursing and policing, she identified the core components of burnout as exhaustion, cynicism, and inefficiency. Her work has been instrumental in bringing attention to the psychological toll of work-related stress and has influenced both academic research and workplace policies aimed at mental health.
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Christina Maslach is the psychology professor who was the first to study the syndrome of burnout in the 1970s.
Facing meltdown? Over 75% of people suffer from burnout - here’s what you need to know | Health & wellbeing
United Kingdom· 2026-02-15
Christina Maslach defines academic burnout as a combination of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and decreased self-efficacy.
¿Dar la talla o perderse?, por Angela Veli | OPINION
Peru· 2025-07-26Christina Maslach played a crucial role in stopping the Stanford prison experiment by confronting her husband about the treatment of participants.
Index - Kultúr - Egész életében az apjával küzdött, aki végül belátta, fiának igaza volt
Hungary· 2025-03-23
Christina Maslach is one of the field’s key figures who started interviewing people in emotionally exhausting fields to find a way to sum up their experiences.
Feeling exhausted, cynical, inefficient? It could be ‘burnout’ – if it actually exists – or depression
Australia· 2025-02-25
