RT Journal Article T1 Burnout, Informal Social Support and Psychological Distress among SocialWorkers A1 Sánchez Moreno, Esteban A1 De La Fuente Roldán, Iria Noa A1 Gallardo Peralta, Lorena Patricia A1 Barrón López de Roda, Ana AB Previous research has shown that social workers are a profession at risk of suffering a high incidence of so-called burnout syndrome. Burnout is in turn related to psychological distress. Social support from informal sources is a factor with potential to reduce the psychological distress caused by burnout. However, the previous research has not considered informal social support in sufficient detail. This article, using a cross-sectional study, analyses the relationship between burnout, informal social support and psychological distress in a sample of social workers in Spain (n ¼ 189). The results show a high incidence of psychological distress and burnout, above all in terms of Emotional Exhaustion (EE). The results of the hierarchical regression analysis confirm the importance of informal social support as a variable negatively related to distress, even in the presence of burnout. Surprisingly, organisational variables were not associated with distress. Longitudinal and qualitative research is necessary to examine the nature of this relationship in detail. PB British Association of Social Workers SN 0045-3102, ESSN: 1468-263X YR 2014 FD 2014-09-15 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/34689 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/34689 LA eng DS Docta Complutense RD 28 jul 2024