Page No: 386-394
Benzita Roshal Ferrao and Lancy D’Souza
University of Mysore, Mysuru.
Over the years the significance of self-care has been researched in increasing number
of groups. While there is plenty of research to indicate self-care is essential there is a
lack in understanding of the factors that influence the practice of self-care. The current
study aims to investigate the extent of emotional exhaustion and its influence on selfcare
among young adults. The Emotional Exhaustion Scale and the Self-Care Scale
questionnaires were used. The sample consisted of 389 young adults in the age group
of 25 years to 35 years. Statistical analysis involved the Mann-Whitney U test. Results
revealed that among young adults increased emotional exhaustion leads to poor overall
self-care, and poor self-care practices for the domains of cognitive, psychological,
emotional, interpersonal, existential, and professional self-care. Physical self-care
increased with increase in emotional exhaustion. Possible reasons on how emotional
exhaustion may impact self-care and its implications in developing self-care training
have been delineated