Jay, Georgia M2021-07-262021-07-262021-07https://hdl.handle.net/11299/222252A Plan B Research Project submitted to the faculty of the University of Minnesota Duluth by Georgia Jay in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts, July 2021. This item has been modified from the original to redact the signatures present.Employees in the field of applied behavior analysis (ABA) are at high risk of feeling exhausted and disengaged, which are manifestations of burnout (e.g., Plantiveau et al., 2018; Slowiak & DeLongchamp, 2021). The thoughts or plans to leave one’s place of employment, known as turnover intentions, are among many negative outcomes of burnout. Turnover is a major concern in human service organizations, partially due to the costs associated with hiring and training new practitioners (Lee et al., 2018). The current study examined the relationship between work demands and burnout for ABA practitioners during the COVID-19 pandemic and whether supervisor support, coworker support, and psychological flexibility weaken that relationship. In a sample of 298 ABA practitioners, 87.25% reported moderate to high levels of burnout, which was positively associated with work demands. While supervisor support, coworker support, and psychological flexibility are predictors of burnout, moderation analyses revealed that they do not moderate the relationship between work demands and burnout. Results of this study contribute to the literature by providing a pre/during pandemic comparison of job burnout among ABA practitioners. Findings can inform the creation of interventions that help address burnout among this population.enDepartment of PsychologyCollege of Education and Human Service ProfessionsUniversity of Minnesota DuluthMaster of ArtsMaster of Arts in Psychological SciencePlan Bs (project-based master's degrees)Industrial-Organizational trackScholarly Text or Essay