Niveles de Burnout y Carga de Trabajo en Líderes Juveniles de la Iglesia Adventista del Séptimo Día en la Zona del Pacífico Sur (Guerrero y Morelos)

Leadership is a fundamental concept in human nature that involves an individual’s ability to guide and motivate others toward the achievement of common goals (Nueva Escuela Mexicana, n.d.). One of the missions of the Seventh-day Adventist Church is to involve young people in its ministries in order to develop new leaders, through the wide range of programs offered by the religious organization (Seventh-day Adventist Church, South American Division, 2014). However, leadership can generate a certain degree of burnout due to constant demands, characterized by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and low personal accomplishment at work (Badia, 2024). Therefore, this study investigated workload, burnout syndrome, and motivation among 55 youth leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific Zone (Guerrero and Morelos). The results showed that, among the three burnout dimensions (Emotional Exhaustion, Depersonalization, and Personal Accomplishment), 47.7% of participants presented Emotional Exhaustion, 70.91% presented Depersonalization, and 49.09% reported a low sense of Personal Accomplishment. Additionally, 43.64% of Adventist youth leaders perceived their workload as heavy, while only 12.73% (7) considered it light. Faith and communication with a higher being emerged as the main motivational factor to cope with this workload and to carry out leadership responsibilities, reported by up to 74.55% of participants. Finally, a moderate positive correlation (r = 0.51) was found between workload and the presence of burnout syndrome.