Table 4. Changes in emotional exhaustion according to five long-term DC profiles, using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) for repeated measures.

(Gender and work experience were controlled for).

Emotional Exhaustion	1. Low concern, high Detachment (Detached)	2. High concern, moderate Detachment (Empathic)	3. High concern, high Detachment (Balanced)	4. High concern, low Detachment (curvilinear trend) (Boundless)	5. Low concern, moderate Detachment (increasing) (Moderately uninvolved)
	(n = 35)	(n = 33)	(n = 23)	(n = 9)	(n = 8)
	M (SE)	M (SE)	M (SE)	M (SE)	M (SE)
T1	2.62 (0.14)	2.97 (0.15)	2.40 (0.17)	2.97 (0.27)	3.59 (0.29)
T2	2.64 (0.13)	3.24 (0.14)	2.32 (0.16)	2.98 (0.26)	3.54 (0.27)
T3	2.71 (0.14)	2.98 (0.15)	2.33 (0.17)	3.55 (0.28)	3.59 (0.29)
Pattern differences		F		6.34***
Time effect		F		0.96 ns
Pattern x Time		F		2.60*

Note:

*p<0.05

**p<0.01

***p<0.001