Effects of personality and coping style on clinicians' job burnout: regression and path analysis

Abstract

Objective To explore the relationships among personality, coping style and clinicians' job burnout. Methods 1569 clinicians were investigated with Chinese Maslach Burnout Inventory, Eysenck Personality Questionnaire and Simple Coping Style Questionnaire.The data were performed with regression and path analysis. Results The proportion of burnout was 72.4%, the proportion of slight burnout was 36.5%, the proportion of moderate burnout was 31.2% and the proportion of high burnout was 4.7%.When taking demographic variables into consideration, more introvert and neuroticism indicated increasing tendency of emotional exhaustion.More psychoticism, neuroticism and negative coping style indicated increasing tendency of depersonalization and more introvert and negative coping style indicated increasing of reduced personal accomplishment.Coping style could partly mediate the relationship between personality and job burnout. Conclusion Chinese clinicians suffer from burnout severely, coping styles mediate between the personality factors and the burnout level. Key words: Clinicians; Job burnout; Personality; Coping style