Modeling Occupational Burnout Based on Job Stress With the Mediating Role of Psychological Capital and Coping Strategies Among Nurses

Abstract

Background: Occupational burnout is one of the factors that can significantly decline the performance of nurses, and can be influenced by various factors. Objectives: The present study seeks to model occupational burnout based on job stress with the mediation of psychological capital and coping strategies used by nurses. Materials & Methods: The present correlational article falls into the category of descriptive-crosssectional studies. The population of the study includes all nurses working in public hospitals of Kermanshah province. A total of 404 nurses selected through random cluster sampling participated in the study. Demographic Information Questionnaire, Nursing Stress Scale, Maslach Burnout inventory, The Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations and psychological capital questionnaire were used for data collection purposes. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS software, version 24 and Amos software, version 24. Results: The results showed that the proposed model had an acceptable goodness of fit (χ2/df=3.05, GFI=0.90, CFI=0.93, RMSEA=0.07). The results suggest that occupational stress with the mediating role of problem -focused coping (β=0.028, P=0.001), emotion-focused coping (β=0.069, P=0.001), avoidant-oriented coping (β=0.046, P=0.001) and psychological capital (β=0.144, P=0.001) can indirectly affect nurses’ occupational burnout. Conclusion: Job stress affects nurses’ burnout directly as well as through the mediation of problem-focused coping, emotion-focused coping, avoidant-oriented coping and psychological capital. Accordingly, authorities are advised to organize training courses to improve coping strategies and psychological capital of nurses and thereby mitigate the effect of occupational stress.