Task-oriented Style Research Articles

The Effect of Modified Cardiac Rehabilitation on Erectile Dysfunction and Coping with Stress in Men Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG): A Clinical Trial

Erectile dysfunction and stress are among common post-CABG surgery complications. The present study was conducted to assess the effect of modified cardiac rehabilitation on “erectile dysfunction” and “coping with stress”. In the present clinical trial study, 126 male patients undergoing CABG surgery were randomly assigned to treatment (63 patients) and control (63 patients) groups. Control group received conventional cardiac rehabilitation program over 26 sessions. Treatment group received modified cardiac rehabilitation program, including Kegel exercise and training on stress coping strategies in the first four sessions of their rehabilitation program. Patients were assessed before and after cardiac rehabilitation program using the International Index of Erectile Dysfunction (IIEF-5) questionnaire and Endler and Parker Coping with Stress Scale. Data were analyzed in SPSS using ANOVA, T, and Chi square tests. Mean erectile function score significantly increased in both treatment and control groups, but the difference in mean scores for improvement in erectile function was greater in treatment group (P < 0.001). Analysis showed no significant difference in mean differences between two groups in all subscales of stress coping. Intragroup analysis showed significant differences in both groups between mean differences before and after intervention in task-oriented styles {treatment group (P < 0.002), control group (P < 0.001)}, and social diversion-oriented. The results showed that conventional and modified cardiac rehabilitation can be effective in improving erectile dysfunction and stress coping in task-oriented and social diversion-oriented styles in the men patients with left ventricular ejection fraction over 30% following CABG surgery. However, modified cardiac rehabilitation has greater benefits for improving erectile dysfunction.

Radzenie sobie ze stresem w zawodzie nauczyciela – raport z badań

&lt;p&gt;W artykule zostały zaprezentowane wyniki badań przeprowadzonych z udziałem 142 nauczycieli szkół podstawowych. Punktem wyjścia analiz uczyniono rozważania odnoszące się do nauczycielskiego stresu zawodowego, natomiast ich celem było: a) określenie siły tendencji osób badanych do stosowania poszczególnych stylów radzenia sobie ze stresem, b) wykrycie ewentualnych różnic w zakresie owych tendencji pomiędzy grupami nauczycieli wyróżnionymi ze względu na stopień awansu zawodowego, c) określenie – poprzez zastosowanie analizy korelacyjnej – ewentualnych związków pomiędzy stylami radzenia sobie ze stresem a właściwościami wewnętrznymi istotnymi z perspektywy pracy szkolnej (ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem moderatorów stresu, takich jak inteligencja emocjonalna czy kompetencje społeczne). Zastosowane procedury badawcze umożliwiły zgromadzenie danych, które ujawniły, że skłonność osób badanych do stosowania stylu radzenia sobie ze stresem skoncentrowanego na zadaniu była istotnie wyższa niż ich tendencja do angażowania się w aktywności właściwe pozostałym stylom: skoncentrowanemu na emocjach oraz skoncentrowanemu na unikaniu. W większości przypadków analizy porównawcze nie wykazały, by pomiędzy nauczycielami różniącymi się stopniem awansu zawodowego wystąpiły statystycznie istotne różnice w zakresie preferowania działań charakterystycznych dla któregokolwiek stylu. Z kolei analizy korelacyjne potwierdziły w części przypadków istnienie statystycznie istotnych związków pomiędzy poszczególnymi stylami radzenia sobie ze stresem a czynnikami kluczowymi z perspektywy zdolności nauczycieli do skutecznego stawiania czoła sytuacjom trudnym.&lt;/p&gt;

Self-esteem of people who practice sport in relation to their experiencing the flow state and their style of coping with stress

The purpose of this work was to ascertain the association of the level of athletes’ self-esteem with their stress management and experiencing the flow state. The study included 56 men and 18 women, aged 19 to 25, who practiced sport and lived in Gorzow Wielkopolski and its vicinity. The following tools were employed: the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, N.S. Endler and J.D. Parker’s Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS), and S. Jackson and D. Eklund’s Flow State Scale – 2. For the analysis of variables descriptive statistics, correlation measures (Pearson’s r) and regression analysis were used. It was found that there is a positive correlation at the level of 0.05 between high self-esteem and the task-oriented style of coping with stressful situations, and a significant negative correlation at the level of 0.01 between self-esteem and the emotion-oriented style of stress management. The level of self-esteem also correlates with experiencing the flow state. Self-esteem is an important predictor of the method of coping with stressful situations and experiencing the flow state. People with higher self-esteem achieve the state of a kind of felicity, an autotelic experience. They are aware of their own abilities, have the feeling that they effortlessly control their situation and themselves, and can distance themselves from the surrounding environment. In a stressful situation, they focus on the problem.

Nurse Leadership Style, Nurse Satisfaction, and Patient Satisfaction: A Systematic Review.

The purpose of this systematic review was to synthesize current evidence on nursing leadership styles, nurse satisfaction, and patient satisfaction. Results suggest that relational leadership traits contribute to greater nurse satisfaction whereas task-oriented styles may decrease nurse satisfaction. Minimal information for the connection between nursing leadership and patient satisfaction was found.

Reliability Analysis of Supervisory Styles Inventory: A Preliminary Study

The study aims to investigate the influence of the supervisory styles on supervision outcome among undergraduate counsellor trainees. Empirical gap and methodological gap are delivered through this study by considering Malaysian context as the background of the study and taking undergraduate population with heterogeneous sample involved. System Approach to Supervision (SAS) Model serves as the basis to carry out the study. This study is quantitative in nature with correlational research design to study both the influence and relationship between supervisory styles and supervision outcome (counsellor trainees’ satisfaction). The pilot study involved 30 students from the Bachelor of Counselling (Honors) program at UNIMAS who are undergoing their practicum training. Stratified random sampling technique is utilized to select the respondents. The Supervisory Style Inventory (SSI) instrument measures three subscales (attractive, interpersonally-sensitive and task-oriented style). The three subscales have reported high reliability analysis. The result showed that SSI has a high reliability analysis ranging from α = 0.868 to α = 0.924. The reliability values of the three subscales are reported respectively as follows: (i)attractive at α = 0.92; (ii) interpersonally-sensitive α = 0.87; and (iii) task-oriented α = 0.92. The SSI instrument is reliable for measuring the supervisory styles of supervisors towards supervisees. Implications of the findings for counsellors, supervisors, trainee counsellors and area for future research are discussed with regard to attractive, interpersonally-sensitive and task-oriented. &#x0D; Keywords: Reliability; supervisory styles inventory; trainee counsellors; preliminary study

Poczucie umiejscowienia kontroli a radzenie sobie ze stresem u kobiet z jadłowstrętem psychicznym – badanie wstępne

The study aimed at searching for the relationship between the locus of control and coping with stress in women with anorexia nervosa. The results of 72 women, including 26 ones suffering from anorexia and 46 healthy ones, constituting the control group, were analysed. In the study, the Delta Questionnaire for sense-of-control assessments by Drwal was used alongside the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS) by Endler and Parker. Women with anorexia nervosa are different from healthy ones in that their external locus of control is significantly stronger. When coping with stress, women with anorexia nervosa use the emotional style significantly more frequently than healthy ones, whereas they use the task-oriented style and the avoiding style in the form of seeking support from other people significantly less frequently. In the group of women with anorexia, the external locus of control correlates positively with the emotional style and the avoiding style in the form of undertaking substitutive activities, and it correlates negatively with the lie scale. The results can constitute the basis for further analyses aiming at searching for interrelations between the locus of control and other dimensions of the psychosocial functioning of women with eating disorders.

Radzenie sobie ze stresem a poczucie koherencji u kobiet z żarłocznością psychiczną – badanie wstępne

The research aimed at searching for the relationship between the ways of coping with stress and the sense of coherence in women suffering from bulimia nervosa. The study comprised 36 women with bulimia nervosa according to the ICD-10 criteria, as well as 46 healthy women, constituting the control group. The members of both groups were not substantially different considering their age, their marital status, and their education. In the study, the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS) by Endler and Parker was used alongside the Life Orientation Questionnaire (SOC-29) by Antonovsky. When coping with stress, women with bulimia nervosa use the emotional style and the avoiding style in the form of undertaking substitutive activities significantly more frequently than healthy women, and they use the task-oriented style significantly less frequently. Women suffering from bulimia are characterized with a substantially weaker sense of coherence, both in the total result and in particular dimensions. The research confirmed the partially accepted hypotheses concerning the interrelation between the ways of coping with stress and the sense of coherence of the participants. In the group of women with bulimia, the task-oriented style correlates positively with the feeling of comprehensibility, whereas the emotional style correlates negatively with the general sense of coherence as well as its particular dimensions. The avoiding style of coping with stress in the form of undertaking substitutive actions correlates negatively with the sense of comprehensibility and the sense of meaningfulness, as well as with the total SOC in women suffering from bulimia nervosa. The received results can constitute the basis for further analyses aiming at searching for interrelations between different dimensions of the psychosocial functioning of people with eating disorders.

Style radzenia sobie ze stresem wśród ratowników medycznych i studentów ratownictwa medycznego

Wstęp: Zagadnieniem stresu i sposobami radzenia sobie z nim od wielu lat zajmują się specjaliści psychologii oraz naukowcy z innych dziedzin, zwłaszcza medycyny, pedagogiki i socjologii. Państwowe Ratownictwo Medyczne jest strukturą szczególnie narażoną na obciążenia psychofizyczne i stres. Studenci i słuchacze kierunków ratownictwo medyczne do pracy zawodowej są przygotowywani w warunkach pracowni symulacyjnych, w których uczą się podejmowania racjonalnych decyzji, natomiast praktyki zawodowe odbywają w warunkach naturalnych, odzwierciedlających charakter przyszłej, niezwykle trudnej pracy.Celem pracy była ocena natężenia poziomu stresu i sposobu radzenia sobie ze stresem w grupie czynnych zawodowo ratowników medycznych, studentów i słuchaczy ratownictwa medycznego.Materiały i metody: Do oceny poziomu stresu zastosowano test PSS-10, natomiast do oceny sposobów radzenia sobie ze stresem zastosowano kwestionariusz CISS pozwalający na określenie stylu radzenia sobie ze stresem.Wyniki: Grupę badawczą stanowiło 87 (100%) respondentów, wśród których było 29 (33,33%) ratowników medycznych pracujący w Systemie Państwowego Ratownictwa Medycznego, 29 (33,33%) studentów studiów pierwszego stopnia kierunku ratownictwo medyczne Akademii Pomorskiej w Słupsku oraz 29 (33,33%) słuchaczy 2-letniego studium kierunku ratownictwo medyczne przy szkole Towarzystwa Edukacji Dorosłych i Młodzieży. Średnia wieku całej grupy oscylowała w granicach 29,91 (SD = 7,75). W odniesieniu do stylów radzenia sobie ze stresem średnie najwyższe wartości we wszystkich grupach występowały w stylu skoncentrowanym na zadaniu. Wśród czynnych zawodowo ratowników medycznych staż pracy istotnie statystycznie wpływa na poziom stresu i style radzenia sobie ze stresem (p = 0,0000).Wnioski: Styl skoncentrowany na zadaniu jest stylem radzenia sobie ze stresem zarówno wśród studentów i słuchaczy kierunku ratownictwo medyczne, jak i w grupie pracujących zawodowo ratowników medycznych.

Task, relationship and work overload stress orientations of Russian and Dutch working adults: does gender make a difference?

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the task, relationship and work overload stress orientations of working adults in the high-context cultures of Russia and in the low-context cultures of the Netherlands based on gender. Totally, 438 respondents including 230 Russians and 208 Dutch participants completed Northouse's (2007) style questionnaire and the overload stress inventory survey. Two-way ANOVA methodology is used for hypotheses testing in this research. Gender is a significant factor on the relationship-oriented style but not on the task-oriented style as well as work overload stress perceptions of these respondents. Russian working adults perceived more work overload stress than their Dutch counterparts. The national culture and demographic differences impose constraints on the work overload stress perception of working adults in the Netherlands and Russia. Researchers and scholars can benefit from this study as it provides more empirical results in understanding the impact of gender and cultural factors.

Selected psychological factors in elite male and female wrestlers

Introduction. The study was designed to measure emotional intelligence of elite male and female wrestlers and to analyse their stress coping styles. Material and methods. A group of elite male and female wrestlers aged 18-26 years was studied. The psychological factors were analysed using two research tools: the Two-Dimensional Inventory of Emotional Intelligence (DINEMO) and the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS). Results. The study participants achieved average scores for emotional intelligence and for particular stress-coping styles. Measurements of the selected psychological factors showed that male wrestlers and female wrestlers were significantly different from each other. The female wrestlers had a lower level of intrapersonal emotional intelligence. The male wrestlers had higher scores for the task-oriented style of coping with stress while the female athletes scored higher on the avoidance style. Conclusions. Emotional intelligence and stress-coping styles are among psychological factors that influence the functioning of male and female wrestlers in sport and personal life. A need has been identified to shape and develop their emotional intelligence and adaptive stress coping styles.

Construct validity of Attitudes Towards Vaccinations Scale (ATVS)–part 2

Understanding patients’ motives for or against taking vaccination can enhance effectivity of doctors’ efforts to motivate their older patients to the advantageous health choices. We developed a tool Attitudes Towards Vaccination Scale (ATVS) assessing senior's attitudes towards vaccination uptake. In this article we demonstrate the relationship between constructs measured by the scale and five well-established psychological concepts, such as anxiety, locus of control, level of self-efficacy, health-related behaviours and styles of coping with stress. MethodThe validation was performed on a sample of individuals aged 60 and more recruited in rural and urban outpatient services (n=85). We assessed divergent and convergent aspects of construct validity by correlating the ATVS Positive Attitude subscale (PA-subscale) and Negative Attitude subscale (NA-subscale) with other psychometric tools, such as State and Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale (MHLC), Generalized Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES), Inventory of Health-Related Behaviours (IHRB), Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS). We estimated also known group differences. ResultsThe PA-subscale correlated positively with all subscales of HRBI, task-oriented style of coping, and internal locus of health control. The NA-subscale correlated negatively with task-oriented style of copying, generalized self-efficacy and internalized locus of control, while positively with anxiety the trait, external locus of health control (based on chance) and the emotion-oriented style of coping. ConclusionsThe results of the study confirmed the construct validity of the ATVS. We believe our tool may be used in a clinical practice to apply more appropriate strategies to encourage older patients to take vaccines.

Locus of control and styles of coping with stress in students educated at Polish music and visual art schools – a cross-sectional study

Abstract The article focuses on identifying differences in the locus of control and styles of coping with stress among young students who are artistically gifted within the fields of music and visual arts. The research group includes Polish students (n = 354) of both music and visual art schools who develop their artistic talents in schools placing particular emphasis on professional training of their artistic abilities and competences within the field of music or visual arts respectively. We make an assumption that different types of difficult situations experienced by youth educated at music and visual art schools may generate differences in dominating personal traits as well as in their sphere of emotions. The results of crosssectional research in 2013 confirm the assumption regarding differences among music and visual art school students both with regard to the source of the locus of control, understood as the personality variable, and dominating styles of coping with stress. Moreover, a positive correlation between the tendency towards internal locus of control and a task-oriented style of coping with stress in difficult situations has been observed in music school students.

Relational Communication Messages and Leadership Styles in Supervisor/Employee Relationships

The relational communication messages of intimacy and dominance were used to predict a task and relationship leadership style in supervisors. In the study, 307 participants working in various industries completed measures of relational communication and leadership styles about their direct supervisor. As predicted, intimacy messages were positively related to a relationship-oriented leadership style and dominance messages were positively related to a task-oriented leadership style. Intimacy messages were also linked to a task-oriented style and dominance messages were linked to relationship-oriented style. Regression analysis determined that receptivity/trust was the best predictor of a relationship-oriented style and influence was the best predictor of a task-oriented style. Overall, results demonstrate the need for both intimacy and dominance messages across leadership styles.

Relations- and task-oriented behaviour of school leaders: Cases from primary schools in Finland

&lt;p&gt;This research explores and compares two leadership behavioural styles – relations- and task-oriented behavioural styles – of school leaders in Finland. This study aimed to explore and understand the behavioural style of school leaders, specifically related to relations-oriented and task-oriented behaviour. Three schools in Finland were selected. In-depth interviews were conducted with school principals, as school leaders, and other school actors, such as vice&lt;br /&gt;principals, teachers, special-education teachers, and administrative staff members. The results suggest that leadership behavioural styles in terms of relations-oriented and task-oriented behaviour are equally important for accommodating changes and development in schools. The results suggest that relations-oriented behaviour was preferred by those who had been in the organisation for a longer time. The task-oriented behavioural style was found to be adopted when changes were required by the municipality (school district), which needed to be urgently addressed to meet the current requirements for school infrastructural development and changes in the educational system. In addition, the school leaders with task-oriented behaviour were more effective, while leaders with relations-oriented behaviour were efficient and generated social harmony. These findings suggest that contextual variations enabled flexibility in leadership behavioural style.&lt;/p&gt;

A study to evaluate the prevalence and determinants of stress coping strategies in heart failure patients in Poland (CAPS-LOCK-HF sub-study).

We aimed to evaluate the prevalence and determinants of different stress coping strategies in Polish patients suffering from heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFREF). This manuscript is a sub-study of the CAPS-LOCK-HF multicentre psychological status assessment of patients with HFREF. Patients with > six-month history of HFREF and clinical stability for ≥ three months and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) < 45% were enrolled in the study. Demographic and clinical variables were obtained from medical records, while a standardised Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS) was applied to all subjects. The study comprised 758 patients (599 men; 79%) with a median age of 64 years (IQR 58-71). Median LVEF was 33% (25-40). Subjects most commonly used task-oriented coping strategies (median CISS score 55 points; IQR 49-61), followed by avoidance (45 points; 39-50) and emotion-oriented coping strategies (41 points; 34-48). Distraction-based avoidance coping strategies (20 points; 16-23) were more pronounced than social diversion strategies (16 points; 14-19). Multiple regression analysis showed that higher New York Heart Association (NYHA) class and lower systolic blood pressure were independent predictors of task-oriented style. Emotion-oriented coping was more common among females and higher NYHA classes, and in patients who did not take angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors. Patients who used avoidance-oriented strategies were more frequently those in sinus rhythm on assessment and those who had less history of neoplastic disease. Patients with HFREF most commonly use favourable task-oriented coping strategies. However, female patients and those with higher NYHA classes tend to use potentially detrimental emotion-oriented coping strategies.

The Origins of Task- and People-Oriented Leadership Styles

An increasing number of findings indicate that there are connections between leadership and infant, child, and adolescent development. These connections are largely overlooked in the traditional leadership literature. This study discussed this development with a focus on how it influences the task-oriented part of leadership. For the empirical part of the study, which had an exploratory emphasis, data on 79 leaders were collected, including information on their childhood, collected with a self-report survey (Experiences in Close Relationships [ECR]), their adolescent family experiences, and their leadership styles (Employee-centered, Production-centered, and Change-centered) measured with a survey answered by a subordinate. The results indicated connections between task-oriented leadership style and early experiences: Insecurely attached leaders are at risk of not being considered good leaders by their subordinates. Experiences during adolescence may be influential. This study indicated reasons why it often is difficult to predict who will become a good leader. To accurately characterize a leader, early established features need to be considered. This knowledge can be used to build better models for leadership research and to improve the recruitment and development of leaders.

The Correlation between the Sports Coaches’ Leadership Styles and Female Students’ Psychological Self-Efficacy at High Schools of Falavarjan County

This study aims at investigating the correlation between the sports coaches’ leadership styles and female students’ psychological self-efficacy at high schools of Falavarjan County. This research has descriptive-correlative method and the population of this research consists of all female sports coaches and female students at high schools of Falavarjan County in 2014.The sample size of female students is equal to 324.The measurement tools include the Morgen teacher leadership style questionnaire (2001) and Shrir General self- Efficacy Scale (GSES) (1982).The statistical correlation and regression analysis methods are utilized for data analysis. It indicates that there is a significant positive correlation between sports coaches’ leadership styles and the female students’ psychological self-efficacy at high schools of Falavarjan County. The research results indicate that there is a significant correlation between the task-oriented leadership styles in sports coaches and the sense of general and social self-efficacy in female students at high schools of Falavarjan County (p≤0.05) as well as a significant correlation between the human-oriented leadership styles in sports coaches and the sense of general and social self-efficacy in female students at high schools of Falavarjan County (p≤0.05).

Resiliency against stress among athletes

&lt;B&gt;Background&lt;/B&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The aim of this paper is to describe the results of a study concerning the relationship between resiliency and appraisal of a stressful situation, anxiety reactions and undertaken methods of coping among sportsmen.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;B&gt;Participants and procedure&lt;/B&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The research concerned 192 competitors who actively train in one of the Olympic disciplines – individual or team. We used the following instruments: Resiliency Assessment Scale (SPP-25); Stress Appraisal Questionnaire A/B; Reactions to Competition Questionnaire; Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS); Sport Stress Coping Strategies Questionnaire (SR3S, self-constructed).&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;B&gt;Results&lt;/B&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Athletes most frequently apply positive types of stress appraisal, and they cope with stress through a task-oriented style during competitions. There is a relationship between the level of resiliency and the analysed aspects of the process of stress. The higher the resiliency, the more positive is the appraisal of a stressful situation and the more task-oriented are the strategies applied. Similarly, in everyday situations resilient sportspeople positively appraise difficult situations and undertake mostly task-oriented strategies. Resiliency is connected with less frequently experiencing reactions in the form of anxiety.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;B&gt;Conclusions&lt;/B&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The obtained results, similarly to previous research, suggest that resiliency is connected with experiencing positive emotions. It causes more frequent appraisal of stressful situations as a challenge. More resilient people also choose more effective and situation-appropriate coping strategies. Therefore they are more resistant to stress.

Anxiety and styles of coping with occupational stress resulting from work with 'dangerous' prisoners in prison service officers.

Prisoners categorised as 'dangerous' are a category of prisoners that require and/or force into using special measures of caution, protection and security. The aim of the study was to examine the intensity of anxiety (as a state and as a trait) experienced by officers working with 'dangerous' prisoners and styles of coping with stress they adopt. A total of 40 officers working with 'dangerous' prisoners (the study group, SG) and 60 officers of the security department not working with 'dangerous' prisoners (the reference group, RG) were studied. The intensity of anxiety was assessed applying the Polish version of 'State-Trait Anxiety Inventory' (STAI); styles of coping with stress were explored employing the Polish version of 'Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations' (CISS) and the author's own questionnaire. Data were analysed using the mean, standard deviation, difference testing (the Mann-Whitney U test), correlation-regression procedure (Kendall's tau, τ correlation coefficient and forward stepwise multiple regression). Officers in the SG faced verbal and physical aggression; nevertheless, scores of officers in both the groups were within the interval of mean scores for all the studied STAI and CISS variables. Officers in the SG achieved significantly higher scores on the state-anxiety scale and the Emotion-Oriented Style (EOS), and lower scores on the Task-Oriented Style (TOS) and Social Diversion (SD). The correlation-regression procedure indicated that there were relationships between anxiety and styles of coping with stress but they differed slightly between the groups. Officers in the SG feel state anxiety stronger and display a stronger preference for the EOS than officers in the RG. Officers in the RG more strongly prefer the TOS and SD. State anxiety is a variable negatively explaining the TOS in the SG, whereas anxiety as a trait is a variable explaining the EOS in both the groups. The coping styles of warders dealing with dangerous prisoners are different and may need specific psychological counselling and training programmes.

Profil osobowości, style radzenia sobie ze stresem a wypalenie zawodowe wśród szkolących się opiekunów medycznych

Introduction: Occupational burnout, is a frequently studied phenomenon due to its prevalence and effects, which occurs especially among people whose job requires empathic contact with others and engagement in their affairs. Medical assistant is just such a profession. Three dimensions of the syndrome are exhaustion, depersonalization and inefficacy. The results of burnout are lowered quality of work and job satisfaction, problems in private life, fatigue, anxiety, decreased immunity and various somatic problems. In the article, a group of medical assistants was examined to assess the scale of burnout and identify its relationship with personality traits and stress coping styles. Methods: Forty-one women, medical assistants trained in a school for medical assistants, were subjected to four surveys: a sociodemographic survey, NEO-FFI Personality Inventory, CISS Questionnaire and Maslach Burnout Inventory. Results: The results achieved by the studied group according to the Maslach Burnout Inventory were lower than average, compared to Polish research standards. A relationship was observed between some coping styles and burnout dimensions – between exhaustion and social diversion, as well as between inefficacy and task-oriented style of coping, avoidanceoriented style of coping, social diversion. Another relationship was found between personality traits and burnout dimensions – emotional exhaustion, inefficacy and extraversion, as well as between exhaustion, depersonalization and agreeableness; also all three burnout dimensions were associated with conscientiousness. Conclusion: Knowledge of the correlation between personality and burnout may allow better targeting of prevention activities and improve occupational functioning.