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Burnout is the syndrome that nurses encounter with it, threaten their health and decreases the hospital effectiveness. So, the purpose of this article was to determine the predictor factors of burnout in Isfahan nurses. This investigation is a predictor type. Statistical population was Isfahan nurses in 2010. Statistical Sample selected by cluster sampling. Therefore first, from all governmental hospitals [12 hospitals], 5 hospitals, and 3 departments includes psychic, infectious and surgery departments, selected randomly and gotten the questionnaires to all nurses that have the criteria. 221 nurses have the criteria and 210 nurse response the questionnaires. The measurements were: burnout questionnaire [Maslach and Jackson 1993], job Stress questionnaire [Davis, Robbins, and Mackay, 1991], role clarity questionnaire [Sawyer, 1992], and Workload questionnaire [Spector and Jex, 1998]. Data analyzed by SPSS v.16, and used mean, standard deviation, minimum and maximum scores, correlation and regression methods to analyze. Findings from stepwise regression illustrated that job stress, role clarity, and workload predict burnout, significantly [sig=0.0001]. In addition, findings indicated that job stress, role clarity, and workload with burnout have significance canonical correlation, therefore to change and moderate the predictors, in order to decrease burnout, it is necessary to get and provide programs in future
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Background and aims: Temperament is an innate tendency in human which is the basic regulator for their behavior. This study was a med to slandardize the Middle Childhood Temperament Questionnaire [MLTQ] and to determine the relationship between childhood temperament and their age, gender, academic mean score and parental educational level and income in Iranian culture
Methods: This was a descreptine analytical study in which 1000 elementary school students [8-12 years old] from 5 areas of the city of Isfahan were randomly selected. Reliability, validity, MANOVA and Pearson's correlation tests were used for data analysis
Results: Findings showed that by eliminating two from nine factors of middle childhood temperament questionnaire, this questionnaire would be valuable for evaluating childhood temperament and had a satisfactory reliability and validity for 8 to 12 years old children. Finally the results delineated significant difference between the seven factors of temperament based on the children's age, gender, academic mean score and parental education level and income
Conclusion: Result showed a good fanction of Isfahanian children in the middle childhood temperament questionnaire, as a means of interpretation for temperament scores for other children in this city. Results also showed that different temperamental traits in different cultures make individuals talented to special demographic characteristics