Hierarchical regression analysis for relationship between job stress and job burnout in Shanghai employees / 中华劳动卫生职业病杂志
Chinese Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases
; (12): 450-453, 2006.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-311445
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ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To identify related factors of job burnout in Shanghai employees.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Four hundred fifty-six employees in Shanghai were investigated in this study. Self-administered questionnaires were used to assess job burnout and job stress, based on Maslach Burnout Inventory and the Job Demand-Control model as well as Effort-Reward Imbalance Model. Hierarchical linear regression was employed to analyze the relationship of job burnout to personal characteristics and job stress.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The indexes of three dimensions of job burnout were emotional exhaustion 19.70 +/- 8.92, depersonalization 11.95 +/- 4.45 and reduced personal accomplishment 28.10 +/- 10.08. Job stress was found to be affected differently in three dimensions of job burnout. Job demand, effort and over-commitment had positive impact on emotional exhaustion. Job control had a negative association with emotional exhaustion. There were significant relationship between depersonalization and age, sex and education of employees. Job control, reward and over-commitment affected the index of depersonalization. Education level and social support increased personal accomplishment index.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>It is necessary to reduce job stress and care about personal characteristics in preventing job burnout.</p>
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Main subject:
Personality Inventory
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Psychology
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Social Support
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Stress, Psychological
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Burnout, Professional
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Epidemiology
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Regression Analysis
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Occupational Health
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Prognostic study
Aspects:
Social determinants of health
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases
Year:
2006
Document type:
Article