Relationships among burnout, coping style and personality: study of Japanese professional caregivers for elderly.
OBJECTIVE
To investigate relationships among burnout, coping style and personality.


METHODS
Seventy-two professional caregivers working at nursing homes in Japan were assessed using the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), NEO Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI), 30-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) and Coping Inventory for Stressful Situation (CISS).


RESULTS
GHQ (beta = 0.34, P < 0.01) and emotion-oriented coping (CISS-E; beta = 0.31, P < 0.05) were the predictors of emotional exhaustion (MBI-EE), and neuroticism (NEO-N; beta = 0.45, P < 0.001) and age (beta = -0.23, P < 0.05) were the predictors of depersonalization (MBI-DP). Structural equation modeling showed that NEO-N affected the burnout scores through CISS-E, and that age and GHQ affected the burnout scores independently.


CONCLUSIONS
Personality affects burnout through coping style in professional caregivers.
Narumoto
Jin
J
Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo, Kyoto, Japan. jnaru@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp
Nakamura
Kaeko
K
Kitabayashi
Yurinosuke
Y
Shibata
Keisuke
K
Nakamae
Takashi
T
Fukui
Kenji
K
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000523:psychology*; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D003861:Depersonalization / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D009735:Nursing Homes; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012737:Sex Factors; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology