title: Contingent self-esteem, stressors and burnout in working women and men.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  A high work involvement is considered central in the burnout process. Yet, research investigating how high work involvement and psychosocial stressors relate to burnout is scarce. High involvement in terms of performance-based self-esteem (PBSE) refers to individuals' strivings to validate self-worth by achievements, a disposition linked to poor health. The aim of the present study was to examine longitudinally PBSE in relation to burnout while also taking into account work- and private life stressors.
  
  
  METHODS
  The sample consisted of 2121 working women and men.
  
  
  METHODS
  Main- and mediation effects were investigated using hierarchical regression analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results showed performance-based self-esteem mediated partially between the stressors and burnout. Performance-based self-esteem was the strongest predictor of burnout over time, followed by private life stressors. Women experienced more work stress than did men. Men had stronger associations between work stressors and burnout, while women had stronger associations between performance-based self-esteem and burnout.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Individual characteristics along with both private life and work stressors are important predictors of burnout. Factors associated with burnout differ somewhat between women and men.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, SE 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden. victoria.blom@psychology.su.se
authors.forename: Victoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Blom
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010379:Peer Group; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012649:Self Concept; D012737:Sex Factors; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013548:Sweden; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D014931:Women, Working / Q000523:psychology*; D016526:Workload; D055815:Young Adult