title: Core self-evaluation and burnout among Nurses: the mediating role of coping styles.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to determine the potential association between core self-evaluation and the burnout syndrome among Chinese nurses, and the mediating role of coping styles in this relationship.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Shenyang, China, from May to July, 2013. A questionnaire which consisted of the Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey (MBI-GS), the Core Self-Evaluation Scale (CSE), and the Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire (CSQ), was completed by a total of 1,559 nurses. Hierarchical linear regression analyses and the Sobel test were performed to determine the mediating role of coping styles on the relationship between CSE and burnout.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Nurses who had higher self-evaluation characteristics, reported less emotional exhaustion and cynicism, and higher professional efficacy. Coping style had a partial mediating effect on the relationship between CSE and the burnout syndrome among nurses.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Core self-evaluation had effects on burnout and coping style was a mediating factor in this relationship among Chinese nurses. Therefore, the improvement of coping strategies may be helpful in the prevention of burnout among nurses, thus enhancing professional performance.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
authors.forename: Xiaofei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, Huaiyin Advanced Vocational and Technical School of Health, Huaian, China.
authors.forename: Lili
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guan
authors.affiliation: Social Education Department, Center for Health Education of Liaoning Province, Shenyang, China.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.affiliation: Nursing Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D012647:Self-Assessment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires