title: The Mediating Role of Coping Style in the Relationship between Psychological Capital and Burnout among Chinese Nurses.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Burnout is recognized as an occupational hazard, and nursing has a high risk of burnout. This study aims to explore the relationship between psychological capital (PsyCap) and burnout among Chinese nurses and the mediating role of coping style in this relationship.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 1,496 nurses (effective response rate: 80.11%) from two large general hospitals in Daqing City of China were selected as participants. Data were collected via the Chinese Maslach Burnout Inventory (CMBI), the psychological capital questionnaire (PCQ-24), the Chinese Trait Coping Style Questionnaire (TCSQ) and demographic and caregiver-patient relationship. Hierarchical linear regression analyses were performed to explore the mediating role of positive coping and negative coping, and we used the Bootstrap method to confirm the mediating effect.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Self-efficacy, hope, resilience and optimism of nurses were all negatively related with emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and reduced personal accomplishment among Chinese nurses. Positive coping partially mediated the relationship between hope/optimism and emotional exhaustion and between self-efficacy/optimism and reduced personal accomplishment. Negative coping fully mediated the relationship between self-efficacy and emotional exhaustion, and in the regression model self-efficacy was positively correlated with emotional exhaustion. And negative coping also partially mediated the relationship between hope/optimism and emotional exhaustion and between optimism and depersonalization.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  PsyCap had effects on burnout and coping style was a mediator in this relationship among Chinese nurses. Nurses who had a strong sense of self-efficacy adopted more negative coping style, which in turn would lead to higher levels of emotional exhaustion. These findings shed light on the influence of negative coping on burnout, and positive coping was a positive resource for fighting against nurses' burnout. Hence, in order to avoid negative coping style, improve skill of coping and enhance PsyCap of nurses, active interventions should be developed in the future.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, the College of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China; The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Daqing, Heilongjiang Province, China.
authors.forename: Yongqing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, the College of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.
authors.forename: Yanjie
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, the College of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.
authors.forename: Xiuxian
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, the Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Daqing, Heilongjiang Province, China.
authors.forename: Tiehui
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, the College of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.
authors.forename: Xiaohui
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, the Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Daqing, Heilongjiang Province, China.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, the College of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.
authors.forename: Wenbo
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, the College of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Statistics, the College of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sui
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D002681:China; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications