Marta Makara-Studzińska1, Zbigniew Wajda1, Sebastian Lizińczyk2. 1. Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland (Medical College, Department of Health Psychology). 2. SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Katowice, Poland (Faculty of Psychology).
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The aim of the research was to analyze the impact of selected factors: years of service, the number of interventions, self-efficacy and stress, on occupational burnout. It was hypothesized that firefighters with more years of service and a bigger number of interventions would be characterized by higher perceived stress and burnout, and that self-efficacy would have an impact on reducing the level of perceived stress and burnout. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The participants were firefighters (N = 576) from 12 Polish voivodeships, aged 20-58 years, with different seniority: up to 3, 4-8, 9-15 or >15 years of service. The following research tools were used: the <i>Link Burnout Questionnaire</i>, the 10-item <i>Perceived Stress Scale</i>, the <i>Generalized Self-Efficacy Scale</i>, and an independent questionnaire to gather additional information. A correlation between particular variables was carried out; the Kruskal-Wallis test was performed together with a <i>post-hoc</i> analysis to examine differences in the severity of individual variables depending on seniority, followed by a path analysis studied together with the identification of direct and indirect impacts. RESULTS: The number of interventions did not affect the severity of experienced stress or any of the aspects of burnout. Work experience directly influenced the level of perceived stress (β = 0.219), disillusion (β = 0.076), and relationship deterioration (β = -0.156). The generalized sense of self-efficacy was found to impact both on reducing the sense of stress (β = -0.418) and on all 4 aspects of professional burnout: psychophysical exhaustion (β = -0.181), relationship deterioration (β = -0.16), the sense of professional inefficacy (β = -0.275) and disillusion (β = -0.143). CONCLUSIONS: The results have shown that: 1) the number of interventions does not affect the severity of experienced stress or particular aspects of burnout; 2) years of service increase the severity of experienced stress and occupational burnout; 3) self-efficacy has an impact both on reducing the sense of stress and on all aspects of burnout. Int J Occup Med Environ Health. 2020;33(3):283-97. This work is available in Open Access model and licensed under a CC BY-NC 3.0 PL license.
OBJECTIVES: The aim of the research was to analyze the impact of selected factors: years of service, the number of interventions, self-efficacy and stress, on occupational burnout. It was hypothesized that firefighters with more years of service and a bigger number of interventions would be characterized by higher perceived stress and burnout, and that self-efficacy would have an impact on reducing the level of perceived stress and burnout. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The participants were firefighters (N = 576) from 12 Polish voivodeships, aged 20-58 years, with different seniority: up to 3, 4-8, 9-15 or >15 years of service. The following research tools were used: the <i>Link Burnout Questionnaire</i>, the 10-item <i>Perceived Stress Scale</i>, the <i>Generalized Self-Efficacy Scale</i>, and an independent questionnaire to gather additional information. A correlation between particular variables was carried out; the Kruskal-Wallis test was performed together with a <i>post-hoc</i> analysis to examine differences in the severity of individual variables depending on seniority, followed by a path analysis studied together with the identification of direct and indirect impacts. RESULTS: The number of interventions did not affect the severity of experienced stress or any of the aspects of burnout. Work experience directly influenced the level of perceived stress (β = 0.219), disillusion (β = 0.076), and relationship deterioration (β = -0.156). The generalized sense of self-efficacy was found to impact both on reducing the sense of stress (β = -0.418) and on all 4 aspects of professional burnout: psychophysical exhaustion (β = -0.181), relationship deterioration (β = -0.16), the sense of professional inefficacy (β = -0.275) and disillusion (β = -0.143). CONCLUSIONS: The results have shown that: 1) the number of interventions does not affect the severity of experienced stress or particular aspects of burnout; 2) years of service increase the severity of experienced stress and occupational burnout; 3) self-efficacy has an impact both on reducing the sense of stress and on all aspects of burnout. Int J Occup Med Environ Health. 2020;33(3):283-97. This work is available in Open Access model and licensed under a CC BY-NC 3.0 PL license.
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Keywords:
Link Burnout Questionnaire; burnout; firefighters; self-efficacy; stress; years of service
Authors: Marta Makara-Studzińska; Agnieszka Kruczek; Agata Borzyszkowska; Maciej Załuski; Katarzyna Adamczyk; Małgorzata Anna Basińska Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2022-05-22 Impact factor: 4.614