A structural model of burnout syndrome, coping behavior and personality traits in professional soldiers of the Slovene armed forces

Q4 Medicine
Maša Serec, B. Bajec, Davorina Petek, I. Švab, P. Selič
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Abstract

Background: This study explored how adequately the additive and mediational models could explain the relationships between personality traits and coping behavior in predicting burnout syndrome in professional soldiers of the Slovene Army. The additive model suggests that personality and coping are independent, unique contributors to maladjustment outcomes. The mediational model, on the other hand, suggests that personality factors predispose people to use particular coping strategies that tend to be less effective for adjustment. Methods: A total of 390 soldiers (87 % response rate) completed the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, the Ways of Coping Questionnaire and the Maslach Burnout Inventory. Results: The structural equation modeling confirmed an adequate fit only of the additive model. As hypothesized, emotional exhaustion was positively associated with neuroticism and emotionoriented coping. Depersonalization was positively associated with psychoticism, and personal accomplishment was positively associated with extraversion and problem-oriented coping, and inversely with neuroticism and emotion-oriented coping. Conclusions: To reduce burnout in the Slovenian Army, it may be of great benefit to provide training of effective stress-coping mechanisms, and create peer support groups among soldiers. Such intervention should be especially beneficial for soldiers with a vulnerable personality structure (high neuroticism and psychoticism and low extraversion).
斯洛文尼亚武装部队职业军人职业倦怠综合征、应对行为与人格特质的结构模型
背景:本研究探讨了人格特质与应对行为在预测斯洛文尼亚军队职业军人职业倦怠综合征中的关系。加性模型表明,性格和应对是导致适应不良结果的独立、独特的因素。另一方面,中介模型表明,性格因素使人们倾向于使用一些不太有效的应对策略。方法:对390名士兵进行艾森克人格问卷、应对方式问卷和马斯拉克职业倦怠量表的问卷调查,回复率87%。结果:结构方程模型证实了加性模型的拟合。正如假设的那样,情绪耗竭与神经质和情绪导向应对呈正相关。人格解体与精神病正相关,个人成就感与外向性、问题导向应对正相关,与神经质、情绪导向应对负相关。结论:提供有效的压力应对机制培训,并在士兵中建立同伴支持团体,可能对减少斯洛文尼亚军队的倦怠有很大的好处。这种干预对具有脆弱人格结构的士兵(高神经质、高精神病和低外向性)尤其有益。
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