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WESTERN JOURNAL OF NURSING RESEARCH
Volume 39, Issue 3, Pages 416-429Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0193945916658884
Keywords
Type D personality; burnout syndrome; engagement; health care students; nursing; midwifery
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- VEGA (research grant agency of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic) [VEGA-1/0128/13]
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The aim of this study was to examine the effect of Type D personality, along with other personality traits (resilience and sense of coherence), on burnout syndrome and its counterpart, engagement, among students of nursing, midwifery, and psychology. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 97 university students (91.9% females; M age = 20.2 +/- 1.49 years). A Type D personality subscale, School Burnout Inventory, Utrecht Work Engagement Scale, Sense of Coherence Questionnaire, and Baruth Protective Factor Inventory were used. Linear regression models, Student's t test, and Pearson's correlation analysis were employed. Negative affectivity, a dimension of Type D personality, was a significant personality predictor for burnout syndrome (beta =.54; 95% CI = [0.33, 1.01]). The only significant personality predictor of engagement was a sense of coherence. Students who were identified as having Type D personality characteristics scored significantly higher on the burnout syndrome questionnaire (t = -2.58, p <.01). In health care professions, personality predictors should be addressed to prevent burnout.
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