The influence of firefighters' perceived stress on job burnout: a moderated mediation model

To find the repercussion of firefighters' perceived stress on job burnout and its psychological mechanism, 488 firefighters were tested with the perceived stress scale, the self-compassion scale, the simplified coping style questionnaire, and the Maslach burnout inventory general survey. The conclusions demonstrated that perceived stress was significantly pertinent to job burnout; both self-compassion and negative coping style acted as intermediaries; the intermediary role of perceived stress in job burnout via self-compassion and negative coping style was moderated by positive coping style. The main findings suggest that firefighters' perceived stress explicitly predicts job burnout and implicitly influences job burnout via self-compassion and negative coping style. Positive coping style moderated the link involving perceived stress and job burnout and the link encompassing perceived stress and negative coping style.

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This study aimed to examine the impact of perceived stress on job burnout among firefighters and its psychological mechanism. The results showed that perceived stress was significantly associated with job burnout, and both self-compassion and negative coping style played mediating roles. The mediating effect of perceived stress on job burnout through self-compassion and negative coping style was moderated by positive coping style.