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A model of burnout and life satisfaction amongst nurses
Author(s) -
Demerouti Evangelia,
Bakker Arnold B.,
Nachreiner Friedhelm,
Schaufeli Wilmar B.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2000.01496.x
Subject(s) - disengagement theory , burnout , job satisfaction , psychology , psychological intervention , emotional exhaustion , life satisfaction , job attitude , occupational burnout , social psychology , applied psychology , clinical psychology , job performance , medicine , gerontology , psychiatry
A model of burnout and life satisfaction amongst nurses This study, among 109 German nurses, tested a theoretically derived model of burnout and overall life satisfaction. The model discriminates between two conceptually different categories of working conditions, namely job demands and job resources. It was hypothesized that: (1) job demands, such as demanding contacts with patients and time pressure, are most predictive of exhaustion; (2) job resources, such as (poor) rewards and (lack of) participation in decision making, are most predictive of disengagement from work; and (3) job demands and job resources have an indirect impact on nurses’ life satisfaction, through the experience of burnout (i.e., exhaustion and disengagement). A model including each of these relationships was tested simultaneously with structural equations modelling. Results confirm the strong effects of job demands and job resources on exhaustion and disengagement respectively, and the mediating role of burnout between the working conditions and life satisfaction. These findings contribute to existing knowledge about antecedents and consequences of occupational burnout, and provide guidelines for interventions aimed at preventing or reducing burnout among nurses.