Job Demands and Exhaustion in Firefighters: The Moderating Role of Work Meaning. A Cross-Sectional Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants and Procedure
2.2. Measures
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Descriptive Statistics
3.2. Measurement Model
3.3. Structural Model
3.4. Moderation Analysis
4. Discussion
4.1. Contributions
4.2. Limitations
4.3. Practical Implications
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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M | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
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1. work pressure | 11.4 | 3.08 | - | |||||
2. emotional demands | 14.1 | 4.62 | 0.505 *** | - | ||||
3. role conflict | 9.44 | 2.59 | 0.157 *** | 0.234 *** | - | |||
4. hassles | 14.4 | 3.63 | 0.304 *** | 0.367 *** | 0.381 *** | - | ||
5. positive meaning | 16.4 | 2.17 | 0.003 | −0.062 * | −0.179 *** | −0.158 *** | - | |
6. meaning making | 12 | 1.80 | 0.018 | −0.036 | −0.091 ** | −0.109 *** | 0.711 *** | - |
7. Exhaustion | 4.16 | 4.35 | 0.287 *** | 0.392 *** | 0.241 *** | 0.344 *** | −0.306 *** | −0.301 *** |
CA | CR | AVE | Item Loadings | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Challenging demands | |||||||||
work pressure | 0.710 | 0.821 | 0.536 | 0.685 | 0.774 | 0.665 | 0.795 | - | - |
emotional demands | 0.848 | 0.888 | 0.572 | 0.786 | 0.726 | 0.825 | 0.784 | 0.787 | 0.611 |
Hindering demands | |||||||||
role conflict | 0.797 | 0.805 | 0.623 | 0.724 | 0.752 | 0.851 | 0.823 | - | - |
Hassles | 0.822 | 0.822 | 0.737 | 0.837 | 0.861 | 0.878 | - | - | - |
Work meaning | |||||||||
positive meaning | 0.788 | 0.791 | 0.612 | 0.774 | 0.749 | 0.801 | 0.803 | - | - |
meaning making | 0.758 | 0.757 | 0.674 | 0.779 | 0.846 | 0.837 | - | - | - |
Exhaustion | 0.897 | 0.902 | 0.709 | 0.823 | 0.789 | 0.87 | 0.87 | 0.855 | - |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. work pressure | - | |||||
2. emotional demands | 0.643 | - | ||||
3. role conflict | 0.218 | 0.286 | - | |||
4. hassles | 0.411 | 0.455 | 0.51 | - | ||
5. positive meaning | 0.108 | 0.084 | 0.23 | 0.278 | - | |
6. meaning making | 0.087 | 0.091 | 0.123 | 0.193 | 0.93 * | - |
7. Exhaustion | 0.362 | 0.448 | 0.285 | 0.452 | 0.364 | 0.369 |
Weights | Loadings | VIF | |
---|---|---|---|
work pressure -> Challenging demands | 0.316 *** | 0.723 *** | 1.348 |
emotional demands -> Challenging demands | 0.802 *** | 0.962 *** | 1.348 |
role conflict -> Hindering demands | 0.239 ** | 0.605 *** | 1.210 |
hassles -> Hindering demands | 0.876 *** | 0.973 *** | 1.210 |
positive meaning -> Work meaning | 0.535 *** | 0.929 *** | 2.136 |
meaning making -> Work meaning | 0.541 *** | 0.925 *** | 2.136 |
Hypothesis | Relationship | β | f2 | Decision |
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H1 | Challenging demands -> Exhaustion | 0.311 *** | 0.115 | Supported |
Hindering demands -> Exhaustion | 0.216 *** | 0.053 | ||
H2 | Work meaning -> Exhaustion | −0.270 *** | 0.100 | Supported |
H3 | Work meaning x Challenging demands -> Exhaustion | −0.088 * | 0.016 | Supported |
H4 | Work meaning x Hindering demands -> Exhaustion | −0.106 *** | 0.024 | Supported |
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Roșca, A.C.; Mateizer, A.; Dan, C.-I.; Demerouti, E. Job Demands and Exhaustion in Firefighters: The Moderating Role of Work Meaning. A Cross-Sectional Study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 9819. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189819
Roșca AC, Mateizer A, Dan C-I, Demerouti E. Job Demands and Exhaustion in Firefighters: The Moderating Role of Work Meaning. A Cross-Sectional Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(18):9819. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189819
Chicago/Turabian StyleRoșca, Andra Cătălina, Alexandru Mateizer, Cristina-Ioana Dan, and Evangelia Demerouti. 2021. "Job Demands and Exhaustion in Firefighters: The Moderating Role of Work Meaning. A Cross-Sectional Study" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 18: 9819. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189819