Burnout and Engagement: Personality Profiles in Nursing Professionals
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Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
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Department of Psychology, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Región Metropolitana, Providencia 7500000, Chile
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J. Clin. Med. 2019, 8(3), 286; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm8030286
Received: 26 January 2019
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Revised: 22 February 2019
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Accepted: 25 February 2019
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Published: 27 February 2019
(This article belongs to the Section Epidemiology & Public Health)
The burnout syndrome, which affects many healthcare workers, has recently attracted wide interest due to the severe repercussions related to its effects. Although job factors determine its development, not all individuals exposed to the same work conditions show burnout, which demonstrates the importance of individual variables, such as personality. The purpose of this study was to determine the personality characteristics of a sample of nursing professionals based on the Big Five model. After having determined the personality profiles, we aimed to analyze the differences in burnout and engagement based on those profiles. The sample was made up of 1236 nurses. An ad hoc questionnaire was prepared to collect the sociodemographic data and the Brief Burnout Questionnaire, the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale and the Big Five Inventory-10 were used. The results showed that the existence of burnout in this group of workers is associated negatively with extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness and openness to experience, and it is associated positively with the neuroticism personality trait. These personality factors showed the opposite patterns with regard to engagement. Three different personality profiles were also found in nursing personnel, in which professionals who had a profile marked by strong neuroticism and low scores on the rest of the personality traits were the most affected by burnout.
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Keywords:
personality; burnout; engagement; Big Five; healthcare personnel
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Pérez-Fuentes, M.d.C.; Molero Jurado, M.d.M.; Martos Martínez, Á.; Gázquez Linares, J.J. Burnout and Engagement: Personality Profiles in Nursing Professionals. J. Clin. Med. 2019, 8, 286. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm8030286
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Pérez-Fuentes MdC, Molero Jurado MdM, Martos Martínez Á, Gázquez Linares JJ. Burnout and Engagement: Personality Profiles in Nursing Professionals. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2019; 8(3):286. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm8030286
Chicago/Turabian StylePérez-Fuentes, María d.C., María d.M. Molero Jurado, África Martos Martínez, and José J. Gázquez Linares. 2019. "Burnout and Engagement: Personality Profiles in Nursing Professionals" Journal of Clinical Medicine 8, no. 3: 286. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm8030286
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