PMID- 30634607
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20190521
LR  - 20200309
IS  - 1660-4601 (Electronic)
IS  - 1661-7827 (Print)
IS  - 1660-4601 (Linking)
VI  - 16
IP  - 2
DP  - 2019 Jan 10
TI  - Self-Efficacy as a Moderator between Stress and Professional Burnout in 
      Firefighters.
LID - 10.3390/ijerph16020183 [doi]
LID - 183
AB  - The purpose of the study is to analyze the importance of individual resources in 
      firefighting, one of the highest risk professions. Firefighters from 12 different 
      Polish provinces (N = 580; men; M (mean age) = 35.26 year, SD = 6.74) were 
      analyzed regarding the perceived stress at work, burnout, self-efficacy, and a 
      broad range of sociodemographic variables. The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), the 
      Link Burnout Questionnaire (LBQ), and the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES) were 
      used in the study. To explore the relationships between work-related stress, 
      burnout, and self-efficacy, separate regression models for each burnout dimension 
      were analyzed. The results revealed that self-efficacy is a significant moderator 
      that changes the direction and strength of the relationships between perceived 
      stress and psychophysical exhaustion, sense of professional inefficacy, and 
      disillusion. However, self-efficacy did not moderate the relationship between 
      stress and lack of engagement in relationships (relationship deterioration). The 
      results indicate that self-efficacy in firefighters is a crucial personal 
      resource that buffers the impact of perceived stress on most burnout symptoms. It 
      may be concluded that in high risk professions, special attention should be paid 
      to developing self-efficacy as an important part of burnout prevention programs, 
      pro-health activities, and psychoeducation.
FAU - Makara-Studzinska, Marta
AU  - Makara-Studzinska M
AD  - Department of Health Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian 
      University Collegium Medicum, Kopernika 25, 31-501 Krakow, Poland. 
      marta.makara-studzinska@uj.edu.pl.
FAU - Golonka, Krystyna
AU  - Golonka K
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5813-8713
AD  - Institute of Applied Psychology, Faculty of Management and Social Communication, 
      Jagiellonian University, Lojasiewicza 4, 30-348 Krakow, Poland. 
      krystyna.golonka@uj.edu.pl.
FAU - Izydorczyk, Bernadetta
AU  - Izydorczyk B
AD  - Institute of Applied Psychology, Faculty of Management and Social Communication, 
      Jagiellonian University, Lojasiewicza 4, 30-348 Krakow, Poland. 
      bernadetta.izydorczyk@uj.edu.pl.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20190110
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Int J Environ Res Public Health
JT  - International journal of environmental research and public health
JID - 101238455
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Burnout, Professional/epidemiology/*prevention & control/psychology
MH  - Firefighters/*psychology/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Occupational Stress/epidemiology/*psychology
MH  - Poland/epidemiology
MH  - *Self Efficacy
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Young Adult
PMC - PMC6352063
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - burnout
OT  - firefighters
OT  - perceived stress
OT  - self-efficacy
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2019/01/13 06:00
MHDA- 2019/05/22 06:00
PMCR- 2019/01/01
CRDT- 2019/01/13 06:00
PHST- 2018/11/23 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2019/01/06 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2019/01/07 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2019/01/13 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2019/01/13 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/05/22 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2019/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - ijerph16020183 [pii]
AID - ijerph-16-00183 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/ijerph16020183 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Jan 10;16(2):183. doi: 
      10.3390/ijerph16020183.