Study on the relationship between job burnout and personality characteristics of prison police / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the relationship between job burnout and personality characteristics of prison police,and provide a basis for prevention and intervention of prison police burnout.Methods Using Maslach burnout inventory general survey(MBI-GS) and Catteii the sixteen factor questionnaire(16PF) to investigate 217 prison police in Beijing.Results The overall prevalence of burnout syndrome among prison police was 64.7％.The prevalence of emotional exhaustion(11.09±5.86),depersonalization(6.38±4.81) and diminished personal accomplishment(17.96± 2.07) was 46.5％,25.6％,33％ respectively.Compared with the national norm of 16PF,the 10 factors of warmth(t=-2.01,P=0.007),reasoning(t=9.22,P=0.000),dominance(t=6.46,P=0.000),liveliness(t=4.01,P=0.000),social boldness(t=-2.00,P=0.047),sensitivity(t=-7.80,P=0.000),abstractedness (t=-2.89,P=0.004),privateness (t=4.35,P=0.000),perfectionism(t=3.19,P=0.002) were significant differences.The emotional exhaustion was significantly related to emotional stability,dominance,liveliness,social boldness and tension.The depersonalization was significantly related to emotional stability,abstractedness and tension.The diminished personal accomplishment was significantly related to self-reliance.Conclusion Prison police burnout situation is more serious,and personality characteristics has a significant impact on job burnout.