Citation

Ho SMY, Lo RSY. Traumatology 2011; 17(4): 3-9.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Green Cross Academy of Traumatology, Publisher APA Journals)

DOI

10.1177/1534765611426786

PMID

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Abstract

The relationships between dispositional hope and psychological adjustments were examined among 35 medical professionals in the accident and emergency (A&E) department. About 21.4% of the participants could be considered as "probable PTSD cases," and 34.3% of them had two or more job burnout symptom subscales above the thresholds. Correlation analyses showed that A&E personnel with a higher dispositional hope tended to exhibit less burnout symptoms (r = -.62, p <.0001) and less PTSD symptoms (r = -.39, p <.05). Regression analyses showed that hope remained a significant individual predictor for burnout after controlling for gender, profession (physician vs. nurse) and years of experience (β = -.54, p <.01). Our data showed that dispositional hope is an important factor in preventing burnout among medical personnel in the A&E department.

Language: en