relationship of religious basic beliefs and God attachment style with job burnout in employees of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Associate professor of psychiatry, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

2 Associate professor of child and adolescent psychiatry, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

3 MA. in clinical psychology, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

4 Ph.D. student in statistics, Membership of scientific board of mathematic and statistics department of Neyshabour university

5 General physician, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

Abstract

Introduction: Job burnout has imposed much expense on the institutes and employees, but religious beliefs and god attachment styles can change it. The aim of this study was the investigation of religious basic beliefs and god attachment styles as the predictors of job burnout.
 Materials and Methods: The statistic groups of this correlational-descriptive research were containing 300 employees of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, which they were chosen with random sampling method. Data were gathered with Maslach job burnout questionnaire, Rajaee religious basic beliefs questionnaire and the questionnaire of god attachment styles measurement. Data were analyzed with SPSS 19 software, descriptive tests, Pierson correlation coefficient, Spearman t-test and multiple regressions.
 Results: The relationship of religious basic beliefs (P=0.000, r= -0.3) and god attachment styles with the job burnout was negative and significant (P=0.010, r= -0.15) and the relationship between the religious basic beliefs and the god attachment styles was positive and significant (P=0.000, r=0.31). In regression model, the synchronous effect of religious basic beliefs and god attachment styles on the job burnout was confirmed (P=0.000, F=18.19). The job burnout between females and males showed a significant difference and the amount of this difference was more in females (P=0.004).
 Conclusion: It seems that the religious basic beliefs and the god attachment styles can decrease the job burnout.

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Journal of Fundamentals of Mental Health
Volume 15, Issue 59 - Serial Number 59
September and October 2013
Pages 216-224

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