The impact of workplace violence on job burnout among Chinese correctional officers: the chain mediating effects of stress and insomnia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The risk of workplace violence and job burnout among Chinese correctional officers is high. Stress and insomnia may influence the relationship between workplace violence and job burnout; however, this influence has been rarely studied. This study aimed to explore the effect of workplace violence on job burnout among Chinese correctional officers and to assess the contribution of stress and insomnia to this effect.

Methods

In this study, the workplace violence scale, the Assens insomnia scale, the 21-item Depression Anxiety Stress Scale, and the Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey scale were used to assess the workplace violence, insomnia, stress, and job burnout experienced by the 472 correctional officers, respectively.

Results

The results showed that

SUBMITTER: Wang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10885376 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature