Lagged versus concurrent changes between burnout and depression symptoms and unique contributions from job demands and job resources.

ABSTRACT: Burnout and depression pose significant threats to emotional and occupational functioning; however, questions exist over how these 2 conditions are associated with each other over time, and how these are related to underlying job stressors. The job demands-resources model provides a useful framework for understanding how job demands and job resources may lead to burnout, but questions remain about their distinct association with depression symptoms. The current study examined these questions in a sample of 402 nursing workers. The Exhaustion subscale of the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory, the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 depression assessment, and items reflecting job demands and job resources from the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire were assessed at baseline; additionally, Oldenburg

SUBMITTER: Hatch DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6878137 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature