Job stress and burnout affecting the mental health of Korean medical faculty members: constructing causality among latent variables
Purpose This study aims to examine whether perceived levels of job stress, burnout, and mental health are different according to demographic characteristics and working conditions and to investigate the direct and indirect effects of job stress and burnout on the mental health of medical faculty mem...
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| description | Purpose This study aims to examine whether perceived levels of job stress, burnout, and mental health are different according to demographic characteristics and working conditions and to investigate the direct and indirect effects of job stress and burnout on the mental health of medical faculty members. Methods The study sample consists of 855 faculty members in 40 medical schools nationwide in the 2020 Burnout of Faculty Members of Medical Schools in Korea data with a grant from the Korean Association of Medical Colleges. This study employed structural equation modeling to construct causality among latent variables in addition to t-test, analysis of variance, and correlation coefficients for bivariate analyses. Results Perceived job stress, burnout, and mental health levels of medical faculty members showed significant group differences by demographic characteristics and working conditions. Job stress directly affected mental health (β=0.215, p<0.01) and indirectly affected mental health via burnout (β=0.493, p<0.001). Thus burnout significantly mediated the relationship between job stress and the mental health of medical faculty members. Conclusion This study found that job stress has direct and indirect effects on the mental health of medical faculty members, and burnout partially mediated this relationship. Further studies need to intervene in job stress and burnout to prevent the adverse mental health of medical faculty members and to introduce proper measures to improve working conditions affecting job stress and burnout. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d41a7809fecf48d7b5691ad7751588e92024-03-07T05:06:19ZengKorean Society of Medical EducationKorean Journal of Medical Education2005-727X2005-72882024-03-01361273910.3946/kjme.2024.2821391Job stress and burnout affecting the mental health of Korean medical faculty members: constructing causality among latent variablesJi-Hyun Seo0Hwa-ok Bae1 Department of Pediatrics and Medical Education, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Gyeongsang Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Jinju, Korea Department of Social Welfare, Gyeongsang National University College of Social Sciences, Jinju, KoreaPurpose This study aims to examine whether perceived levels of job stress, burnout, and mental health are different according to demographic characteristics and working conditions and to investigate the direct and indirect effects of job stress and burnout on the mental health of medical faculty members. Methods The study sample consists of 855 faculty members in 40 medical schools nationwide in the 2020 Burnout of Faculty Members of Medical Schools in Korea data with a grant from the Korean Association of Medical Colleges. This study employed structural equation modeling to construct causality among latent variables in addition to t-test, analysis of variance, and correlation coefficients for bivariate analyses. Results Perceived job stress, burnout, and mental health levels of medical faculty members showed significant group differences by demographic characteristics and working conditions. Job stress directly affected mental health (β=0.215, p<0.01) and indirectly affected mental health via burnout (β=0.493, p<0.001). Thus burnout significantly mediated the relationship between job stress and the mental health of medical faculty members. Conclusion This study found that job stress has direct and indirect effects on the mental health of medical faculty members, and burnout partially mediated this relationship. Further studies need to intervene in job stress and burnout to prevent the adverse mental health of medical faculty members and to introduce proper measures to improve working conditions affecting job stress and burnout.http://kjme.kr/upload/pdf/kjme-2024-282.pdfoccupational stresspsychological burnoutmental healthmedical facultykorea |
| spellingShingle | Ji-Hyun Seo Hwa-ok Bae Job stress and burnout affecting the mental health of Korean medical faculty members: constructing causality among latent variables Korean Journal of Medical Education occupational stress psychological burnout mental health medical faculty korea |
| title | Job stress and burnout affecting the mental health of Korean medical faculty members: constructing causality among latent variables |
| title_full | Job stress and burnout affecting the mental health of Korean medical faculty members: constructing causality among latent variables |
| title_fullStr | Job stress and burnout affecting the mental health of Korean medical faculty members: constructing causality among latent variables |
| title_full_unstemmed | Job stress and burnout affecting the mental health of Korean medical faculty members: constructing causality among latent variables |
| title_short | Job stress and burnout affecting the mental health of Korean medical faculty members: constructing causality among latent variables |
| title_sort | job stress and burnout affecting the mental health of korean medical faculty members constructing causality among latent variables |
| topic | occupational stress psychological burnout mental health medical faculty korea |
| url | http://kjme.kr/upload/pdf/kjme-2024-282.pdf |
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