The effectiveness of stress management training on psychological empowerment and job burnout

Autor: Somaye Zaeri, Abdolkazem Neasi, Najme Khaje
Jazyk: perština
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Salāmat-i kār-i Īrān, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1735-5133
2228-7493
Popis: Background and Objectives: Todays, Stress phenomenon is considered as an important that has many effects on employee productivity and staffing abilities. The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral stress management training on increasing psychological empowerment and reducing the dimensions of burnout in Industrial Company. Materials and Methods: This research was a field experiment with pre-test and post-test type with control group. Participants of this research were employees of an industrial company in 2014, which was the basis for the next sampling of job stress, psychological empowerment and burnout of the individuals in the initial sample (351 people). Among the people whose score in these variables was out of normal, according to the experimental method, 36 subjects were randomly selected in both experimental and control groups. The experimental group participated of cognitive-behavioral stress management training in 11 sessions of 120 minutes. Both of the groups were evaluated before and after the test. Dekoetz and Parker job Stress Questionnaire, Maslach & Jackson Job burnout Questionnaire and Spreitzer psychological empowerment Questionnaire were used to evaluate research variables. The data were analyzed with SPSS software and covariance analysis. Results: The mean score of pre-test in emotional exhaustion in experimental group was 31.11±6.04 and in control group was 30.66±4.52, and the mean score of post-test in experimental group was 23.16±4.74 and in control group was 23.33±4.25. The mean score of pre-test in enhancing personal performance in experimental group was 16.38±3.85, and in control group was 19.88±2.11 and the mean score of post-test enhancing personal performance in experimental group was 22.83±3.39 and in control group was 19.27±1.99. The mean score of pre-test in psychological empowerment in experimental group was 28.22±3.07, and in control group was 27.16±3.31 and the mean score of post-test in psychological empowerment in experimental group was 42.38±3.25 and in control group was 30.61±4.51. Results showed that there are significant differences between experimental and control groups in emotional exhaustion (F=151/68) and enhancing personal performance (F=107/30) and there are significant differences between experimental and control groups in psychological empowerment (F=38/88). (p
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