Burnout, mental resilience and quality of life in Greek professionals of public and private sector: Which is the impact of demographic, occupational and psychological variables?

Nikolaos Plemmenos; Dimitris D. Vlastos; Paraskevi Theofilou

doi:10.59400/apr.v2i1.361

Burnout, mental resilience and quality of life in Greek professionals of public and private sector: Which is the impact of demographic, occupational and psychological variables?

Nikolaos Plemmenos Department of Psychology, SCG—Scientific College of Greece, Athens 10673, Greece
Dimitris D. Vlastos Department of Psychology, SCG—Scientific College of Greece, Athens 10673, Greece; SCG Lab of Experimental and Applied Psychology, SCG—Scientific College of Greece, Athens 10673, Greece
Paraskevi Theofilou SCG Lab of Experimental and Applied Psychology, SCG—Scientific College of Greece, Athens 10673, Greece; School of Social Sciences, Hellenic Open University, Patra 26335, Greece

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Keywords: burnout; mental resilience; quality of life; public and private sector

Abstract

The research investigated the relationship between burnout syndrome and the variables of mental resilience, quality, and enjoyment of life in Greek private and public sector workers (N = 112), with demographic differences. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire that was distributed in the form of an electronic Microsoft form. The questionnaire contained demographic questions, the psychometric tool Burnout Assessment Tool version 2.0, the psychometric tool Brief Resilience Scale (BRS), and the psychometric tool Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire (Q-LES-Q), which were used to measure the three variables examined by the research. For statistical analysis, linear regression analysis was used to find independent factors. The main research hypothesis was verified, finding a negative correlation between burnout and the variables of mental resilience and quality of life, while it was identified that employees experienced greater exhaustion and spiritual withdrawal compared to freelancers. Hypotheses regarding age, educational level, and public-private job data were not verified as there were no statistically significant differences in demographic results.

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2023-12-19

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Plemmenos, N., D. Vlastos, D., & Theofilou, P. (2023). Burnout, mental resilience and quality of life in Greek professionals of public and private sector: Which is the impact of demographic, occupational and psychological variables?. Applied Psychology Research, 2(1), 361. https://doi.org/10.59400/apr.v2i1.361

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