Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China.
Front Public Health. 2022 Apr 5;10:870772. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.870772. eCollection 2022.
Perceived organizational support (POS) in the relationship between neuroticism and job burnout among firefighters received little attention in China. A sampling of 716 firefighters in China, we drew on perceived organization support theory and the notion of support as a buffer in job burnout, examining moderating effects of POS on the relationship between neuroticism and three components of burnout (emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and reduced personal accomplishment). Also, this study explored the mediating effect of burnout on the relationship between neuroticism and mental health (i.e., anxiety and depression). We found that two components (depersonalization and emotional exhaustion) of burnout have significantly mediated the relationship between neuroticism and anxiety and depression. At the same time, POS reinforced the relationship between neuroticism and depersonalization and emotional exhaustion. Therefore, organizations can take our analysis into account when taking actions to improve firefighters' mental health. The implications of these findings were discussed.
在中国，神经症与消防员职业倦怠之间的感知组织支持（POS）很少受到关注。本研究在中国抽取了 716 名消防员，基于感知组织支持理论和支持作为职业倦怠缓冲的概念，考察了 POS 对神经质与倦怠的三个维度（情绪耗竭、去个性化和个人成就感降低）之间关系的调节作用。此外，本研究还探讨了倦怠在神经质与心理健康（即焦虑和抑郁）之间关系中的中介作用。结果发现，倦怠的两个维度（去个性化和情绪耗竭）显著中介了神经质与焦虑和抑郁之间的关系。同时，POS 加强了神经质与去个性化和情绪耗竭之间的关系。因此，组织在采取行动改善消防员心理健康时可以考虑我们的分析。讨论了这些发现的意义。
