@article{ref1,
title="Dispositional hope as a protective factor among medical emergency professionals: a preliminary investigation",
journal="Traumatology",
year="2011",
author="Ho, Samuel M. Y. and Lo, Rosalie S. Y.",
volume="17",
number="4",
pages="3-9",
abstract="The relationships between dispositional hope and psychological adjustments were examined among 35 medical professionals in the accident and emergency (A&E) department. About 21.4% of the participants could be considered as &quot;probable PTSD cases,&quot; and 34.3% of them had two or more job burnout symptom subscales above the thresholds. Correlation analyses showed that A&E personnel with a higher dispositional hope tended to exhibit less burnout symptoms (r = -.62, p <.0001) and less PTSD symptoms (r = -.39, p <.05). Regression analyses showed that hope remained a significant individual predictor for burnout after controlling for gender, profession (physician vs. nurse) and years of experience (β = -.54, p <.01). Our data showed that dispositional hope is an important factor in preventing burnout among medical personnel in the A&E department.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1534-7656",
doi="10.1177/1534765611426786",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1534765611426786"
}