TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Dispositional hope as a protective factor among medical emergency professionals: a preliminary investigation
JO  - Traumatology
A1  - Ho, Samuel M. Y.
A1  - Lo, Rosalie S. Y.
SP  - 3
EP  - 9
VL  - 17
IS  - 4
N2  - 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 "probable PTSD cases," 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1534-7656
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1534765611426786
ID  - ref1
ER  -