{Reference Type}: Journal Article
{Title}: The relationship between self-efficacy, resilience, and job burnout in pediatric residents: a cross-sectional study in Western China.
{Author}: Du Y;Qiao L;Dong L;Wan C;Yang X;Liu H;
{Journal}: BMC Med Educ
{Volume}: 24
{Issue}: 1
{Year}: 2024 Jul 23
{Factor}: 3.263
{DOI}: 10.1186/s12909-024-05700-y
{Abstract}: <B>BACKGROUND: </B>Burnout is prevalent among pediatric residents. Self-efficacy and resilience, as concepts of positive psychology, may be protective factors for burnout. However, no current data demonstrates the mechanism of their interaction.<BR><B>OBJECTIVE: </B>To investigate the pediatric residents' status of self-efficacy, resilience, and job burnout in a university-affiliated hospital in western China. To explore relationships among them, especially the mediating effects of resilience.<BR><B>METHODS: </B>The study was conducted with 190 pediatric residents from an A-Class women's and children's hospital in western China. Data included demographic characteristics, status of pediatric residents, measures of burnout (using the Physicians' Career Burnout Questionnaire), self-efficacy (using the General Self-Efficacy Scale) and resilience (using the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale). Multiple regression analysis and mediation analysis with bootstrapping were used to identify whether resilience mediates the relationship between self-efficacy and burnout.<BR><B>RESULTS: </B>Female pediatric residents exhibited significantly lower self-efficacy (t = 2.53, p<0.05) and higher levels of job burnout (t=-2.64, p<0.01) compared to male residents. Residents in the standardized training stage experienced higher levels of job burnout compared to those who had completed the training, as indicated by t-values of -3.21, -2.13, and - 2.80 (p<0.05). Significant correlations (p ≤ 0.01) were found among self-efficacy, resilience, and burnout. Additionally, our findings indicated that pediatric residents' self-efficacy can positively predict job burnout and its three dimensions through a major mediating effect of resilience.<BR><B>CONCLUSIONS: </B>The findings regarding the mediating effect of resilience on the influence of self-efficacy on burnout, and their association with gender and residency status, have practical implications for interventions aimed at reducing burnout and improving the well-being of pediatric residents.