期刊名称：Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine
印刷版ISSN：1232-1966
电子版ISSN：1898-2263
出版年度：2018
卷号：25
期号：3
页码：1-7
DOI：10.26444/aaem/85650
出版社：Institute of Agricultural Medicine in Lublin
摘要：Introduction. Existential attitudes distinguished by G. Reker express the meaning of life and affect the way individuals
perceive themselves, the reality as well as their ability to cope with challenges. Thus, it can be assumed that life attitudes
also determine burnout understood as a syndrome of psychological symptoms that occur in professionally active people
due to chronic occupational stress.
Objective. The aim of the study is to examine which existential attitudes determine burnout in nurses employed in rural
primary healthcare settings in Poland
Material and methods. The study sample comprised 120 nurses employed in rural primary healthcare settings in Poland.
The Life Attitude Profile – Revised (LAP-R) adapted by R. Klamut and The Link Burnout Questionnaire (LBQ) adapted by A.
Jaworowska were used in the research.
Results. The strongerthe belief of the surveyed nurses concerning life goals they possess and the more internally coherent
they are, the lower psychophysical exhaustion they experience. Whereas, psychophysical exhaustion rises with an increase
in the need for introducing changes in life. Relationship deterioration and disillusion decrease with the level of engagement
in seeking new goals in life. The sense of professional ineffectiveness drops if the belief of the nurses that they possess life
goals gets stronger. Moreover, the stronger the meaning of life becomes, the stronger the professional ineffectiveness of
the nurses is.
Conclusions. The analyses performed proved that some existential attitudes are predictors of burnout in nurses employed
in rural areas. The research results can be applied in the development of prevention and aid programs to enhance the quality
of nurses’ personal and professional performance.
