Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.5559/di.35.4.07
Job Requirements, Personality Traits and Their Interaction in Explanining Burnout in Psychologists
Maria Vrbešić
; J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Osijek, Croatia
Dino Krupić
; J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Osijek, Croatia
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Abstract
The study of burnout among psychologists included 288 psychologists employed in the fields of social welfare, organisational, school, clinical and health psychology, as well as in other fields. The Oldenburg Burnout Inventory, the
Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire, and the Short Form of the Big Five Inventory of personality traits were used in the study. The results of a one-way analysis of variance show that there is a statistically significant difference in the experience of burnout among psychologists employed in different workplaces, with psychologists employed in the field of clinical and health psychology experiencing the lowest, and psychologists in the field of social welfare the highest scores on the Disengagement and Exhaustion scales. According to the results of the hierarchical regression analysis, Extraversion is negatively, and Negative Emotionality positively associated with burnout. However, job characteristics contribute more strongly to burnout at work than personality traits. Moderation effects indicate that Extraversion, Conscientiousness, and low Negative Emotionality may contribute to reducing the level of burnout, but not when job demands are too high.
Keywords
burnout at work; fields of psychology; personality traits; COPSOQ III; BFI-2
Hrčak ID:
352976
URI
Publication date:
4.11.2026.
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