Burnout and Emotion Regulation among Female Married Nurses: A Descriptive Correlational Study

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Stuti Kumari and Manglesh Kumar Manglam (Department of Psychological Sciences, Central University of South Bihar, Gaya, Bihar)

Nurses have a very important role in the care of patients in any medical institution. When the workload becomes severe among nurses, they feel distress, fatigue, lethargy, and emotional exhaustion. In many studies conducted on nurses, it has been found that nurses have more burnout as compared to other health professionals. The aim of the study was to evaluate burnout and emotion regulation among nurses and find the association between burnout and emotion regulation. A sample of 50 female nurses was selected through a simple random sampling method, aged between 30 and 50 years, from Patna, India. After obtaining informed consent, the Maslach Burnout Inventory (Maslach et al., 1997) and Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) (Gross & John, 2003) were administered. The university’s ethical committee gave its approval to the study. Severe burnout affected 50% of the participants. Emotion regulation and cognitive reappraisal were revealed to be significantly negatively correlated r= (-.386**, p=<.01). The participants’ age and expressed emotion were positively correlated (r= .329*, p=<.05), while length of service and burnout total score were positively associated (r= .289*, p=<.05). The findings may help administrators reduce burnout and improve emotion regulation among nursing professionals through counselling services and professional training.