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Open Access 01-12-2024 | Burnout Syndrome | Research

Maintaining the working state of firefighters by utilizing self-concept clarity as a resource

Authors: Peng Wu, Tingting Liu, Qingqian Li, Xiaoting Yu, Zhiyun Liu, Siyu Tian

Published in: BMC Public Health | Issue 1/2024

Abstract

The working state of firefighters is important for their own safety as well as that of the general public. The purpose of this study is to investigate the correlations between self-concept clarity, resilience, work engagement, and job burnout among firefighters, as well as the impacts of self-concept clarity and resilience as resources that can maintain their working state. Based on data from 2,156 firefighters, analysis showed that self-concept clarity was negatively associated with job burnout and positively associated with work engagement. The results also showed that self-concept clarity had a direct effect on job burnout and work engagement, and an indirect effect by improving the firefighters’ resilience. Maintaining and improving their self-concept clarity and resilience promises to be an effective strategy for guaranteeing the working state of firefighters.

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Title: Maintaining the working state of firefighters by utilizing self-concept clarity as a resource
Authors: Peng Wu
Tingting Liu
Qingqian Li
Xiaoting Yu
Zhiyun Liu
Siyu Tian
Publication date: 01-12-2024
Publisher: BioMed Central
Keyword: Burnout Syndrome
Published in: BMC Public Health / Issue 1/2024
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2458
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-17896-1

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