ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Public Health
Sec. Public Mental Health
This article is part of the Research TopicPromoting Mental Health among Healthcare ProfessionalsView all 5 articles
The mediating role of coping strategies on job satisfaction and burnout and the moderating role of neurotic personality among physicians in Gansu Province's infectious disease sentinel medical institutions
Provisionally accepted
- 1School of Public Health, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, China
- 2The First Clinical Medical College, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
- 3Lanzhou University School of Public Health, Lanzhou, China
- 4Second People's Hospital of Lanzhou City, Lanzhou, China
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Objective:This study aimed to investigate the relationship between neuroticism, coping styles, job satisfaction and burnout among physicians in Gansu Province's infectious disease sentinel medical institutions.Methods:A cross-sectional survey was conducted using the Minnesota Satisfaction Scale short-form scale, Coping Style Scale, Burnout Scale, and Chinese Big Five Personality Questionnaire short-form scale on 8,071 physicians in all infectious disease sentinel medical institutions in Gansu Province.Results:There was a correlation between job satisfaction and burnout, coping styles, and neuroticism among doctors in Gansu Province infectious disease designated medical institutions (p<0.05). Coping style mediated the relationship between job satisfaction and burnout. Neuroticism moderated the relationship between job satisfaction and burnout (t=-3.231,p<0.05); neuroticism moderated the relationship between job satisfaction and positive coping (t=-10.927,p<0.05); neuroticism moderated the relationship between positive coping and burnout (t= 4.097,p<0.05); neurotic personality moderated the relationship between negative coping and burnout (t=-2.710, p<0.01).Conclusion:Job satisfaction influences burnout among physicians in an infectious disease sentinel care facility through the mediating role of coping styles and the moderating role of neurotic personality.
Keywords: Physicians, neuroticism, Coping styles, burnout, Job Satisfaction
Received: 26 Aug 2025; Accepted: 29 Oct 2025.
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* Correspondence:
Jinyu Wang, wangjiny@lzu.edu.cn
Sheng Li, 1178708407@qq.com
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