The Relationship between Psychological Capital and Burnout with Mediated the Social Responsibility Perception in Nurses

The aim of this research was determine the relationship between psychological capital and burnout with mediated the social responsibility perception in nurses.

This was a cross-sectional correlational study. The research population was the nurses of Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences in 2020 year, which 600 of them (300 men and 300 women) were selected as a sample by multi-stage cluster sampling method. The research instruments were the questionnaires of psychological capital (Luthans et al, 2007), burnout (Maslach & Jackson, 1981) and social responsibility perception (Carroll, 1979). Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficients and structural equation modeling.

The results showed that the model of psychological capital and burnout with mediated the social responsibility perception of nurses had a good fit. In addition, psychological capital had a significant direct effect on nurses' social responsibility perception and psychological capital and social responsibility perception had a significant direct effect on their burnout. Also, psychological capital had a significant indirect effect on nurses' burnout through the mediated of social responsibility perception (P˂0.05).

According to the results, to reduce the burnout of nurses can improve the amount of psychological capital and perception of social responsibility in them through workshops. Other findings showed that psychological capital had a significant indirect effect on nurses' burnout through mediation of social responsibility perception.