The role of optimism and religious coping in predicting nurses' burnout

Among the tensions that nurses face during their service, we can mention job burnout, which is influenced by several factors. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the role of optimism and religious coping in predicting nurses' burnout.

The present study was a correlational descriptive study. The research population included all the male and female nurses working in the first three months of 1401 at Imam Hossein Karaj Hospital (400 people), based on the table of Gorjesi and Morgan (1971), 196 were selected by stratified sampling method (male and female).. And they responded to the questionnaires of life orientation of Shier and Carver (1985), religious confrontation of Iranians, Irizar and Aguilar (2010) and job burnout of Maslach (1996). Data analysis was done using Pearson's correlation test and multiple regression with the help of SPSS version 24 software.

The results showed that the correlation between optimism and religious coping with job burnout was negative and significant (p<0.01). Also, optimism and religious coping explain 38% of the variance of job burnout.

By using religious confrontations and having an optimistic attitude in the work environment of nurses, it is possible to target nursing actions, make it easier to bear work problems, and consequently, it can reduce their job burnout.