The Variables Predicting Couple Burnout

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to investigate the contributions of variables concerned with socio-demographic features, career burnout, marital adjustment, spouse support, marriage and relationship on the prediction of couple burnout of married individuals. The research group consisted of 435 married females (n= 235) and males (n= 200), who are university staff in different units of Mersin University, selected randomly from the population and who accepted to join the study voluntarily. In order to measure couple burnout, “Couple Burnout Measure (CBM)”; in order to measure career burnout, “Burnout Measure (BM)”; in order to measure marital adjustment, “Marital Adjustment Scale (MAS)”; and in order to determine the variables concerned with marriage and relationship, spouse support, socio-demographic features, “Personal Information Form” were used. In order to analyze the data stepwise linear multiple regression analysis and t test were employed and significance level was taken as 0.01 and 0.05 for analyses. As a result of the analysis, it is found that married individuals’ couple burnout scores were predicted by different variables. The findings were discussed according to the literature.

Keywords

• Couple Burnout, Career Burnout, Marital Adjustment, Spouse Support, Marriage

Eş Tükenmişliğini Yordayan Değişkenler

Öz

Bu araştırmanın amacı, sosyo-demografik özellikler, mesleki tükenmişlik, evlilik uyumu, eş desteği, evlilik ve ilişki ile ilgili değişkenlerin evli bireylerin eş tükenmişliğini yordamadaki katkılarını incelemektir. Araştırma grubunu, Mersin Üniversitesi’nin çeşitli birimlerinden, çalışmaya gönüllü olarak katılmayı kabul eden ve evrenden seçkisiz olarak seçilen 435 evli kadın (n=235) ve erkek (n=200) üniversite personeli oluşturmuştur. Araştırmada, eş tükenmişliğini ölçmek üzere “Eş Tükenmişlik Ölçeği (ETÖ)”; mesleki tükenmişliği ölçmek üzere “Tükenmişlik Ölçeği (TÖ)”; evlilik uyumunu ölçmek için “Evlilik Uyum Ölçeği (EUÖ); sosyo-demografik özellikler, eş desteği, evlilik ve ilişki ile ilgili değişkenleri belirlemek üzere “Kişisel Bilgi Formu” kullanılmıştır. Verilerin analizinde, aşamalı doğrusal çoklu regresyon analizi ile t testinden yararlanılmış ve sonuçların değerlendirilmesinde hata payı üst sınırı 0.01 ve 0.05 ölçüt olarak kabul edilmiştir. Yapılan analizler sonucunda, evli bireylerin eş tükenmişliği puanlarının, farklı değişkenler tarafından yordandığı bulunmuştur. Bulgular literatür ışığında tartışılmıştır

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Eş Tükenmişliği, Mesleki Tükenmişlik, Evlilik Uyumu, Eş Desteği, Evlilik

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