أنماط تربية الوالدين وعلاقتها بالاحتراق النفسي والتعاطف لدى الممرضين العاملين في المستشفيات التعليمية

Parental Rearing Patterns, and its Relation to Burnout, and Empathy among Nurses Working at Teaching Hospitals

Abstract

A descriptive correlation design was used in the current study from the period of 26th September ,2022, to 2 nd August, 2023 to find out the relationship between parenting styles, burnout, and empathy among nurses working in teaching hospitals.
A purposive (non-probability) sample of 180 nurses is recruited in current study and selected from four teaching hospitals in kerbala city according to specific criteria.
The data were collected through interviews using three scales that are Parental Authority Questionnaire (30 items), Maslach Burnout Inventory(22 items) and Jefferson Scale of Empathy Physician/Health Professions (HP – version) (20 items ).Data were analyzed and interpreted through use application of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), version (IBM 22).
The result of the present study showed that there is a significant correlation between father’s parenting style (permissive dimension) with depersonalization and personal accomplishment sub-domains of burnout. There is a significant correlation between mother’s parenting style (permissive dimension) and personal accomplishment sub-domain of burnout. Also, that there is a significant correlation between father’s parenting style (authoritarianism dimension) and all dimensions of burnout. However, there are significant correlation between father’s and mother’s parenting styles(authoritative dimension, permissive dimension, and authoritarianism dimension) and empathy.
The study concluded that parenting styles have significant correlation with empathy and some styles of parenting styles have relation with sub-domains of burnout. The study recommended preparing awareness programs through various media for parents about instructed in the best positive style that must be followed and negative style that must be avoided in rearing children and importance of parental styles because of its impact on their lives and jobs in the future.