PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ling Chen
AU  - Junjun Liu
AU  - Hailong Yang
AU  - Hui Ma
AU  - Hui Wang
AU  - Yun Huang
AU  - Hao Cheng
AU  - Dianzhen Tang
AU  - Miao Liu
AU  - Houyuan Luo
AU  - Haitao Qu
AU  - Diwen Shen
AU  - Ning Zhang
TI  - Work-family conflict and job burn-out among Chinese doctors: the mediating role of coping styles
AID  - 10.1136/gpsych-2018-000004
DP  - 2018 Aug 01
TA  - General Psychiatry
PG  - e000004
VI  - 31
IP  - 1
4099  - http://gpsych.bmj.com/content/31/1/e000004.short
4100  - http://gpsych.bmj.com/content/31/1/e000004.full
SO  - Gen Psych2018 Aug 01; 31
AB  - Background Burn-out among doctors threatens their own health, and that of their patients. To identify risk factors of the doctor burn-out is vital to improving their health and increasing the quality of healthcare services. This study aims to explore the relationship between work-family conflict (WFC) and burn-out among Chinese doctors and the mediating role of coping styles in this relationship.Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted in China, with a questionnaire packet which consisted of the Chinese Maslach Burnout Inventory (CMBI), WFC Scale and the Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire (SCSQ). A total of 2530 doctors participated in the survey. Correlation analysis was performed to explore the relationship between CMBI, WFC and SCSQ scores. A linear regression model was set to determine the mediating role of coping styles on the relationship between WFC and burn-out.Results Doctors who had higher scores on work interfering with family conflict, reported more emotional exhaustion (r=0.514, P<0.001) and had a sense of accomplishment (r=−0.149, P<0.001). Simultaneously, family interfering with work (FIW) was positively associated with all dimensions of burn-out (r=0.213, 0.504, 0.088, respectively, P<0.001). Coping styles had partial, complete and even mediating effects on the relationship between WFC and burn-out among Chinese doctors.Conclusions WFC was correlated with burn-out, and coping style was a mediator in this relationship among Chinese doctors. Coping style was a positive resource against burn-out.