Combining job stress models in predicting burnout by hierarchical multiple regressions: a cross-sectional investigation in Shanghai.

Objective: To compare the predictive validity of the demand control and effort-reward imbalance model, alone and in combination with each other, for job burnout in Shanghai employees.

Methods: A sample of 1368 Shanghai employees responded to a core job stress questionnaire and burnout scale in Chinese. Hierarchically moderated multiple regressions were used to analyze the relationship between job stress and burnout.

[Hierarchical regression analysis for relationship between job stress and job burnout in Shanghai employees].

Objective: To identify related factors of job burnout in Shanghai employees.

Methods: Four hundred fifty-six employees in Shanghai were investigated in this study. Self-administered questionnaires were used to assess job burnout and job stress, based on Maslach Burnout Inventory and the Job Demand-Control model as well as Effort-Reward Imbalance Model.

[Reliability and validity of Burnout Questionnaire in occupational population].

Objective: To evaluate the reliability and validity of simple Burnout Questionnaire in occupational population.

Methods: A self-administered Burnout Questionnaire comprising 19 items was developed in light of Maslash Burnout Questionnaire and used for investigating 458 employees.

Results: Cronbach's alpha between total items of Burnout Questionnaire and each factor fell in between 0.