The Association Between Sleep Quality and Burnout Symptoms With Meaning in Life as a Potential Moderator: a Study on Nurses During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Velde, Nola van (2024) The Association Between Sleep Quality and Burnout Symptoms With Meaning in Life as a Potential Moderator: a Study on Nurses During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Master thesis, Psychology.

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Abstract

Introduction: the COVID pandemic has brought unprecedented circumstances, putting high pressure on the health-care system. Therefore, nurses might have been at risk for burnout related difficulties. It has been proposed by previous literature that there could be a negative association between sleep quality and burnout severity. The current study aimed to replicate these findings. Furthermore, meaning in life was investigated as a potential moderator for the possible association between sleep quality and burnout severity. Methods: an online questionnaire was used for data collection (N = 865). The data was gathered using three self-report scales measuring sleep quality, burnout severity and meaning in life. Results: the simple linear regression yielded significant results for the main effect between sleep quality and burnout severity (β = -1.527; p = <.001). The moderation analysis using multiple linear regression, yielded no significant evidence for meaning in life as a moderator (β = - .058; p = .684). However, a significant main effect was found between meaning in life and burnout severity (β = - .518; p = <.001). Discussion: the results show that there seems to be an association between sleep quality and burnout severity, in nurses during the pandemic. This was in line with previous literature that investigated this relationship. There was no evidence found for meaning in life as a moderator, although there was a main-effect present between sleep quality and burnout. However, there is a great lack of research, thus future studies should evaluate this association further.

Item Type:	Thesis (Master)
Supervisor name:	Daniels, J.K.
Degree programme:	Psychology
Differentiation route:	Clinical Psychology (CP) [Master Psychology]
Date Deposited:	16 Jul 2024 09:24
Last Modified:	16 Jul 2024 09:24
URI:	http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3921

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