In:
Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal, Scientific Journal Publishers Ltd, Vol. 35, No. 8 ( 2007-01-01), p. 1087-1098
Abstract:
The study compared the predictive value of locus of control and coping flexibility on student burnout. Two hundred and seventy-three Chinese university students completed the Chinese version of the Maslach Burnout Inventory – Student Survey (MBI-SS; Schaufeli, Martinez, Marques-Pinto,
Salanova, & Bakker, 2002), the Coping Flexibility Inventory (CFI; Zhang, Gan, & Zhang, 2005), and Rotter's Internal-External Scale (1966). Results indicated that the construct of coping flexibility was composed of perceived controllability and strategy-situation fit, which negatively
predicted burnout. Coping flexibility accounted for significant incremental variance beyond locus of control in predicting the three dimensions of burnout. The results provided evidence for the advantage of a person-situation interactional construct in predicting behavior, compared to its personality counterpart.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0301-2212
DOI:
10.2224/sbp.2007.35.8.1087
Language:
English
Publisher:
Scientific Journal Publishers Ltd
Publication Date:
2007
SSG:
5,2
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