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3. METHOD……………………………………………………………………...……..95<br />

3.1 STUDY POPULATION…………………………………………………...………...95<br />

3.1.1. The Hungarian sample……………………………………………………...……..95<br />

3.1.2. The Swedish sample………………………………………………………..……..97<br />

3.2. QUESTIONNAIRES USED IN THE STUDY……………………………..………99<br />

3.2.1. Demographic variables………………………………………………………..…100<br />

3.2.2. The Stress scale for Oncology nurses……………………………………….…...101<br />

3.2.3. The Satisfaction with Life scale……………………………………………….…101<br />

3.2.4. The Psychological Immune Competence Inventory………………………….….102<br />

3.2.5. The Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support………………………103<br />

3.2.6. The Maslach Burnout Inventory – Human Services Survey…………………….103<br />

4. RESULTS………………………………………………………………...…………106<br />

4.1. RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY…………………………………………...…….106<br />

4.1.1. Correlations of the test’s subscales………………………………………...…….107<br />

4.2. DESCRIPTION OF THE HUNGARIAN AND SWEDISH SAMPLE………..….107<br />

4.3. BURNOUT IN THE HUNGARIAN AND SWEDISH NURSES………………...112<br />

4.4. BURNOUT AND WORK-RELATED STRESS………………………………..…113<br />

4.5. BURNOUT AND LIFE SATISFACTION………………………………..……….118<br />

4.6. BURNOUT AND PERSONALITY………………………………………….……120<br />

4.6.1. The three factors and the 16 subscales of the Psychological Immune System…..120<br />

4.6.2. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) of the Psychological Immune System…...121<br />

4.6.3. Findings for Burnout and Personality……………………………………………123<br />

4.7. BURNOUT AND SOCIAL SUPPORT………………………………...…………127<br />

4.8. WHICH FACTORS CONTRIBUTED TO HIGHER BURNOUT?........................128<br />

4.8.1. Structural Equation Model (SEM)…………………………………………...…..129<br />

4.9. BURNOUT AND THE DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES………………..……….132<br />

5. DISCUSSION.............................................................................................................134<br />

5.1. BURNOUT IN THE HUNGARIAN AND SWEDISH NURSES...........................134<br />

5.2. BURNOUT AND WORK-RELATED STRESS…………………………….…….137<br />

5.3. BURNOUT AND LIFE SATISFACTION………………………………………...142<br />

5.4. BURNOUT AND PERSONALITY………………………………….……………145<br />

5.5. BURNOUT AND SOCIAL SUPPORT………………………………...…………149<br />

5.6. WHICH FACTORS CONTRIBUTED TO HIGHER BURNOUT?........................152<br />

5.7. BURNOUT AND THE DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES……………………...…154

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