AUTHOR=Gao Jin , Du Xinyang , Gao Qing 

TITLE=Analysis of burnout and its influencing factors among prison police

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health

VOLUME=10

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.891745

DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2022.891745

ISSN=2296-2565

ABSTRACT=<sec><title>Background</title><p>Burnout among prison police is an occupational health issue in the field of public health. Although burnout has been a hot issue for decades, there has not been a focus on the specific group of prison police. This study explores the burnout status and its influencing factors among prison police.</p></sec><sec><title>Methods</title><p>The Maslach Burnout Questionnaire—General Survey (MBI-GS) was used to conduct a questionnaire survey among 1,024 prison police.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>It indicates that emotional exhaustion, negative detachment, and self-efficacy were the most significant dimensions of the burnout among prison police officers. The results of multiple linear regression analysis showed that gender (−0.201, <italic>P</italic> = 8.8958E-11 &lt;0.05), workload (−0.441, <italic>P</italic> = 1.6287E-9 &lt;0.05), whether they have direct contact with supervisory subjects (−0.394, <italic>P</italic> = 2.1449E-39 &lt;0.05), and a sense of organizational support (−0.298, <italic>P</italic> = 3.7182E-7 &lt;0.05) were risk factors for burnout in prison police.</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusions</title><p>Burnout among prison officers can be reduced through preferential treatment of prison police, sound organizational mechanisms, and self-improvement of prison police.</p></sec>