Burnout Syndrome, Occupational Stress and Altruism Among Nursing Profession

The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between burnout syndrome, occupational stress and altruism among nursing profession. The required sample of nurses with age range from 25 to 50 years was selected from the Government Hospitals of Haryana. Following psychological variables, i.e., burnout syndrome, occupational stress and altruism studied by using Maslach Burnout Inventory (Maslach & Jackson, 1986); Occupational Stress Index (Srivastava & Singh, 1981); and Self-report Altruism Scale (Rushton, 1981). Pearson's Product Moment Method was used to find the correlation coefficient between burnout syndrome, occupational stress and altruism. Results indicate that occupational stress is significantly positively correlated with burnout syndrome whereas altruism is significantly negatively correlated with burnout syndrome. Another statistical technique, t-test was applied to see the significant mean difference between measures of burnout syndrome, occupational stress and altruism among staff nurses and ward sisters and found that they significantly differ on the scores of burnout syndrome, occupational stress and altruism.