Abstract:
The study aimed to know the nature of the relationship between the
estimation of stress with the meaning of life and psychological burnout among
doctors, the differences in them according to gender, and the effect of isolating
the meaning of life on the relationship between stress and psychological
burnout. The number of participants was (252( doctors in the State Kuwait.
The MLQ questionnaire prepared by Steger, Frazier, Oishi & Kaler (2006(,
Maslach's Burnout inventory, and Self-Estimate of Work-Related Stress Level
were used.
The results showed the existence of negative correlation coeffcients
statistically signifcant between the existence of meaning and each estimate of
stress, psychological burnout, and its dimensions. There were no statistically
signifcant differences according to gender in burnout and stress. There were
signifcant differences according to gender in the presence of meaning and
the search for meaning in favor of males, and it was found that isolating
the existence of meaning and searching for meaning leads to a signifcant
modifcation in the relationship between self-estimation of stress and
psychological burnout.
