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Ebrahimi A, Sharbafchi M R, Ebrahimi M, Nasiri Dehsorkhi H, Sharifi S. The Role Of Psychological Capital In Job Burnout, Psychological Distress Symptoms And Psychosomatic Complaints In Therapists Of Children With Cancer: A Structural Equation Model. RBS 2026; 23 (1) :12-20
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Amrollah Ebrahimi1 
, Mohammad Reza Sharbafchi2 , Mahdi Ebrahimi3 , Hamid Nasiri Dehsorkhi *4 
, Somayeh Sharifi5
, Mohammad Reza Sharbafchi2 , Mahdi Ebrahimi3 , Hamid Nasiri Dehsorkhi *4 , Somayeh Sharifi5
1- Behavioral Sciences Research Center and Department of Health Psychology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
2- Behavioral Sciences Research Center and Department of Psychiatry, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
3- Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
4- Isfahan Gastroenterology and Hepatology Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran ,dr.hamidnasiri@gmail.com
5- Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan ,Iran
2- Behavioral Sciences Research Center and Department of Psychiatry, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
3- Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
4- Isfahan Gastroenterology and Hepatology Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran ,
5- Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan ,Iran
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Aim and Background: Therapists in the clinics and hospitals of difficult to treat patients have always been exposed to job burnout with psychological consequences. The purpose of this study was to investigate the protective role of psychological capital on job burnout, psychological distress and psychosomatic symptoms in therapists of children with cancer.
Methods and Materials: The present research is cross-sectional-correlation and its participants were 140 clinical and social therapists available in the pediatric oncology department of Isfahan hospitals. 132 people completed Questionnaires of psychological capital, Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS) and somatization symptoms. To data analyses, multivariate regression and covariance analysis were used. All analyses were done using SPSS-20 software and AMOS was used for Structural equation modelling (SEM).
Findings: The results showed that psychological capital has a significant and inverse direct effect on burnout, psychosomatic symptoms and psychological distress. Also, a positive and significant direct relationship between burnout and psychosomatic and psychological symptoms was obtained. The results of the non-parametric bootstrap method showed that the indirect effect of psychological capital through job burnout on psychosomatic and psychological distress is significant and this effect is stronger on psychosomatic symptoms.
Conclusions: The findings of this study showed the protective role of positive psychological abilities, which is conceptualized in the form of psychological capital, including the components of hope, self-efficacy, resilience, and optimism, on the adjustment of job burnout, psychological distress, and psychosomatic complaints of therapists in oncology wards. This study proposes the development and implementation of a program to empower therapists in children's cancer treatment centers in the form of a plan to strengthen psychological capital in order to overcome burnout and its psychological consequences
Methods and Materials: The present research is cross-sectional-correlation and its participants were 140 clinical and social therapists available in the pediatric oncology department of Isfahan hospitals. 132 people completed Questionnaires of psychological capital, Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS) and somatization symptoms. To data analyses, multivariate regression and covariance analysis were used. All analyses were done using SPSS-20 software and AMOS was used for Structural equation modelling (SEM).
Findings: The results showed that psychological capital has a significant and inverse direct effect on burnout, psychosomatic symptoms and psychological distress. Also, a positive and significant direct relationship between burnout and psychosomatic and psychological symptoms was obtained. The results of the non-parametric bootstrap method showed that the indirect effect of psychological capital through job burnout on psychosomatic and psychological distress is significant and this effect is stronger on psychosomatic symptoms.
Conclusions: The findings of this study showed the protective role of positive psychological abilities, which is conceptualized in the form of psychological capital, including the components of hope, self-efficacy, resilience, and optimism, on the adjustment of job burnout, psychological distress, and psychosomatic complaints of therapists in oncology wards. This study proposes the development and implementation of a program to empower therapists in children's cancer treatment centers in the form of a plan to strengthen psychological capital in order to overcome burnout and its psychological consequences
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Received: 2024/09/29 | Accepted: 2025/04/17 | Published: 2026/03/1
Received: 2024/09/29 | Accepted: 2025/04/17 | Published: 2026/03/1
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