PERSONALITY TRAITS, WORK FAMILY BALANCE AND BURNOUT IN PRACTICING PSYCHOLOGISTS

Abstract

The purpose of the current study is to investigate the relationship between personality traits, work family balance, and burnout in practicing psychologists. It was hypothesized that there is a relationship between personality traits, work family balance, and burnout in practicing psychologists. Moreover, personality traits would moderate the relationship of work family balance and burnout in practicing psychologists. A correlational research design was used in this study. The sample comprised of 60 psychologists; and was taken from Lahore though purposive and snowball sampling technique. The Ten Item Personality Inventory (TIPI) (Gosling, Rentfrow, & Swann, 2003); Work Family Balance Measure (Carlson & Grzywacz, 2007); and Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI) (Kristesen, Borritz, Villadsen, & Christensen, 2005) were used to assess the personality traits, work family balance, and burnout respectively. Pearson product movement correlation analysis and hierarchal regression model were used to assess study objectives. The results showed that work family balance was negatively correlated with burnout. Moreover, age was negatively correlated with client related burnout. Furthermore, the findings indicated that personality trait (conscientiousness) moderates the relationship of work family balance and burnout. Limitations, implications, and future directions of the current study were discussed. Key Words: Psychologists, Work Family Balance, Burnout, Personality