Work - Life Balance, Social Support, and Job Burnout of Public Health Officers.

Abstract

     This research aimed to study the level of work-life balance, social support and job burnout of public health officers and to study the influence of work-life balance and social support on job burnout of public health officers. The sample consisted of 158 public health officers. Data were Collected for the research by distributing the completed questionnaires to the sample group according to the calculated proportions, explaining the steps and details of the questionnaire, collecting data by themselves, collecting questionnaires and checking the completeness of the questionnaires, analyzing all questionnaires using statistical methods and checking the accuracy of all data. The recorded the obtained data in a coded form, analyzed it, and processed it using a ready-made statistical computer program for social science research.
     The findings revealed that work-life balance was at a moderate level (= 3.54, SD = 0.61). Social support from family was also at a moderate level (= 3.66, SD = 0.79), while social support from friends was at a high level (= 3.80, SD = 0.76), and social support from significant others was at a high level (= 3.77, SD = 0.63). Job burnout was found to be at a moderate level (= 2.34, SD = 0.53). The results of the multiple regression analysis indicated that work-life balance had a negative influence on job burnout (β = -0.663, p < .001). Social support from family had a positive influence (β = 0.296, p < .001), social support from friends had a negative influence (β = -0.411, p =.001), and social support from significant others had a positive influence (β = 0.556, p < .001). Together, these factors predicted 27.0% of the variance in job burnout among public health officers (R² = 0.270).