The relationship between coping with stress and job satisfaction of healthcare professionals

The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between coping skills with stress and job satisfaction among healthcare professionals. The sample of the study consists of 448 healthcare professionals working around Turkey. To collect data Stress Coping Preference Scale, Maslach Burnout Scale and Minnesota Job Satisfaction Scale were used. Data were analyzed with SPSS 20.0 program. To analyze the data Kruskal Wallis test, Independent Samples t-test, One-Way ANOVA, Regression test were used. The findings demonstrated that there was a positive relationship between self safe approach, optimistic approach and job satisfaction. Also, it was observed that seeking social support and internal satisfaction and general job satisfaction levels were positively related. Finally, there was a negative relationship between internal satisfaction, external satisfaction, general job satisfaction levels and emotional burnout and desensitization levels.