An investigation into the relationship between resilience and burnout levels of women who are working from home during the COVID-19 Pandemic

The purpose of this research; It is to examine the relationship between psychological resilience and burnout levels of women working from home during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The research was conducted in the year of 2021-2022 with a sample of 465 volunteer female participants among the ages of 18-45, residing in Bursa and working from home. In this study, which was carried out using a relational model, the relationship between psychological resilience and burnout levels of women working from home was examined within the framework of socio-demographic information. In this context, Demographic Information Form, Brief Resilience Scale and Burnout Measure-Short Version were used. The method of analysis of research data is statistical analysis, which is a quantitative method. Statistical analysis was analysed with SPSS 25.0 software. According to the normality test results on the Psychological Resilience Scale and Burnout Level Scales, parametric tests were applied since the p-value was>0.05. According to the normality test results, independent sample t test was used for comparisons between two groups. One-way ANOVA test was used for comparisons between three or more groups. The relationship between the scales was shown with Pearson correlation coefficient. Enter method was used in simple linear regression analysis to determine whether the level of psychological resilience has an effect on burnout level. As a result, it was determined that there is a statistically significant negative relationship between psychological resilience and burnout levels. Promoting psychological resilience will serve as a fundamental driving force to overcome burnout. In this context, employers' making and developing regulations to protect the mental health of their employees is a supportive step in protecting psychological resilience and coping with burnout syndrome.