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Background: Working environment is one of the most important sources of occupational stress that may cause a whole range of emotional, cognitive, behavioural and physiological reactions of the worker. Coping is a process of moderating the negative effects of occupational stress on mental health and also serves to prevent distress, burnout and psychological maladjustment. Its effectiveness depends on the mechanisms that are used and these coping strategies could be adaptive or maladaptive. Methods: The aim of our r...

Background: Personality predispositions play an important role in coping with stress, and therefore can be perceived as an important component in the prevention of burnout in the helping professions. Aim of this study was to examine relationships between risk and protective personal characteristics and burnout syndrome among helping professionals. In this context, social support is discussed in terms of protective effect against burnout. On the other hand, Type-D personality is considered as negative factor with r...