@article {RN146,
	title = {Predicting mental burnout among Israeli Home Front Command soldiers during the COVID-19 pandemic},
	journal = {Health Promotion International},
	volume = {37},
	number = {2},
	year = {2022},
	pages = {daab036},
	type = {Journal Article},
	abstract = {The present study examined personality, situational and organizational predictors of burnout during COVID-19 in a military setting, based on the salutogenic theory of health (Antonovsky, 1987).Questionnaires were completed by 116 reserve Israeli Home Front Command medical staff (71\% males). Background variables (e.g., gender), personality variables (self-efficacy and sense of coherence - SOC), situational variables (state-anxiety, self-rated health and sense of threat) and organizational variables (satisfaction with military{\textquoteright}s and government{\textquoteright}s handling of the COVID-19 crisis) were measured as predictors of burnout.Females had higher levels of state anxiety and burnout compared to males. Females also reported a lower level of satisfaction with the military{\textquoteright}s handling of the COVID-19 crisis than males. SOC and state anxiety were the only statistically significant predictors of burnout after controlling for sociodemographic variables. The entire model explained 59.4\% of the burnout variance.In accordance with salutogenic theory, SOC is associated with active adaptation through use of generalized and specific resistance resources to avoid burnout in a stressful milieu. Psychological support, psychoeducation and simulation training are offered to increase manageability in crisis situations.Following a large dropout rate due to being quarantined, the final sample size was much smaller than planned. Also, although previous longitudinal studies have found SOC to be a causal factor in burnout, the present cross-sectional design limits such conclusions.},
	issn = {0957-4824},
	doi = {10.1093/heapro/daab036},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daab036},
	author = {Antonovsky, Avishai and Danon, Roey and Schiff, Miriam and Shelef, Leah}
}
