Predicting Job Burnout, Based on the Quality of Marital Relationship and Sexual Dysfunction in Tehran Firefighters

Abstract

Introduction: Sexual dysfunction is a factor that is associated with job burnout. Sexual dysfunction can affect the quality of life of millions of men and their sexual partners and most of them prefer to suffer in silence. The aim of this study was to predict job burnout on the quality of the marital relationship and sexual dysfunction. Method: This study was conducted by using descriptive-correlation method. 300 Firefighters in the city of Tehran were selected by using convenient sampling method and they completed Maslach burnout inventory (1981); ENRICH marital satisfaction inventory (1989) and erectile function index (1997). Results: Findings showed that there is a significant relationship between the quality of marital relationship and sexual dysfunction. Also simultaneous regression analysis showed that the quality of marital relationship and sexual dysfunction predicts about 15.5% of the variance of job burnout in firefighters. Conclusion: Fire department personnel are facing tens and distressful job. Their 24-hour work schedule which somehow imbalances their biological clock, all of these factors decrease the quality of their marital relationship and lead to sexual problems such as erectile dysfunction and all of them create a high rate of job burnout in fire department personnel.