AUTHOR=Li Zhiguo , Li Yifei , Wang Jinyu , Li Sheng 

TITLE=The mediating role of coping strategies on job satisfaction and burnout and the moderating role of neurotic personality among physicians in Gansu Province’s infectious disease sentinel medical institutions

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health

VOLUME=Volume 13 - 2025

YEAR=2025

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1692851

DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2025.1692851

ISSN=2296-2565

ABSTRACT=ObjectiveThis study aimed to investigate the relationship between neuroticism, coping styles, job satisfaction and burnout among physicians in Gansu Province’s infectious disease sentinel medical institutions.MethodsA cross-sectional survey was conducted using the Minnesota Satisfaction Scale short-form scale, Coping Style Scale, Burnout Scale, and Chinese Big Five Personality Questionnaire short-form scale on 8,071 physicians in all infectious disease sentinel medical institutions in Gansu Province.ResultsThere was a correlation between job satisfaction and burnout, coping styles, and neuroticism among doctors in Gansu Province infectious disease designated medical institutions (p < 0.05). Coping style mediated the relationship between job satisfaction and burnout. Neuroticism moderated the relationship between job satisfaction and burnout (t = −3.231, p < 0.05); neuroticism moderated the relationship between job satisfaction and positive coping (t = −10.927, p < 0.05); neuroticism moderated the relationship between positive coping and burnout (t = 4.097, p < 0.05); neurotic personality moderated the relationship between negative coping and burnout (t = −2.710, p < 0.01).ConclusionJob satisfaction influences burnout among physicians in an infectious disease sentinel care facility through the mediating role of coping styles and the moderating role of neurotic personality.