Mediating effect of job burnout between social support and presenteeism behavior in open-pit coal miners
[Background]After working in a harsh occupational hazard environment for a long time,open-pit coal mine workers are under tremendous physical and mental pressure,which is prone to presenteeism behavior.[objective]To identify the relationships between presenteeism,job burnout,and social support of open-pit coal miners,and verify potential mediating effect of job burnout between social sup-port and presenteeism.[Methods]In 2020-2021,a questionnaire survey was conducted among employees of 6 open-pit coal mining enterprises in Xinjiang by stratified cluster random sampling.Job Burnout Ques-tionnaire,Job Content Questionnaire,and Presenteeism Behavior Scale were used to evaluate burnout,social support,and presenteeism behavior in the study subjects.SPSS 26.0 software was used for t test,F test,correlation analysis,and mediating effect test.[Results]A total of 1199 questionnaires were distributed and 1083 valid questionnaires were recovered,with an effective recovery rate of 90.3%.The M(P25,P75)scores of presenteeism behavior,social support,and job burnout were 2.0(2.0,5.0),24.0(23.0,26.0),and 45.0(34.0,51.0),respectively.The Spearman correlation analysis results showed that there was a significant negative correlation between social support and job burnout(r=-0.200,P<0.01),a significant negative correlation between presenteeism and social support(r=-0.260,P<0.01),and a significant positive correlation between presenteeism and job burnout(r=0.304,P<0.01).The results of mediating effect test showed that social support had a negative effect on presenteeism (β=-0.122,P<0.001).Social support negatively predicted job burnout (β=-0.779,P<0.001).Job burnout had a partial mediating effect between social support and presenteeism,with an effect value of-0.0294(95%CI:-0.0394,-0.0201),accounting for 24.18%of the total effect.[Conclusion]Social support negatively affects the presenteeism behavior of open-pit coal mine workers,and job burnout plays a partial mediating role between social support and presenteeism behavior.