Background: Nurse burnout is a prevalent issue in healthcare, impacting both nurses' well-being and patient care quality. This cross-sectional study examined the association between humor styles and nurse burnout.

Methods: A total of 244 nurses in China completed an online self-report measure to assess their humor styles and burnout levels using the Humor Styles Questionnaire (HSQ) and the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS). Spearman correlation analysis and stepwise regression analysis were conducted.

Results: The results showed that affiliative and self-enhancing humor were moderately used, while aggressive and self-defeating humor were rated low among the nurses. Emotional exhaustion was moderate, depersonalization was severe, and personal accomplishment was low. Correlation analyses uncovered significant relationships between humor styles and burnout dimensions. Self-enhancing humor exhibited negative correlations with emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, while aggressive and self-defeating humor styles displayed positive correlations with these burnout factors. Affiliative humor was also negatively correlated with depersonalization. Additionally, self-enhancing humor was positively correlated with personal accomplishment, whereas aggressive humor showed negative correlations with this dimension of burnout. Stepwise regression analysis revealed that self-defeating humor positively predicted emotional exhaustion while self-enhancing humor negatively predicted it. Aggressive humor positively predicted depersonalization, and affiliative and self-enhancing humor also positively predicted this dimension of burnout. Self-enhancing humor positively predicted personal accomplishment, while aggressive and self-defeating humor negatively predicted this dimension.

Conclusion: The findings highlighted the importance of considering different types of humor in understanding the various dimensions of nurse burnout. The use of self-defeating and aggressive humor appears detrimental, while the use of self-enhancing humor may be beneficial in mitigating burnout among nurses.

Keywords: burnout; cross-sectional study; emotional exhaustion; humor styles; nurse.

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背景：

护士职业倦怠是医疗保健领域的一个普遍问题，它不仅影响护士的身心健康，还会影响患者护理的质量。本横断面研究探讨了幽默风格与护士职业倦怠之间的关系。

方法：

中国共有244名护士完成了在线自评量表，使用幽默风格问卷（Humor Styles Questionnaire, HSQ）和马斯拉赫职业倦怠调查问卷-人类服务版（Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey, MBI-HSS）来评估他们的幽默风格和职业倦怠水平。进行了Spearman相关分析和逐步回归分析。

结果：

结果显示，亲和性和自我增强型幽默被适度使用，而攻击性和自毁型幽默在护士中得分较低。情绪耗竭为中等程度，去人格化为严重程度，个人成就感则较低。相关性分析揭示了幽默风格与职业倦怠维度之间的显著关系。自我增强型幽默表现出与情绪耗竭和去人格化的负相关，而攻击性和自毁型幽默风格显示出与这些职业倦怠因素的正相关。亲和型幽默也与去人格化呈负相关。此外，自我增强型幽默与个人成就感呈正相关，而攻击性幽默则在这一维度上表现为负相关。逐步回归分析表明，自毁型幽默对情绪耗竭具有积极预测作用，而自我增强型幽默对其有消极预测作用。攻击型幽默对去人格化有积极预测作用，亲和性和自我增强型幽默也对此职业倦怠维度有正向预测效果。自我增强型幽默对个人成就感有积极预测作用，而攻击性和自毁型幽默则在这一维度上表现为负相关。

结论：

研究结果强调了在理解护士职业倦怠的各个维度时考虑不同类型的幽默的重要性。使用自毁和攻击性幽默似乎是不利的，而使用自我增强型幽默可能有助于减轻护士的职业倦怠。

关键词：

职业倦怠；横断面研究；情绪耗竭；幽默风格；护士。