Table 1.
Participant characteristics, means and standard deviations (SDs) of variables.
| Variable | Males | Females | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | EE | DE | PA | N (%) | EE | DE | PA | |
| Mean(SD) | Mean(SD) | Mean(SD) | Mean(SD) | Mean(SD) | Mean(SD) | |||
| Total | 467 (37.7%) | 8.29 (6.56) | 8.75 (6.51) | 18.06 (11.09) | 772 (62.3%) | 8.80 (6.47) | 9.31 (6.19) | 20.88 (10.71) ** |
| Age (years) | ||||||||
| ≤30 | 177 (37.9%) | 8.12 (6.68) | 8.64 (6.42) | 18.86 (10.98) | 383 (49.6%) | 8.91 (6.72) | 9.18 (6.19) | 21.39 (10.39) * |
| 30–40 | 137 (29.3%) | 9.23 (6.06) | 8.88 (6.06) | 19.13 (10.54) * | 237 (30.7%) | 9.05 (6.30) | 9.19 (5.92) | 21.33 (10.64) |
| ≥40 | 153 (32.8%) | 7.64 (6.81) | 8.77 (7.04) | 16.18 (11.53) | 152 (19.7%) | 8.16 (6.09) | 9.82 (6.62) | 18.88 (11.41) |
| Marital status | ||||||||
| Single/widowed/divorced | 160 (34.3%) | 8.36 (6.90) | 8.78 (6.56) | 18.43 (10.99) | 276 (35.8%) | 8.22 (6.06) | 8.62 (5.74) | 21.35 (10.17) |
| Married/cohabiting | 307 (55.7%) | 8.25 (6.39) | 8.74 (6.50) | 17.87 (11.16) | 496 (64.2%) | 9.13 (6.67) | 9.69 (6.40) * | 20.61 (11.00) |
| Education | ||||||||
| Junior college or lower | 54 (11.6%) | 7.44 (6.79) | 7.78 (6.40) | 12.61 (9.76) | 72 (9.3%) | 7.92 (6.05) | 8.74 (6.46) | 14.72 (10.16) |
| College | 338 (72.4%) | 8.45 (6.69) | 8.89 (6.55) | 18.04 (10.89) | 550 (71.2%) | 9.01 (6.52) | 9.49 (6.15) | 21.35 (10.74) |
| Graduate or higher | 75 (16.1%) | 8.17 (5.81) | 8.83 (6.47) | 22.08 (11.32) ** | 150 (19.4%) | 8.48 (6.48) | 8.91 (6.22) | 22.09 (9.93) ** |
| Monthly income (RMB) | ||||||||
| ≤3000 | 178 (38.1%) | 8.60 (6.75) | 9.13 (6.79) | 17.70 (10.79) | 327 (42.4%) | 9.03 (6.65) | 9.78 (6.09) | 20.96 (10.63) |
| >3000 | 259 (61.9%) | 8.09 (6.45) | 8.52 (6.33) | 18.29 (11.29) | 445 (57.6%) | 8.64 (6.34) | 8.96 (6.25) | 20.82 (10.77) |
| Job seniority | ||||||||
| Head bank employee | 99 (21.2%) | 8.37 (5.80) | 7.99 (5.65) | 19.17 (11.54) | 126 (16.3%) | 9.68 (6.06) | 9.72 (6.20) | 22.14 (10.27) |
| Common bank employee | 368 (78.8%) | 8.26 (6.76) | 8.96 (6.72) | 17.76 (10.96) | 646 (83.7%) | 8.63 (6.54) | 9.23 (6.19) | 20.63 (10.78) |
| Weekly hours worked | ||||||||
| ≤40 h | 165 (35.3%) | 6.96 (6.36) | 8.24 (5.69) | 17.69 (11.63) | 242 (31.3%) | 7.32 (5.49) | 8.63 (5.60) | 21.03 (10.86) |
| >40 h | 302 (64.7%) | 9.01 (6.57) ** | 9.03 (6.42) | 18.26 (10.80) | 530 (68.7%) | 9.48 (6.77) ** | 9.62 (6.43) * | 20.81 (10.65) |
Notes: EE: Emotional exhaustion; DE: Depersonalisation; PA: Personal accomplishment. * significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed); ** significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).