Table 3. Correlation analysis of job burnout, job stressors and professional identity of nurses (r value).

Variable	Emotional exhaustion	Personification	Personal accomplishment	Job burnout total score
Job stressors
Nursing profession and work problems	0.371**	0.288**	0.037**	0.341**
Time allocation and workload	0.463**	0.326**	−0.030**	0.380**
Working environment and equipment problems	0.437**	0.374**	0.009**	0.398**
Patient care issues	0.476**	0.438**	−0.042 **	0.419**
Management and interpersonal problems	0.487**	0.423**	0.068**	0.471**
Job stressor total score	0.527**	0.443**	0.012**	0.477**
Professional identity
Professional identity evaluation	−0.257**	−0.064**	−0.506**	−0.410**
Professional social support	−0.144**	−0.064**	−0.501**	−0.337**
Social skills	−0.096**	0.034**	−0.509**	−0.279**
Professional frustration	−0.180**	−0.093**	−0.563**	−0.397**
Professional self-reflection	−0.183**	−0.073**	−0.479**	−0.354**
Professional identity total score	−0.201**	−0.056**	−0.564**	−0.398**

Notes.

^**Statistically significant difference between the groups **P < 0.001