TABLE 2.

Pearson correlation of the relationships between the study variables (N = 100)

Study variables	1	2	3	4
1. Emotional stress	____
2. Burnout	0.39 a	____
3. Uncertainty	0.14	0.06	____
4. State hope	−0.18	−0.37 a	−0.22 b	____
5. Professional functioning	−0.36 a	−0.49 a	−0.25 b	0.59 a

^a Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2‐tailed).

^b Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2‐tailed).