Role of Personality Characteristics and Family Communication Patterns in Predicting Couple Burnout among Employee in Iranian Oil Terminals Co

Couple burnout is a state of physical, emotional and psychological exhaustion, which is associated with marital dissatisfaction that ultimately leads to divorce. The present study explores personality characteristics as well as the role of family communication patterns in predicting couple burnout among the staff working in Iranian Oil Terminals Co. Methods: This research utilizes a correlational, descriptive method. In doing so, a total of 200 staff was selected using simple random sampling. Participants completed questionnaires concerning couple burnout, personality characteristics, and couples` communication patterns.With respect to data analysis, the study employs correlational coefficient and multiple regression analysis. Results: The findings suggest that except for “openness”, other personality dimensions are significantly correlated with couple burnout. Accordingly, neuroticism has a positive correlation with couple burnout while extraversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness have a negative correlation with couple burnout. Moreover, there is a significant correlation between communication patterns and couple burnout. Mutual constructive communication has a negative correlation and the other three subscales have positive significant correlations. Conclusion: Overall, data analysis indicates that both personality characteristics and family communication patterns are significantly correlated with couple burnout (p ˂ 0.01). It is important to note that couple burnout among the working staff is predicted based on both personality characteristics and family communication patterns (p ˂ 0.01).