Exploring the effect of job demands and resources on psychological resilience of occupational therapists

<b>Background:</b> The job demands and resources model is a planning and management approach used to manage job demands/resources effectively. Resilience may be affected by an imbalance between occupational therapists' job demands and resources. <b>Objective</b>: This study investigated the relationship between job demands/resources and occupational therapists' resilience. <b>Methods:</b> Ninety-four occupational therapists (aged between 22 and 32 years) participated in the study. Occupational therapists completed the Demographic Information Form, the Job Demands and Resources Scale and the Resilience Scale. <b>Results:</b> The resilience scores of occupational therapists were positively correlated with personal development opportunities (p < 0.001), workload (p = 0.005), emotional demands (p = 0.004), and emotional dissonance (p = 0.004). The independent variables of job demands and resources explained 30% of the variance in resilience (F = 7.853, p = 0.001, R = 0.555, R² = 0.309, Durbin-Watson = 2.018). The contribution of personal development opportunity (p < 0.001) and emotional dissonance (p = 0.010) variables to the model showing the effect of resilience on the total score was statistically significant (p < 0.001). <b>Conclusions:</b> These results suggest that occupational therapists' strategies for managing job demands and resources may affect their resilience levels and should be carefully considered.