<![CDATA[Purpose – This study tests, within Conservation of Resources (COR) theory, whether adversity quotient (AQ) is associated with job burnout among female nurses and whether AQ negatively moderates (buffers) the positive association between work–family conflict (WFC) and burnout. Design/methodology/approach – A cross-sectional survey of 155 female nurses with an active work–family role at RSUD Abunawas, Kendari, Indonesia, used a newly developed, empirically purified instrument (38 of 50 researcher-written items retained). WFC, AQ, and burnout were modeled as second-order constructs in two-stage PLS-SEM; correlated first-order models, an independent bootstrap re-estimation, and power, influence, and robustness analyses were added. Forty-four records closely mirror earlier records and independence could not be demonstrated, so the full-sample results are provisional. Finding/Results – WFC was positively and AQ negatively associated with burnout (β = 0.485 and β = -0.355, p < .001; R² = 0.674). At the dimension level, the WFC association was carried by work-interfering-with-family rather than family-interfering-with-work, most strongly for reduced personal accomplishment, and AQ was associated with exhaustion and depersonalization only. The AQ × WFC interaction was positive (β = 0.153, p = .051), opposite to buffering, with an interval that included zero; power was adequate only for f² ≥ 0.05. Originality/Value – The study shows direct associations of WFC and AQ with burnout but no reliable support for AQ buffering; it does not establish that buffering is absent. Findings are associational and limited by a newly developed instrument, possibly non-independent records, and limited power, and they call for replication with validated measures.]]>
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