Teachers' Professional Identity and Job Burnout: The Mediating Roles of Work Engagement and Psychological Capital

Autor/inn/en	Zhang, Qinhan; Li, Weijian; Gao, Jianwei; Sun, Binghai; Lin, Shuwei
Titel	Teachers' Professional Identity and Job Burnout: The Mediating Roles of Work Engagement and Psychological Capital
Quelle	In: Psychology in the Schools, 61 (2024) 1, S.123-136 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0033-3085
DOI	10.1002/pits.23039
Schlagwörter	Elementary School Teachers; Secondary School Teachers; Work Attitudes; Psychological Characteristics; Professional Identity; Teacher Burnout; Quality of Life; Relationship; Utrecht Work Engagement Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Work attitude; Arbeitshaltung; Burnout-syndrom; Burnout; Burnout-Syndrom; Lebensqualität; Wechselbeziehung
Abstract	Teacher burnout refers to teachers' inability to cope with work stress smoothly. Previous studies have revealed that job burnout is negatively related to professional identity; however, little is known about the mechanism underlying the relationship between teacher professional identity and job burnout. This study tested the mediating effects of work engagement and psychological capital in the relationship between professional identity and job burnout. A descriptive correlational design was employed. Measures included the Professional Identity Scale, Utrecht Work Engagement Scale, Psychological Capital Questionnaire, and Professional Quality of Life Scale. A total of 3147 primary and secondary school teachers in China, of which 2220 were women (70.5%) and 927 were men (29.5%), with an average age of 39 years (SD = 8.74), completed the questionnaire survey. SPSS PROCESS macro (version 21) was used to explore the mediating roles of work engagement and psychological capital in the relationship between professional identity and job burnout. Professional identity, work engagement, and psychological capital significantly negatively affected job burnout. Work engagement and psychological capital, when occurring in parallel or sequentially, partially mediated the relationship between professional identity and job burnout. Job burnout among teachers with high professional identity can be eliminated by increasing work involvement and promoting exercise to improve their psychological capital. These findings provide implications for preventing burnout among teachers in the future. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01