Teacher career calling reduces burnout: The mediation effects of work engagement and psychological capital

Burnout is a serious problem in the teaching profession. Research suggests that career calling could be regarded as a protective factor against burnout; however, the mediating mechanism underlying this relationship remains to be explored. The purpose of this study was to test the mediating roles of...

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Autores principales: Zhao, Xuan, Wu, Kejia, Sun, Binghai, Li, Weijian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Psychology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9671212/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36405153
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.988467
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description Burnout is a serious problem in the teaching profession. Research suggests that career calling could be regarded as a protective factor against burnout; however, the mediating mechanism underlying this relationship remains to be explored. The purpose of this study was to test the mediating roles of work engagement and teachers' psychological capital. A total of 3,300 teachers completed a self-report questionnaire. Results showed that the relationship between career calling and burnout was mediated by work engagement and teacher psychological capital. These findings provide insights for preventing burnout among teacher groups.
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spelling pubmed-96712122022-11-18 Teacher career calling reduces burnout: The mediation effects of work engagement and psychological capital Zhao, Xuan Wu, Kejia Sun, Binghai Li, Weijian Front Psychol Psychology Burnout is a serious problem in the teaching profession. Research suggests that career calling could be regarded as a protective factor against burnout; however, the mediating mechanism underlying this relationship remains to be explored. The purpose of this study was to test the mediating roles of work engagement and teachers' psychological capital. A total of 3,300 teachers completed a self-report questionnaire. Results showed that the relationship between career calling and burnout was mediated by work engagement and teacher psychological capital. These findings provide insights for preventing burnout among teacher groups. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-03 /pmc/articles/PMC9671212/ /pubmed/36405153 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.988467 Text en Copyright © 2022 Zhao, Wu, Sun and Li. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9671212/
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