The Relationship Between Psychological Resilience and Job Burnout in Preschool Teachers: Testing the Mediating Roles of Big Five Personality

Abstract

Abstract: By investigation with questionnaire and 373 preschool teachers as subjects, the purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between psychological resilience and job burnout in preschool teachers and test the mediating roles of big five personality during this relationship. Results showed that:1) psychological resilience was negatively correlated with job burnout; 2) job ability and self-efficiency negatively predicted the level of job burnout; 3) psychological resilience negatively predicted the level of job burnout through the mediating effects of Neuroticism, Agreeableness and Conscientiousness. This study suggested that improving psychological resilience and shaping good personality can prevent and reduce preschool teachers' job burnout.

Key words: psychological resilience, job burnout, big five personality, preschool teachers

摘要： 采用问卷调查法，以373名幼儿教师作为被试，探讨幼儿教师心理弹性与职业倦怠的关系，检验大五人格的中介作用。结果显示：（1）幼儿教师心理弹性与职业倦怠负相关显著；（2）工作能力和自我效能感对幼儿教师职业倦怠水平具有显著的负向预测作用；（3）心理弹性可通过神经质、宜人性和严谨性等的中介作用负向预测幼儿教师的职业倦怠水平。研究表明，提高心理弹性，塑造良好人格，可以预防和降低幼儿教师的职业倦怠问题。

关键词: 心理弹性, 职业倦怠, 大五人格, 幼儿教师

CLC Number:

G443

MIAO Peijun, XIE Shanshan, CHEN Zefei, LIAN Rong. The Relationship Between Psychological Resilience and Job Burnout in Preschool Teachers: Testing the Mediating Roles of Big Five Personality[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2018, 16(4): 512-517.

缪佩君, 谢姗姗, 陈则飞, 连榕. 幼儿教师心理弹性与职业倦怠的关系：大五人格的中介效应[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2018, 16(4): 512-517.

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