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On the Effect of Special Education Teachers' Burnout on Their Quality of Life:the Mediating Effect of Social Support

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored the relationship between burnout and the quality of life, as well as the mediating effect of social support, by using cluster random sampling, the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL)-Bthis paper, and the Social Support Rating Scale to survey 141 special education teachers in Guizhou Province.
Abstract: This study aims to explore the relationship between burnout and the quality of life,as well as the mediating effect of social support,by using cluster random sampling,the Maslach Burnout Inventory(MBI),the World Health Organization Quality of Life(WHOQOL)-BREF,and the Social Support Rating Scale to survey 141 special education teachers in Guizhou Province.The results show the following: the special education teachers show a general level of burnout and quality of life;social support shows a significant correlation with their quality of life and burnout,and there is a negative correlation between their quality of life and burnout;social support plays a partially intermediary role in the relationship between their emotional exhaustion,reduced personal accomplishments and quality of life,as well as a completely intermediary role in the relationship between their depersonalization and quality of life.The article concludes that emotional exhaustion,reduced personal accomplishments and social support are significant predictive variables for the special education teachers' quality of life,and that social support plays a partially intermediary role in the relationship between their burnout and quality of life.
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24 Nov 2020
TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors presented the current research situation regarding professional burnout among Chinese special education teachers on the basis of bibliometric analysis of academic articles about this topic in mainland China from 2007 to 2017.
Abstract: In order to provide references for further studies, this study attempts to summarize and present the current research situation regarding professional burnout among Chinese special education teachers on the basis of bibliometric analysis of academic articles about this topic in mainland China from 2007 to 2017. The findings are as follows: (1) there has been a significant increase in the number of articles and centralized distribution of research results; (2) limited research subjects and the lack of a research team are problems to be solved in the future; (3) there are limited research methods and constant expansion of the research content in the current research. According to the research situation, the following suggestions are proposed for follow-up research studies: (1) accelerating the construction of a research team and forming a stable research force; (2) expanding multidisciplinary and cross-system cooperation in research; (3) enriching research content and paying more attention to job burnout among special education staff in different areas and intervention strategies to improve the situation concerning SETs’ professional burnout. 2672-8141 © 2020 Published by European Publisher.

8 citations


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Proceedings ArticleDOI
24 Nov 2020
TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors presented the current research situation regarding professional burnout among Chinese special education teachers on the basis of bibliometric analysis of academic articles about this topic in mainland China from 2007 to 2017.
Abstract: In order to provide references for further studies, this study attempts to summarize and present the current research situation regarding professional burnout among Chinese special education teachers on the basis of bibliometric analysis of academic articles about this topic in mainland China from 2007 to 2017. The findings are as follows: (1) there has been a significant increase in the number of articles and centralized distribution of research results; (2) limited research subjects and the lack of a research team are problems to be solved in the future; (3) there are limited research methods and constant expansion of the research content in the current research. According to the research situation, the following suggestions are proposed for follow-up research studies: (1) accelerating the construction of a research team and forming a stable research force; (2) expanding multidisciplinary and cross-system cooperation in research; (3) enriching research content and paying more attention to job burnout among special education staff in different areas and intervention strategies to improve the situation concerning SETs’ professional burnout. 2672-8141 © 2020 Published by European Publisher.

8 citations