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Mediating Effect of Kindergarten Teachers' Psychological Burnout in the Relationship Between Their Grit and Teacher-Child Interactions

  • Gyeog Im Kim (Dept. of Early Childhood Education, Incheon National University) ;
  • Sang Lim Kim (Dept. of Early Childhood Education, Incheon National University)
  • Received : 2023.08.01
  • Accepted : 2023.08.30
  • Published : 2023.09.30
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Abstract

The purpose of the study was to examine the mediating effect of kindergarten teachers' psychological burnout in the relationship between grit and teacher-child interactions. We conducted a cross-sectional study with 191 kindergarten teachers in South Korean. To measure the major variables, Grit scale [1], teacher-child interaction scale [2], and psychological burnout scale [3] were used. Hayes' PROCESS macro was used to test mediation effects of psychological burnout in the relationship between grit and teacher-child interactions. Indirect effects were tested using bootstrapped confidence intervals. As the results, kindergarten teachers' teacher-child interactions were found to have a significantly positive correlation with their grit but a significantly negative correlation with their psychological burnout. In addition, the relationship between grit and teacher-child interactions was mediated by psychological burnout.

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Acknowledgement

This work was part of the first author's master's thesis, Incheon National University and was presented as a poster at 2021 Conference of Korean Association of Childcare and Education and 2021 International Integrated Conference & Concert on Convergence.

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