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The Relationships between Ego-Resiliency and Burn-Out among Childcare Center Teachers: The Double Mediating Effect of Stress-Coping Strategies

보육교사의 자아탄력성과 직무소진: 스트레스 대처행동의 이중 매개 효과

  • Ha Yeoung, Min (Department of Child Studies, Daegu Catholic University)
  • 민하영 (대구가톨릭대학교 아동학과)
  • Received : 2024.05.29
  • Accepted : 2024.06.27
  • Published : 2024.08.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze the financial portfolios of single-person households. For the analysis, The purpose of this study is to verify the mediation effect of stress-coping strategies in the relationship between ego-resiliency and burn-out among childcare center teachers. The subjects were 255 childcare center teachers in Gyeongbuk Province. The measurement tools used for this study include ego-resiliency, burn-out, and stresscoping strategy questionnaires. The collected data points were analyzed via Structural Equation Modeling(SEM), Bootstrapping, Pearson Correlation, using SPSS 21.0 and AMOS 20.0 The results of the study analyzing the Structural Equation Model are as follows. First, teachers' ego-resiliency had a negative influence on burn-out. Second, teachers' problem-focused coping strategies had a negative influence on burn-out, while emotionfocused coping strategies had a positive influence on burn-out. Third, teachers' ego-resiliency had a positive influence on both problem-focused and emotion-focused coping strategies. Fourth, teachers' ego-resiliency had an indirect effect on burn-out by improving both problem-focused and emotion-focused coping strategies. This study suggests that education on the use of problem-focused coping strategies in stressful situations is necessary to successfully manage childcare teachers' burn-out in childcare settings in which mandatory evaluation systems are newly implemented.

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This work was supported by research grants from Daegu Catholic University in 2024.

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