유아교사의 직무스트레스와 심리적 소진간의 관계에서 회복탄력성의 조절효과

Abstract

The Moderating Effect of Resilience in the Relationship between Job Stress and Psychological Burnout of Kindergarten Teachers

Lim, Hae Eun

Pukyong National University Graduate School of Education Department of Early Childhood Education

Abstract

This study is to investigate the relationship between psychological burnout, job stress, and resilience of private kindergarten teachers, and how the effects of teachers’ job stress on psychological burnout varies by the degree of resilience. This can be utilized as a useful data in better understanding the resilience of private kindergarten teachers and preventing the job stress and psychological burnout so they can perform their job in more positive and active manner. For this, a questionnaire on job stress, psychological burnout, and resilience was conducted on 294 private kindergarten teachers, which 237 were collected and 234 were used as the study objects. Collected data were analyzed using SPSS-WIN 21.0 program. As a result, as the job stress of private kindergarten teachers was higher, the psychological burnout was higher, and as the resilience was higher, the psychological burnout was lower. Also, the resilience and job stress had a significant negative correlation. In addition, the result of hierarchical regression analysis revealed that the moderation effect of resilience in the relationship between private kindergarten teachers’ job stress and psychological burnout displayed a significant interaction effect on the sub-domain of psychological burnout, loss of the sense of accomplishment. Based on these results, the role of resilience in mitigating private kindergarten teachers’ psychological burnout and the improvement plan were discussed.