The Relationship between Mindfulness and Job Burnout of Chinese Preschool Teachers: The Mediating Effects of Emotional Intelligence and Coping Style
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Mindfulness and Job Burnout
1.2. Emotional Intelligence as a Mediator
1.3. Coping Style as a Mediator
1.4. Chain Mediator of Emotional Intelligence and Coping Style
1.5. The Present Study
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Measures
2.2.1. Mindful Attention Awareness
2.2.2. Emotional Intelligence
2.2.3. Teacher’s Coping Style
2.2.4. Teacher’s Burnout
2.2.5. Control Variables
2.3. Procedure
2.4. Analytic Strategy
3. Results
3.1. Preliminary Analyses
3.2. Measurement Model
3.3. Direct Effects among Variables
3.4. Mediation Analyses
4. Discussion
4.1. Relations between Mindfulness and Burnout
4.2. The Independent Mediating Role of Emotional Intelligence and Coping Style
4.3. The Chain Mediating Effect of Emotional Intelligence and Coping Style
4.4. Implications and Limitations
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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M | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
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1. Gender | − | − | 1 | ||||||
2. Age | 33.60 | 8.45 | 0.10 | 1 | |||||
3. Mindfulness | 4.53 | 0.74 | −0.04 | −0.11 * | 1 | ||||
4. Emotional intelligence | 3.51 | 0.47 | 0.02 | 0.12 * | 0.46 *** | 1 | |||
5. Positive coping style | 2.18 | 0.45 | −0.01 | 0.12 * | 0.32 *** | 0.58 *** | 1 | ||
6. Negative coping style | 1.36 | 0.52 | −0.12 * | 0.01 | −0.19 ** | −0.02 | 0.15 ** | 1 | |
7. Burnout | 2.66 | 0.84 | 0.03 | −0.16 ** | −0.52 *** | −0.52 *** | −0.46 *** | 0.24 *** | 1 |
Hypothesis Model | β | SE | 95% CI | |
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LL | UL | |||
H1: Mindfulness—Burnout | −0.36 *** | 0.05 | −0.58 | −0.23 |
H2: Mindfulness—EI—Burnout | −0.14 ** | 0.04 | −0.25 | −0.07 |
H3a: Mindfulness—Positive Coping—Burnout | 0.01 | 0.01 | −0.02 | 0.03 |
H3b: Mindfulness—Negative Coping—Burnout | −0.06 * | 0.02 | −0.11 | −0.03 |
H4a: Mindfulness—EI—Positive Coping—Burnout | −0.09 * | 0.03 | −0.14 | −0.05 |
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Wang, Y.; Xiao, B.; Tao, Y.; Li, Y. The Relationship between Mindfulness and Job Burnout of Chinese Preschool Teachers: The Mediating Effects of Emotional Intelligence and Coping Style. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 7129. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127129
Wang Y, Xiao B, Tao Y, Li Y. The Relationship between Mindfulness and Job Burnout of Chinese Preschool Teachers: The Mediating Effects of Emotional Intelligence and Coping Style. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(12):7129. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127129
Chicago/Turabian StyleWang, Yingjie, Bowen Xiao, Ying Tao, and Yan Li. 2022. "The Relationship between Mindfulness and Job Burnout of Chinese Preschool Teachers: The Mediating Effects of Emotional Intelligence and Coping Style" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 12: 7129. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127129