Examining the relationship between job burnout, religious beliefs and mindfulness Considering the mediating role of resilience among elementary school teachers in Yazd

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Farhangian University

2 Master of Counseling, Islamic Azad University of Yazd, Yazd, Iran

3 PhDStudent in Educational Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran.

Abstract

Job burnout is a psychological syndrome and is most commonly seen in occupations that have long been associated with humans. the purpose of this study is to predict the burnout of elementary teachers based on religious beliefs and mindfulness with regard to the mediating role of resilience. The purpose of this study is descriptive and correlational. the statistical population consisted of elementary school teachers in Yazd in the school year of 2021-2022. Using simple random sampling method, 299 teachers were selected based on Cochran formula. information was collected using the four Maslach Burnout Questionnaires (2014), Connor-Davidson Resilience Questionnaire, Freiburg Mindfulness Questionnaire (2006), and Ganji and Nayebzadeh's religious beliefs (2014). Also, Data were also analyzed Path analysis analysis and Sabel test. The results showed that there is a linear and inverse relationship between the variables of religious beliefs, mindfulness and burnout, and the higher the resilience criterion in teachers, the lower the burnout of teachers. thus the variables of religious beliefs, mindfulness and resilience predict the burnout of Yazd elementary school teachers. In addition, the findings showed that mediation resilience is a relationship between religious beliefs and job burnout, and mindfulness predicts job burnout directly and indirectly

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