(2023) Science and education, 4, 47-53. Odessa.
Valerii Olefir,
Doctor of Psychology, Associate Professor,
Head of the Department of General Psychology,
V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University,
6, Svobody sq., Kharkiv, Ukraine,
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3552-3277
SELF-CONTROL AS A MEDIATOR OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMOTIONAL DISSONANCE AND EMOTIONAL EXHAUSTION OF TEACHERS
SUMMARY:
Relevance of the problem. Since emotional exhaustion has a negative impact on the productivity of teachers, their mental and physical health, the study of the mechanisms of this phenomenon is extremely important for the implementation of targeted psychological interventions. The purpose of this study was to study the relationship between teachers’ experience of emotional dissonance, self-control, and the level of their emotional exhaustion. We hypothesized that teachers’ emotional dissonance is associated with a high level of teachers’ emotional exhaustion. We also expected that self-control would mediate the relationship between experiencing emotional dissonance and emotional exhaustion. Research methods. 81 working middle school teachers participated in the cross-sectional study. The following research methods were used: the adapted Frankfurt Scale of Work Emotions, the Short Scale of Self-Control (BSCS), the Emotional Exhaustion Scale from the Maslach Questionnaire (MBI-HSS. The mediation model was analyzed using a Bayesian approach to structural equation modeling. Results. The results obtained confirmed the hypothesis that the emotional dissonance experienced by teachers at work is significantly associated with their burnout. The mediation hypothesis was also supported by empirical data. These results shed light on the relationship between the emotional demands of teachers’ jobs and the experience of emotional exhaustion.
KEYWORDS:
emotional dissonance, burnout, self-control, teachers.
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