Open AccessSelf-confidence as an intermediary variable between psychological empowerment and job burnout among special education teachers in Gaza governorates
Author(s) -
Najah Awad El-Smairy
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of childhood, counselling and special education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2709-5843
pISSN - 2709-5835
DOI - 10.31559/ccse2021.3.1.1
Subject(s) - burnout , psychology , empowerment , social psychology , self confidence , self efficacy , self esteem , clinical psychology , political science , law
The present study aimed to establish a theoretical model for the causal relationship between the three variables of study: self-confidence, psychological empowerment and job burnout; and then verify the validity of the proposed model by examining the direct and indirect impact of self-confidence on both psychological empowerment and job burnout; and determine the nature of the course of their relationship; and to see if self-confidence is mediator variable in the relationship of psychological empowerment and job burnout. The study sample consisted of (140) teachers from special needs teachers and used the following questionnaires: self-confidence, psychological empowerment and job burnout that prepared by the researcher. Results of the study indicate that there is a positive relationship between self-confidence and psychological empowerment, and a negative relation between self-confidence and job burnout, and a negative relationship between psychological empowerment and job burnout. Results of the regression analysis showed that self-confidence and psychological empowerment contribute to the prediction of job burnout, and the results of the study showed that self-confidence plays the role of the partial mediator variable in the relationship between psychological empowerment and job burnout among teachers of special education in Gaza governorates.