Educational Psychology
Abolfazl Nejati mehr; Mohammad saeid Abdekhodaei; Abbas Firoozabadi
Abstract
Introduction
Teaching is a job with a high level of stress, and stress is a normal emotional response to threatening events; But when stress becomes chronic, it becomes traumatic. Finally, the stress of the teaching job leads to experiencing severe anxiety, decreasing job satisfaction, leaving the job, ...
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Introduction
Teaching is a job with a high level of stress, and stress is a normal emotional response to threatening events; But when stress becomes chronic, it becomes traumatic. Finally, the stress of the teaching job leads to experiencing severe anxiety, decreasing job satisfaction, leaving the job, and increasing burnout. Therefore, examining burnout and the factors that can affect its level and severity is of great importance. The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the relationship between self-compassion and burnout of teachers with more than ten years of experience, considering the mediating role of resilience.
Method
In this research, which was conducted by correlation method and structural equation model, a sample size of 372 teachers (220 men and 152 women( with more than ten years of work experience was selected by a multi-stage random sampling method. For data collection, the Neff self-compassion Scale, The Connor & Davidson Resilience Scale and The Maslach Burnout Inventory were applied. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation method and structural equation modeling in SPSS-26 and AMOS-25 software.
Results
The findings of structural equation modeling showed that all paths are statistically significant. So that the direct effect of self-compassion on burnout (β=-0.27, p < 0.003) and its indirect effect through resilience (p < 0.001, β=-0.28) are statistically significant. Resilience also has a significant direct effect on burnout (p < 0.002, β = -0.43). Also, 42% of the variance of burnout can be explained based on self-compassion and resilience.
Conclusion
The findings showed that resilience plays a mediating role in the relationship between on self-compassion and burnout. There is a significant positive relationship between self-kindness, a sense of Common humanity and mindfulness with burnout, and there is a significant negative relationship between self-judgment, isolation, and over-identification with burnout. In explaining these findings, it should be stated that self-compassion originates from positive psychology, which believes that the level of psychological well-being should be improved through accepting abilities and improving them, so people who have high self-compassion, By taking serious care and attention to themselves and using compassionate guides, they help themselves to provide the means for their growth and development, which results in reducing negative mood and ultimately reducing the experience of burnout. With these interpretations, Self-compassion can be an important variable related to burnout, because it empowers a person to take control of the situation when faced with life's problems and hardships by influencing resilience.
Sh. Aali; S.A. AminYazdi; M.S. Abdekhodaei; A. Ghanaei Chamanabad; F. Moharreri
Abstract
The purpose of the current research is to design a combined family-centered treatment based on a human integrated development model and to compare its effectiveness with floor time play therapy in improvingthebehavioral symptoms of children with autism spectrum disorder and the parenting stress of their ...
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The purpose of the current research is to design a combined family-centered treatment based on a human integrated development model and to compare its effectiveness with floor time play therapy in improvingthebehavioral symptoms of children with autism spectrum disorder and the parenting stress of their mothers. The study was performed within a single-subject framework during 6 months on 12 three- to eight-year-old children with ASD and their families. The results were investigated in three stages (pretest, posttest and follow up) using parenting stress scales and the children’s autism scale. Based on the results obtained from the study, the improvement percentage of the behavioral symptoms of the children participating in the family-centered combined treatment group, especially in communicating with others, emotional responses, fear or unrest and verbal communication subscales as well as the parenting stress of their mothers―especially in inattention/ hyperactivity, health, attachment and relationships with spouse subscales―was more than 50 percent and the improvement rate was clinically significant. The effect size of treatment was estimated to be up to 0.80. In conclusion, the family-centered combined treatment designed in this study can increase the effectiveness of floor time and be used as an effective treatment approach in ASD treatment.
