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- Title
Mediating and Moderating Variables in the Relationship Between Emotional Demands and Teachers' Emotional Exhaustion.
- Authors
Cuadrado, Esther; Jiménez-Rosa, Mónica; Ruiz-García, María; Tabernero, Carmen
- Abstract
Teachers tend to suffer high levels of emotional exhaustion, a variable that is associated with poor mental health and lower job performance. The present study analyzed how emotional demands, emotional dissonance, and self-efficacy to cope with stress interact in predicting teachers' emotional exhaustion. To conduct this longitudinal research, 108 Andalusian teachers (57.3% women; mean age = 45.30, SD = 8.68) completed an online survey at three different time points. Moderated mediation analysis suggested that emotional dissonance mediated the relationship between emotional demands and emotional exhaustion, with self-efficacy acting as a moderator between the two. Teachers who perceived high emotional demands saw their levels of emotional dissonance increase, which in turn led to an increase in emotional exhaustion. In addition, self-efficacy acted as a protective factor against emotional exhaustion, buffering the negative effect of emotional dissonance. Strengthening these protective variables through interventions that increase levels of self-efficacy to cope with stress and reduce levels of emotional dissonance could help prevent teachers' emotional exhaustion.
- Subjects
ANDALUSIA (Spain); TEACHERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL burnout; COGNITIVE dissonance; SELF-efficacy; MEDIATION; MENTAL health; JOB performance
- Publication
Revista de Psicologia del Trabajo y de Las Organizaciones, 2024, Vol 40, Issue 1, p31
- ISSN
1576-5962
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5093/jwop2024a3