Psychological Development and Education ›› 2015, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (3): 368-376.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2015.03.15

Previous Articles     Next Articles

Work Family Conflicts and Job Burnout in Primary and Middle School Teachers: The Mediator Role of Self-determination Motivation

LI Mingjun1,2, WANG Zhenhong1, LIU Ya1   

  1. 1. School of Psychology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 10062, China;
    2. Faculty of Education, Shaanxi XueQian Normal University, Xi'an 710100, China
  • Online:2015-05-15 Published:2015-05-15

PDF (PC)

Abstract: The questionnaires of teachers' work family conflicts, self-determination motivation and job burnout were administered to 348 teachers in primary and middle schools, aimed to investigate the mediating effects of self-determination motivation on the relationship between work family conflicts and job burnout. Results revealed that: (1) Self-report work interferes with family conflict (WIF) level was higher than family interferes with work conflict (FIW) for teachers. (2) FIW, WIF, self-determination motivation and job burnout were significantly correlated one another. (3) The mediating effect of self-determination motivation on the relation between work family conflicts and teachers' job burnout was significant. Specifically, self-determination motivation played full mediation role in the WIF-burnout relation, whereas it played partial mediation role in the FIW- burnout relation.

Key words: Primary and Middle School Teachers, Work Family Conflict, Self-Determination Motivation, Job Burnout

CLC Number: 

  • B844
Anderson, J. C., & Gerbing, D. W. (1988). Structural equation modeling in practice. A review and recommended two-step approach.Psychological Bulletin, 103(3), 411-423.
Aryee, S. (1992). Antecedents and outcomes of work-family conflict among married professional women: Evidence from Singapore. Human Relations, 45(8), 813-837.
Bakker, A. B., & Demerouti, E. (2007). The job demands-resources model: State of the art.Journal of Managerial Psychology, 22(3), 309-328.
Baron, R. M., & Kenny, D. A. (1986). The moderator-mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations.Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51(6), 1173-1182.
Bethencourt, L.A. (2012).Employee engagement and self-determination theory (Unpublished doctorial dissertation). Northern Illinois University, Dekalb.
Cherniss, C. (1980).Staff burnout: Job stress in the human service (pp. 162-171). Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
Cohen, J. (1992). A power primer.Psychological Bulletin, 112(1), 155-159.
Deci, E. L., & Ryan, R. M. (2000). The "what" and "why" of goal pursuits: Human needs and the self-determination of behavior.Psychological Inquiry, 11(4), 227-268.
Frone, M. R., Yardley, J. K., & Markel, K. S. (1997). Developing and testing an integrative model of the work-family interface.Journal of Vocational Behavior, 50(2), 145-167.
Gällstedt, M. (2003). Working conditions in projects: perceptions of stress and motivation among project team members and project managers.International Journal of Project Management, 21(6), 449-56.
Gillet, N., Huart, I., Colombat, P., & Fouquereau E. (2013). Perceived organizational support, motivation, and engagement among police officers.Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 44(1), 46-55.
Greenhaus, J. H., & Beutell, N. J. (1985). Sources of conflict between work and family roles.The Academy of Management Review, 10(1), 76-88.
Hair, J. F., Anderson, R. E., Tatham, R. L., & Black, W. C. (1998).Multivariance data analysis (5th Ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Hakanen, J. J., Bakker, A. B., & Ahola, K. (2008). The Job Demands-Resources model: A three-year cross-lagged study of burnout, depression, commitment, and work engagement.Work & Stress, 22(3), 224-241.
Hastings, R. P., & Bham, M. S. (2003). The relationship between student behaviour patterns and teacher burnout.School Psychology International, 24(1), 115-127.
Holahan, C. J., Moos, R. H., Holahan, C. K., & Cronkite, R. C. (1999). Resource loss, resource gain, and depressive symptoms: A 10-year model.Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 77(3), 620-629.
Ito, J. K., & Brotheridge, C. M. (2003). Resources, coping strategies, and emotional exhaustion: A conservation of resources perspective. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 63(3), 490-509.
Jawahar, I.M., Kisamore, J. L., Stone, T. H., & Rahn, D. L. (2012). Differential effect of inter-role conflict on proactive individual's experience of burnout.Journal of Business and Psychology, 27(2), 243-254.
Jowett, G. E., Hill, A. P., Hall, H. K., & Curran, T. (2013). Perfectionism and junior athlete burnout: The mediating role of autonomous and controlled motivation.Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 2(1), 48-61.
Kohashi, S. (2013). Relationships between stress, burnout, and job turnover intention among elementary and junior high school teachers.The Journal of Japan Academy of Health Sciences,15(4), 240-259.
Kokkinos, C. M. (2007). Job stressors, personality and burnout in primary school teachers. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 77(1), 229-243.
Lamb, P. J. (1984).Intrinsic vs extrinsic factors of motivation of psychologists who have experienced burnout and a major role change in their work(Unpublished Doctorial Dissertation). Florida Institute of Technology.
Lambert, E. G., Hogan, N. L., & Barton, S. M. (2002). The impact of work-family conflict on correctional staff job satisfaction: an exploratory study.American Journal of Criminal Justice, 27(1), 35-55.
LePine, J.A., LePine, M.A. and Jackson, C.L. (2004), "Challenge and hindrance stress: relationships with exhaustion, motivation to learn, and learning performance",Journal of Applied Psychology, 89(5),883-891.
Maslach, C., Schaufeli, W.B., & Leiter, M.P. (2001). Job burnout.Annual Review of Psychology, 52(1), 397-422.
Meyer, J. P., & Gagné, M. (2008). Employee engagement from a self-determination theory perspective.Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 1(1), 60-62.
Nippert-Eng, C. E. (1996).Home and work: Negotiating boundaries through everyday life. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Podsakoff, P. M., MacKenzie, S. B., Lee, J., & Podsakoff, N. P. (2003). Common method biases in behavioral research: A critical review of the literature and recommended remedies.Journal of Applied Psychology, 88(5), 879-903.
Roth, G., Assor, A., Kanat-Maymon Y., & Kaplan, H. (2007).Autonomous motivation for teaching: How self-determined teaching may lead to self-determined learning.Journal of Educational Psychology, 99(4), 761-774.
Rupert, P. A., Stevanovic, P., & Hunley, H. A. (2009). Work-family conflict and burnout among practicing psychologists.Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 40(1), 54-61.
Schaufeli, W.B., Leiter, M.P., Maslach, C., & Jackson, S. E. (1996). The MBI-General Survey. In C. Maslach, S.E. Jackson, & M.P Leiter (Eds.),Maslach Burnout Inventory Manual (3rd ed., pp. 19-26). Palo Alto, CA: Consulting Psychologists Press.
Skaalvik, E. M., & Skaalvik, S. (2010). Teacher self-efficacy and teacher burnout: A study of relations. Teaching and Teacher Education, 26(4), 1059-1069.
Sobel, M. E. (1986). Some new results on indirect effects and their standard errors in covariance structure models. In N. Tuma (Ed.),Sociological methodology (pp. 159-186). Washington, DC: American Sociological Association.
Thomas, K. W. (2009).Intrinsic motivation at work: what really drives employee engagement? (2nd Ed.) . San Francisco, California: Berrett-Koehler Publishers.
Tyagi, P. K. (1985). The effects of stressful organizational conditions on salesperson work motivation.Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 13(1), 290-309.
Vallerand, R. J., Pelletier, L. G., & Koestner, R. (2008). Reflections on self-determination theory.Canadian Psychology, 49(3), 257-262.
Vansteenkiste, M., Ryan, R. M., & Deci, E. L. (2008). Self-determination theory and the explanatory role of psychological needs in human well-being. In L. Bruni, F. Comim, & M. Pugno (Eds.),Capabilities and happiness (pp. 187-223). Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.
Voydanoff, P. (1988). Work role characteristics, family structure demands, and work/family conflict.Journal of Marriage and the Family, 50(3), 749-761.
Westman, M., Hobfoll, S. E., Chen, S., Davidson, O. B., & Laski, S. (2004). Organizational stress through the lens of conservation of resources (COR) theory. Research in Occupational Stress and Well-being,4(1), 167-220.
Yang, N., Chen, C. C., Choi, J., & Zou, Y. (2000). Sources of work-family conflict: A Sino-U.S. comparison of the effects of work and family demands.Academy of Management Journal, 43(1), 113-123.
陈建武, 张向前. (2013). 高校女教师工作家庭冲突与职业倦怠关系研究.集美大学学报, 14(3), 12-16.
高中华, 赵晨. (2014). 工作家庭两不误为何这么难？基于工作家庭边界理论的探讨.心理学报, 46(4), 552-568.
胡竹菁. (2010).心理统计学 (pp. 270-271). 北京: 高等教育出版社.
金盛华, 郑建君, 辛志勇. (2009). 当代中国人价值观的结构与特点.心理学报, 41(10), 1000-1014.
李超平, 时勘. (2003). 分配公平与程序公平对工作倦怠的影响.心理学报, 35(5), 677-684.
林高标, 林燕真. (2013). 动机的自我决定理论及其对教师专业发展的启示.教育发展研究, 4, 24-28.
刘丽华, 李琼蕾, 豆小娟, 朱琮云, 赖晓青, 张诗晗, 田慧霞. (2011). 护士工作家庭冲突、控制感与职业倦怠的相关研究.湖南师范大学学报(医学版), 8(4), 90-93.
刘毅, 吴宇驹, 邢强. (2009). 教师压力影响职业倦怠: 教学效能感的调节作用.心理发展与教育, 25(1), 108-113.
陆佳芳, 时勘. (2002). 工作家庭冲突的初步研究.应用心理学, 8(2), 45-50.
芦咏莉, 何菲, 冯丽红, 栾子童. (2012). 小学教师工作-家庭冲突类型及其在职业倦怠上的特征.教师教育研究, 24(3), 68-73.
孟晓磊. (2010).中小学教师自主性的发展特点及其与工作绩效的关系研究. 西南大学硕士学位论文.
唐芳贵, 彭艳. (2006). 工作家庭冲突、控制感与中小学教师的职业倦怠.中国临床康复, 46(10), 82-85.
唐汉瑛, 马红宇, 汪茂云, 王斌. (2010). 临床医生工作家庭冲突与职业倦怠的关系研究.中国临床心理学杂志, 18(2), 219-222.
温忠麟, 张雷, 侯杰泰, 刘红云. (2004). 中介效应检验程序及其应用.心理学报, 36(5), 614-620.
吴明霞, 张大均, 陈旭, 余林, 郭成. (2009). 中小学教师工作-家庭冲突的测量.心理发展与教育, 25(1), 120-127.
姚计海, 管海娟. (2013). 中小学教师情绪智力与职业倦怠的关系研究.教育学报, 9(3), 100-110.
张景焕, 刘桂荣, 师玮玮, 付秀君. (2011). 动机的激发与小学生创造思维的关系: 自主性动机的中介作用.心理学报, 43(10), 1138-1150.
郑昊敏, 温忠麟, 吴艳. (2011). 心理学常用效应量的选用与分析.心理科学进展, 19(12), 1868-1878.
张剑, 张建兵, 李跃, Deci, E. L. (2010). 促进工作动机的有效路径: 自我决定理论的观点.心理科学进展, 18(5), 752-759.
张丽华, 王丹, 白学军. (2007). 国外教师职业倦怠影响因素研究新进展.心理科学, 30 (2), 492-494.
张勉, 李海, 魏钧, 杨百寅. (2011). 交叉影响还是直接影响? 工作-家庭冲突的影响机制.心理学报,43(5), 573-588.
郑晓芳. (2013).中小学教师职业压力对职业倦怠和工作满意感的影响研究.吉林大学博士学位论文.
[1] DENG Linyuan, GAO Shiqing, WANG Jingyi, LI Beilei. The Relationship between Work-family Conflict and Depression in Primary and Middle School Teachers during COVID-19: A Moderated Mediation Model [J]. Psychological Development and Education, 2023, 39(1): 121-131.
[2] TIAN Jin, MAO Yaqing, XIONG Huaxia. The Effect of Transformational Leadership on Teachers' Job Burnout: The Chain Mediating Role of Social Emotional Competence and Well-being [J]. Psychological Development and Education, 2021, 37(5): 743-751.
[3] CHENG Huabin, LIU Xia, LI Yimin, LI Yongxin. Is Parenting a Happy Experience? Review on Parental Burnout [J]. Psychological Development and Education, 2021, 37(1): 146-152.
[4] Wang Gang, SU Zhiqiang, ZHANG Dajun. Effects of Competency and Occupational Stress on Occupational Well-being among Kindergarten Teachers:Effects of Occupational Identity and Job Burnout [J]. Psychological Development and Education, 2017, 33(5): 622-630.
[5] QIN Hongfang, LIU Xiaoming. The Impact of the Action Control on the Relationship between Job Stress and Job Burnout in Rural Teachers: A Perspective from the Theory of Personality Systems Interactions [J]. Psychological Development and Education, 2015, 31(5): 633-640.
[6] KANG Yong-jun, WANG Xiao, QU Zheng-liang. Affective Commitment and Job Burnout among Vocational and Technical Education Institutions’ Teachers：Mechanisms of Affective Commitment and Professional Title [J]. Psychological Development and Education, 2014, 30(5): 550-560.
[7] CHEN Jie-ling, WU Xin-chun, Zeng Pan-pan, ZHOU Xiao, XIONG Guo-yu. The Relationship between PTSD and PTG：Evidence From Longitudinal Study of Teachers Survived in Wenchuan Earthquake [J]. Psychological Development and Education, 2014, 30(1): 75-81.
[8] HOU Zhi-jin, ZHOU Xiao, CHEN Jie-ling, ZHU Li, NI Jing, CHEN Shu-fang. The Influencing Factors of PTSD and PTG Among Teachers after Wenchuan Earthquake：Perspectives from Before, During and After Disaster [J]. Psychological Development and Education, 2014, 30(1): 82-89.
[9] YAO Ji-hai, LIU Li-hua. A study on Relationship Between Principal’s Psychological Empowerment and Job Burnout in Primary and Middle School [J]. Psychological Development and Education, 2011, 27(5): 529-535.
[10] LEI Li. Exploration of adolescents’Internet Addiction [J]. Psychological Development and Education, 2010, 26(5): 554-560.
[11] HUI Shan-kang, CAO Jian. Analysis on Factors Affecting the Shaping of Teacher’s Career Plateau in Elementary and Middle School [J]. Psychological Development and Education, 2010, 26(5): 527-533,560.
[12] PAN Xiao-fu, TAN Xiao-hong, QIN Qi-wen, WANG Lei. Teacher’s Perceived Organization Justice and Organizational Citizenship Behavior:the mediating Role of Job Burnout [J]. Psychological Development and Education, 2010, 26(4): 409-415,444.
[13] LIU Yi, WU Yu-ju, XING Qiang. The Influences of Teacher’s Stress on Job Burnout:The Moderating Effect of Teaching Efficacy [J]. Psychological Development and Education, 2009, 25(1): 108-113.
[14] MENG Hui, LIANG Qiao-fei, LI Young-xin, XIONG Mei. Teacher’s Job Satisfaction and Performance:The Mediating Role of Job Burnout [J]. Psychological Development and Education, 2009, 25(1): 103-107.
[15] LI Li-ying, LIU Hui-jun. Researches into the Relationships among Job Burnout, Self-esteem and Social Support of Employed Mothers [J]. Psychological Development and Education, 2008, 24(1): 66-71.
Viewed
Full text


Abstract

Cited
  Shared   
  Discussed   
No Suggested Reading articles found!
Copyright 2018 © Editorial office of Psychological Development and Education
Supported by Beijing Magtech Co.Ltd