Psychosocial Burden and Strains of Pedagogues—Using the Job Demands-Resources Theory to Predict Burnout, Job Satisfaction, General State of Health, and Life Satisfaction

Marie Drüge, Sandra Schladitz, Markus Antonius Wirtz and Karin Schleider
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Marie Drüge: Department of Psychology, University of Zurich, 8050 Zurich, Switzerland
Sandra Schladitz: Heidelberg University, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
Markus Antonius Wirtz: Department of Psychology, University of Education Freiburg, 79117 Freiburg, Germany
Karin Schleider: Department of Psychology, University of Education Freiburg, 79117 Freiburg, Germany

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 15, 1-13

Abstract: The current study examines the Job Demands-Resources theory among pedagogical professionals. A total of 466 pedagogues ( n = 227 teachers; n = 239 social workers) completed the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire online. After testing the questionnaire structure using confirmatory factor analysis, a JD-R-based prediction model to predict effects of strains on the outcome constructs of burnout, job satisfaction, general state of health, and life satisfaction was estimated. The results confirm the questionnaire structure (RMSEA= 0.038; CFI = 0.94) as well as the fit of the prediction model (RMSEA = 0.039; CFI = 0.93). The outcome constructs could be predicted by emotional demands, work–privacy conflict, role conflicts, influence at work, scope for decision making, and opportunities for development (0.41 ? R² ? 0.57). Especially for life satisfaction, a moderator analysis proved the differences between teachers and social workers in the structure of the prediction model. For teachers, quantitative demands and work–privacy conflict are predictive, and for social workers, role conflicts and burnout are predictive. The study offers starting points for job-related measures of prevention and intervention.

Keywords: burnout; pedagogues; Job Demands-Resources Theory; job satisfaction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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