Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences

Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences

The role of emotional fatigue caused by virtual teaching and job stress in predicting burnout of young and middle-aged teachers

Document Type : Research Paper

Author
Mansour Sotudeh Bavani
Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Khoy Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khoy, Iran. (Corresponding Author)
10.22038/mjms.2021.19624
Abstract
Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate the role of emotional fatigue caused by virtual teaching and job stress in predicting burnout of young and middle-aged teachers.
Methods: The research method is descriptive and co relational and the statistical population of this study consist of all primary school teachers in Khoy in 1378. According to Krejcie and Morgan (1970) table, 300 people based on stratified random sampling Were selected as a sample. Data were collected using Chen et al. (2019) Emotional Fatigue Questionnaire, Job Stress Questionnaire (HSE) and Brain Burnout Questionnaire and analyzed using multiple regression and independent t-tests.
Results:  The results showed that the emotional fatigue caused by virtual teaching with (r = 0.58) at a significant level (p <0.01) predicts burnout and teachers' job stress during the corona pandemic with (r = 0.68) at a significant level (p <0.01) predicts burnout in teachers. There was also a difference between job stress and emotional fatigue caused by virtual teaching between young and middle-aged teachers. Between the excitement of virtual teaching between young and middle-aged teachers. Therefore, all research hypotheses were confirmed.
Conclusion: Emotional fatigue seems to have adverse effects on teachers' condition, especially on burnout, during the Covid-19 period.
Keywords
Emotional Fatigue
Virtual Teaching
Job Stress
Job Burnout
Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences
Volume 61, Issue 6
May and June 2019