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The Relationship Between Job Stress and Teaching Flow of Early Childhood Teachers : The Mediating Effect of Early Childhood Teachers' Resilience

유아교사의 직무스트레스와 교수몰입의 관계 : 내적·외적 회복탄력성의 매개효과

  • Kim, Sung Hee (Dept. of Early Childhood Education, Incheon National University) ;
  • Ahn, Hyo Jin (Dept. of Early Childhood Education, Incheon National University)
  • Received : 2016.05.15
  • Accepted : 2016.08.25
  • Published : 2016.08.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the mediating effect of inner resilience and external resilience on the relationship between the job stress of early childhood education teachers and their teaching flow. Data were collected through questionnaires from 221 early childhood Korean teachers in the InCheon area. The instruments used in this study were the Kindergarten Teachers' Job Stress Scale, Early Childhood Teachers' Resilience Scale, and Teaching Flow Scale. The data were analyzed by Pearson's correlation analysis, multiple regression analysis, and Baron and Kenny's method. It was adapted to SPSS ver. 18.0 for Windows. This study followed a mediated effect model. First, there was a negative correlation between the job stress and teaching flow. There was a positive correlation between the teaching flow and the resilience. Secondly, there was a negative correlation with job stress and teaching flow in path model 1. In path model 2, there was a positive correlation with resilience and teaching flow. Teaching flow was statistically and significantly influenced by resilience. Thirdly, there was the mediating effect of inner resilience and external resilience on the relationship between the job stress of early childhood education teachers and their teaching flow. These results can be used as the basic data for the improvement of early childhood education teachers' teaching flow in the future.

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