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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2021.22.2.221

The relationship between job stress and burnout of correctional workers : focusing on the mediating effect of self-compassion  

Kim, Hyun-Jin (Department of Counseling Education, Hannam University Graduate School of Education)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.22, no.2, 2021 , pp. 221-230 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between job stress, life satisfaction, burnout, and self-compassion. A survey was conducted in February 2018 for employees working at the Korea Legal Protection and Welfare Agency, and 213 data were included in the final analysis. A structural model was developed to examine the relationships between the variables used in this study, and the model-fit and mediating effects of the developed model were examined using SPSS and AMOS. For this study, the Korean occupational stress scale, life satisfaction scale, Maslach burnout inventory, and Korean self-compassion scale were used. We found that self-compassion is fully mediated between job stress and life satisfaction and between job stress and burnout. Also, life satisfaction is partially mediated between self-compassion and burnout. These results mean that self-compassion has significant effects on job stress, life satisfaction, and burnout. In particular, the mediating effect of self-compassion shows the vicious cycle of high job stress - low self-compassion - low life satisfaction - high burnout. Based on these results, the future implications of program development based on self-compassion strategies were discussed in order for workers in correctional facilities to decrease job stress and burnout and increase life satisfaction.
Keywords
Job Stress; Life Satisfaction; Self-compassion; Burnout; Mediating Effect; Correctional Officer;
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