On Role of Emotion-Based Coping Strategies in Association between Occupational Stress and Job Burnout in Special Education Teachers:Mediation versus Moderation

Key words: 
• occupational stress /
• job burnout /
• emotion-based coping strategies /
• special education teachers

Abstract: In order to explore the relationship and mechanism of action between occupational stress, emotion-based coping strategies and job burnout of special education teachers, 128 special education teachers were tested with Occupational Stress Questionnaire for Special Education Teachers, Emotion-Based Coping Strategies Questionnaire for Special Education Teachers and Maslach Burnout Inventory-Educators Survey in this study.The results indicate that:1) There were remarkable positive correlation between occupational stress and emotion-based coping strategies as well as job burnout of special education teachers, while a significant negative correlation was found between emotion-based coping strategies and job burnout;2) Emotion-based coping strategies played a partial mediation effect between occupational stress and job burnout in the special education teachers;3) Emotion-based coping strategies also played a moderating role between occupational stress and job burnout of special education teachers.Only when the emotion-based coping strategies were in low and middle levels, the predictive effect of occupational stress on job burnout was significant.