A Meta-analysis of the Relationship between External Support and Teacher Burnout:The Partial Mediating Role of Self-efficacy
Based on the development resource theory,24 original studies(sample size of 11831,67 effect sizes)were used as samples to analyze the interaction between teachers'self-efficacy(emotional personality traits)and external support(environ-mental factors)and its influence on job burnout by using meta-analysis and structural equation modeling.The findings have showed a significant negative correlation between self-efficacy and teacher job burnout,which was moderated by gender,age and other variables.External support was also negatively correlated with job burnout with this relationship being moderated by the same variables.Additionally,self-efficacy was positively correlated with external support.Meta-analysis results of structural equation model indicated that external support not only directly affects job burnout,but also indirectly through self-efficacy.