The mediational role of self-efficacy in the relation between workload and burnout' dimensions in teachers

The objective of this study was to evaluate if self-efficacy can be a mediating variable in the relationship between workload and the dimensions of burnout. The research involved 982 teachers from public and private schools. The Questionnaire for the assessment of burnout Syndrome was used as research instrument, a version for teachers, the General Scale of Self-efficacy and the Subscale of Workload the Organizational Stress Questionnaire. The results obtained by means of linear regression analysis confirmed the hypothesis that self-efficacy plays a mediating role between workload and the dimensions of burnout. The result demonstrates the importance of interventions directed to the development of self-efficacy in teachers as a measure of prevention or rehabilitation of the burnout syndrome.