Study on the Relationship Among Day Care Teachers' Attribution, Social Supports, and Burn-out

어린이집 교사의 귀인 성향, 사회적 지지와 소진에 관한 연구

  • Received : 2007.06.30
  • Accepted : 2007.09.18
  • Published : 2007.10.01

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship among personal attributions of daycare center teachers in fields, social support, and teachers' burn-out. Data were collected by 228 teachers in day care center. To examine the relationship among personal attributions of daycare center teachers in fields, social support, and teachers' burn-out, it was used the scale of 'the tendency of attributions', 'social supports', and 'burn-out'. To analyze data, Pearsons' correlation and multiple regression were used. The results of this study were as followed. First, the score of daycare center teachers' personal attributions, social support, and teachers' burn-out were higher than the mean score. Second, internal and external variables were related to burn-out factors. Third, attribute disposition were related to teachers' burn-out. As a whole, teachers were tend to be in internal attributions, which led to a tendency to show positive reactions against burn-out. Forth, social supports were related to teachers' burn-out.

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