Relationship between psychological capital, job stress and job burnout of special education workers

Abstract

Special education workers often work for long hours under heavy load, and thus suffer from a high job stress. This paper aims to sort out the relationship between the psychological capital (PsyCap), job stress and job burnout of special education workers. Through a questionnaire survey on 30 special education workers in a typical special education institution, the author analyzed the PsyCap and job burnout of the respondents, and then organized a psychological suggestion training for the respondents. The variations in PsyCap and job burnout of the respondents through the training were measured and examined. The results show that the special education workers generally have high job stress and low PsyCap, resulting in a strong feeling of job burnout; the psychological suggestion training improves the PsyCap to a certain extent; if job stress remains unchanged, the training can effectively alleviate the job burnout of special workers. The research results provide some insights into the alleviation of mental pressure of special education workers.