Job Burnout among Young Teachers from Private Higher Education Institutions in Shanghai and the Corresponding Intervention

Abstract

Based on the results of the burnout questionnaire surveyed among 146 young teachers from private higher education institutions in Shanghai, this study presented an investigation of the actual situation of job burnout and explored the general influential factors of job burnout. In addition, self-development counseling was used as an intervention method for 46 selected participants who displayed warning signs of burnout. The results showed that: (1) The job burnout rate of young male teachers was significantly higher than that of female teachers, and the severity grew with seniority of the teaching position. (2) An individual’s personality traits had significant predictive power over job burnout. (3) Self-development counseling was found to be an effective strategy to reduce the rate of teachers’ job burnout and improved emotional regulation abilities.