The health-sustaining, moderating, and mediating roles of sense of coherence in the relationship between fear of Covid-19 and burnout among South African teachers
Date
2022Author
Padmanabhanunni, Anita
Pretorius, Tyrone Brian
Kagee, Ashraf
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The current study focuses on the interrelationship between fear of COVID-19, sense of
coherence, and burnout. Participants (n = 355) were school teachers from across all provinces in
South Africa who completed the Fear of COVID-19 Scale, the Sense of Coherence Scale, and the
Maslach Burnout Inventory. It was hypothesized that the dimensions of sense of coherence would be
directly associated with burnout and would also mediate or moderate the relationship between fear
of COVID-19 and burnout. The results of the path and moderation analyses conducted confirmed this
hypothesis. In particular, the health-sustaining role of sense of coherence was demonstrated through
the significant direct associations between comprehensibility and manageability on one hand and
emotional exhaustion, as well as depersonalization, on the other hand. In addition, meaningfulness
had significant direct associations with emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal accomplishment.