The path analysis of the influence of anxiety, job burnout and self-efficacy on well-being-take the sample of college english teachers under the novel coronavirus pneumonia

Su, Z.; Gai, X.

Objective: Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia is spreading all over the world. Through investigating the anxiety, job burnout, self-efficacy and general well-being of the college English teachers, it is to explore the social mentality of the people under the epidemic situation, and provide evidence for improving the mental health of occupational population and formulating psychological intervention measures. Methods: A cross-sectional study of 520 college English teachers from Jilin Province(n=340) and Hubei Province(n=180) were investigated by anxiety scale, job burnout scale, self-efficacy scale and general well-being scale. Results: The detection rate of anxiety in the occupational group was 48.65%, and there was a significant difference in the scores of anxiety among the subjects of different ages(P<0.05);the level of burnout were higher than the average, and the subjects of different ages were in a serious state of burnout was statistically significant (P< 0.05);the general well-being of the subjects was significantly higher than that of the national norm (P<0.01). Path analysis showed that anxiety, job burnout and self-efficacy were the negative and positive factors that affect general well-being, and self-efficacy played an intermediary role between anxiety, job burnout and general well-being separately. Conclusion: Under the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia it can improve the self-efficacy of occupation population, further overcome panic and learned helplessness to reduce anxiety, job burnout, enhance resilience, improve general well-being. © 2021 ACM.