Investigating the job burnout of teachers due to the role of mediating self-control and social support in corona epidemic

The corona epidemic has put a lot of pressure on teachers in terms of curricula. Therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate the burnout of teachers with regard to the mediating role of self-control and social support in corona epidemic. The research design was descriptive and correlative and its population included 110 primary school teachers in Boroujerd in the academic year 2020-2021. The sample size was 86 people who were selected by means of simple random sampling method. The applied questionnaires included the Sherborne and Stewart (1991) Social Support Scale, Tangier Self-Control (2004), and Masslash Occupational Burnout (1981). Data were analyzed by means of SPSS-21 software. Findings of the study showed a significant negative relationship (r = -0.752) between self-control and teachers' burnout. Also, there was a negative and significant relationship between social support and teachers' burnout (r = -0.821); Therefore, it can be concluded that high self-control and social support of people around are associated with reducing teacher burnout. Due to the corona epidemic, this crisis is affecting the performance of teachers and provides the ground for their burnout. Given this issue, it is necessary to provide training and support systems and self-control training to prevent burnout of teachers in the corona epidemic.