The mediating role of experimental avoidance between burnout and each of the anxiety and depression among teachers of pupils with learning disabilities

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Taif University - Arab East College for Graduate Studies

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The aim of the current research is to identify the mediating role of experimental avoidance in the relationship between burnout and each of the anxiety and depression among teachers of pupils with learning disabilities, The sample consisted of 150 teachers of pupils with learning disabilities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, it was used Experimental avoidance scale prepared by Gamez et al. (2014) Translated by Abdul Hamid (2021), the Burnout Scale prepared by the first researcher, the Beck scale for anxiety translated and codified by the first researcher, and the Beck depression scale, second version, translated by Gharib (2000), The results of the research indicated that psychological burnout explains (56.7%) of the variance in anxiety among teachers of learning disabilities, and that psychological burnout explains (34.3%) of the variance in depression among teachers with learning difficulties, and explains experimental avoidance (43.2%) of the Variation in anxiety among teachers of learning disabilities, and experimental avoidance explains (31.3%) of the variance in depression among teachers of learning disabilities, It was also reached A structural model that explains the relationships between research variables for teachers with learning disabilities, where it found a direct effect of psychological burnout on experimental avoidance by 57.8%, a direct effect of psychological burnout on anxiety by 56%, a direct effect of experimental avoidance on anxiety by 33.4%, and an indirect effect was found For psychological burnout on anxiety in the presence of experimental avoidance as a mediating variable, 19.3%.

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