The Relationship Between Novice Counselors’ Selfefficacy and Occupational Burnout: The Mediating Role of Psychological Resilience

Objective: To explore the relationship between self-efficacy, psychological resilience and job burnout among novice counselors, as well as the mediating role of psychological resilience between self-efficacy and job burnout. Methods: A total of 225 novice counselors recruited online were measured using the Maslach Burnout Inventory- General Survey (MBI-GS), General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES), and Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC). Subsequently, SPSS26.0 was used for data analysis, and Model 4 and 5000 Bootstrap method in PROCESS program were used for mediation effect analysis. Results: The self-efficacy, psychological resilience and job burnout of novice counselors were all at a medium level; self-efficacy had a significant negative predictive effect on job burnout (β = -0.44, p< 0.01); psychological resilience played a full mediating role between self-efficacy and job burnout, with a mediating effect value of -0.961 (95% CI: -1.194 -0.728). Conclusion: Self-efficacy of novice counselors significantly negatively predicts job burnout, and psychological resilience plays a full mediating role between self-efficacy and job burnout.