The positive role of teachers’ social–emotional competence in burnout: the mediating effects of teaching efficacy

Teachers' social-emotional competence and teaching efficacy, as crucial individual resources, can mitigate teachers' occupational burnout through dual pathways: "social-emotional competence, occupational burnout" and "social-emotional competence, teaching efficacy, occupational burnout". This study provides both theoretical insights and practical implications for reducing teachers' occupational burnout by strengthening teachers' social-emotional competence and teaching efficacy.