Emotional exhaustion faced by Italian female teaching staff during COVID-19 pandemic: A sequential mediation model applying coping strategies, self-efficacy for online teaching, and technostress

The study examines coping, tech attitudes, and burnout in 388 Italian female teachers during COVID-19. Results show coping predicts lower burnout via higher online teaching self-efficacy and lower technostress. Primary teachers report higher emotional exhaustion; older teachers experience more techn...

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Main Authors: Annalisa Levante, Serena Petrocchi, Federica Bianco, Ilaria Castelli, Flavia Lecciso
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-06-01
Series:International Journal of Educational Research Open
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666374024000852
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Serena Petrocchi
Federica Bianco
Ilaria Castelli
Flavia Lecciso
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description The study examines coping, tech attitudes, and burnout in 388 Italian female teachers during COVID-19. Results show coping predicts lower burnout via higher online teaching self-efficacy and lower technostress. Primary teachers report higher emotional exhaustion; older teachers experience more technostress. Findings emphasise the importance of coping strategies in reducing burnout, highlighting the need to enhance online teaching self-efficacy and address technostress. Training focusing on these aspects could effectively support teachers amid the pandemic and regular job stressors.
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spelling doaj-art-b9eb469079f94bef952ef6e73b11b8e82025-08-20T03:00:32ZengElsevierInternational Journal of Educational Research Open2666-37402025-06-01810040310.1016/j.ijedro.2024.100403Emotional exhaustion faced by Italian female teaching staff during COVID-19 pandemic: A sequential mediation model applying coping strategies, self-efficacy for online teaching, and technostressAnnalisa Levante0Serena Petrocchi1Federica Bianco2Ilaria Castelli3Flavia Lecciso4Department of Human and Social Sciences, University of Salento, Via di Valesio, Lecce, Italy; Lab of Applied Science, Department of Human and Social Sciences, University of Salento, Via di Valesio, Lecce, ItalyLab of Applied Science, Department of Human and Social Sciences, University of Salento, Via di Valesio, Lecce, Italy; Faculty of Biomedical Science, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Via Giuseppe Buffi, Lugano, SwitzerlandDepartment of Human and Social Sciences, University of Bergamo, Piazzale S. Agostino, Bergamo, Italy; Corresponding author.Department of Human and Social Sciences, University of Bergamo, Piazzale S. Agostino, Bergamo, ItalyDepartment of Human and Social Sciences, University of Salento, Via di Valesio, Lecce, Italy; Lab of Applied Science, Department of Human and Social Sciences, University of Salento, Via di Valesio, Lecce, ItalyThe study examines coping, tech attitudes, and burnout in 388 Italian female teachers during COVID-19. Results show coping predicts lower burnout via higher online teaching self-efficacy and lower technostress. Primary teachers report higher emotional exhaustion; older teachers experience more technostress. Findings emphasise the importance of coping strategies in reducing burnout, highlighting the need to enhance online teaching self-efficacy and address technostress. Training focusing on these aspects could effectively support teachers amid the pandemic and regular job stressors.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666374024000852CopingEmotional exhaustionBurnoutSelf-efficacy for online teachingTechnostressTeacher
spellingShingle Annalisa Levante
Serena Petrocchi
Federica Bianco
Ilaria Castelli
Flavia Lecciso
Emotional exhaustion faced by Italian female teaching staff during COVID-19 pandemic: A sequential mediation model applying coping strategies, self-efficacy for online teaching, and technostress
International Journal of Educational Research Open
Coping
Emotional exhaustion
Burnout
Self-efficacy for online teaching
Technostress
Teacher
title Emotional exhaustion faced by Italian female teaching staff during COVID-19 pandemic: A sequential mediation model applying coping strategies, self-efficacy for online teaching, and technostress
title_full Emotional exhaustion faced by Italian female teaching staff during COVID-19 pandemic: A sequential mediation model applying coping strategies, self-efficacy for online teaching, and technostress
title_fullStr Emotional exhaustion faced by Italian female teaching staff during COVID-19 pandemic: A sequential mediation model applying coping strategies, self-efficacy for online teaching, and technostress
title_full_unstemmed Emotional exhaustion faced by Italian female teaching staff during COVID-19 pandemic: A sequential mediation model applying coping strategies, self-efficacy for online teaching, and technostress
title_short Emotional exhaustion faced by Italian female teaching staff during COVID-19 pandemic: A sequential mediation model applying coping strategies, self-efficacy for online teaching, and technostress
title_sort emotional exhaustion faced by italian female teaching staff during covid 19 pandemic a sequential mediation model applying coping strategies self efficacy for online teaching and technostress
topic Coping
Emotional exhaustion
Burnout
Self-efficacy for online teaching
Technostress
Teacher
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666374024000852
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