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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Psychol.
Sec. Health Psychology
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1468655

Mediator role of psychological resilience between post-traumatic stress symptoms and burnout in academicians affected by the earthquakes in Türkiye

Provisionally accepted
Ayşegül Yetkin Tekin Ayşegül Yetkin Tekin *
  • Adıyaman University, Faculty of Education, Psychological Counseling and Guidance Department, Adıyaman, Türkiye

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    Purpose: This study aims to investigate the mediator role of psychological resilience in the relationship between post-traumatic stress and burnout symptoms in academicians affected by two earthquakes that occurred on February 6, 2023, affecting 11 provinces of Türkiye.The research sample consisted of 175 academicians affected by these earthquakes.Each academician completed an online survey consisting of a sociodemographic form, the PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5), the Brief Psychological Resilience Scale, and the Burnout Syndrome Inventory-Short Version.Results: Negative relationships were found between the post-traumatic stress symptom and burnout levels of academicians and their psychological resilience levels. Psychological resilience had a partial mediating role in the relationships of post-traumatic stress symptoms (reexperiencing, avoidance, and hyperarousal) and burnout.It can be said that higher post-traumatic stress symptoms' severity is associated with higher levels of burnout, and psychological resilience has a mediator role in the relationship between post-traumatic stress and burnout in earthquake-affected academicians.

    Keywords: Academician, burnout, earthquake, psychological resilience, traumatic stress

    Received: 22 Jul 2024; Accepted: 15 Nov 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Yetkin Tekin. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Ayşegül Yetkin Tekin, Adıyaman University, Faculty of Education, Psychological Counseling and Guidance Department, Adıyaman, Türkiye

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