Indeed, despite its recent and rapid development of contemporary social work, China has also experienced high turnover and burnout rates among its social workers. Empirical research has suggested that social workers may experience higher levels of stress and, subsequently, burnout than comparable occupational groups.
Recent decades have seen an increase in the scholarly literature on stress, burnout, and turnover in the helping professions. The results suggest that the implementation of mindfulness-based interventions for social workers can potentially mitigate the effect of JD on burnout, as well as increase the effect of JR on burnout. Meanwhile, JD had a slight negative direct effect on mindfulness (β = −0.09), and its total effect on burnout was 0.42. JR had a strong, positive direct effect on mindfulness (β = 0.38), and its total effect on burnout was high (β = −0.56). These relations were partially mediated by state mindfulness.
Job demands (JD) were positively associated with burnout, while job resources (JR) were negatively associated with burnout. Structural equation modeling results supported the previously hypothesized dual process by which JD-R affect burnout, specifically in a sample of social workers in China. This study applied the job demands and resources (JD-R) model to examine the effects of JD-R on burnout in social workers ( n = 897) from Chengdu, China, and whether these relations are mediated by state mindfulness.
Therefore, there is a need to investigate the factors that contribute to social work burnout. Despite the recent and rapid development of contemporary social work in China, Chinese social workers similarly experience significant rates of burnout. Internationally, human service professionals, including social workers, experience high burnout and turnover rates.
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