The relationship of role stress,counseling self-efficacy,and burnout amoung junior high school counselors

[[abstract]]The purpose of the study were to investigate differences in concepts of role stress, counseling self-efficacy and burnout among junior high school counselors of different demographic variables, as well as to explore the relationships among concepts of role stress, counseling self-efficacy and burnout in school counselors. By using stratified random sampling, and according to different sizes of school, a total of 366 school counselors were chosen from junior high schools in Taipei city, Taipei county, and Taoyuan county. In the present study data were collected through a survey method. Instrument 「Junior High School counselor Work Scale」 were used. Data obtained in this study were analyzed by t-test, one-way ANOVA, one-way MANOVA, canonical correlation analysis. The conclusions were as follows: 1. Role stresses were significantly different among school counselors of different age, marriage, job duties, educational background, experiences of guidance, but significant differences were not found among school counselors of different gender, educational levels, and school sizes. 2. The counseling self-efficacy showed significant differences among school counselors of different gender, age, marriage, educational levels, job duties, educational background, experiences of guidance, and school sizes. 3. Burnout showed significant differences among school counselors of different age, marriage, job duties, educational background, experiences of guidance, while there were no significant differences among school counselors of different gender, educational levels, and school sizes. 4. Two types of canonical correlation were found between role stresses and counseling self-efficacy in school counselors. 5. Two types of canonical correlation were found between role stresses and burnout in school counselors. 6. Two types of canonical correlation were found between role stresses and burnout in school counselors. Suggestions and implications of the results were discussed for junior high school counselors, junior high schools, departments of education administration, and school counselors training institutions as well as for future studies.