Mediating Effects of Soldier Psychological Capital Between Job Burnout and Military Morale

WANG Wen; ZHAO Fuhua; ZHANG Zhenghua; HUANG Jiapeng; ZHANG Luopeng

doi:10.13730/j.issn.2097-2148.2024.06.013

Abstract：Objective To explore the mediating effects of soldier psychological capital between job burnout and mil-itary morale,so as to improve the morale of the troops,and provide reference for improving the combat effectiveness of the army.Methods Soldiers from a northwest troop were selected by cluster sampling,questionnaires including socio-de-mographic data,psychological capital questionnaire(PCQ),military burnout scale(MJBS)and army morale scale were surveyed on them,a total of 400 questionnaires were distributed and 394 valid questionnaires were finally collected.SPSS 23.0 software was used to conduct descriptive statistical analysis,Pearson correlation analysis and analysis of variance of the obtained data.The mediating effects of PCQ on MJBS and military morale scale were examined by stepwise regression analysis,and Bootstrap method was used for verification.Results The univariate analysis of the demographic data of mil-itary PCQ,MJBS and military morale scale scores showed that,there were significant differences in military PCQ among sex,nationalities and educational levels(all P＜0.05),the difference among military morale scale scores in different cat-egory,whether the only child and education background were statistically significant(all P＜0.05).There was no sig-nificant difference in the MJBS scores among different demographic data(all P＞0.05).MJBS was negatively correlated with military morale scale scores(r=-0.354,P＜0.01)and PCQ(r=-0.159,P＜0.01);PCQ was positive correla-ted with the military morale scale scores(r=0.514,P＜0.01),and PCQ played a partial mediating effect between mili-tary MJBS and military morale scale score,and the mediating effect accounted for 21.02％of the total effect(-0.115/-0.547).Conclusion Military burnout can not only affect military morale directly,but also affect the military morale through the intermediary of psychological capital.Good psychological capital can reduce the burnout of soldiers,thus im-proving the morale of the army.