Effect of Intermediate Counselor's Professional Identity on Burnout: The Double Mediating Effect of Self-compassion and Counselor Resilience

Objectives This study attempted to verify the mediating effect and double mediating effect of self-compassion and counselor resilience in the relationship between counselor professional identity and counselor burnout for intermediate counselors. Methods To this end, 309 people's data were collected through a questionnaire consisting of counselor professional identity, self-compassion, counselor resilience, and counselor burnout scale. And correlation and double mediation effects were analyzed using the SPSS 26.0 program and PROCESS MACRO 4.1 (No. 6), and the effectiveness was verified by performing bootstrapping. Results As a result, first, there was a significant positive correlation between counselor professional identity, self-compassion, and counselor resilience, and there was a significant negative correlation between these variables and burnout. Second, self-compassion and counselor resilience were found to have partial mediating effects in the relationship between counselor professional identity and burnout, and the double mediating effect of self-compassion and counselor resilience was confirmed. Conclusions This means that the intermediate counselor's professional identity affects burnout through self-compassion and counselor resilience. This study is significant in that it provides the basis for preventing and alleviating burnout of intermediate counselors by confirming the relationship between counselor professional identity, self-compassion, and counselor resilience, which are psychological factors that affect the burnout of counselors in the intermediate level.