Burnout Syndrome and Depressive Symptomatology in Teachers: Relationship Between Type of Teaching and Gender in Public Educational Establishments of Santiago-Chile
José Luis Darrigrande Osorio y Karyna Durán Figueroa
Português / Español
Abstract
The characteristics of the Burnout syndrome, make it in a disorder that apart of affecting the life quality, the job and educational performance, could be also associated to the development of other psychological pathologies such as anxiety, addictions and depressive symptoms at different magnitudes. Recent researches have reported that public educational establishments are considered as a focus of high vulnerability by professionals who work in education, mainly for the working conditions that they have to face everyday, in a place of growing demands for a better educational quality. Objective: To describe the presence of SB and depressive symptomatology (SPD) in teachers who work in public schools located in Santiago, and at the same time to link both psychological categories through an analysis of correlation. Subjects: 60 teachers participated, (30 women and 30 men) to which it was applied the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Results: The results show a high coefficient of correlation (R=0.85) between both variables. However, it was impossible to find significant differences between the type of teaching (primary or secondary) and the presence of SDP and SB. Discussion: It is suggested to analyze the characteristics of organizational context of schools, to study the coping styles, self efficacy, self esteem, social support, etc.
Key words
Burnout, depressive symptomatology, teaching methods, coping styles, self-esteem, self-efficacy, social support, quality of life.
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Darrigrande, J.L. y Durán, K. (2012). Síndrome de Burnout y Sintomatología Depresiva en Profesores: Relación entre Tipo de Docencia y Género en Establecimientos Educacionales Subvencionados de Santiago de Chile. REICE. Revista Iberoamericana sobre Calidad, Eficacia y Cambio en Educación, 10 (3), pp. 72-87. http://www.rinace.net/reice/numeros/arts/vol10num3/art5.pdf. Cited (Date).