Perceived Stress and Indicators of Burnout in Teachers at Portuguese Higher Education Institutions (HEI)

Bibliographic Data

ID15515395
AuthorsRenata Teles (0000-0002-0937-5285, Universidade da Coruña), Antonio Valle (0000-0001-8160-9181, Universidade da Coruña), Susana Rodríguez (0000-0003-4548-0602, Universidade da Coruña), Isabel Piñeiro (0000-0002-1845-2238, Universidade da Coruña), Bibiana Regueiro (0000-0001-8519-960X, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume17
Issue9
Pages3248-3248
Publication date2020-05-07
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph17093248
PMID32392696
OpenAlexW3023558539
LanguageEN
Citations received33
References cited19

The aim of this study was to examine the phenomena of burnout and perceived stress in teachers at Higher Education Institutions, as this professional class is one of the most affected by high levels of stress. A sample of 520 university teachers was used, of which 339 (65.2%) were women. The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) was used to measure burnout, and the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) was used to measure perceived stress. A sociodemographic data questionnaire produced by the authors was also applied, which consisted of questions about age, sex, experience in the teaching profession and the participants' teaching areas. The results indicated that university teachers over 60 years old exhibited lower levels of perceived stress, as did teachers with more teaching experience (30 years or more), and those with less experience (less than 10 years). Women exhibited higher levels of perceived stress than men. Women also scored higher levels of Emotional Exhaustion in the burnout dimensions, whereas teachers will less experience (under 10 years) and teachers with more experience (more than 30 years) had the lowest scores in this dimension. Through an examination of the relation between perceived stress and the burnout dimensions, we concluded that perceived stress was directly proportional to emotional exhaustion and depersonalization; and was inversely proportional to personal accomplishment. A total of 31.3% of the variance in burnout was explained by perceived stress

Burnout · Depersonalization · Emotional exhaustion · Perceived Stress Scale · Portuguese · Scale (ratio · Stress (linguistics · Clinical Psychology · Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout · Occupational Health and Burnout · Psychology · Social Psychology · Stress and Burnout Research

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