The Impact of Resilience and Subjective Well-being on Teacher Burnout during COVID-19 in Chile

Since the COVID-19 outbreak in Chile teachers have been struggling with increased levels of stress, aggravating burnout symptoms. The present study aims to explore burnout syndrome in Chilean teachers during confinement and how worries about COVID-19, emotional balance, life satisfaction, and resili...

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Main Authors: Konstanze Schoeps, Laura Lacomba-Trejo, Selene Valero-Moreno, Constanza del Rosario, Inmaculada Montoya-Castilla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid 2023-06-01
Series:Psicología Educativa: Revista de los Psicólogos de la Educación
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Online Access: https://journals.copmadrid.org/psed/art/psed2023a12
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Summary:Since the COVID-19 outbreak in Chile teachers have been struggling with increased levels of stress, aggravating burnout symptoms. The present study aims to explore burnout syndrome in Chilean teachers during confinement and how worries about COVID-19, emotional balance, life satisfaction, and resilience may mediate the emotional impact. A total of 614 teachers from different education levels participated in this study (94.60% female) using a cross-sectional design and incidental sampling method. Self-report data were analysed conducting descriptive statistics, Pearson’s correlations, hierarchical regressions, and mediation models. The results indicated that burnout was associated with pre-pandemic mental health problems, more worries about COVID-19, lower levels of emotional balance and resilience. The relationships between worries about COVID-19 and burnout was mediated by resilience and emotional balance. Our findings stress the need to address potential risk and protective factors for teachers’ mental health and subjective well-being during the current pandemic.
ISSN:1135-755X
2174-0526