BURNOUT DOCENTE Y ESTRATEGIAS DE AFRONTAMIENTO EN DOCENTES DE PRIMARIA Y SECUNDARIA

This research’s main objective was to identify the prevalence of burnout syndrome and its possible calls relation with coping strategies. For this purpose we used a sample of 120 teachers which work in primary and secondary levels in several private and public educational institutions. To achieve th...

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Main Author: Cristian Fernán Muñoz Muñoz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Católica Luis Amigó 2012-05-01
Series:Revista Colombiana de Ciencias Sociales
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Online Access:http://www.funlam.edu.co/revistas/index.php/RCCS/article/view/887/836
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Summary:This research’s main objective was to identify the prevalence of burnout syndrome and its possible calls relation with coping strategies. For this purpose we used a sample of 120 teachers which work in primary and secondary levels in several private and public educational institutions. To achieve this objective, we used a descriptive correlacional design nonexperimental cross. We used Maslash Burnout Inventory and the Coping Strategies Scale property. The results indicate the presence of highly prevalent syndrome in 16%, medium in 43% and low in 41% of the population. The coping strategies that are positively related with the syndrome are: social support seeking, professional support seeking. Those that are negatively related are: searching for alternative, behavioral avoidance, conformity, open emotional expression and social support seeking.
ISSN:2216-1201