Teachers at risk: Depressive symptoms, emotional intelligence, and burnout during COVID-19
BackgroundPrevious studies indicated that depressive symptoms are common among teachers due to job stress and difficulty in managing emotions. The aim of this research was to determine the levels of depressive symptomatology in a sample of secondary school teachers who worked during the COVID-19 pan...
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| author | Laura Sánchez-Pujalte Talía Gómez Yepes Edgardo Etchezahar Edgardo Etchezahar Edgardo Etchezahar Edgardo Etchezahar Diego Navarro Mateu Diego Navarro Mateu |
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| description | BackgroundPrevious studies indicated that depressive symptoms are common among teachers due to job stress and difficulty in managing emotions. The aim of this research was to determine the levels of depressive symptomatology in a sample of secondary school teachers who worked during the COVID-19 pandemic and to analyze the relationships with their levels of burnout and emotional intelligence.MethodsThe study involved 430 secondary school teachers residing in Madrid (Spain) who worked during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants' age was between 25 and 60 (M = 41.40; SD = 11.07) and the gender distribution was 53.72% men and 46.28% women. We used the Spanish version of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), the Maslach Burnout Inventory Educators Survey (MBI-ES) and the Trait Meta-Mood Scale (TMMS-24).ResultsThe main results indicated that teachers presented high means of depressive symptomatology, with women obtaining higher scores than men. Significant relationships were also observed between the levels of depressive symptomatology and the dimensions of burnout and emotional intelligence. Finally, the three dimensions of emotional intelligence would contribute to the depressive symptomatology of teachers, while of the burnout dimensions only Emotional Exhaustion would make a contribution.ConclusionThe possible consequences of depressive symptomatology in teachers during the pandemic are discussed, as well as the need to enhance protective factors such as emotional intelligence and to study burnout levels. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fefdec9cf8814afc93f6252503faec9c2023-03-09T05:51:35ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652023-03-011110.3389/fpubh.2023.10928391092839Teachers at risk: Depressive symptoms, emotional intelligence, and burnout during COVID-19Laura Sánchez-Pujalte0Talía Gómez Yepes1Edgardo Etchezahar2Edgardo Etchezahar3Edgardo Etchezahar4Edgardo Etchezahar5Diego Navarro Mateu6Diego Navarro Mateu7Faculty of Education, International University of Valencia, Valencia, SpainFaculty of Education, International University of Valencia, Valencia, SpainFaculty of Education, International University of Valencia, Valencia, SpainDepartment of Inclusive Education, Faculty of Education, Catholic University of Valencia, Valencia, SpainFaculty of Psychology, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaNational Scientific and Technical Research Council, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaFaculty of Education, International University of Valencia, Valencia, SpainDepartment of Inclusive Education, Faculty of Education, Catholic University of Valencia, Valencia, SpainBackgroundPrevious studies indicated that depressive symptoms are common among teachers due to job stress and difficulty in managing emotions. The aim of this research was to determine the levels of depressive symptomatology in a sample of secondary school teachers who worked during the COVID-19 pandemic and to analyze the relationships with their levels of burnout and emotional intelligence.MethodsThe study involved 430 secondary school teachers residing in Madrid (Spain) who worked during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants' age was between 25 and 60 (M = 41.40; SD = 11.07) and the gender distribution was 53.72% men and 46.28% women. We used the Spanish version of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), the Maslach Burnout Inventory Educators Survey (MBI-ES) and the Trait Meta-Mood Scale (TMMS-24).ResultsThe main results indicated that teachers presented high means of depressive symptomatology, with women obtaining higher scores than men. Significant relationships were also observed between the levels of depressive symptomatology and the dimensions of burnout and emotional intelligence. Finally, the three dimensions of emotional intelligence would contribute to the depressive symptomatology of teachers, while of the burnout dimensions only Emotional Exhaustion would make a contribution.ConclusionThe possible consequences of depressive symptomatology in teachers during the pandemic are discussed, as well as the need to enhance protective factors such as emotional intelligence and to study burnout levels.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1092839/fullteachers wellbeingdepressive symptomsemotional intelligenceburnoutCOVID-19 |
| spellingShingle | Laura Sánchez-Pujalte Talía Gómez Yepes Edgardo Etchezahar Edgardo Etchezahar Edgardo Etchezahar Edgardo Etchezahar Diego Navarro Mateu Diego Navarro Mateu Teachers at risk: Depressive symptoms, emotional intelligence, and burnout during COVID-19 Frontiers in Public Health teachers wellbeing depressive symptoms emotional intelligence burnout COVID-19 |
| title | Teachers at risk: Depressive symptoms, emotional intelligence, and burnout during COVID-19 |
| title_full | Teachers at risk: Depressive symptoms, emotional intelligence, and burnout during COVID-19 |
| title_fullStr | Teachers at risk: Depressive symptoms, emotional intelligence, and burnout during COVID-19 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Teachers at risk: Depressive symptoms, emotional intelligence, and burnout during COVID-19 |
| title_short | Teachers at risk: Depressive symptoms, emotional intelligence, and burnout during COVID-19 |
| title_sort | teachers at risk depressive symptoms emotional intelligence and burnout during covid 19 |
| topic | teachers wellbeing depressive symptoms emotional intelligence burnout COVID-19 |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1092839/full |
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