Profiles of Burnout, Coping Strategies and Depressive Symptomatology

Abstract

Burnout syndrome is has been associated with mental health problems such as depression, anxiety, and stress. Given this fact, some teachers implement various coping strategies for emotional control that are not always functional to mitigate such difficulties. Accordingly, this study aimed to identify different burnout profiles that vary in the levels of the three underlying dimensions: depersonalization (DE), emotional exhaustion (EE), and personal accomplishment (PA). Further, this study aimed to examine whether there are significant differences in depressive symptomatology, coping strategies, and the quality of interpersonal relationships at school between teachers with varying burnout profiles. The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS), Coping with Stress Questionnaire, and a questionnaire that measured sociodemographic characteristics were administered to 215 teachers (men: 42.8%) who were recruited from various secondary schools. Cluster analysis identified three different burnout profiles: groups of teachers with a predominance of (a) low levels of EE and high levels of PA, (b) high levels of EE and DE, and (c) low levels of DE and PA. The results revealed that there were significant differences in coping strategies, depressive symptomatology, and the quality of interpersonal relationships at school between teachers with different burnout profiles. These results have important implications for educational professionals. Specifically, the findings underscore the need for prevention and intervention programs that enhance teachers' emotional skills, especially their ability to cope with exhaustion. These skills will alleviate their depression and consequently offer both teachers and students a conducive learning environment.

Latent Profiles of Burnout, Self-Esteem and Depressive Symptomatology among Teachers

“…For this reason, the three-classes model is chosen, because it has the lowest Bayesian information criterion (BIC) value compared to the two-classes and four-classes. The class solution with the lowest BIC is selected when a model that meets the fit criterion is not available [12,13,37,38]. Hence, the three-class model is selected for having the best fit indices.…”

“…Among the limitations of our previous study, it was necessary to analyze the role of self-esteem in burnout and depression in teachers. Therefore, this study came about [13]. The present study aims to analyze the different burnout profiles and verify if there were differences between burnout profiles in depressive symptomatology and in the self-esteem of the teachers at school.…”

What If Violent Behavior Was a Coping Strategy? Approaching a Model Based on Artificial Neural Networks

“…According to ANN, those who implement the avoidance strategy are more likely to behave violently. This only reflects the complexity of violent behavior in the educational field [17,29].…”

“…Although the study of violence is not new, the desire to provide relevance and visibility to research into this behavior in the university environment is [12][13][14][15]. This means that there is a gap between the information accumulated in this stage when compared with previous educational stages [15][16][17][18]. The aggressor in the university environment is the one who sets in motion a series of behaviors with clear prejudice to other people, whether it be their property or their integrity [physical, psychological or emotional) [13,19].…”

Psychological effects of the COVID-2019 pandemic: Perceived stress and coping strategies among healthcare professionals

“…The relationship between stress and coping strategies has been a topic of previous studies ( Phua,Tang and Tham, 2005 ; Khalid et al., 2016 ; Cai et al., 2020 ), because in critical situations stress affects many people, but individual responses vary according to different coping strategies ( Folkman, 2010 ). Coping strategies refer to behavioural and cognitive efforts that help to reduce the pressure of a stressful situation ( Folkman and Lazarus, 1985 ) and are used when its demands exceed individual resources ( Martínez, Méndez, Ruiz-Esteban, Fernández-Sogorb, and García-Fernández, 2020 ). The use of coping strategies resulted to be related with lower levels of stress ( Yin, Huang, and Lv, 2018 ; Martínez et al., 2020 ).…”