Teacher burnout, sense of coherence, and perceived health

Abstract

The present study was proposed as a revision about the burnout process. The incidence of the organizational factors in development of burnout was analyzed, as well as it relationship to perceived health reports. Assumption of sense of coherence (SC) as a mediator in the process was analyzed. Data were collected from 115 Primary School teachers using the CBP, the OLQ, and a symptomatology questionnaire which one collects information about physical and psychological symptoms. Regression analysis identified work environment stressors on the basis of the burnout syndrome. It was notable the relationship between role stress and teacher burnout, specifically by means of the emotional exhaustion dimension of burnout. Both (role stress and emotional exhaustion), were strong predictors of reported health problems. Moreover, sense of coherence (SC) was identified as an important mediator in the process, especially by means of it three composing dimensions.