Abstract

PENACHI, Eliza  and  TEIXEIRA, Edival Sebastião. Occurrence of burnout syndrome in a group of university teachers. Educação. Santa Maria [online]. 2020, vol.45, e31778.  Epub June 29, 2023. ISSN 1984-6444.  https://doi.org/10.5902/1984644431778.

The article analyzes the incidence of burnout syndrome in university teachers of a federal public institution, based in the State of Paraná. The data were collected using the Adult Stress Symptom Inventory, the Malasch Burnout Inventory (MBI), a structured questionnaire and a semi-structured interview, which focused on the participants' perception of the symptoms experienced as the coping strategies used by the problem. A total of 69 teachers participated in the study, 58% of them male and 42% female. The age ranged from 28 to 67 years and the teaching experience between 3 and 39 years. The results obtained indicate that 26.09% of the sample did not present alteration in any of the three dimensions evaluated by MBI. Among the others, 37.68% presented alterations in 1 dimension of burnout and 36.23% in two or three dimensions. Alarming levels of emotional exhaustion were found in 47.82% of the sample, 26.08% in the sample, and 50.72% in the sample. It is concluded, therefore, that besides the cases already identified with a positive diagnosis for the burnout syndrome, the great majority of the researched population is in the process of becoming ill.

Keywords : Burnout syndrome; Teacher; Higher education.

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