Investigating the Relationship Between Resilience and Demographic Characteristics with Burnout in Female Teachers in Jovein

Document Type : research paper

Author

MA.in Counselling, Education Administration of Jovein, Khorasan Razavi, Iran

Abstract

Burnout is one of the most important factors in reducing efficiency and job satisfaction that causes physical and psychological complications in teachers. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between resilience and demographic characteristics among female teachers in Joven. The present study was an applied research in terms of purpose and a descriptive study with a correlational design. The statistical population of the study included 700 female teachers in different educational levels in Joven city. 257 teachers were selected as the sample based on the Cochran sampling formula and using stratified sampling method from three levels of elementary schools (98 people), junior high schools (70 people) and the high schools (89 people). The Maslash (1991) burnout and Connor and Davidson (2003) resilience questionnaires were used to collect data. The data were analyzed via descriptive and inferential statistical methods, using SPSS software version 22. The results showed that there is a significant negative relationship between resilience and burnout. There is also a significant positive relationship between work experience and burnout, but there is a significant negative relationship between job level and burnout. The results showed that resilience and some demographic characteristics play an important role in burnout.

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