Prevention of the emotional burnout syndrome in university teachers

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Professional burnout in university teachers is an urgent problem. Thus, researchers attempted to determine the dependence of teachers’ health on the peculiarities of their professional activities. Professional burnout of teachers is observed in all countries worldwide. The development of measures to prevent professional burnout is an important task that requires further study.

AIM: This study aimed to scientifically justify measures for the prevention of emotional burnout syndrome in university teachers.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 2,711 teachers from humanitarian and technical universities in Moscow were surveyed using analytical and socio-hygienic methods. Moreover, extracts from medical, informational, and statistical documents of teachers were analyzed.

RESULTS: On average, one university teacher was found to have 4–5 symptoms characterizing emotional burnout. Two-thirds of the teachers were women, and female morbidity was higher. The high intensity of professional activities, long-lasting forced position, and dissatisfaction with job and remuneration were defined as the most pronounced reasons of psychological burnout.

CONCLUSIONS: Medical and organizational measures are necessary to improve the health and emotional state of teachers.

Keywords

university teachers / psychoemotional burnout / prevention

References

[1] Gokhberg LM, Ozerova OK, Sautina EV, Shugal NB. Education in figures: 2020: a brief statistical collection. Moscow: HSE; 2020.

[2] Гохберг Л.М., Озерова О.К., Саутина Е.В., Шугаль Н.Б. Образование в цифрах: 2020: краткий статистический сборник. Москва: НИУ ВШЭ, 2020.

[3] Zhuravleva LA, Zarubina EV, Ruchkin AV, et al. Professional burnout of university teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Obrazovanie i pravo. 2021;(7):300–306. (In Russ). doi: 10.24412/2076-1503-2021-7-300-306

[4] Журавлева Л.А., Зарубина Е.В., Ручкин А.В., и др. Профессиональное выгорание преподавателей вузов в период пандемии COVID-19 // Образование и право. 2021. № 7. С. 300–306. doi: 10.24412/2076-1503-2021-7-300-306

[5] Messineva EM, Manuylova NB, Fetisov AG. The problem of professional burnout among university teachers. Mir nauki. Pedagogika i psikhologiya. 2021;9(2):1–11. (In Russ)

[6] Мессинева Е.М., Мануйлова Н.Б., Фетисов А.Г. Проблема профессионального выгорания у преподавателей вузов. // Мир науки. Педагогика и психология. 2021. Т. 9, № 2. С. 1–11.

[7] Bogdan NN, Samsonova EA. Burnout of university teachers: ways of identification and prevention. International Research Journal. 2020;(6-2):170–175. (In Russ). doi: 10.23670/IRJ.2020.96.6.072

[8] Богдан Н.Н., Самсонова Е.А. Эмоциональное выгорание у преподавателей вузов: способы выявления и предупреждения // Международный научно-исследовательский журнал. 2020. № 6-2. С. 170–175. doi: 10.23670/IRJ.2020.96.6.072

[9] Chernyshova MD. Professional’noe zdorov’e pedagoga. Zhurnal Nauchnyi lider. 2021;(15). Available from: https://scilead.ru/article/391-professionalnoe-zdorove-pedagoga. (In Russ)

[10] Чернышова М.Д. Профессиональное здоровье педагога // Журнал «Научный лидер». 2021. №15. Режим доступа: https://scilead.ru/article/391-professionalnoe-zdorove-pedagoga. Дата обращения: 12.05.2022.

[11] Rocha FLR, de Jesus LC, Marziale MHP, et al. Burnout syndrome in university professors and academic staff members: psychometric properties of the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory–Brazilian version. Psicol Reflex Crít. 2020;33(1):11. doi: 10.1186/s41155-020-00151-y

[12] Rocha F.L.R., de Jesus L.C., Marziale M.H.P., et al. Burnout syndrome in university professors and academic staff members: psychometric properties of the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory–Brazilian version // Psicol Reflex Crít. 2020. Vol. 33, N 1. P. 11. doi: 10.1186/s41155-020-00151-y

[13] Agibalova AA, Ustimenko OA, Bayramova BF. Professional Burn out of the Teachers of the University (on the Example of the Medical University). Mezhdunarodnyi zhurnal eksperimental'nogo obrazovaniya. 2021;(2):52–58. doi: 10.17513/mjeo.12026

[14] Агибалова А.А., Устименко О.А., Байрамова Б.Ф. Профессиональное выгорание преподавателей вуза (на примере медицинского университета) // Международный журнал экспериментального образования. 2021. № 2. C. 52–58. doi: 10.17513/mjeo.12026

[15] Lapyshkina TN. To the question of the educator’s culture of health. Nauchno-metodicheskii elektronnyi zhurnal Kontsept. 2014;(S25):31–35. Available from: https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id = 22480405. (In Russ)

[16] Лапушкина Т.Н. К вопросу о культуре здоровья педагога // Научно-методический электронный журнал Концепт. 2014. № S25. С. 31–35. Режим доступа: https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id = 22480405. Дата обращения: 12.05.2022.

[17] Kameneva TN, Konishcheva EV, Nadutkina IE, et al. Impact of Life Difficulties on Health of Teachers of Higher School. Problems of Social Hygiene Public Health and History of Medicine. 2020;28(S):748–753. doi: 10.32687/0869-866X-2020-28-s1-748-753

[18] Каменева Т.Н., Конищева Е.В., Надуткина И.Э., и др. Влияние жизненных затруднений на здоровье педагогов высшей школы // Проблемы социальной гигиены, здравоохранения и истории медицины. 2020. Т. 28, № S. С. 748–753. doi: 10.32687/0869-866X-2020-28-s1-748-753

[19] Gorbunov MM, Korshunova NV, Litovchenko EA. Hygienic basis of providing management of the quality of training specialists and its impact on the teacher of the higher school. Amurskii meditsinskii zhurnal. 2018;(1–2):73–75. (In Russ).

[20] Горбунов М.М., Коршунова Н.В., Литовченко Е.А. Гигиенические основы обеспечения управления качеством подготовки специалистов и ее влияние на преподавателя вуза // Амурский медицинский журнал. 2018. № 1–2. С. 73–75.

RIGHTS & PERMISSIONS

Eco-Vector