Evaluation of Burnout Syndrome of Physical Education Teachers According to Sociodemographic Variables

Abstract

When considering the teaching activity, it is possible to analyze that in the daily lives of teachers there are stressors related to the restructuring of professional activities; the high demand of the labor market and high competitiveness can lead to the onset of work-related illnesses. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate the levels of Burnout Syndrome of Physical Education teachers in Basic Education according to sociodemographic variables. The sample included 59 Physical Education teachers who worked in the city of Arapongas (Paraná, Brazil) who had an employment relationship with the state and municipal education networks. For data collection, teachers answered two questionnaires, the first addressing sociodemographic variables, and the second was the Burnout Characterization Scale. For data analysis, the Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis U tests were used, adopting a significance level of 95% (p<0.05). The results showed that teachers who did not have multiple jobs showed higher rates of Emotional Exhaustion and teachers with up to 10 years of teaching had a higher rate of Dehumanization, as the need for income supplementation at the beginning of their career, as well as the lack of stability in the work environment, they contribute to the teachers' feeling of distance, indifference and distance in interpersonal relationships at work.