Symptoms networks in teachers suffering from burnout

Teacher psychological wellbeing is a key component to understand the educational system. The burnout is considered one of the most destructive disorders affecting teachers. In this research, a sample of 257 teachers (186 women, age ranging from 24 to 64 years, M = 42.58, SD = 9.8) was cluster analy...

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Main Authors: Ana María Ruiz-Ruano García, Javier Rodríguez Fragoso, Enrique Javier Garcés de los Fayos Ruiz, Dyana Muñoz, Jorge López Puga, Francisco José Moya-Faz
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Published: UCOPress 2025-05-01
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Online Access:https://journals.uco.es/psye/article/view/17810
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Javier Rodríguez Fragoso
Enrique Javier Garcés de los Fayos Ruiz
Dyana Muñoz
Jorge López Puga
Francisco José Moya-Faz
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description Teacher psychological wellbeing is a key component to understand the educational system. The burnout is considered one of the most destructive disorders affecting teachers. In this research, a sample of 257 teachers (186 women, age ranging from 24 to 64 years, M = 42.58, SD = 9.8) was cluster analysed to find groups of teachers differing in burnout profiles. Symptoms networks (no directed and directed) for stress, depression, and anxiety were then estimated for each cluster. Results show that self-deprecation and devaluation of life are central symptoms of depression for teachers suffering from burnout. The subjective experience of anxiety is observed to be the central symptom for anxiety, whereas irritability/over-reactivity is the central symptom of stress in teachers suffering from burnout. Those results are useful to enhance our understanding of teaching burnout as well as to design interventions to minimize the negative impact of psychological symptoms in teachers. Intervention programs are suggested to be designed to prevent burnout in older teachers who show higher risk of suffering from occupational exhaustion. It is also suggested to increase the flows of compassion to reduce depression among those teachers scoring hight in burnout. Interventions based on cognitive behavioural therapy or mindfulness are proposed to be effective in those cases.
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spelling doaj-art-52bef497c24645b0b15066aecda9d0cb2025-08-20T02:05:36ZengUCOPressPsychology, Society & Education1989-709X2025-05-0117210.21071/pse.v17i2.17810Symptoms networks in teachers suffering from burnoutAna María Ruiz-Ruano García0Javier Rodríguez Fragoso1Enrique Javier Garcés de los Fayos Ruiz2Dyana Muñoz3Jorge López Puga4Francisco José Moya-Faz5Universidad de Granada, Granada (Spain)Universidad Católica de Murcia, Murcia (Spain)Universidad de Murcia, Murcia (Spain)Universidad Católica de Murcia, Murcia (Spain)Universidad de Granada, Granada (Spain)Universidad Católica de Murcia, Murcia (Spain) Teacher psychological wellbeing is a key component to understand the educational system. The burnout is considered one of the most destructive disorders affecting teachers. In this research, a sample of 257 teachers (186 women, age ranging from 24 to 64 years, M = 42.58, SD = 9.8) was cluster analysed to find groups of teachers differing in burnout profiles. Symptoms networks (no directed and directed) for stress, depression, and anxiety were then estimated for each cluster. Results show that self-deprecation and devaluation of life are central symptoms of depression for teachers suffering from burnout. The subjective experience of anxiety is observed to be the central symptom for anxiety, whereas irritability/over-reactivity is the central symptom of stress in teachers suffering from burnout. Those results are useful to enhance our understanding of teaching burnout as well as to design interventions to minimize the negative impact of psychological symptoms in teachers. Intervention programs are suggested to be designed to prevent burnout in older teachers who show higher risk of suffering from occupational exhaustion. It is also suggested to increase the flows of compassion to reduce depression among those teachers scoring hight in burnout. Interventions based on cognitive behavioural therapy or mindfulness are proposed to be effective in those cases. https://journals.uco.es/psye/article/view/17810BurnoutDepressionAnxietyStressNetwork analysis
spellingShingle Ana María Ruiz-Ruano García
Javier Rodríguez Fragoso
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Dyana Muñoz
Jorge López Puga
Francisco José Moya-Faz
Symptoms networks in teachers suffering from burnout
Psychology, Society & Education
Burnout
Depression
Anxiety
Stress
Network analysis
title Symptoms networks in teachers suffering from burnout
title_full Symptoms networks in teachers suffering from burnout
title_fullStr Symptoms networks in teachers suffering from burnout
title_full_unstemmed Symptoms networks in teachers suffering from burnout
title_short Symptoms networks in teachers suffering from burnout
title_sort symptoms networks in teachers suffering from burnout
topic Burnout
Depression
Anxiety
Stress
Network analysis
url https://journals.uco.es/psye/article/view/17810
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