PROFESSIONAL SATISFACTION, OCCUPATIONAL STRESS AND EMOTIONAL PSYCHOLOGICAL EXHAUSTION SYNDROME OF TEACHERS IN PRESCHOOL AND PRIMARY EDUCATION
Keywords:
Professional stress, burnout, professional satisfaction, preschool and primary education, teaching experience,Abstract
The teaching profession is considered one of the most demanding and exhausting
profession. Freud calls it an almost impossible job, along with being a parent and
a psychoanalyst. The objective of this research is to identify and analyze the
relationship between professional stress, burnout, professional satisfaction and
individual aspects of preschool teachers and primary teachers.The research was
carried out on a lot of 62 preschool and primary school teachers. 4
questionnaires were used: Maslasch Burn-Out Inventory, Professional Stress
Scale -adapted Mental Health Professionals Stress Scale, MINICRI-Teacher's
Assessment of Professional Satisfaction Assessment, Catell Anxiety
Questionnaire.
After processing the data, it was found that preschool teachers and primary
teachers are living similar levels of professional satisfaction and stress. From the
perspective of Burnout Syndrome manifestations, we did not notice significant
differences between the two professions. Early teachers are more vulnerable to
fatigue and psycho-emotional exhaustion than experienced teachers.
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