Personality and socio-demographic variables in teacher burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic: a latent profile analysis.

ABSTRACT: Although it is well-known that teaching is one of the most stressful jobs, teacher burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic has not been thoroughly investigated. The main aims of this study were to identify distinct teacher burnout profiles and examine their association with HEXACO personality factors and sociodemographic variables. Data were collected from 522 teachers (77% women; M_age = 37.45 years, SD = 9.28) in November 2021. Latent profile analysis (LPA) identified five latent profiles: "No burnout risk" (41.3%), "Low burnout risk" (21.9%), "Cynics" (7.7%), "Exhausted and cynics" (16.1%), and "High burnout risk" (13%). Our results showed a significant correlation between all six HEXACO personality traits and teacher burnout based on the variable-centered method, but the LPA hig

SUBMITTER: Raducu CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9395542 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature