article = {PDR-2020-1-106}
title = {Emotional Burnout in the Higher Education Teachers as a Health Risk Factor and a Cause for Leaving the Profession}
journal = {Psychological Disorders and Research}
year = {2020}
issn = {2674-2470}
doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.31487/j.PDR.2020.01.06}
url = {https://www.sciencerepository.org/emotional-burnout-in-the-higher-education_PDR-2020-1-106 
author = {Gorbach Natalia Andreyevna,Lisnyak Marina Anatolyevna,McCaw Tatiana Iurievna,}
keywords = {Higher education teachers, emotional burnout, psychological problems, health, higher education, depression, anxiety}
abstract ={Introduction: Emotional burnout occurs more often in people employed in altruistic professions, including
teaching.
Purpose: Carry out research to identify emotional burnout in higher education teachers and its influence on
their health.
Methods: Psychological, statistical and analytical. With the questionnaire of V. Bojko “Emotional
burnout”, 637 people were surveyed, including a group of 60 teachers. Data gathered were processed and
analysed using descriptive and analytical statistics.
Results: Among teaching staff, the phase of stress was determined in every fourth teacher (26,6 ± 5,7 %).
For 8,3 ± 3,5 % of teachers, the phase of stress was already developed, while for 18,3 ± 4,9 % of teachers it
was still in development. The symptom “Reduction of professional responsibilities” was identified in half
of the teachers (50,0 ± 6,4 %), which is 3,5 times more frequent than for the whole sample (14,4 ± 0,4 %),
p < 0,05. The symptom “Expansion of emotion saving” was also more frequently observed in teachers:
31,6 ± 6,0 % and 11,5 ± 0,4 %, p < 0,05 respectively. Particular emphasis should be placed on the symptom
“Psychosomatic and psychovegetative disorders”, which was identified in every tenth examinee
(13,3 ± 4,3 % in teacher sample and 9,7 ± 0,3 % in total sample, p > 0,05), which can affect their somatic
well-being and their work capacity.
Conclusion: Emotional burnout should be considered as a health risk factor, especially for higher education
teachers, which requires development and implementation of measures to prevent the loss of highly
qualified human resources.}