Burnout Syndrome in Mexican University Teachers

Abstract

Theaim of the study was to analyze the Burnout Syndrome or emotional burnout in 250 teachers of the Autonomous University of Campeche, Mexico. For which the Maslach Burnout Inventory was used, which measures three dimensions: Emotional Exhaustion, Depersonalization and Personal Realization. The results were examined with the statistical T Student´stests and ANOVA. A significant difference was found (p<.05) in the Personal RealizationbetweentheFaculties of Nursing and Accounting-Administration. Similarly, men were found to experience more emotional exhaustion and depersonalization than women (p<.05). Aldrete, Preciado, Franco, Pérez, and Aranda (2008) explain that these differences may lie in what the teaching practice is more related to as a female profession. Finally, theresultsshowedthatyoungerteacherswith fewer years of service in the institution had high levels of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization compared to teachers with more age and more years of service (p<.05).