Socio-demographic, labor and psychosocial burnout syndrome predictors in distance education teachers

Abstract

The present study aimed to identify the predictive power of socio-demographic, labor and psychosocial variables (occupational stressors, contextual stressors, and techno-stress dimensions) for burnout syndrome dimensions in distance education teachers. The non-probabilistic sample consisted of 310 participants. Data collection was conducted in an online platform, using as a research tool questionnaires and scales for socio-demographic and labor data: Questionnaire for Assessing Occupational burnout Syndrome – CESQT, the Scale for Assessing Psychosocial Stressors in the Work Context, the Questionnaire on Occupational Stressors in Distance Education, and the Techno-Stress Scale. The results, obtained through multiple linear regression analysis, identified predictive models for burnout syndrome dimensions. In the Illusion by Work dimension the variable of greater explanatory power was techno-stress / disbelief, in the Psychic Dimension was labor-family conflict, in Indolence the stressor was how work is organized and for the dimension Blame, the variable overload of roles. The results suggest the need for intervention mainly in the organization of teaching work regarding occupational stressors and preventive actions geared towards technical, relational training and the importance of the balance between work and family life. The research also indicated that further studies should be conducted in relation to SB and its predictors through longitudinal delineations in order to evaluate the behavior and stability of the predictive model.