COVID-19 in School Teachers: job satisfaction and burnout through the job demands control model

Martí-González, Mariacarla ; Alcalá-Ibañez, María Lourdes (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Castán-Esteban, Jose Luis (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Martín-Bielsa, Laura ; Gallardo, Laura O. (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: The recent pandemic has influenced teachers’ mental health and well-being. The present work follows the Job-Demands-Control model, analyzing changes in the demands, control, and social support during COVID-19, and how they influence job satisfaction, emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal accomplishment among school teachers. The sample comprised 172 school teachers. The instruments applied were The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), The Job Satisfaction Teacher Index (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), 2014), and The Demand Control Support Questionnaire (DCSQ). Job satisfaction was predicted exclusively by social support, revealing the importance of social interactions at work. Emotional exhaustion and depersonalization were predicted by job demands, showing that an increase in job demands (i.e., COVID) affects individuals’ feelings of burnout. The results show that it would be interesting to design strategies that guarantee job control in the teaching context. This would open multiple pathways to implement healthier methodological processes for teachers and the consequent research to support these processes.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.3390/bs13010076

Año: 2023

Publicado en: Behavioral Sciences 13, 1 (2023), 76 [11 pp.]
ISSN: 2076-328X

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/UZ/Fundación Universitaria Antonio Gargallo-2020-B007

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Métod.Invest.Diag.Educac. (Dpto. Ciencias de la Educación)
Área (Departamento): Área Psicolog.Evolut.Educac (Dpto. Psicología y Sociología)
Área (Departamento): Área Teoría e Histª. Educación (Dpto. Ciencias de la Educación)