Andalusian teachers: burnout profiles and associated work experience patterns in teachers

Objectives. Since teachers are a population especially exposed to burnout, it is relevant to explore whether this group presents different burnout profiles that depend on a combination of different levels in each of the three dimensions of burnout. Methods. A sample of 320 teachers with a mean age of 45 years (SD 8.24; 66.3% women) participated in a cross-sectional study by completing a questionnaire. Results. The cluster analysis confirmed three different profiles: compromised, ineffective and burnt-out. Although the burnt-out and compromised clusters exhibited significant differences in all the variables studied, no significant differences were found in stress, self-efficacy in coping with stress, job demands, control or emotional charge between the burnt-out and ineffective clusters, nor in the job demands between the ineffective and committed clusters. Conclusion. The results highlighted that prevention and intervention programs should be addressed not only to teaching staff with levels that indicate burnout in the three dimensions of the syndrome, corresponding to the profile burnt-out, but also to those who show an ineffective profile, since the expression of many variables of interest traditionally related to burnout showed a similar pattern to the burnt-out profile.